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From Horse to Mouse – Speculating the Star Wars Comics Transfer
By Brandon Rucker We all knew it was inevitable even before the ink dried on the contract that turned over ownership of LucasFilm (and subsidiaries) to Disney, the House of Mouse that also owns Marvel Entertainment/Studios/Comics from a previous acquisition some four-plus years ago Naturally, I feel bad for Dark Horse Comics the publisher, as this kind of blow in[...]
DC Comics Confirms Dan Jurgens On Aquaman And The Others
Dan Jurgens on Aquaman And The Others, the rumour built over the weekend. And DC's PR department let IGN know, officially, earlier today, Aquaman And The Others #1, a new ongoing series running alongside the existing Aquaman comic, written by Dan Jurgens and drawn by Lan Medina and Ed Tadeo. Two ongoing Aquabooks, who'd have thought? The series[...]
Things To Do In London This Week If You Like Comics – Miracleman And Numbercruncher
Wednesday 15th January Orbital Comics: Miracleman #1 signing with artist/co-writer Garry Leach, from 5pm. And from 6pm… Si Spurrier signing Numbercruncher at Forbidden Planet. Thursday 16th Creating a Graphic Novel (six week course run by Simone Lia) begins 57 Arts, 57 Loampit Hill London SE13 7SZ. This practical and informal course is for anyone who would like to explore their[...]
Boom! Do Batman
Lots of people do their version of Superman and Batman. Warren Ellis gave us Apollo and Midnighter. Kurt Busiek gave us Samaritan and The Confessor. Mark
Swipe File: Iron Vs Gold
Kaare Andrews' Iron Fist #1 for 2014... Dan Jurgens' Booster Gold #11 from 2008... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to
From Africa, With Love
'Indaba, My Children' till this date remains one of the most revered books in the realm of African literature… a beautiful tapestry woven with tales of Gods, humans and the emotions that engulf them. While the older generations of the land still look at Mutwa as an unpardonable traitor, the younger people embrace these stories of[...]
Original Sin? Or Original Tie-In?
Who is the Watcher? Original Sin, Marvel's upcoming summer crossover gets a #0 issue in April. Also in terms of tie ins, we have already heard about All
Secret Origins Rumours And More Confirmed By DC Comics
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran a number of rumours about upcoming DC Comics. Now DC Comics PR department has confirmed a couple of them to CBR Namely Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman Vs Bane and a new ongoing series Secret Origins We were able to get further details about what Secret Origins was, a series of[...]
Douchey Cat Dishes on DC Comics' Move Westward – Look! It Moves! By Adi Tantimedh
Adi Tantimedh writes: So everyone is pretty much convinced that DC Comics moving its editorial offices out to California is a big game-changer in the comics industry in the coming years For one thing, the location of both Marvel and DC's offices in Manhattan had established the city as the central hub of comics publishing for[...]
Top 1000 Comics Sales And Graphic Novel Sales For 2013
The top thousand selling comic books and graphic novels/collections in the North American direct market of comic stores on 2013, as measured by their distributor Diamond Comic Distributors… oh and Bleeding Cool Magazine got three spots in the top 25 magazine sales of the year as well! QtyRank RetailRank DESC_1 PRICE VendName 1 3 WALKING DEAD #115 (MR) $2.99 IMA 2 2 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 $3.99 DC 3 1 SUPERMAN UNCHAINED[...]
Dan Jurgens On Aquaman And The Others? (BOOTH UPDATE)
Dan Jurgens, who wrote Aquaman for a year during 2000, will be taking on the new DC Comics title, Aquaman And The Others. Jurgens is an accomplished writer/artist, mostly at DC Comics, with long runs on Superman and New 52 work on Justice League International and Green Arrow And the rumour goes he is using both[...]
Rising from The East: The 3rd Mumbai Comic Convention, With Photogallery
The number of booths had increased as had the variety of things on sale and the activities to be found and of course – comics Over the two days that the even ran, the crowds thronged the venue from morning right up until closing time with many disinclined to leave at the end of the[...]
Secret Origins, The New Ongoing From DC Comics
Yesterday, we ran some rumours about upcoming DC Comics titles Some were well sourced, others… less so. But the original rundown from Tako seemed pretty reliable And the elaboration at 4chan less so Maybe as you might expect. Because Secret Origins #1 is not a one shot, it's a new ongoing series, telling the origins of the[...]