2014

With Gail Simone talking about the Nightwing/Oracle Convergence issue. I am writing it, of course there's Nightwing ass! And now Nicola Scott talking about New Teen Titans… @NicolaScottArt it will be your legacy. — Rich Johnston (@richjohnston) January 15, 2015 "@richjohnston: @NicolaScottArt it will be your legacy."- HA! I think you may be right. More […]

And plenty of other publishers made it into the top ten, with multiple books from Dark Horse, IDW, Scholastic, Random House and Top Shelf.And toys? It's all about DC...TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in Calendar Year 2014QTY RANK DOLLAR RANK INDEXDESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR1 1 493.77AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 $5.99 MAR2 5 288.14WALKING DEAD #132 (MR) $2.99 IMA3 3 274.59ROCKET RACCOON #1 $3.99 MAR4 2 241.95DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 $4.99 MAR5 6 150.84DEATH OF WOLVERINE[...]

Amazing Spider-Man #1 was only given away in Nerd Block (40-50,000 subscribers) while Rocket Raccoon and Walking Dead were in Loot Crate (250-300,000 subscribers) but it managed to get more elsewhere to pip them both to the top of Best Selling Comic Book of 2014 - in the comic book direct market via Diamond Comic[...]

So here we are at the start of 2015, with 2014 sinking just behind the horizon The world of gaming wearily trudged its way to the new year over the last week, looking for the last 12 months to finally be over By most accounts I've seen, everyone seemed to have had a bit of[...]

The most-read story or 2014 in Bleeding Cool was one of the first A 3 am-held instant-message interview with Shia Labeouf beat out even the Reddit-fuelled story that no one was to be "taken" in Taken 3 The story went massively viral and spawned T-shirts at San Diego Comic Con I do hope Shia will return[...]

Here is their top twenty list of graphic novel published in 2014 Bleeding Cool will have our own in the upcoming week.. I expect plenty of crossover.OK Comics' Jared writes,We have a few guidelines when we put together our list We try to include only books that were released after 1st January 2014, exclude reprints and[...]

I understand that October comic book marketshare for North American direct market stores, to be revealed later this week, will reveal that Image Comics will have a unit marketshare of 12.28%. Which means that Image has a 12.28% of all comic books sold in that market in October, though the share of dollars is likely […]

I took the girls to MCM London Comic Con 2014 yesterday - the first show they've been to where they were prepared to perform themselves, with their Minecraft swords And the first place they got attention from others from carrying them It was quite a revelation!And the journey was also transformed, the McDonalds at London[...]

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From getting the tube in, to getting the Docklands Light Railway out, from Homestuck, to attacked Titans to lady Lokis, to stiltwalkers to Iron Men, MCM London Expo 2014 was full of cosplay And this was the light day I'll be back tomorrow morning with the kids for the crowds And they are bringing their[...]

Taken straight from the NYCC App… where you will also find details of every panel. Still, this should get you started. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

It's all about Liam Sharp and Doctor Who in November from Titan Comics. But not yet together. They should sort that out. But there are two projects starting from Liam. Naturally with a little Madefire crossover, CAPTAIN STONE #1 (W) Liam Sharp, Christina McCormack (A/CA) Liam Sharp The world's first and only superhero has disappeared […]

It's the comic that everyone expected to be cancelled and yet never was. It also happened to be repeatedly really, really good. With a title that spun out of Superior Spider-Man, despite having nothing to to with that book, it continued its Hawkeye-inspired merry way after the main book snapped back to Amazing Spider-Man, telling […]

Here is the list of the hundred top selling comic books in the North American comic stores for July 2014, as ordered by direct market accounts.Rocket Raccoon #1 topped the chart, selling two and a half times the amount that the second title, Batman #33 did However, over 150,000 of those were to the monthly[...]

Find out what it takes to self-promote and make a significant impact on your ability to sell your comic.11:30am - 12:30pm Room 811:30amMasters of the Web: Comic Book MoviesA discussion of the state and slate of current and upcoming major comic book movies with top YouTube movie pundits, including Manu Bennett (TV's Arrow), John Campea (AMC Movie Talk), Jeremy Jahns (YouTube film critic), Tiffany[...]

How is animation doing in 2014? How can I enter the field? Is 2D dead? Join panelists Miguel Jiron (Despicable Me 2), Raul Garcia (Melon Digital S.L.), Brooke Keesling (Cartoon Network), Steve Hulett (The Animation Guild), Danny Young (Blurr Studios), and moderated by Tom Sito (Beauty and the Beast, Shrek) From motion picture production to[...]

Last year, Boom! Studios came to San Diego Comic Con after the merger/aquisition/whatever-actually-happened with Archaia, with newly exclusive signed George Pérez in their trophy cabinet. By merging their already-booked booths, Boom! and Archaia has quite a sizeable presence as a result. So what for this year and what to announce for a publisher who's local […]

Is it just me or was the AT-AT driver one of the least desirable figures when you were buying Star Wars figures as a kid? His head looked just too… big and fat for his body. And he could never stand up properly as a result. And his face mask just made him look fed […]

On Friday afternoon, a strong day for programming to kick off Heroes Con, the Marvel Writers Panel sat down to talk about all and sundry aspects of their work, but at a con like Heroes, this kind of panel is very much going to focus on craft, personal projects and perspectives rather than talking points […]

Take the Avengers September solicits from Newsarama, the Spider-solicits from CBR and the X-solicits from Comicbook.com – what do we get? AVENGERS WORLD #12 & 13 NICK SPENCER (W) Issue #12 – MARCO CHECCHETTO (A) Issue #13 – RAFFAELE IENCO (A) CoverS by JORGE MOLINA Issue #12 – The UPRISING continues! • The Army of […]