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Go On A Swashbuckling Adventure With Cursed Pirate Girl Annual #1 In October
It's absolutely unlike anything in modern comics, and we're thrilled to bring the next installment in the Cursed Pirate Girl's adventure to readers. Publishers Weekly added:   Bastian's art captures 19th-century humorous illustration and cartoon styles with deliberate grotesques and complex visual clutter—think Thomas Nast meets Albrecht Dürer…the result is both a beautiful object and an evocative[...]
It's A John Tyler Christopher Action Figure Variant, But Not As We Know It
Here's Midtown Comics variant cover for Invincible Iron Man #1 by John Tyler Christopher, the artist that does all the Marvel action figure variants. Except this isn't Except it is kinda. After the Boba Fett cover issues, could it be that Marvel won't let retailers do an exclusive in that style of his? Available for preorder here! [...]
Mr Monster Needs You
Rachel Richie writes, From the last journals of Doctor Jim Stearne, some time after his battle as Mr. Monster with the “Terror of Trezma.” June 30th, 1947
Jill Trent, Science Sleuth: The Most Radical Comic Character of the 1940s?
Higgins When modern readers discover Jill Trent, Science Sleuth, a comic book heroine originally published in the 1940s, they tend to think of her as a bit radical, revolutionary, ahead of her time. Even the acclaimed sci-fi novelist (and amateur comics historian) Saladin Ahmed recently declared that Jill Trent "might be 40s comics' most radical hero." It's easy[...]
Sales On ComiXology For Force Friday Run Through Sept. 6th
To celebrate Force Friday, comiXology, Amazon's Kindle Store and Marvel Comics are teaming up to offer some great deals on some fantastic Star Wars graphic novels. Visit their website to get some great deals on comiXology! The sale goes from September 4th-September 6th You can browse some of the titles that are available below. For only $2.99: STAR[...]
Chatting With The Artists Of Grumpy Cat
Since then, I've done work for DC, and released some games for iOS and android called "Oasis: Path to Redemption" and "Evil Brown Eggs." Grumpy Cat is a departure for me with its cartoon sensibilities (and I've never drawn cats before) so it's an interesting change of pace and keeps me on my toes. BB: Ken,[...]
Shane Davis Brings Axcend To Image Comics – Talking Shop
I have drawn comics for 13-14 years and I really had to put my heart into something at this point and time in my career Whether that takes hold or not, I still HAD to do this. DW: Besides Axcend, what else do you have on the horizon? Will you be doing any more Superman: Earth One? SD:[...]
C-3PO Comic To Tell You How He Gets His Red Arm In Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens licensed imagery has shown C-3PO with a Red Arm. In December, James Robinson and Tony Harris are going to tell you how he got it. With a Star Wars: C-3PO Special from Marvel Comics, announced on StarWars.com. Any chance it might be from helping out with a particularly traumatic Rancor birthing?     [...]
Plutona: The Least Juvenile Middle Schoolers & Superheroes Comic You'll Read
I don't mean by the title that grim and gritty superheroes have returned via Image Comics, but this week's release of the first issue of the anticipated new series Plutona by Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox, and Jordie Bellaire, does that thing that other comics have tried repeatedly to do and sometimes just go really badly[...]
Allen Warner Returns To Comics For DC And Boom
But now it looks like he is returning to the panel-to-panel narrative. He tells Recondite Pictures that  I've been working a lot more in games than comics lately, but the most recent comic work I did was two unannounced projects for DC Comics and BOOM! Studios. Could those announcement be coming soon? His film is…   [...]
A 22 Page Preview Of Stjepan Sejic's Switch #1 From Image Comics
Stjepan Sejic's Switch is a teenage remake of Witchblade, originally published as fanfiction online, as Twitch, but now collected by the Witchblade publisher Top Cow and put out through Image Comics. Available in print on October 14th, here's a page-by-page look at the first 22 pages of the double-sized first issue, plus many extras…. Stjepan Sejic's[...]
Marvel Comics Parties In December Like It's 1992
It started with X-Men '92 in the Secret Wars and now everybody wants in.1992-themed variants for Marvel's comics out in December, often by the very artists who were working on those books. Including launch titles in December such as A-Force, Daredevil, Guardians Of Infinity and Scarlet Witch. ALL-NEW X-MEN #3 Marvel '92 Variant by Rob Liefeld ALL-NEW WOLVERINE[...]
Hindu Group Protests Against Doctor Who Comic
Or even knows that it's a Doctor Who comic. Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in Nevada, has called for Titan Comics it withdraw the comic, both from stores and online, and offer a public apology from all those responsible. And states that the goddess Kali was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not[...]
So… Where Did All The Toys R Us Star Wars Figures Go Last Night?
Remember this scene from The Eltingville Club #1 from last year, by Evan Dorkin? Well, from a Toys R Us at midnight last night, with Quick Stop comic book retailer Dennis Barger, family and others, on the hunt for Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys… This is what they encountered. Saying "7-10th in line and there was nothing[...]
Corinna Bechko Does Commentary For Aliens / Vampirella #1
People who haven't read those earlier comics won't be lost though, since it's clear that he's a vampire of some sort, a point that will be very important later. Page 5 & 6– Mars! Now we know where we are And here's our second important character Javier did such a lovely job of introducing her in[...]