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How Marvel, DC And You Can Save The Comic Industry by Phil Hampton
And the good thing is that, whether you're a creator, retailer, publisher or consumer, you can help to lead this change. The Most Important Marvel and DC Comics Titles (and they're not what you think!) There are a few titles that Marvel and DC print that, from a marketing point of view, could be financial dynamite[...]
Will DC Comics Drop Their UK Print Prices To Match Digital?
But with DC about to make all their superhero comics day-and-date digital, and promising to match the digital price to the print price for the first month in the US, it looked like UK retailers were about to lose out on that promise. This was a significant issue raised at the DC Retailer Roadshow held by[...]
DC Relaunch: Astro City #1 – A Monthly Title
Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's Astro City will relaunch with a new #1 and from then on be a monthly title, UK retailers were told today at the DC Retailer Conference in London, UK It has been decided not to relaunch the series too close to the New 52 Launch as it, naturally, has its[...]
The New DCU Rumours That Were Nothing More
Yesterday on 4chan/co, an anonymous individual claiming to be a DC insider spilt a lot of information From an ongoing Grant Morrison/Alex Ross New Gods series, to exactly when Barbara Gordon was Batgirl That Bryan Q Miller was lined up to write Teen Titans from issue fie That the Blue Beetle, original[...]
I Lost… But You Can Win Wayne Casino Poker Chips
Okay, so I didn't get into the DC Retailer meeting in London today – I had been semi-invited but it all seemed to fall through at the last minute I ended up with a pass into Warners HQ, which I could have used and abused… but didn't Not to worry, I have a couple of[...]
The DC Comics New 52 Radio Ad Is Quite Abysmal
This is the approved DC radio ad that retailers can run in their local area, and get 75% of the costs back Shame it's so very very dire. Some of you know that for most of my working life I was an advertising copywriter, and for most of that career I specialised in radio. Well, this is[...]
DC Combines Flashpoint Spinoffs Into Anthology Trade Paperbacks
DC Comics appear to be collecting the Flashpoint spinoff series in five combined trade paperbacks in March With each collection ranging from 224 to 320 pages, there should be from eleven to fifteen issues worth in each volume. The World Of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern contains Abin Sur – Green Lantern and well as Green Arrow[...]
El Catalogo Make A Grab For DC Comics Spanish Language Rights
Bleeding Cool has previously reported on Chile's publishing of DC Comics, moving them into the mainstream Looks like they've been too sucessful. In January, Spanish publisher El Catalogo will begin publishing comic books from DC Comics including their sub brands, Vertigo, DC Kids and Mad in Spanish, in both Spain and across South America, after successfully[...]
Fanboy Rampage: Scott Lobdell Vs Ron Marz
Feel free to contribute your own spots of online excess. Scott Lobdell is writing three of the new DCU books, Superboy, Teen Titans and Red Hood And The Outlaws. Ron Marz is writing one, Voodoo, for the new DCU. Together, they fight crime. Or rather, they fight each other On Twitter It started a couple of days ago[...]