Comics Archives

Countdown To The Eisners 2015 – Best Digital/Web Comic
The best part is a lot of webcomics are free, and allow the reader to start from the very beginning and play catch-up at their leisure I spent many a study period in high school catching-up on PvP and Real Life when I probably should have been studying for tests And when the reader wants[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column – Convergence Week 7, Insufferable #1, Sword Of Sorrow #1, Injection #1, A-Force #1, Ultimate End #1, Battleworld: Master of Kung Fu #1 And Secret Wars #1
Fortunately, much of what he likes to write are independent titles that explore superhero worlds in ways that don't fit in with the established continuities of Marvel and DC, and that brings us to Insufferable. While the Insufferable series orginally ran as a digital comic in 2012, and was collected and published through Waid's own Thrillbent[...]
There's No Time Like The Present To Read No Time Like The Present
And life is a far stranger thing than we could ever have thought. We've mentioned a number of Paul Rainey;s mini-comics over the years, but this is his magnum opus Until he has time for another one Track it down, please It took him seven years to finish, it took me seven hours, but every second was[...]
That Was The Free Comic Book Day 2015 That Was, In Statistics
$4 million in free publicity (up 35%), 1.4 million in attendance, 5.6 million comics given away (up 20%) in 2,340 different locations during Free Comic Book Day. But what did the retailers think? According to surveys of participants, 76% of retailers rated their event as "Extremely Successful", 46%  had 500 customers or more, while 21% has a 1000 people visit. 67% said[...]
Some Creators Object To Being Signed Up To Wally Wood Appeal
But I've made my position on these sorts of matters abundantly clear over the years. So imagine my surprise when I read this sentence: "That is why Roy Thomas, Denny O'Neil and other all-time top comics industry pros are speaking out, in favor of Wood being listed at the beginning of each episode…" and then read[...]
Lying In The Denver Gutters – 25th May 2015
A Jim Lee guitar just looks so angry… so what have you been reading today while Bleeding Col has been running around Denver Comic Con? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1. Possible Power Ranger Movie Zord Concept Art Found Online (REMOVED UPDATE) 2. Marvel Comics Covers Up Madelyne Pryor's Underboob In Secret Wars: Inferno 3. How Far Will This Anti-X-Men Sentiment[...]
Kieron Gillen, On Taking A Break From The Marvel Universe
Not saying "never" in terms of doing more, but feels it's "good way to end this stage of his career",  though it may not turn out that way. All down to writing Darth Vader, which is two books in one thanks to double shipping, And with his Image Comics work with The Wicked + The Divine, Phonogram and[...]