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Locust Moon comics shop in Philadelphia is closing

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! First Bergen Street and Now Locust Moon, another comics shop that had great taste and led the way to a wider view of comics with not only a great store but a Festival and...

The Eternaut may just be the most interesting graphic novel of the season

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Here's a book that has received little attention but SHOULD, especially in a world where cartoonists are still being imprisoned and worse for their beliefs. Fantagraphics has just published The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld...

DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: October 2015 – Crawling Up Into the Continuity Hole

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When the early Diamond info came out this month the Friday before the Top 300 charts were released (as they generally do every month), there was much consternation, as Marvel dominated both the top ten and also nearly doubled DC in market share. The instant conclusion that was jumped to in many quarters was that Marvel crushed DC in October. DC must have had a horrible month, right?

Eh, not so much.

Total sales for DC were actually up over September by more than 100K. Average sales per title were down slightly, just 0.5%. Average sales for Vertigo were down because last month was a Sandman month, but the median sales per title for Vertigo were up by about 2.5K, due to the Vertigo relaunch.

Chester Brown is also going biblical with a book on Bible prostitutes

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While Gilbert Hernandez is new to the bible comics business, Canadian iconoclast Chester Brown has long been fascinated by scripture; long ago he adapted the gospels of Mark and Matthew in the back of...

Gilbert Hernandez to present erotic biblical tales in Garden Of Flesh graphic novel

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In a world where the word unfettered is used quite a bit, Gilbert Hernandez can truly be said to be unfettered. The Love and Rockets grandmaster is a prolific graphic novelist (in the last couple of years alone, Speak of the Devil, Loverboys, Bumperhead, and Marble Season) and no subject matter is too raw or shocking. His The Twilight Children (drawn by Darwyn Cooke) is currently coming out from Vertigo, and here's a brand new project, Garden Of Flesh which promises Gilbert's own take on Biblical tales:

Wizard World Financials: ConTV not so great but ConBox is ok

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Ash is here!! #WizardWorld #ComicCon #Louisville #BruceCampbell #ashvsevildead #armyofdarkness #burnnotice A photo posted by Wizard World (@wizardworld) on Nov 7, 2015 at 1:20pm PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Wizard World Inc. filed it's quarterly financials...

More Nerd News Site Attrition: io9 folds into Gizmodo

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Will any geeks news sites be left standing as 2015 draws to a close? I would have thought io9, the nerd part of the Gawker media empire, would have been the safest, but I...

Hillary Clinton supporter Frank Miller is speaking his mind about Dark Knight III…and IV???

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With the release of Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 next week, Frank Miller is doing the rounds of promo, including interviews at Newsarama and Vulture. And they are chock full of...

New Jersey Comic Expo adds Cassaday and cosplayers AND helps kitty cats!

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I'll be a guest at this weekend's New Jersey Comic Expo, returning to my homeland for a roots journey deep into Middlesex County, so consider this a bit of hype. They've already added Jim Lee, Adam Kubert and Garth Ennis as guests, and now John Cassaday will also be there. None of these guys do many shows, and with NJCE being a smaller show it's a great chance to meet some of your faves.

Nice Art; Tom Fowler’s D&D Kickstarter is amazing

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It's pretty well known tat Tom Fowler is one of the best artists out there—a great storyteller as well as a fantastic character designer. He's been working doing character and concept designs for toys...

Comic Link to auction Jae Lee Dark Knight III cover

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Dynamic Forces has teamed with auction house ComicLink.comto auction Jae Lee's The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 variant art. IT's the first time that Lee has put his art up for auction,...

Viz launches online Naruto store with Generator

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Just in time for some holiday shopping. VIZ Media has teamed with Sony's online commerce platform Generator to launch an official NARUTO online store for the U.S. and Canada. The story will carry a comprehensive line of merchandise, including:

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