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A Comic Show: This Week's Relaunch, Next Week's Relaunch
And they are serious, too. Then there's the Ultimate relaunch with Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1, the end of the Flashpoint tie ins, with their own particular favourites And a mix of Kick Ass 2, Punisher, X-Force, Batman Inc, Gates Of Gotham and even a Green Lantern: Emerlad Warriors to keep tickling the guys' addiction to green[...]
Digital Delights: DC, Device, DRM, David, Dawn, Departure And Date
DC Delight: Comixology has announced that their Digital Retailer Storefronts have gone live, with comic book stores hosting Comixology digital comic download services on their own websites. Participating comic retailers have gone live with their deployment of a comiXology-powered store and reader, enabling them to prosper from the sale of digital comics from top[...]
All About Books And Comics And/Or Samurai Comics Step In For Atomic Comics Customers
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on the closure of all four Phoenix branches of Atomic Comics earlier this week, after owner Michael Malve declared bankruptcy, to the shock of the industry. It also came as quite a shock to its customers, especially with the DC Relaunch imminent. Local Phoenix store All About Books And Comics has come to[...]
How Comics Reacts To An Earthquake
Just as David Macho was posting the last piece of his jigsaw for some advance art from Grifter #1 by CAFU, the east cost of North America responded with
Baltimore Comic Con In My Pants by Joshua Lazarus
Three years later, both DC Comics and Image no longer had booth space, and Marvel had no presence whatsoever It must be tough, especially in this economy, to spend money on convention expenses, especially when so many conventions have popped up not just in the United States, but also around the world. C.B Cebulski, who usually[...]
Two New DCU Books From Palmiotti, Gray… And Amanda Conner
Now I hear there's two. Comics that is For the DC Universe Sometime. Jimmy Palmiotti already has worked on the new line with Justin Gray on All Star Western, but he hasn't worked for DC with his wife Amanda Conner since their critically well received run on Power Girl And something's been missing since[...]
BBC Scotland Superhero Comic Documentary Papers Over The Cracks
This BBC Scotland film celebrates in a rather overblown overhyped fashion, the influence of Scottish creators on modern superhero comics Everything is positive, obsequious an unquestioning And Mark Millar, Grant Morrison and Alan Grant are never seen in the same room Otherwise, we may have had a very different documentary. Grant Morrison has a real problem[...]
Tuesday Runaround – DESTROY MARVEL
Gerry Giovinco countered; So to answer Tom Spurgeon's quote: "The question that many of us near comics ask — if only to each other — is if the art form can survive without the occasional cycling back to cruder efforts like this one, unpretentious material devoid of any hope for life or riches beyond its publication schedule that[...]
Monday Trending Topics: The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
A lot of people are pointing out the puzzle of the conflicting signals the business of comics is sending out today, and it's pretty hard to ignore: recent days have brought us extremely successful comic book conventions, yet notable comic shop closures Monthly industry numbers have continued to trend down this year, yet now comes word that[...]
Why Not Play Bingo With All The DC New 52 Logos?
Makes it more "comicsy" you see. Courtesy of Newsarama (and 4chan where I actually found it), all the new logos for the DC Relaunch in September. And also perfect for playing bingo with. Don't say "House" when you win Say "Batcave" Makes it more "comicsy" you see. Courtesy of Newsarama (and 4chan where I actually found it),[...]