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DC Comics Explain The Batgirling Of The June – And July – Mini Relaunch
Retailers at the Orlando retailer roadshow with DC Comics were told that the goal of the 24 new titles from the June mini-relaunch is to reach out to new readers Meanwhile the other 25 continuing series will be aimed at longer time readers. The June 2015 the branding will simply be DC Comics with no events, save for Darkseid War[...]
Convergence, Week By Week, As Explained To Retailers By DC Comics
Spilling out of yesterday's retailer meeting in Orlando with DC Comics, a look at the Convergence event, week by week, laying it out. Convergence is intended to tie the storylines from the weekly titles World's End and Futures End together Each week has a theme and a conceit. The first week has the Pre 52 characters appearing, their[...]
The Original Plans For Flashpoint And Convergence
At DC's retailer roadshow at Orlando yesterday, the assembled crowd were told a story about the original plans for the 2011 Flashpoint event from DC Comics. The event from 2011 saw the DC Universe reality change, Age Of Apocalypse style, and the DC books replaced by twisted parallel dimensional versions, before the New 52 relaunch that soft rebooted[...]
When Thomas Meets Bruce – A Few Details Of DC Comics' Convergence Event
Plenty of bits and pieces coming out of yesterday's Orlando DC Comics Retailer Roadshow to brighten a Saturday Valentine's Day…. First, a few details about the upcoming Convergence series and spinoffs. Look for a scene in Convergence featuring Warlord riding a herd of triceratops into a castle of time travellers Mind you, bet that happens to time[...]
The Curse Of Friday The 13th
Mike Garley writes, Launched on Friday the 13th and running for just 13 days The Samurai Slasher is a brand new comic anthology by Mike Garley (Dead
Valiant Previews – Ivar, Timewalker, Unity And The Valiant
Hitting comic shops on Wednesday, February 18th will be three new comics from Valiant and we have previews for each The include The Valiant #3 by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Paolo Rivera – Ivar, Timewalker #2 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry – And Unity #15 by Matt Kindt and Pere Perez. THE VALIANT[...]
The Bleed 2.6 : Reading Archer &  Armstrong With Omar Spahi And Siike Donnelly
The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion Unfortunately, Sam could not make this episode but when he's replaced by someone as awesome as Chase Magnett, we can hardly complain. The OSSM Comics crew returns to the podcast and this time Omar Spahi is joined by EIC Siike Donnelly for this[...]
Enormous Being Snapped Up On eBay After Fox TV Deal Announced
Enormous is already a big hit on the comic book aftermarket. But now it's going to be an enormous one. Fox Television Studios and New Regency Television are adapting the comic book series by Tim Daniel and Mehdi Cheggour published first by Image Comics and then 215 Ink. Set in the near future, the comic book series finds[...]
Indie Creator Talks Shop: Jacob Semahn Of Image Comics' Goners
At his table, we talked about his first comic book series, Goners, being distributed by Image Comics I was initially drawn in by the covers and then read the synopsis in the inside cover of issue one: "In a world where the mortal co-exists with the mythic, a single family through the ages stands as[...]