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Marvel Blows Out Its Soleil Stock
In 2008, Marvel Comics entered into a deal with the French publisher Soleil to republish a number of French titles to the American market Then they seemed to… stop. Recently Axel Alonso told Comic Book Resources that "At this time, there are no plans to publish additional Soleil titles We love Soleil, their comics and[...]
Gendercrunching DC Comics 1996-2011 by Tim Hanley
DC slid down, while Marvel rose only slightly and remains firmly below their previous high. DC COMICS Hey, we've got a format change! We're going to run though the monthly totals quicker to get to some cool stuff in the third section In August 2011, DC Comics released 97 new comic books with 861 credited creators, 768[...]
The Big Bang Theory Suits Up For DC Comics
From DC Comics shipping this week; To advertise The Big Bang Theory going into syndication, this ad is appearing in DC comic books on sale tomorrow You may begin your analysis… now. Sigh I still remember this… Artwork by Pierre-Luc Boucher. From DC Comics shipping this week; To advertise The Big Bang Theory going into syndication, this ad is[...]
The Art Of Howard Chaykin From Dynamite In December
In past months, Dynamite have suffered when announcing upcoming projects by Diamond Comics Distributors unveiling the next month's Previews in advance This month, they've jumped in early in a series of announcements embargoed for this week. Such as today's announcement of the hardcover volume, The Art of Howard Chaykin for December, written by Robert Greenberger showcasing[...]
Whatever Happened To CLiNT's Submission Winners?
When CLiNT magazine was first announced, featuring Mark Millar's comics, Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf and Frankie Boyle's Rex Royd, they were accompanied by Space Oddities, a regular short featuring the work of new contributors, who submitted their work on Mark Millar's website For many it was their first professional published work. Another round[...]
Tuesday Runaround – A Question Of Literacy
SignWatch: Ron Marz to sign Voodoo #1 at  Midtown Comics Downtown on Wednesday, September 28th from 6 to 7pm. FancyThatWatch: John Rood: "To be clear – DC is not a market-share-chaser.  If we were, we would not be creating a quality lasting direction across a controlled number of titles.  We would instead be flooding the market with[...]
Monday Trending Topics: DC's New (52) Machine
However that wasn't the case. The DC Comics Real White Board Of Doom Whether the writing and the art are comic in on schedule, the nature of the reviews the book is receiving and any perceived tone or story problems. Creative Changes For Month Four Of The DC Relaunch We know how committed DC Comics is to keeping these[...]
The Big Big Bang Theory Theory
And owned by Warners, it's only natural that it looks to DC Comics for its comic book hooks (although if they need a comic creator anyone has actually heard of, they have to go for Stan Lee). I understand that, from recordings, one episode of the new series makes an explicit reference[...]
Creative Changes For Month Four Of The DC Relaunch
We know how committed DC Comics is to keeping these books on time Like it's a religion or something Well, the Spanish Inquisition has been at December's solicitations… So what changes are coming on board for Month Four of the DC Relaunch? Here's a brief rundown. On Action Comics #4, Joshua Hal Fialkov, Rick Bryant and Matt[...]
PREVIEW: Supergirl #1
A preview to the new Supergirl series from Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Mahmud Asrar and Dan Green, from DC Comics Out this week And courtesy of USA Today, with the headline "Supergirl gets a teenage makeover" And it's a complete reboot by the look of things… "In her mind, she was on Krypton yesterday," Johnson[...]