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Haha — Obsolete Vernacular (@mr_oberts) February 19, 2016 See more of our ComicsPRO coverage here. Marvel just said Apocalypse Wars will be self contained in each title So delighted. — Obsolete Vernacular (@mr_oberts) February 19, 2016 That's how it used to be Themed crossovers for groups that – wouldn't crossover that much, if at all Fall Of The Mutants[...]

Marvel PR has given the PR to themselves for the artwork for Civil War II drawn by David Marquez shown off at ComicsPRO in Portland  today. All-New All-Different Avengs on the side of Tony Stark… for now… See more of our ComicsPRO  coverage here.   Marvel PR has given the PR to themselves for the artwork for Civil[...]

Photo from Escape Velocity. Announcing at ComicsPRO in Portland today, Marvel Comics have announced a comic book adaptation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Chuck Wendig and Luke Ross with covers from Metabarons artist Esad Ribic. Marvel PR has sent CBR the following pieces of art… feel free to mash the first two up to your hearts content. See more[...]

#ComicsPRO — Obsolete Vernacular (@mr_oberts) February 19, 2016 There we go. Marvel gave the official PR to ComicBook. Announcing at ComicsPRO that Deadpool vs Gambit, will be a new 5 issue mini-series by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker and Danilo Beyruth, about the time when the pair used to run cons between them "just long enough to stab each other in the back." And reveals a[...]

Okay, I know yesterday's debacle with The Super Man and Superworman news-that-wasn't may throw some doubt in some people's minds over this piece. But I am told by a retailer (who is actually there this time) that DC Comics announced at ComicsPRO that Jim Lee would be one of the three creators working on the new[...]

Eight years in the making, The Only Living Boy: Prisoner Of The Patchwork Planet will be published by Papercutz in March, followed by Volume 2 in July, Volume 3 in October, with more volumes to follow in 2017. And for those at ComicsPRO in Portland, here is the exclusive cover at the show… Instead of participating in[...]

The show followed a group of park rangers as they work through their daily lives in the fictional Brickleberry National Park In 2016, Dynamite is reviving it as a comic book, to be written and drawn by the writers of the show and its animators, continuing the story. You can find more ComicsPRO coverage right here.   [...]

At ComicsPRO, Titan Comics – as well as announcing Warhammer 40,000 comics and Sherlock manga, also announced a line of comics using the Hammer Films brand. Known for classic British horror films, not all of them starring Peter Cushing, including the likes of The Quatermass Experiment, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out and Dracula.  And more recently, like[...]

We theorised that another publisher may be vying for the English language rights to the adaptation. Well, at ComicsPRO, that's exactly what Titan Comics has announced And they will begin with Sherlock Study In Pink for June.   Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive PR release. The new series, which will be available in print as well as on digital[...]

Which should be a little thinner as a result. Then in July solicits, they'll come back and everything goes back to normal… Follow our other ComicsPRO and Rebirth news here. Next month, you won't find DC Comics in Diamond's Previews catalogue Instead you will find them, like Marvel, in their own separate catalogue However, theirs will be[...]

CBR are reporting that Titan Comics has announced Warhammer 40,000 comics starting in September, at ComicsPRO. They haven't actually announced it yet, their presentation doesn't start for another ten minutes, but looks like the PR went out early to CBR Which is nice… Whether it's the iconic, power-armor-encased Space Marines holding the line against unspeakable forces of[...]

So what kind of swag have retailers at the ComicsPRO event in Portland been able to pick up? Here are some reports… And it started with ashcans for The Fix in the bar… Yesterday was the unofficial start of the annual ComicsPRO meeting, a three-day conference… https://t.co/TaFM1IiLq6 pic.twitter.com/OEO5HQEJWt — Merrick Monroe (@merrickmonroe) February 18, 2016 What?! We're giving away[...]

No one knows how to advertise to their customers – or potential customers – than local comic stores. But also no one wants to pay to advertise. Well, at ComicsPRO, DC Comics has promised to reimburse retailers 100% for any expenses they incur advertising the launch of the Rebirth titles from their store. There will be guidelines to follow,[...]

It was reported on the news as a matter of curiosity, with copies of Deadpool trade paperbacks littering the freeway. But the traffic accident that Bleeding Cool reporyed earlier today saw a Diamond Comic Distributors truck torn open, with comic boxes falling and ripping out into traffic. We updated the article with a letter from Diamond, reproduced[...]

