Tag: News

One of the more intriguing developments in recent years in comics retailing has been the resurgence of comics sales in national book chains. Yes I know there are fewer of them, but they are...

UPDATED WITH CAVEAT: Alex De Campi has pointed out that show ever has put this together used her slide on page rates without crediting her, which is a little uncool for a page that...

    As in year's past we are lucky to present to you a complete TEXT listing of the panels for this year's New York Comic Con. Although ReedPop's site has them all listed in various...

Long time comics colorist and con organizer Ken Feduniewicz has passed away.As a colorist Feduniewicz coloed Captain America, Dreadstar and many more as seen here. In 1976 he was among the first class of...

There’s been quite a bit of comment on the price of new comics and it seems to me that newer readers may not quite understand why readers over the age of, say, 35 are...

COMIC BOOK CLUB w/DEAN HASPIEL! On this week's Comic Book Club we have Emmy-winning Writer/Artist DEAN HASPIEL! He's got an awesome new auto-biographical collection out called BEEF WITH TOMATO from Alternative Press. We're going to...

Dragon-Con has the reputation for being an no holds barred exploration of fantasy and cosplay. It draws a lot of lookie-loos, as well, and there have been reports of harassment incidents for some time....

Jack Kirby, the titanic force of US comics, would have been 98 years old today. While it makes you wonder what exciting things we'll be doing for his centenary, it's also a reminder that it's a good day to contribute to The Hero Initiative, as Kirby's granddaughter Jillian suggests in the above video. For several years, Jillian has promoted the Kirby4Heroes campaign to raise funds for the charity which aids creators in need. I can attest to the many people that this organization has helped, and in a field where 401ks are non existent, it's sometimes the only safety net poplar have.

"Dogs and cats, living together!" - that's what immediately popped into my mind yesterday when I read Tony Isabella praising DC on Facebook for how it was treating him in regard to Black Lightning.I've...

Image by Ward Sutton Happy fourth to all! I'm taking it easy on the pre San Diego news to run errands, upgrade my laptop and do all those real world things I've been putting off,...

As I noted a few weeks back, Tokyopop, the company that came in changed comics and then crashed and burned, suspending publication for the most part back in 2011, is coming back as announced on a panel at Anime Expo with plans to begin publishing again in 2016" announced by founder Stu Levy.

The first issue the Invader Zim comics, based on Jhonen Vazquez's cult cartoon, arrives on July 8th, and Oni is making a big deal out of it because...well it is a big deal. The alien...