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Archie Comics Branching Out To Young Adult Novels
Archie Comics is jumping into the lucrative field of Young Adult novels this summer They are kicking it off with Diary Of A Girl Next Door: Betty written by Tania del Rio. The story follows Riverdale High freshman Betty Cooper, her time with her best friend Veronica, her crush on Archie and other high school dramas[...]
Things To Do In London In March During British Comics Month
I do like Gosh Comics of London And Gosh Comics like comics Lots of them And in March they have a lot to show for it, announcing British Comics Month Let's have a look at what they, and others, have planned for the month of March… Now until March 9th – Alone Forever, An Exhibition By[...]
ComiXology Rejects Dale Lazarov's First-To-Digital Gay Erotic Comics
ComiXology carry a number of sexually explicit comic books such as Black Kiss and Sex from Image Comics They are not available through Apple's iOS but can be purchased through the digital distributor's main site But not all books are so lucky. Dale Lazarov, gay erotic comics writer/editor, writes, Hello, bleeders! Here's an illustrated version of an[...]
Preaching On About Advertising and Comics – Some Strategies
By Rich Douek I write comics I also write ads for one of the largest agencies in the world – so it wasn't a huge surprise when Joe Mulvey called me to get my take on advertising and comics, for his article on Bleeding Cool last week. It was even less of a surprise taking into[...]
Watch Paul Pope Talk About The Return Of Escapo
Paul Pope's 1999 Escapo is getting new life from Z2 Comics. Gritty, poetic and fast-paced, ESCAPO follows the adventures of a circus escape artist who struggles to evade Death itself – and the equally powerful grip of unrequited love. This time the book will be published in full-color (by Shay Plummer) and include 50+ pages of bonus content[...]
Want To Get On? Get Yourself Fired
But how best to tell it? I have been reading comics since I was eight years old My grandmother gave me an Archie and I was hooked By twelve I had graduated to the X-Men and I was in love The stories in the comic books I read were a perfect allegory for the world around[...]
Made In America –  The Problem With Marvel And DC Paper Quality
A recent post on complaints over quality of the paper and printing production methods on Marvel's Infinity hardcover have seem to spread since publication. One retailer sent in a look at how new Marvel comics are looking to him, from his shipment of Black Widow #1. But Kris Shaw must take the biscuit for his coverage of[...]
Diamond Comics Closes Their Digital Distribution Line
How will that affect digital comics? Well, digital comic distributors are exceedingly stingy about information regarding sales numbers So the only way you can tell what's what is when a company goes under. Such as Diamond Digital, the digital comic distribution line from Diamond Comic Distributors which exclusively distributed digital comics through comic book stores, as a[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Joshua Hale Fialkov
Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us maintain the site, get new equipment, and encourage us to keep going on those cold lonely nights. Chris Thompson Twitter: @popculturehound Orbital Comics' website: www.orbitalcomics.com Joshua Hale Fialkov's Twitter: @JoshFialkov Joshua Hale Fialkov's Tumblr: joshfialkov.tumblr.com And you can listen to Josh Fialkov & Joe Infurnari's commentary on The Bunker #1 right[...]
Comics Interviewer Bill Baker Dies, Aged 55
Baker are incomplete with the Crawford Funeral Homes assisting the Baker family. Bill Baker had been writing about comics for a decade and a half, including Icons: The DC Comics And WildStorm Art of Jim Lee and books including interviews with Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, George Perez, Michael Abon Oeming , and many more, available here. Those[...]
Things To Do All Over The World This March If You Like Will Eisner
Last year, there were quite a few events all over the world in celebration of Will Eisner Week at the beginning of March, but that doesn't hold a candle to how many events are being planned this year to honor Eisner's legacy and educate about the comics medium. Originally organized in 2009 by The Will &[...]
World's Worst Copy Of Walking Dead #1 Sells For $754
I'm not sure exactly how that works… another with a crease in the spine sold for $676… and this seems a lot worse than that. Here's how it is described… According to the CGC census, over 1800 copies of THE WALKING DEAD #1 (1st print) have been graded as of 2/10/2014 and this is the only one[...]
Friday Morning Runaround – Singing To Alan Moore About Alan Moore
non-comics reading) People in the audience might not understand half of it, especially the bits about alternate universes, but this didn't seem to matter and it was a DELIGHTFUL experience, which led to the rest of the set going pretty good too It was certainly the NICEST one of these comedy-type gigs I've done –[...]
What Happens When You Spend Valentine's Day In A Comic Shop
Here's the life drawing class held at Orbital Comics, London, last week, with artist Jason Atomic and model Manko, creating scenes of pulp fiction to provide the necessary pulp friction…. The next session with Jason Atomic and Manko will take place alongside Orbital Comics' Satanic Mojo #2 exhibition on Friday May 23rd There's also a similar[...]