2016 Archives

https://t.co/LbqvjJ46Vg — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 10, 2016 Yesterday we reported that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson teased a possible appearance at this years San Diego Comic Con Which made a lot of sense since the film is slated for a November release We also speculated that if Marvel was going to do a panel, they[...]

There has been a lot of talk about studios pulling out of Hall H appearances, but with the Benedict Cumberbatch lead film being released in November, the years biggest pop culture gathering would be the perfect place to debut a bigger trailer and some footage from the film. Hopefully this means we'll get a full Marvel[...]

IDW entrench their position above Dark Horse – by publishing 50 comics to Dark Horse's 20 –  and Boom! continues to use Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to bring in more individual sales of comics than Dark Horse.   Big the big news is still the absolute slump in sales between 2016 and 2015 And it's getting worse[...]

And doesn;t have "black" in its title. Each will be individually numbered with a holographic sticker and available for the first time on July 20, 2016 at the Entertainment Earth booth #2343 during San Diego Comic-Con for $24.99 each, with pre-orders for any left over.   At San Diego Comic Con this year, Entertainment Earth are offering exclusive[...]

The SDCC 2016 exclusives are piling up, and now there are two more things to add to the list Star Trek: The Original Series Amok Time Kirk vs Spock Bobble Heads and three new Sheldon action figures from the Big Bang Theory   Here's some of the perks of the Star Trek set: "With a simple push[...]

It's been a rough 2016 hasn't it? It isn't the first time of course Probably won't be the last Hell, even in the New 52, he was meant to have died once at the hands of Doomsday And, thanks to the Superman of the Pre-52 who managed to make the leap over to the New 52[...]

Details about ticket distribution will be announced prior to the 2016 convention. This first-ever outdoor IMAX premiere event will include appearances by the film's cast and crew, and a live concert performance by the San Diego symphony orchestra   The film stars John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin and Idris[...]

Here are Diamond Comic Distribution's top 100 comic book and graphic novels sales in North American comic shops during April 2016… TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2016 RANK PUBLICATION PRICE PUBLISHER 1 BLACK PANTHER #1 $4.99 MAR 2 STAR WARS POE DAMERON #1 $4.99 MAR 3 DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #4 $5.99 DC 4 STAR WARS SPECIAL C-3PO #1 $4.99 MAR 5 BATMAN #51 $3.99 DC 6 GWENPOOL #1 $4.99 MAR 7 STAR WARS #18 $3.99 MAR 8 DARTH VADER #19 $3.99 MAR 9 HARLEY[...]

While DC maintained their dollar share, but the amount of comics they sold dropped three points, possibly because the price of their comics went up with all the $4.99 issue 50 titles. In April's figures, it's all about the Marvel gains. Marvel's dollar share has risen rapidly from 37.39% to 42.98% and their sales share has jumped  from[...]

In March 2016, DC Comics put out 74 new comic books featuring 667 credited creators, 578 men and 89 women Here are their charts: DC's overall percentage of female creators fell 0.3%, a fairly inconsequential drop that nonetheless resulted in a relatively low total for the publisher The numbers were up and down across the board,[...]

I've talked about some other Free Comic Book Day titles for 2016 – such as DC Super Hero Girls, Valiant 4001 AD, Suicide Squad, Civil War II, Spectrum, Serenity, Archie Comics, Sonic The Hedgehog, Rom/Action Man and Avatarex… that's ten. There's fifty in total Well here are another 37… I'll catch up[ on the remaining three tomorrow,[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDc2V0Fv4UVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: A Comic Show Explains Free Comic Book Day 2016! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDc2V0Fv4U)  Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop runs through the best free comic books of Free Comic Book Day 2016… Hey everyone! Want some FREE COMICS? Get to a comic shop on Saturday May 7th! In this video I explain[...]

Oh and look, the second print of Insexts #1 gets a solicitation – that's how they used to do things in the old days… welcy to the AfterShock July 2016 solicitations. CAPTAIN KID #1 (W) Mark Waid, Tom Peyer (A/CA) Wilfredo Torres Chris Vargas is a middle-aged man with a hacking cough, an obsolete job, and a bombastic[...]

