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Cebulski transitioning from talent scout position at Marvel

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World traveller, gourmet and beer enthusiast CB Cebulski is moving to an international business development role at Disney/.Marvel. In between tweeting and (in the...

Unassuming Barber Shop: Godzilla and the Real Professor X

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Fans of X-men: Days of Future Past excitedly point to the film’s overt “social commentary” as a major reason for its success. We always...

70 years ago this day

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  Or for the filmic among you.

Indie Month-to-Month Sales: April 2014— Oh Those Southern Bastards

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Overall another quiet month, although excellent debuts from Jason Aaron’s Southern Bastards and Valiant’s Rai splash amongst the regular chart-toppers, and a few healthy new entries make their marks selling around the 10-15,000 copy mark .

151 indie titles charted in the top 300, slightly up on last month’s 150. Overall sales were up at 1,688,787, compared to last month’s 1,655,816 and the average sales this month are 11,184, up on last month’s 11,038. 19 titles went up in sales and 108 went down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.

Image have another great month with a 9.34% dollar share and an 10.31% market share, while Dark Horse in second place have a 5.54% dollar share and 5.18% market share. IDW have a 5.10% dollar share and a 4.24% market share, Dynamite have a 2.49% dollar share and 2.47% market share and Boom! have a 2.07 % dollar share and 1.97% market share. Eaglemoss actually beat Dynamite on dollar sales at 2.14, but that equated to less than 0 .73% market share and were lumped in with the miscellaneous small publishers.

SDCC ’14: MTV announces FanFest, mtvU Fandom Awards and Linkin Park

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It begins. Actually it's been beginning for a while but here comes the avalanche. If my crumbling memory be accurate, MTV had a FanFest-y...

2014 Joe Shuster Award Nominees announced

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Honouring the best in Canadian comics from a broader portfolio than the Edgar Wright Awards, the The 2014 Joe Shuster Award nominees are up....

Against all odds, Marvel to publish a Fantastic four comic by Van Meter and...

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  But it is the previously announced 100th Anniversary special, which imagines the FF as they might be in 2061—written by Jen Van Meter and...

Some old comics sell for $1.5 million

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A Kentucky man who hoped to sell his comics collection in order to help send his grandkids to college will probably be able to...

Webcomic alert: Solo by Hope Larson

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Hope Larson has just launched a webcomic called Solo. She writes:

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/5/14: cartoonists embroiled in scandal over affair

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It's been a while since I kibbled and bitted because...well I had one version of this that had like 50 links. I tweeted them...

Banned Books Week spotlights Comics this year

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Every year the Banned Books Week National Committee announces a theme, and for 2014 its comics and graphic novels. The announcement comes in the...

By Its Cover (Week Of 5.28.14): Requests & Tangents

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A few people have asked if I take requests. I think I'm up for the challenge. Let me know if there are any older...

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