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From the page to the stage: Minky Woodcock comes alive with bunnies and burlesque

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The sequential art of comics is by design a participatory experience, one that co-creates meaning between panel and reader. Our minds fill in the action between panels, imbuing them with movement, voice-overs, and emotion that complete the animation begun within the still frames of the artist and script of the writer. It seems a natural fit, […]

NYCC ‘18: Comics Readers and Where to Find Them

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By Ricardo Serrano Denis Take a quick stroll through the floor of the Javits Center, once again hosting this year’s New York Comic Con, and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that everyone reads comics. Every single person in and out of the convention center, they all read comics. And yet, the “Comics Readers Today: […]

REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN HOSTILE TAKEOVER is a SHIELD File’s Worth of PlayStation’s Peter Parker Goodness.

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We’re just a few short weeks away from Marvel’s Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 putting Marvel back as a major player in the console gaming art form. Before that happens, Titan Books is publishing the official prequel novel to the game, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover. A story that fills you in on this version’s dichotomy of […]

Kickstarter campaign to turn Minky Woodcock comic into a play is in its final week

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A Kickstarter campaign launched to turn the Minky Woodcock comic about a prohibition-era gumshoe into an immersive theater production ends a week from today.

SDCC ’18: Statix Press panel will announce “major new film project”

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Heidi MacDonald moderates Statix Press: Bringing the Best of the World’s Comics to a U.S. Audience on  Thursday, July 19 at SDCC

EXCLUSIVE: Titan will release Elric: The White Wolf in September

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Reuniting much of the team that worked on the first two volumes, Michael Moorcock’s Elric: The White Wolf part one hits the shelves on September 5 from Titan Comics.

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