Tag: Top News
Marvel and DC lag in bookstore sales in February
A lot of people pointed out that Marvel and DC failed to chart in ICv2's monthly BookScan chart for February. Instead Image and Manga crushed it with mega franchises The Walking Dead, Saga, Bleach, Naruto and Attack on Titan. Locke and Key and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children also appeared, along with Dark Horse and Boom's perennials, Adventure Time and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Awards Deadlines Ahoy: The Eisners and the Ignatzes
A couple of awards season notes.
* Monday March 17 is the deadline for Eisner Award submissions! Don't drink too much Guinness and forget. Details...
Some house keeping: Guest editorial: Matt Hawkins says “Diversity = Money”
by Matt Hawkins
Why do we need more diversity of creators in comics? The simple answer is money. The only color in business that matters...
First Second makes its Fall line-up official with Pope, Doctorow, Dalrymple, etc.
First Second just sent out a reminder of its Winter Fall books and here they are, all in one place for your perusal. Everything looks...
Trenchcoat alert: First look at Matt Ryan as Constantine
NBC has released the first official image of actor Matt Ryan as John Constantine in the upcoming pilot. Trenchcoat check, stubble, check, cigarette, no,...
PREVIEW: THE ELTINGVILLE CLUB #1 takes on Fake Geek Girls and so much more
Hold on to your pogs. Dark Horse has just released a preview of ELTINGVILLE CLUB #1 by Evan Dorkin the first part of a...
Nice Art: Marvel Reveals Alex Ross Miracleman variant cover
I know you were wondering to yourself, "When is Alex Ross going to do a variant cover for Marvel's reprints of MIRACLEMAN?" I...
REVIEW: Avengers Undercover #1– out of the arena
Written by: Dennis Hopeless
Art by : Kev Walker
Colors by: Jean Francois Beaulieu
Publisher by: Marvel
By Matt O'Keefe
Avengers Undercover is a direct sequel to Avengers Arena,...
And here’s a quick first look at The Flash costume
A Flash pilot is on the way starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen—and here's the first look at his costume. It was designed by...
Interview: IDW’s Ted Adams “No 10-year-old is hanging out in the bookstore section at...
[IDW publisher Ted Adams is one of the most personable executives in the industry, and one of the most forward looking when it comes to expanding to new markets. As IDW celebrates its 15th anniversary, we chatted with Adams about the structure of the company, his background and how IDW has explored new outlets and products including digital, mass market and merchandising. One of IDW's biggest recent success stories in their "Micro Fun Packs"—little goodie bags sold at mass market checkout areas which include a mini comics, stickers, foldout posters, and POG-like collectibles—an unusual move into merchandising for a comics publisher but one he thinks will drive readers back to comics shops. IDW's successes also includes creator owned books like 30 Days of Night and Locke and Key and one of the industry's best archival programs with the Library of American Comics and Yoe Books. Given his background in the maw of the "indie comics era" working at Eclispe, Dark Horse and Image, Adams has been able to put what he calls his entrepreneurial spirit to work on taking advantage of the expanding audience for comics. And he's not done yet. Many thank to IDW's Rosalind Morehead for setting up this interview.]
Boom gets first look with Cartoon Network starting with Steven Universe
Following their huge success with their Adventure Time and Regular Show comics, Boom! Studios has signed a "first look" deal with Cartoon Network, meaning...
