Tag: Star Wars

Illustrator John Cassaday recently announced his departure from the Star Wars comic book with author Jason Aaron. Issue #6 is his last, as announced...

It's new comic book day, the best day of the week! Before I rush off to my LCS, let's round-up the few relevant entertainment headlines that are out and about

More details trickle in about the post-Force Awakens Star Wars films

Diamond just released its January figures and Marvel had a pretty thorough market share dominance,  41.05% dollar share and a 45.64% unit share to DC's...

  Gareth Edwards' Star Wars spin-off that will see release on December 16, 2016 now has its star, as Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory...

The amount of pressure on JJ Abrams' upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens is starting to reach a fever pitch. One of the factors that Disney is counting...

This Star Wars thing has legs! Following on the million selling Star Wars #1, Darth Vader #1, the next Marvel foray into the land of the Force, has already topped 300,00 pre-orders, Comicbook.com reports. The issue is by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Salvador Larroca, and follows what happens after Vader goes spinning into space at the end of A New Hope...but BEFORE anyone brought him his shuttle. The next new marvel Book is Princess Leia #1 and that better top 100k, kids.

With sales of more than a million copies and the number of confirmed variant covers at 89, Marvel's first Star Wars #1 in nearly 40...

Star Wars returns to Marvel, and nearly every other ancillary, non-movie-adventure of Luke Skywalker & Co. has been wiped out of continuity. Back in December we knew that Star Wars #1 would be, almost certainly, the biggest-selling issue of the year with 1 million copies ordered by comics retailers and other outlets. The first issue hits stores this week, with launch parties, dozens of variant covers, and a major media push. But what about what’s actually on the page? To put it simply: this feels like Star Wars.

Got some Christmas loot you're itching to spend? Various comics publishers and digital vendors have just what you need in the form of some tempting sales, including digital graphic novel app Sequential, Image and Submit sales at Comixology and a massive Star Wars megabundle that gives you digital editions of EVERY Dark Horse Star Wars comic.

A couple of news bits and a personal announcement to tackle this week, so let’s get right to it. MILLION AIRS About a week ago, Marvel started...

With nothing else to do but digest turkey and fight crowds, the internerd has quickly turned, just as we knew it would, to the "Claymore" lightsabre in the new Star Wars: TFA trailer. This lightsaber not only has a blade, but two mini lightsabers coming out of each hilt, reminiscent of the real universe blade the Claymore, a giant sword that had little swords as hilts. The "Claymore saber" would seem to be highly...cumbersome to use as you would be in eminent danger of stabbing yourself with your own hilt at all times. But...it looks cool, so what.