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Swipe File: Green Lantern And Mera
We pointed out the other week, how Scott Snyder had given his protagonists a similar fate in subsequent issues of Swamp Thing and Batman. A
Liberty Meadows – The Sunday Collections
Liberty Meadows Sunday Collection is described by Emmy Award-winning creator Frank Cho as "a 160 page hardcover of smut" is coming out from Image Comics this June, right before San Diego Comic Con Which will be terribly handy for signing opportunities. Oh and it will be book one of two. Book One collects Liberty Meadows Sunday strips[...]
Bat Mansion For Sale, Illinois
A house that, thanks to Google Maps, was discovered to have a Batman theme backyard, is on the market for $2.7 million. If you want to live in Hinsdale,
In One Week, In Two Weeks
Here's a fun down of all the comics that Diamond are shipping next week… followed by a prelimary look at what's coming from the bigger publishers the week after that. Dark Horse AFRIKA HC CHRONICLES OF KULL TP VOL 05 DEAD MEN O/T DEEP & OTHER STORIES DARK HORSE PRESENTS #9 (Do check for my Miss Cranbourne strip…) KATSUYA[...]
Archie's Two Love Rivals – Nancy And John
(Photo – Victor on the left, Nancy in the middle, John on the right, Archie apocalypse off to the side) Recently the newspapers, especially the New York Post, have been running articles about the case between Nancy Silberkleit and the other executives at Archie Comics And how Nancy has been barred from even entering the offices,[...]
Daredevil – And The Most Unintentionally Hilarious Moment For Quite Some Time
There's the Guy Gardner Frost Giant blow job. And today, taken from the first page of Mark Waid and Paulo and Joe Rivera's sublime and beautiful Daredevil #9, completely out of context… I believe the phrase is "stinky fingers". Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London To launch Myriad Editions' new graphic novel Things to Do in a Retirement[...]
John Nee, Dan Slott, Rob Liefeld And Artists Alley
John Nee, who used to be a DC Comics Vice President after the Wildstorm buyout posted on Facebook, regarding the concern over the Gary Friedrich court decision. This saw the destitute co-creator of Ghost Rider, Gary Friedrich agree to pay $17,ooo to Marvel for the sale of signed Ghost Rider prints over several years But[...]
Joe Harris Launches The Great Pacific As A Kickstarter Comic
Bleeding Cool talked about Joe Harris and Martin Morazzo' Great Pacific comic as a series planned for Image Comics in 2012 And while that may still be happening, the production will be funded through Kickstarter. Here's how the comic is described; Great Pacific tells the story of Chas Worthington, recent heir to one of the richest oil[...]
Kapow – The Women Are On Their Way (UPDATE)
Bleeding Cool ran an article yesterday on accusations that the upcoming London convention, Kapow, was a bit of a sausagefest when it came to comic book creators, based on the observation that every announced comics guest was, again, male. We also pointed out that, as last year, they would be female creators at the show, just[...]
Dynamite Previews With An Extended Dejah View…
Here's a look at today's comics from Dynamite, with an extended preview of Warlord Of Wars: Dejah Thoris #10. [issuu width=550 height=413 shareMenuEnabled=false showHtmlLink=false printButtonEnabled=false shareButtonEnabled=false searchButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120215115718-f98161719083410fa8c93e388fabf265 name=dejah10ext-prev username=richjohnston unit=px id=44e3ad45-cf4c-a109-208c-d028ce081f85 v=2] WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #10 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature Written by ARVID NELSON Art by CARLOS RAFAEL Covers by JOE JUSKO (33%), PAUL RENAUD[...]
First Minutemen Art From Darwyn Cooke – And The Watchmen Contract
It seems an odd article for DC Comics to have agreed to provide such artwork for, as negative as it is, including such paragraphs as; More recently, Moore says some lawyers involved with another of his projects offered to review the Watchmen contract he'd signed nearly three decades earlier "It was a nostalgic moment seeing it[...]
Jean-Marc Lofficier On The Consequences Of The Gary Friedrich Decision
Readers may also want to check ALERT, ALL COMICS CREATORS [Reposting, for a necessary (requested) edit; reposting all comments, too, after this main post Apologies.]: With permission, I'm quoting key points my dear friend and own legal advisor/contract consultant (since 1992) Jean-Marc Lofficier raised on his posts to a Yahoo forum discussing Ty Templeton's cartoon concerning[...]
Speculator's Corner – A Valentine's Day Special
Nothing can quicken the heart than the prospect of making a quick flutter at the comic store, picking up the last few copies of a gem, then flipping them on eBay a few days later and making enough to pay for, well the rest of your comics that are now resting in the twenty five[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic! – A Ghost Rider Comic Book Special
With the second movie coming out this weekend, Grace Randolph brings us a look at her favourite Ghost Rider comics, such as they are, for Think About The Ink – Stacktastic! for Bleeding Cool. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4QaQwAl5o[/youtube] With the second movie coming out this weekend, Grace Randolph brings us a look at her favourite Ghost Rider comics, such[...]
Diamond Announces The Retailer Olympics
While the rest of the world looks in in awe and wonder, I'll have to slog through an even-more-full-than-usual public transport system, probably with the kids in tow, just to get this week's comics I know, I know, feel my pain. Well, at the Chicago retailer summit before C2E2 this year, comic store retailers from around[...]
Oni Press Joins Diamond's Final Order Cutoff Club
This means that retailers can make their final pretty-much-guaranteed orders for comics long after the deadline for other publishers, This helps retailers order comics closer to the on sale date, with greater accuracy at meeting demand And now Oni Press, celebrating every issue shipping on time in 2011, has signed up to the FOC programme and,[...]
Tuesday Runaround: StanCon
ShirtWatch: Threadless launch a new Normalmanish T-shirt… BoomWatch: Boom are running a new teaser campaign for an upcoming comic labeled "You Are Illegal On This Earth". AwardWatch: The French comics festoival Chamberry has announced a new annual comics award especially for Taiwanese artists. ValentineWatch: Two sides of a bad romance – Plastique and Captain Atom. WebWatch: The Image comic[...]
Monday Trending Topics: Neal Adams On Helping Gary Friedrich
Just as you have helped to support William Messner-Loebs, Dave Cockrum and others." Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Neal Adams Addresses The Comics Industry  Fellow creators, we can help Gary Friedrich without taking any kind of position in his case with Marvel Gary is sick, and he's about to lose his house, and though he will tell you he[...]
A Very Womanthology Weekend
To help promote the upcoming Womanthology graphic anthology, Acme Comics of Greensboro, North Carolina will be running a bit of a moving signing this weekend Starting at 11 am, they will have Ming Doyle (Fantastic Four #600), Janet Lee (Return Of The Dapper Men) and Chrisie Zullo (Cinderella) signing and sketching stuff, before the event[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 13th February 2012
Gary Friedrich, Tony Moore, Before Watchmen, there's a lot of unrest going on in comics at the moment Even Ken Penders' case against Archie Comics may (or may not) be dismissed shortly Whatever comic industry PR people's plans for setting the agenda, everything can be knocked off course by a scandal, a well placed leak[...]