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And Finally… Remembered, Remembered
Simon Rohrmuller, artist on Watchmensch and the upcoming Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne remembered... did you? Today in Trafalgar Square, a number of
Jim Steranko's Birthday Art Gallery
Born November 5, 1938, Steranko entered comics around 1965 and quickly made a name for himself with his innovative layouts, powerful design, and intricate linework on Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, both in the character's Strange Tales run and in the short but memorable 1968 Nick Fury series. A man of many talents, Steranko's father had[...]
Th3rd World Announces Gossamyr From David Rodriguez And Sarah Ellerton
It's been described as Chronicles Of Narnia meets A Beautiful Mind. They made an announcement to that effect at Third Eye Comics today, in Annapolis, Maryland, earlier today And here's a picture… Th3rd World, the publishers of Stuff Of Legend have a new all ages comic they're putting out from Activision games designer and webcomic creator[...]
Leave Your Spandex At The Door #4 by Dr Manolis Vamvounis
Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool; In which I bitch and moan about comics on a weekly basis, in broken english and syntax Noone is safe! Follow my daily rantings on @theComicsGreek For the week's new Regenesis X-books, check out column #3.1. INCREDIBLE HULK #1 Yay! Following the events of Fear Itself (in a totally "not really" kind[...]
Saturday Runaround – Tintin! Tintin! Tintin!
TintinInIndiaWatch: How does Tintin sell in India? "So what is Tintin's enduring appeal for us? Book-store managers say the perennial demand for Tintin comics in India never dips In 2010, 35 years after the first Indian translation of Tintin in Bengali appeared in the children's magazine Anandamela, it was translated into Hindi by film-maker and writer[...]
Friday Trending Topics: DC Comics Rising
The news of DC Comics topping Marvel by a significant margin in the monthly marketshare battle was the talk of the town today, even making its way into the mainstream outlets via the AP wire  With the Avengers film & related comic plans on the one side, and Watchmen 2 on the other side, this[...]
Frank Quitely Creates Bookplate For Gosh Launch Of Nelson
Like this one. Because you'll only be able to get that when you buy a copy from Gosh! Comics in London, who are hosting the launch party on the 25th of November Go here to find out how to get yours. That's just after my 39th birthday I wonder… UPDATE: Looks like I won't be reading it right[...]
No Drop Off From #1 To #2 From September To October For DC Comics
This does not include UK sales, and items with an asterisk are returnable by the retailer for a small fee, and so have been reduced by DIamond by 10% to compensate. Superman #2 seems to the most prominent loser in October, slipping from fourth place in September to tenth place, but only because Justice League,[...]
Hot Comics – One Hundred Dollar Club (Nov 2011)
Yesterday, we ran a list of modern comics breaking the $200 barrier Now we set our sights a little lower to the still-impressive $100 successful sale price point. These books do not include signed, variant, CGC or similar ways of raising a book's value Just raw, is they come off the comic rack. So… anyone got these[...]
DC Comics Smashes Marvel Marketshare In October, Takes 51% Of Sales
Back in March this year, Marvel Comics had a 40% share of money spent on comics through Diamond Comic Distributors, and a 45% share of the number of comics sold DC had only 27.62% and 31.5% share respectively. Well what a change half a year can make After taking Marvel on marketshare for the month of[...]
Flash, Detective Comics And Green Lantern Art Stolen From Joe Giella
CLassic DC Comics inker Joe Giella recently contacted the Nassau County, NY Police Department in regards to the following missing [and presumed stolen] artwork… the list is as follows: Silver Age Flash # 144 pages 1 & 9; Detective Comics #329 pages 7 & 8; Green Lantern #107 Cover. The loss is put at approximately $12,000.00 Any[...]
Marvel Trades About To Go Out Of Print
Marvel are offering a number of trade paperbacks that are about to go out of print, to retailers for extra discount. The company are renowned now for not
Sneakers And Number Plates – New Old Looks For DC Comics
DC Comics and Converse launch a new line of sneakers with a bunch of DC superheroes on them (though mostly Superman and Batman) But what's this? Classic DC character stylings? No new 52? Where are the collars? Where is the piping? It's all looks from the nineties and the noughties… And in Australia you can now[...]
Friday Runaround – Bill Rosemann Wants To Lecture You
This would be the basis of the assault charge." Interview: comiXology CEO David Steinberger on Digital Comics, Pricing, & The New 52 | Screen Rant You know, out of the last ten years, only three of those years have not been growth years for comic sales Of course, those down years happen to be the last[...]
Thursday Trending Topics: Uncanny Moments
And just as I did with Wolverine And The X-Men I'm picking out my five favourite moments. That Infamous Scott Snyder And Jeff Lemire MTV Geek Interview It was the talk of NYCC in the bars afterwards – that Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire had just done an interview with MTV Geek where the interviewer was under[...]
Now DC Comics Editor Rex Ogle Quits For Scholastic
It was only a month ago we had one of the DC New 52 editors, Janelle Asselin, leave DC for Disney Magazines to work on Marvel comics for kids. Now we hear that DC editor Rex Ogle (competitor with Randy Queen and Pornsak Pichetshote for the best name in comics) has also left the company to[...]
Derek Fridolfs And Dustin Nguyen On Unnamed Batbook?
Three facts they have squirrelled out. Dustin Nguyen is working on an unannounced Batbook for DC Comics. Common Nguyen inker, Derek Fridolfs has in his deviantArt description "writing/inking a new title for DC yet to be announced." Dustin Nguyen has confirmed that he and Derek are working on a new, unannounced project for DC Comics. Add it all up[...]
How Will The Holidays Affect When You Can Buy Your Comics?
Wednesday is New Comics Day We all know that now, even the Brits. But what happens when Turkey celebrations – whether Thanksgiving or Christmas – get in the way? Well, Diamond's early-day shipping has built in a buffer. Thanksgiving, on the 24th of November, may see US and Puerto Rican store get the next week's delivery on[...]
Digital Delights – Marvel Comics Goes Day And Date
ThrillDelight: The Thrill Electric episode three has gone live. DayAndDateDelight: Marvel have announced that all their comics will now be day-and-date digital apart from their licensed and MAX Probably not Icon or Disney comics either The move will be completed by March 2012. MoneyBagsDelight: Graphic.Ly has bought the Apple App, Double Feature, developed by Four Star [...]
That Infamous Scott Snyder And Jeff Lemire Interview With Chris Hardwick
It was the talk of NYCC in the bars afterwards – that Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire had just done an interview with MTV Geek where the interviewer, Chris Hardwick of Nerdist, was under the assumption that they were the founders of Vertigo Comics – an imprint which was actually started at DC Comics when[...]
Hot Comics – The Two Hundred Dollar Club (November 2011)
Elseworlds Eighty Page Giant by various, DC Comics Original price $7.99 Current market price $217.50. 7 Amazing Spider-Man #300 by David Michelenie and Todd McFarlane, Marvel Original price $1.50 Current market price $212.50. 8 Cursed Pirate Girl #2 by Jeremy Bastion from Olympian Publishing Original price $4.95 Current price $200 A massive jump for[...]