As for Prez? @gehendj @dandidio1 @geoffjohns October! — Mark Russell (@Manruss) February 19, 2016 Survived are Justice League, Batman, Detective Comics, Superman, Action Comics, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Suicide Squad, Justice League Of America, Deathstroke, Harley Quinn  (all bi-weekly) Earth 2, Hellblazer (no John Constantine in the title), Batman Beyond. And brand new are The Super Man,[...]

UPDATE: I may have been stung my e-mail on the details on Superwoman and The Super Man… an old retailer friend sent some details they found on a CBR message board that were sadly fake, pretending they were at ComicsPRO Still, the checklist below isn't looking too shoddy Apologies to Lois Lane fans led astray[...]

 Both Blue Beetles…  The Trinity again…. And a Superman getting his secret identity back? More memories to change… They're having fun at ComicsPRO, certainly… Read more DC Comics Rebirth and ComicsPRO coverage here. At the end of Geoff Johns' Rebirth video, indicating the direction of the new DCU, we get a list of images from previous books, that[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFXITBuLMAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: EXCLUSIVE: DC COMICS REBIRTH Official Announcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFXITBuLMA) Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you that DC Comics' Rebirth would be announced today at ComicsPRO in Portland. And so it is being. We told you that the spin would be the best of the New 52 and DC You, but bringing back classic[...]

At ComicsPRO in Portland, IDW Publishing has named comic book online store manager Joel Elad as their new Direct Market Sales Manager He will be the publisher's liaison to comic shop retailers as well as manage the company's retailer exclusive variant cover program Elad comes to IDW from NewComix.Com, the company he co-founded in 1998. He was also Director of Sales and Marketing[...]

Dark Horse's Randy Stradley has announced Aliens Day at ComicsPRO in Portland Something separate from Dark Horse Day in June, the last Aliens Day that Dark Horse ran was, I think, in 2009. But it is the 30th Anniversary of Aliens as well… Set for 26th April, expect lots of promotions and prizes – and the Predator/Aliens/Aliens[...]

At ComicsPRO in Portland, Dark Horse Comics just announced Avatar: The Last Airbender—North and South Part One by Gene Yang and Gurihiru coming out the 28th September   When Aang leaves to aid Zuko with the Kemurikage, Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe by themselves Katara is shocked to find that her beloved village[...]

At ComicsPRO in Portland, Dark Horse just announced a new Conan series, Conan The Slayer by Cullen Bunn, Sergio Dávila and covers by Lee Bermejo and Mark Schultz on sale the 13th July. Alone, battle weary, and with nothing but his sword, Conan of Cimmeria faces his inevitable death in the arid wastes [...]

Dark Horse Comics has announced Wonderfall, a new all-ages creator-owned comic book by Red Sonja team Gail Simone and Walter Geovani, at ComicsPRO in Portland.. Wonderfall is an epic fantasy, featuring­ the adventures of Yala, a young girl wi­th powers even she isn't fully aware of,­ against the nightmarish forces that thr­eaten her home and family. It's a book[...]

Dark Horse Comics has announced the Moebius Library: The World of Edena Volume 1 for the 26th October. The long out-of-print Edena Cycle from Moebius gets a deluxe hardcover treatment! Moebius's World of Edena story arc is comprised of five chapters—Upon a Star, Gardens of Edena, The Goddess, Stel, and Sra—which are all collected here. More to come[...]

And now we have Dark Horse Day. Announcing at ComicsPRO today, for the 30th Anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse will be making promotional materials, retailer discounts on Dark Horse backstock and a 40 page 30th Anniversary Dark Horse Day Sampler, intended to be given out by retailers for free. It will feature classic stories including Aliens[...]

Publishers, creators and now charities. This morning at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, legally supporting and defending freedom of speech in the comics medium, announced that they are moving offices from New York City to Portland, Oregon Their new office will open on June 1st. They can expect lower operating expenses, and they'll be on[...]

Ahead of the ComicsPRO comic book retailer event today in Portland, local publisher Oni Press has announced via the Hollywood Reporter that Joshua Hale Fialkov, co-creator of their series The Bunker and The Life After, has signed an creator-owned exclusive deal with the publisher. Normally people sign work-for-hire exclusive deals Could this be a new thing? And[...]

The solicitations for DC Comics revealed that Cyborg co-creator Marv Wolfman was returning to the title for issue 12 in May - expected to be the book's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-Wbs3PRMsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Valiant Comics A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG Official Trailer (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-Wbs3PRMs) In advance of the 10th Annual ComicsPRO Membership Meeting in Portland, OR, Valiant is proud to debut the official animated trailer and an extended look inside for A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 –[...]

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