One of the interesting things about today's Avengers: X-Sanction announcement is the ever-tightening integration between Marvel comics and films that it
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Holy crap did Rich piss a lot of people off with the assertion that Justice League 1 isn't the best selling book of the year. And while a few BC forumers
The story of Granite City, Missouri resident Mike Meyer, a big Superman fan who was tricked out of much of his collection by an unscrupulous
Love it or hate it, the beautiful thing about Heather Kenealy's post is how much discussion it provoked. I even saw some on twitter about reviewing biases
The internet seems to have gotten the good out of this one, mostly. Grant Morrison has clarified, and the boycott has been called off. Though judging by
The subject of today's most-read story is not the first place I've seen it asserted that the new Action Comics is a significant departure from the
I'm not a purist about having to have the original form of the originals, but I have to admit I still wasn't all that excited about Star Wars on Blu-Ray.
Last week, New York had Jim Lee and pizza. This week, London had Tony Lee and donuts. Regardless of where they are, it looks like stores have been having
This gets lost a little bit in the era of frequent mini-series, but first-issue covers of (what eventually become) key series often become iconic images.
It's hard not to like what we've been hearing and seeing about the production of The Avengers in recent times. Even if only a fraction of the plot rumors
We've got a pretty interesting situation queued up for The New 52 Week 2. Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee has been selling out (and more
Lots of looking forward in comics today. There's definitely something in the air right now, and as I spotted someone mentioning on twitter this morning,
We're on Day 2 of the New 52 and have quite a mystery on our hands, apparently. We've seen lots and lots of theories on who she is and what it might mean,
Whenever I want to try to capture that certain something that comics has, I often think about what it might have been like to have been there when one of
It'll take a very special kind of nerd to appreciate why this is so fascinating... but I watch the ebb and flow of what's hot and what's not in comics
With the hours counting down to the midnight release of Jim Lee and Geoff Johns' Justice League #1, it's no surprise that DC sweeps BC's top stories
Despite some horrible weather conditions for much of the US east coast, it was still a feel-good Sunday for comics, both here and around the world. Read
Jack Kirby (1917-1994) was born today 94 years ago. Kirby was one of the most influential comic book artists ever, and as a big fan I've been pleased to
Word that the JSA and Earth 2 are coming to the new DCU caused quite a bit of stir on an already-busy Saturday. The devil will be in the details on this
With (some of the?) new team now standing revealed, BC discussion on this matter turned to comparative power levels of certain members, and what that
It's been a banner year for mainstream coverage of comic books, and in particular, mainstream political coverage of comic books. But even in a
Deadline reports: With Smallville ending its 10-season run this past May, the CW has made launching a new superhero franchise based on a DC property a
Just as I was following some retailer discussion on twitter this afternoon about DC's civilian outreach for the New 52, here comes word of a new aspect of
Definitely something in the air in the comicverse this week -- finality and anticipation. DC's done a masterful job of building up to this point, and of
I was a little surprised to see DC coin the New 52 phrase during SDCC, seeming to lock that number into place even as news of additional October and
DC Comics New 52 creators have been previewing loads of artwork on twitter hashtag #52splash recently. We showed you a big batch of it this morning,
A lot of people are pointing out the puzzle of the conflicting signals the business of comics is sending out today, and it's pretty hard to ignore: recent
A big piece of news just dropped in this Hero Complex piece about the DC relaunch. We knew the New 52 would have some big numbers, but the question was
The discussion over Grant Morrison's take on Wonder Woman is probably best left to the BC forum thread, but I do think that implying that the character
I love the idea of Wonder Woman as a horror comic. Actually, I love the idea of any superhero book as a horror comic, but with Wonder Woman it could