Longtime comics industry professional Rob Samsel died unexpectedly at MidState Medical Center in Meriden, CT on February 18 at the age of 46. Samsel ran
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A high grade copy of Archie Comics #1 went for $167,300 at Heritage Auctions last week, setting a record for this issue that turned the heads of even
Kodansha Limited, Japan's largest publisher of Manga, will acquire US publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga Vertical, Inc. according to Anime
2011 is clearly shaping up to be the year of the Green Lanterns for DC. Continuing the build-up to the live action movie, here's the first trailer for the
A CGC 9.6 copy of Avengers #4, the first Silver Age appearance of Captain America, went for $91,500 at ComicLink auction last night -- a new record for
It's no longer much of a surprise to see fashion-oriented tweets in comic-book-centric twitter hashtags. As the iconography of this culture continues to
Friday Night Lights, Legion, and Lone Star actress Adrianne Palacki has won one of the most iconic roles in all of fiction, Deadline is reporting.
During a conference call this afternoon Marvel announced a new Alpha Flight 8-issue maxi-series written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with art by Dale
This past November, a court decision on a series of Marvel motions essentially focused the Marvel v Kirby family case on one key issue -- the Kirby
Just minutes after SDCC Ticket Purchases opened for the fourth time -- after 2 high-profile, server melting failures, and a limited test run that was
The big Captain America promo weekend begins. On Sunday we get our first look at the trailer plus a new digital comic. Wouldn't be a surprise to see
Lost amidst all the recent statement-issuing and clarifications over the New York Times' piece on Apple's App Store guidelines and what they mean for the
Every time you think you've seen it all when it comes to original comic book art something turns up to prove that you haven't. Exhibit A for that rule
MiddleEastWatch: Dez Skinn and Kef Sutherland are back from a trip to the United Arab Emirates for the Comics and Literacy. I was actually out there for a
In news that is already alarming ebook fans around the internet, the NY Times is reporting in a story this morning that Apple has informed app developers
28 year old British actor Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in the upcoming Christopher Nolan / Zack Snyder reboot, Deadline is reporting.
Always-outspoken Marvel Senior VP of Publishing Tom Brevoort has been on quite a twitter tirade this week. Just a couple days ago he laid into an unnamed
2010 marked a bit of a turning point for the major publishers in terms of how they use the net -- both Marvel and DC now routinely break major news
It's Flashpoint Friday in the world of DC news, and that means another dose of info about the major upcoming event in the massively multicreator DCU.
The recent statements by DC Comics and Archie that they are about to cease using the Comics Code Authority seal on their comics, and subsequent
From the twitter of Thundercats writer Todd Casey tonite comes what he calls an official image from the new series: ThunderCats (officially) Ho!!
The on again, off again, on again Wonder Woman television saga takes another interesting twist today with Deadline's assertion that the Charlie's Angels
On the digital comics front, 2011 is shaping up in part to be a competition for who can do the best job developing their platform, and in many cases that
A busy day of Wizard news today. As per pr, Wizard World Inc. is going public, will continue producing pop culture conventions, and launch a digital
I think this is the definition of irony: one of the most famous moments of the 1954 Senate Hearings which helped prompt the comic book industry to create
In a major reversal over the situation just two weeks ago, NBC/Universal has given the greenlight to David E. Kelley's vision of Wonder Woman for TV. The
As posted by Jim Lee on the Vertigo Blog, DC Comics will no longer be using the Comics Code Authority on any of its titles, and will instead be using its
It's a good thing they both already have helmets, right? Everybody knows there's a longtime tradition of debuting high-profile, expensive, elaborate ad
Continuing what I'm betting is a planned chaos of image releases that had everyone wondering yesterday if the studio was crazy like a Fox, the first
Marvel has released a new version of that French one-sheet that started circulating last week, this one gives us a somewhat less-cropped look at Chris