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Rick Olney Cancels Adirondack Comic Con
That stated,  I will close this by adding that the opinion now exists that the hobby and business of comics is a very shoddy and sad place.  No modicum of true sincerity and honesty exists in the comic book entertainment industry. This, presumably included the many people Rick Olney promised to pay, and[...]
DC Comics' Gay Teen Titan – Bunker
Currently Marvel has a prominent gay couple in X-Factor, and Hulking and Wiccan in Young Avengers while DC Comics has a gay lead in Batwoman and Apollo and Midnighter in Stormwatch And now the relaunched Teen Titans appears to be about to up their numbers. Teen Titans #1 will go on sale a week on Wednesday. [...]
Jason Aaron On The Architects' Plans
Jason Aaron is attending the Spanish comics convention at Avilés Where one French blog is reporting that he appears to have told the adoring crowd that Marvel's 2012 event will be co-written by the five so-called  "Architects" of the Marvel Universe,  Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Brian Bendis, Jonathan Hickman and Jason himself,[...]
Saturday Trending Topics: Quality Comics Reboot
I have this comics history nerd theory/fantasy in my head about how the DC reboot titles are being chosen, and it goes something like this: someone put together a spreadsheet of DC-owned properties that has a column for decade/era of origin, a column for imprint or acquisition (which is something that DC has historically done[...]
When Little Henry Met Little Island Comics
Little Island Comics is the new children-centred comic store in Toronto, Canada Eric Orchard and his family popped by to visit And little Henry (above) seemed to like what he saw Eric wrote; it is so perfect I have to wonder why there isn't one in every city It is packed with the best kids[...]
DC Through The Eyes Of A Marvel Zombie: Week Two
This is why I read comics, for the double effect of word and art, both of which were done, at least partially, by Williams My criticism here would definitely have to be that this book definitely requires me to know something about Batwoman in order to follow what's going on in this book. Story: 3 out[...]
DC Relaunch: The Ray #1 by Palmiotti, Gray and Igle
The Washington Post has news of a new DC Comics mini-series coming in December, a relaunch of the Quality Comics character The Ray, by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Jamal Igle. Palmiotti and Gray wrote The Ray in Uncle Sam And The Freedom Fighters, and Palmiotti also wrote and inked the character back in the nineties[...]
Friday Trending Topics: Cover Prices And The Page Count Barrier
And all the $3.99 comics started shrinking Until Ultimate Fallout #2 was 19 pages for $3.99 Some kind of numbercrunching was in order. (UPDATE) Five Teaser Panels For X-Men Regenesis Marvel has given itself,  Comic Book Resources, Newsarama,  iFanboy, and IGN teaser panels for X-Men Regenesis from Uncanny X-Men #1 by Kieron Gillen and Billy Tan Bleeding[...]
The Man Who Stole Superman, Arrested [Update]
KMOV in St Louis have reported that one Gerry Arville Armbruster, suspected of being "Gary", who stole valuable Superman comics and memorabilia of disabled St Louis man Mike Myer, who he befriended, has been arrested by Illinois police. The arrest came after another robbery of a 76 year old man who was attacked and had his[...]