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Lobo goes Twilight with new look
New decade, new Lobo.
DC has given the bad-ass Simon Bisley-designed character of Lobo—a crazy madman who epitomized the heavy metal years of the...
The history of how Ben Affleck destroyed the world became Batman
When did this Ben Affleck Batman tragedy begin? Alex Zalben has a pretty good timeline of Affleck's interaction with superhero roles here but it leaves out a few things, such as Affleck's breakout role as "Holden" the aspiring comics artist in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy.
Tumblr alert: INTRAPANEL
You have to actually go to the site to experience it, but Matt Maxwell's new tumblr INTRAPANEL includes giant close up macro lens photos...
This weekend: THE PROJECTS
Oh yeah but speaking on indie comics and arts festival., this weekend THE PROJECTS kicks off in Portland, but it isn't so much a...
Why your Bronze Age comics collection ain’t worth squat
Frank Santoro is at it again, in the aptly titled American Pickers in which he advises a friend's father that a comics collection with stickers...
Preview: The Hit #1 by Bryce Carlson and Vanesa R. Del Rey
A few days ago, some art from the upcoming title HIT by Bryce Carlson and Vanesa R. Del Rey stormed the internet. Published...
Taipei Comic Exhibition draws more than 582,000 people
If you asked us what the world' biggest comics show was, we'd say Comiket, which just wrapped up in Tokyo the other day, and...
Paper Rocket launches Gretta Johnson’s Star Fruit
Paper Rocket is one of the thriving micropublishers now on the scene; it's run by Robyn Chapman, herself a mighty fine cartoonist, and she's...
Online graphic novel price war underway
ICv2 reports on Overstock.com's price war with Amazon. Basically the online retailer is matching Amazon's deep discounts on books—despite losing money on these discounts—in an effort to become more of an alternative to Amazon.
The Amazing Cynicalman Vol. II is coming from Matt Feazell
Mini-comics and stick-figure philosophy pioneer Matt Feazall has been turning out his delightful mini-comics since the 80s. Now he had an Indiegogo campaign going for The Amazing Cynicalman Vol. 2, a collection of his weekly strips from 2002 on.
So what kind of person buys a “Torture variant” cover anyway? (NSFW, trigger images)
I know everyone tsk tsk's Avatar's habit of putting out gory, exploitive covers, but seriously, after looking at some of their "torture variant" covers, I find myself asking "WHAT KIND OF SICK FUCK BUYS THIS SHIT????" I get the appeal of a little transgressive gore now and then, but these are basically images of sawed off limbs, flaying and twisted sexual situations that make Mark Millar look like Hannah Montana.
Nearly 50% of the comic book market consists of variant covers
Although this is the best time in recent comics history for sales and quality, the current sales success doesn't come without an asterisk: the...
