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Gendercrunching December 2014 – The Year In Review For The Big Two
We also look at the year end totals for both publishers, and their trends as we enter 2015. DC COMICS For the first time in a long time, DC is back in double digits, though just barely In December 2014, DC Comics released 93 comics featuring 843 credited creators, 759 men and 84 women Let's look at[...]
Mairghread Scott Talks Swords Of Sorrow: Chaos Special
Plus I get to play with the evil ladies of Chaos Comics — talk about a bonus. BB: Now this one shot is kind of the proverbial other side of the coin from the main Swords of Sorrow book by Gail Simone, right? MS: Yes, while Swords of Sorrow #1 starts with our heroes entering this event,[...]
3 Reasons Orphan Black Makes For An Interesting Comic
The comic is written by the show's team of John Fawcett and Graeme Manson as well as comics writer Jody Houser, with art by Szimon Kudranski, colors by Mat Lopes and letters by Neil Uyetake, as well as having a wide range of variant covers.  The pace of the comic might be a little more[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – The Black Bat Issues One And Two
The complete 12-chapter epic, written by Brian Buccellato (of DC Comics' Flash) and collected into one massive omnibus! For more information on the Black Bat Omnibus, click here. Have you ever heard of The Black Bat? He's a very cool pulp era vigilante that Dynamite Entertainment recently did an update on with writer Brian Bucellato and[...]
Sonic / Mega Man Crossover To Include More Sega And Capcom Franchises
Archie Comics is following up their 2013 event Worlds Collide that featured Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man with a new event called Worlds Unite that include more SEGA and CAPCOM franchises like Street Fighter and Monster Hunter. The new event will include characters from Sonic Boom, Mega Man X, it will also include SEGA franchises[...]
Valiant's Editorial Retreat, Live From New York….
Mirage), Matt Kindt (Rai, Ninjak), Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar), Fred Van Lente (Ivar, Timewalker), Joshua Dysart (Imperium), Valiant Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons, Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, plus the rest of the Valiant editorial team. Here's how it's been going. #ValiantRetreat15 Eve dinner with @mattkindt @JeffLemire @JoshuaDysart @fredvanlente & @robertvenditti! Get ready… pic.twitter.com/bBYmsY1PRZ — ValiantComics (@ValiantComics) February 26, 2015 #ValiantRetreat15[...]
Boom's Curb Stomp #1 Is Serious And Real
Each night the girls rally together to monitor what goes on in Old Beach, but when one of them encounters a member of a different gang, things heat up quickly. When I wrote about the release of this book, it was compared to Rat Queens from Image Comics Because that was one of the main reasons[...]