A host of superhero films were also nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation, including Black Panther, Infinity War, and Spider-Verse.
Monstress Wins a Hugo Award and Sana Takeda Wins A Second One
Wonder Woman also gets a Hugo
By Its Cover #3: We Believe In Textless Covers (Part 2)
This is the third season in a column that judges a book by its cover. Catch up on the current season, or view the complete archive. I hope you’re not tired of me talking about textless covers yet, because I’ve still got so much to say! This week: the textless wraparound cover. Maybe the two most […]
‘My Favorite Thing is Monsters’ and ‘Monstress’ lead 2018 Eisner Award Nominations
The 2018 Eisner Award nominations are out, and it’s a MONSTROUS years, with Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters continuing its awards rampage with five nominations and Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda also garnering five nods. Image and Fantagraphics led the way with 16 nominations each. This year’s nominations have some deep cuts […]
The 2017 Hugo Awards: No Dogs Allowed.
Before we get into it… Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda, was awarded the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, besting: Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa Saga, Volume 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks […]
Diamond: no sign of a sales rebound in July numbers
Diamond July figures are out and they are still sluggish. Marvel is ahead of DC by the usual margins again, but sales are down a massive amount from July 2016 – which is because a year ago Rebirth was all the rage. Last summer was one of the biggest periods in recent comics sales for […]
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: February 2017 – 25 or 6 to 4
by David Carter Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures. Please refer to the July 2015 column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards for Image books are likely to be different than those for DC or Marvel. Image shipped 49 comics in February, […]
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales December 2016: Careless Whisper
by David Carter Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures. Please refer to the July 2015 column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards for Image books are likely to be different than those for DC or Marvel. Image shipped 47 comics in December, […]
NYCC ’16: Image storms the show with signings, bowling, exclusives, Moonshine
Image just released their lineup of exclusives, signings and parties for NYCC and as usual it’s a blockbuster. Highlights include the debut of Moonshine the new book from Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, Reborn by Millar and Capullo and Cannibal by Buccellato, Young and Bergara. Let’s get to it! LIMITED* SDCC VARIANTS SOLD AT […]
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales May 2016: Wicked Games
David Carter makes sense out of May’s Image sales!