Tag: Top News
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/12/15: What is an “indie comic” anyway?
§ By chance, two websites have been devoting some time to overviews of...non Big Two Comics I guess you could call 'em. Multiversity is...
Nice Art: Joe Casey, Nathan Fox and Connor Willumsen take on Captain Victory
Leave it to Joe Casey. He's a Pied Piper of the unusual, writing superheroes everywhere and dragging fresh art styles along with him (Sex...
Space Goat Productions launches its own print line
There's a fool born every minute, but a comics publisher every other minute. But this one is launching with a pretty sound roll-out. Shon C. Bury's Space Goat Productions is most known as a packaging and talent-management company, but in May they're jumping into the publishing world with Space Goat Publishing. The line will launch with three titles, and has also snagged the license to Evil Dead 2. SG publishing will be making its debut at this weekend's ComicsPRO meet
Michael Davis talks about why he’s not in Milestone 2.0
In the last few weeks there's been a bit of online speculation about why Michael Davis, one of the original Milestone Comics founders, along...
YALSA 2015 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is out
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) releases a yearly list of recommended graphic novels, and this year's list is out, 79 titles...
First Look at the Long Beach Comic Expo program cover by The Bean’s Travis...
The Long Beach Comic Expo February 28-March 1st and just announced a great line-up of guests, which you can see below. They also released the cover of the program guide by Travis Hanson, creator of the Eisner nominated story The Bean. It's a nice mash-up of some creator owned icons.
Scribd aims to become to become THE streaming app for comics with Marvel, IDW,...
WHO will be the Netflix/Spotify of comics? Several companies have been trying to offer all you can eat comcis buffets, but a lack of top content has been holding them back. But Scribd just made a major play announcing a $8.99 a month plan that allows you access to 10,000 comics, including top titles from Marvel, IDW/Top Shelf, Archie, Dynamite and Valiant. Scribd has been around for a while as en embeddable pdf reader, and already offers over a million ebooks and audiobooks on a subscription basis, so this makes a lot of sense.
It’s true: women know how to read comics
About six months ago, I took a victory lap. And I'm gonna take another one. Because I was right, all along. Last's week's twin announcements of the revamped DC line-up and Marvel's all-woman A-Force showed that even the big two have embraced the idea of a diverse readership as a sound business model. It was only four years ago, when the New 52 launched, that there was an outcry about only 1% of the creators being female, and DC co-publisher Dan DiDio got put on the spot and reacted with a less than conciliatory tone.
IDW and Hasbro renew pact
When I first got this email, I read it as "Ended their relationship, and I was like WHA--???!?!? But no no, the correct title is "IDW And Hasbro Celebrate 10 Years By Extending Their Relationship " which makes a ton of sense. Books like Transformers, GI Joe and My Little Pony have become mainstays for IDW and often damn good comics, like the epic TRANSFORMERS VS GI JOE that Tom Scioli and John Barber turned into a critical hit.
Titan Announces The Best of British Comics
Titan has socialed up the above image and some information:
Sparkplug Announces 2015 publishing slate with Smith, Horvath and more
Sparkplug Books has just put out new of their new mini series, with work by Suzette Smith, Olivia Horvath, Nalleli Sierra, Ebin Lee and Solomon Fletcher. I'm not familiar with most of these, but I'm always interested in whatever Sparkplug is putting out.
Comics pay HOW much?
For some reason, this post from two years ago, Creator says creator-owned comics pay as little as $31.25 a page—if you’re lucky went mildly...
