It's not just Vault Comics that's having a quiet July. AWA also only has one new comic, the final issue of U & I #6 by J Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi, in their July 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as a collection of Red Light by Sara Cho and Priscilla Petreites. Come on […]
Bleeding Cool gets the word on a number of major comic book industry hiring moves coming that may change the face of the direct market for comic books as it currently stands. That's basically it, by the way. But there are all manner of dots and crosses to be added, entire departments to be informed […]
J. Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi's U & I #5, and Little Black Book #4 by Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha, make up all of AWA's June 2024 solicits and solicitations. Which, yes, is a tad fewer than one might have expected from the Murdoch backed, Axel Alonso-headed, Bill Jemas-removed comic book publisher based in […]
AWA and Garth Ennis partner to bring you an expanded edition of Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal, available exclusively through Kickstarter. This new edition features a wraparound cover by Amanda Conner, a new full-length Marjorie Finnegan time travel adventure by Garth Ennis and Goran Sudžuka, never-before-seen back matter, so much more. Marjorie Finnegan's Temporal Criminal is written by two-time Eisner award-winning writer Garth […]
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced an expanded partnership with Archie Comics as Archie moves into the Deluxe Tier of publishers. This means Archie will be exclusive with Diamond but also gain greater prominence within Previews. But is it a poison chalice? Archie Comics will be joining AfterShock Comics, Ablaze Publishing, Frank Miller Presents, Opus Comics, […]
Death Ratio'd is a one-shot by Mark Russell, Laci and Marco Lesko, a sci-fi comic about the deadly aspects of getting thumbs down on social media in the future… "enough clicks and the collar around your neck explodes", and part of AWA's May 2024 solicits and solicitations. It is accompanied by the latest issue of […]
Rumpus Room by Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas gets a collection in AWA's April 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as new issues for Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha's Little Black Book and Joe Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi's U & I. RUMPUS ROOM TPB Written by Mark Russell Illustrated by Ramon […]
Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha are launching a new Western horror comic book series from AWA in March, Little Black Book. As well as J Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi continuing their U&I series and collecting JMS's The Madness series with David Lorenzo, as part of AWA's March 2024 solicits and solicitations. LITTLE BLACK BOOK […]
Babylon 5 creator Joe Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi are launching a new comic book series together, U & I, from AWA Studios, as part of their February 2024 solicits and solicitations. Part of Straczynski's Resistance Universe, it's about a superman without a memory, U, and the abandoned Isabelle. And out on the 7th of […]
Local Comic Shop Day is sponsored by ComicsPRO, the Trade Organization for comic book stores, and encourages comic book stores and publishers to run a special Local Comic Shop Day every year, with exclusive items and variant covers available only at bricks and mortar comic book stores. And this year, it's Wednesday, the 22nd of […]
Local Comic Shop Day is sponsored by ComicsPRO, the Trade Organization for comic book stores, and encourages comic book stores and publishers to run a special Local Comic Shop Day every year, with exclusive items and variant covers available only at bricks and mortar comic book stores. Here's a few details and covers have been […]
Do you know what the best-selling comic book is right now? And what about the sales of the top comic book publishers? We know in the direct market they will be Marvel and DC, most than likely in that very order, but beyond that… is Image still holding firm at number three? Or is it […]
Sarah Cho and Priscilla Petraites launch a new series from AWA Studios in their November 2023 solicits and solicitations, Red Light #1, as well as the latest Rumpus Room #3 by Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas, The Madness #4 by J. Michael Straczynski and ACO, and The Ribbon Queen #5 by Garth Ennis and Jacen […]
J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5, Sense8, Changeling, World War Z on the screen, and Supreme Power, Spider-Man, Superman, Thor, Midnight Nation, Rising Stars and Resistance on the comic page, has signed up to create brand new fictions for Dark Horse Comics, announced this San Diego Comic-Con week. "I'm very excited to be pairing up […]
Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas launch a new series, Rumpus Room from AWA Studios in their September 2023 solicits and solicitations, alongside the latest issues of The Madness, Ribbon Queen and Sins Of The Salton Sea. RUMPUS ROOM #1 (OF 5) CVR A HARRIS (MR) AWA JUL231416 JUL231417 – RUMPUS ROOM #1 (OF 5) CVR […]
From the AWA video presentation at the ComicsPRO Summit in Pittsburgh concluding today, Jeremy Holt, Garth Ennis, JMS, Jeremy Holt, Ed Brisson and Mark Russell talked about their upcoming comic books from AWA. Jeremy Holt: I'm the writer and co-creator of the upcoming graphic novel Gatsby through AWA Studios. I want to thank AWA for […]
Jeremy Holt, Felipe Cunha and Dearbhla Kelly graphic retelling of The Great Gatsby as Gatsby, reimagined "as an LGBTQ-tinged, multicultural thriller for the Internet age" was meant to be published last November by AWA and revived considerable publicity from the likes of The Advocate at the time. However all solicited issues of the series were cancelled […]
Bill Jemas may have been ejected but Axel Alonso is still steering the Artists, Writers & Artisans, Inc. ship known as AWA, the existence of which was broken by Bleeding Cool in 2018, (though I still think it should be abbreviated as AWAAI), and now has some more fuel in the engine. Fremantle has tweeted […]
Cullen Bunn, Mike Deodato and Lee Loughridge launch Red Zone #1 in AWA's March 2023 solicits and solicitations, released first on Bleeding Cool, below. As well as more Black Tape, Eratic and Trojan for the month. RED ZONE #1 WRITER | CULLEN BUNN ARTIST | MIKE DEODATO JR. & LEE LOUGHRIDGE COVER A | RAHZZAH […]
Following last month's news that Reginald Hudlin has joined the Creative Council at AWA to help guide the company's creators in making comics that can be adapted to film and television, spice of life themed Hollywood trade mag Variety reports that Hudlin is creating new original comics for the company in addition to curating others. […]
