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Buy A Fables #150, Win A Page Of Original Art…
The release also coincides with London comic book store Orbital's signing/gallery launch of the work of Fables artist and co-creator Mark Buckingham. Basically, everyone who buys a copy of the book from Orbital Comics between release date and Mark's signing on August 1 will receive a raffle ticket putting them in for a chance to win a[...]
3 Pages Deep Into Rich Tommaso's Dark Corridor
The con is that you're always going to be dirt poor working on that side of the fence. Well with his new Image Comics title Dark Corridor out in two weeks, that may not be an issue. DARK CORRIDOR is set in the fictional coastal city of Red Circle, a town totally controlled by mobsters[...]
Preview The 21st Century Tank Girl Collection
Titan Comics has brought 21st Century Tank Girl back! After a break of 20 years, artist extraordinaire Jamie Hewlett (Gorrilaz) is leaping back on the Tank Girl wagon, re-teaming with series co-creator Alan Martin to bring you a whole new chaotic collection of strips, pin-ups, and random carnage! The volume will collect issues #1-3, and[...]
Don't Worry, Folks, Prez Is Still A 12 Issue Series. At Least.
I am really enjoying the current Prez comic from DC Comics It remids me a lot of Chew, it's all up in American politics as you guys run through your Presidential cycle, and it's also a book that recently you wouldn't have expected them to publish But what is its future? Originally launched as a[...]
The Most Unrealistic Thing About Ted 2
But amidst all of this, there is one scene that should make the audience stand up and leave complaining that it's gone too far. When they go to New York, during Comic Con. And see this sign. Yeah, how exactly? Everyone knows you have to be lucky to get a ticket online in the thirty seconds after they[...]
Exactly When Mile High Comics Started To Make Money At SDCC
At San Diego Comic Con, I reported on Mile High Comics; Chuck Rozanski's plans for the show Taking on the big boys and their exclusive comics by spending $200,000 on exclusive variant and second prints of the new Star Wars books from Marvel. Well, before the show he had broken even on the Star Wars variants that[...]
Prints Charming: Mad Max, Bloodshot And Ninjak Come Back For Seconds
Mad Max: Fury Road – Max #1 is the latest of the Mad Max books from DC Comics to go to a second print. Hitting stores August 19th, it will feature a black and white version of the original cover. Joining it in the second print stakes will be Bloodshot Reborn #2 and Bloodshot Reborn #3 and[...]
Dawn McTeigue's Process Art For Red Sonja / Conan Cover
The colors are done by Nei Ruffino. The retailer is Heroes Haven in Tampa Florida: https://heroeshavencomics.com/ Here we have the sketches, art and colors for Dawn McTeigue's retailer exclusive cover for Red Sonja / Conan #1 The colors are done by Nei Ruffino. The retailer is Heroes Haven in Tampa Florida: https://heroeshavencomics.com/ [...]
Secret Wars, Walking Dead And Strange Fruit Top Advance Reorders
Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! Massive interest[...]
When Mark Waid Was Inducted Into The Overstreet Hall Of Fame At SDCC '15
By Jason Strangis Mark Waid has long been considered major league comics writer with an incredible amount of knowledge on superheroes. But now, Waid is officially a member of the Robert Overstreet Hall of Fame class for 2015 Waid, 53, was presented with his award during a panel about the history of the famous Overstreet Comic Book[...]
Comic Book Owners Explain How To Start A Comics Retail Store At SDCC '15
By Michele Brittany, West Coast Correspondent Founder of Free Comic Book Day Joe Field established Flying Colors Comics located in Concord, California in 1988 and for the past dozen or so years, he has been moderating the panel "So You Want to Be a Comics Retailer?" with the goal of providing tools and information that can[...]
Power Up #1 Is Too Awesome To Miss
I found her character to be a fun break from the "norm" that some comics tend to harp on when creating new superheroes She's really just a cool chick working at a pet store, when her life changes forever Matt Cummings art is all kinds of whimsical, especially his illustrations of the actual big flash[...]