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Mike Raicht Talks Dark Shadows And The End Of The Stuff Of Legend
Collins is the author of numerous novels, short stories, and comic books, including DC Comics' Swamp Thing A recipient of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award, The British Fantasy Society's Icarus Award, as well as a nominee for the International Horror Guild, John W Campbell, James Tiptree, Eisner & World Fantasy Awards, her works[...]
Frankensteining DC Comics Solicitations For February 2014 (UPDATE)
DC Comics are releasing their solicitations in dribs and drabs around the net How about we try and collect them together? If you spot any new ones released, post in the comments section and we'll piece them together… courtesy of Newsarama, Comic Vine, and DC Comics so far. FOREVER EVIL #6 Written by GEOFF JOHNS Art by DAVID[...]
Swipe File: The Royals: Masters Of War And Über
Announced by Comics Alliance from Vertigo Comics after DC PR gave them the nod, The Royals: Masters Of War, a six issue miniseries by Rob Williams and Simon Coleby, out in February. Set against the backdrop of World War II, The Royals: Masters Of War focuses on a version of the Royal Family whose power is manifest[...]
Swipe File: Red Lantern And… Another Red Lantern
Here's the solicit for February's Green Lantern/Red Lantern flipbook, courtesy of Newsarama who got it courtesy of Alex Segura at DC Comics. GREEN LANTERN/RED LANTERNS #28 Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and CHARLES SOULE Art by BILLY TAN and ALESSANDRO VITTI GREEN LANTERN Cover by BILLY TAN RED LANTERNS Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA On sale FEBRUARY 5 • 48 pg, FC, $2.99[...]
Marketshare Per Comic For October 2013 – Marvel Takes The Lead
So here is the marketshare per individual comic, or individual items (counting collections and magazines as well as single comics) PUBLISHER (All figures %/1000) DOLLAR SHARE PER COMIC UNIT SHARE PER COMIC DOLLAR SHARE PER ITEM UNIT SHARE PER ITEM MARVEL 391 431 267 298 DC COMICS 310 332 240 257 IMAGE 156 183 121 142 DARK HORSE 141 95 123 83 IDW 130 103 81 64 BOOM! 73 71 66 63 ARCHIE 63 56 46 41 DYNAMITE 61 63 58 60 Compared to the usual figures, which had Marvel and DC level pegging, when you look at marketshare per[...]
Anonymous Vs Martha Gill Over V For Vendetta
I remember when DC Comics' Bob Wayne first started handing out V For Vendetta masks at a UK Comic Con in the late nineties Back then, they were just a promotional item… Two days ago in The Telegraph, Martha Gill wrote; Anonymous have been exposed as hypocrites Watch them try to wriggle out of it On Guy Fawkes[...]
Joey Manley Passes, Aged 48
He was the creator of the subscription webcomic publishing operation Modern Tales, a family of sites including the likes of Serializer, Girlamatic and Graphic Smash that pioneered the form of the social digital comic for a decade, as well as the likes of Webcomics Nation.He co-founded ComicSpace with Josh Roberts and wrote the novel, The[...]
Things To Do In London This Weekend If You Like Comics
TODAY: Poles Apart, a free exhibition of twelve innovators in the field of Polish comics, begins at Windows Gallery at Central Saint Martins near King's Cross under the 16th, with a free workshop for students at the Platform Theatre Foyer from 2-4pm E-mail for a free place here. Then later Gosh! Comics, launches three new anthologies at[...]
Friday Runaround – From 2000AD Swipes To Kickstarter Scammers
IF THIS BE A GRANT Autostraddle looks at Hazel Newlevant's comic work, in the light of her being awarded the Queer Press Grant from Prism Comics.  They awarded this grant to Newlevant specifically for her queer-lady-and-blues-music comics If This Be Sin and Dance the Blues Dance the Blues tells the story of a dance competition where our[...]