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DC Comics Holding The Line At…$3.99 Newsstand?
It is a $2.99 comic book in comic stores and the readers are grateful for that. But on the newsstand as these photos demonstrate, it is instead a $3.99 comic. This appears to be the same trick Marvel played with their newsstand comics, making them all $3.99 even when they were $2.99 instore – before withdrawing them[...]
Italy To Publish Portfolio Of Milo Manara's Marvel Work
And he's been doing a few variant covers for Marvel Comics of late Just to keep his hand in. Well, now Panini Comics Italia is doing a portfolio collecting ten of them at 44.5 x 29.5 cm (11.6 x 17.5 inches), only for certain comics shops that buy into their All-New Marvel NOW! promotional incentive. Cover price? $87 plus shupping[...]
IDW's Sampler For Kids This Autumn – While Rocket And Figment Get More Printings
IDW are making a Bqck To School Kids Edition sampler of their published  Skylanders, Angry Birds, My Little Pony and Cartoon Network comics. And then throwing in sneak peeks of TMNT/Ghostbusters and Edward Scissorhands while they're at it Ask your comic store owner if he or she will be getting any in. And some Prints Charming news for your Marvel all ages titles:[...]
Possibly The Only Remaining Copy Of Marvelman #26 Sells For Over $4000
Spread the word: Marvel is looking for a copy of MARVELMAN #26 from1954 (the second issue) so we can include it in the reprint hardcover. — Tom Brevoort (@TomBrevoort) June 15, 2010 Five years ago, Marvel's Tom Brevoort was on the hunt for Marvelman #26, published in 1954, the second issue of the British Marvelman comic so they could reprint[...]
Exclusive First Look At Dynamite's Female Lead Comics For November
We have an exclusive first look at Dynamite's female lead comics coming out this November including The Blood Queen, Dawn/Vampirella, Red Sonja and Vampirella's Feary Tales. THE BLOOD QUEEN #6 Writer: Troy Brownfield Art: Fritz Casas Covers: Jay Anacleto, Yonami Final Issue! You knew it was coming A decision is going to be made[...]
Dark Horse And Kitchen Sink To Publish Tony DiTerlizzi Art Book
Dark Horse Comics and Kitchen Sink Books are joining together to publish Realms: The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony DiTerlizzi Tony DiTerlizzi made his name illustrating for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Planescape and Magic: the Gathering before switching over to create children's books His The Spiderwick Chronicles was a huge success selling millions of copies in[...]
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But it also gave me time to piece this all together – this is the lay of the land, as explained to me by all manner of well known comic book creators in the bars of well known hotels at San Diego. Now remember, these are comic folk, topped up on a cocktail of vodka, Red[...]
Thor's Comic Review Column – Green Arrow, Godzilla: Cataclysm, Astro City, Hexed
This week's comics include: Green Arrow #34 Godzilla: Cataclysm #1 Astro City #14 Hexed #1 Green Arrow #34 (DC Comics, $2.99) By Graig Kent "The New 52" botched up a lot of things in its reboot of the DC Universe, but the biggest botch job had to be on Green Arrow.  By its third issue the original writer J.T Krul was off[...]
How To Tell A Tasteful Gay Joke – Talking With Quantum And Woody's James Asmus
If you've taken the time to vote, you're probably familiar with the name James Asmus. The writer of Valiant's Quantum and Woody has been plastered all over the ballot, nominated for three awards including Best Writer, Most Promising New Talent, and Special Award for Humor in Comics, while the book itself also nabbed nominations for Best[...]