How much more of that will be developed, we'll have to wait for the graphic novel. DC SuperHero Girls FCBD is published by DC Comics on Free Comic Book Day, May 7th 2016. Katana may not be in the Suicide Squad FCBD comic, but she is in the DC SuperHero Girls FCBD comic, the first chapter[...]

by Ray Flook As a clear sign that the 2016 convention season is upon us, Crucial Entertainment held its annual East Coast ComiCon on April 16th & 17th at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey Celebrating its fourth year, East Coast CC continued to improve and expand with an impressive line-up of artists/writers ranging[...]

People planning to attend Wizard World Orlando Comic Con in August this year might have had a shock when they went to check the latest in guest

Star Wars delivers a one-two this week with O-O-O and C-3PO making a great double. Moon Knight also does extremely well as a launch title but of it wasn't

Who would have thought it would be Avatar Press who would send two years showing DC Comics what a twice-monthly on-time comic with the same creators as

1-4 SET STORY: TIM SEELEY ART: DIEGO BERNARD COVERS: JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER 624 PAGES / FC / T+ / $29.99 The seminal run by TIM SEELEY and DIEGO BERNARD is available in this value-priced set! THINK TANK: CREATIVE DESTRUCTION SIGNED SET EDITION STORY: MATT HAWKINS ART / COVERS: RAHSAN EKEDAL 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $29.99 Collecting the four variant RAHSAN EKEDAL covers[...]

It's all kicking off! Image Expo is on! And these photos come directly from Bleeding Cool reporter George Tramountanas who tells us, Fans are presently

by Noelle Stevenson By Jason Borelli, on his way to MoCCA 2016 Before New York got the massive comic book convention it needed in New York Comic Con, there was the MoCCA Arts Festival Originally established by the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art in 2002, the Fest became a must-see show for anybody who wanted to[...]

The launch will be  Tuesday, April 12th 7pm, House Of Illustration Comix Creatrix: Posy Simmonds meets Florence Cestac Join two pioneering creators as they explore the world of comics in France and Britain, from the 1970s to today Wednesday, April 13th 5.30pm-7.30pm, Orbital Comics Jay Gunn signing Jay will be signing copies of his Surface Tension trade paperback, along with offering some unique prints[...]

It will be in stores, for free, in two weeks. But here it is, almost complete, in advance. Because, yes, no listing for Batman/Superman

Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts—but just where did this amazing new friend come from? FLASH FACT: "2016 is the 60th anniversary of Barry Allen becoming The Flash and it's a privilege to be a part of it," says writer Joshua Williamson "'The Return of Barry Allen' in FLASH[...]

Coming From Black Mask Press in June... Jade Street Protection Services #1 by Katy Rex and Fabian Lelay. JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES #1 (W) Katy Rex

Hitting in June... a new comic by Frank Barbiere and Garry Brownfrom AftrShock Comics THE REVISIONIST #1 (W) Frank Barbiere (A/CA) Garry Brown New Series!

We have none of the details or images. But here are the titles - and dates for DC's Solicitations for June. And while a number of comics go for the

I had an Action Man. Everyone did. The British renaming and repackaging for GI Joe... because no one knew what a GI Joe was - and they kept their full

Live and let die. SHUTTER #22 STORY: JOE KEATINGE ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA JUNE 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 END OF STORY ARC "ALL ROADS," Part Five All roads lead to The End. SHUTTER will return September 2016. SNOWFALL #5 STORY: JOE HARRIS ART / COVER: MARTÍN MORAZZO JUNE 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 "BRANCHES FROM[...]

Here are the solicitations for Avatar Press for June 2016, leading with the second issue of the Alan Moore curated anthology Cinema Purgatorio Moore also has his new issue of Providence with Jacen Burrows solicited, as well as Crossed Badlands by Christos Gage and Emiliano Urdinola, Crossed +100 from Si Spurrier and Martin Tunica and War Stories[...]