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ComiXology Launches "Bundle" Deals And Title Subscriptions (UPDATE)
But they are time sensitive, and if you don't jump in, you will miss out. Now ComiXology have launched a series of bundles without as stringent time constraints for a number of publishers. Be warned of course… you may already own some of the titles in the bundles already, including all those Marvel and Image free #1[...]
First Review: Satellite Sam #1 by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin
There's an early incursion from the money men who are ejected, but there's only so long they can be allowed to be a satellite, Sam. For both Fraction and Chaykin, this is their most impressive work for some time and I will be itching for the next issue. Oh, and talking of scratching that itch, here's the[...]
Ed Brubaker, JMS And So, So Many More To Launch New Titles At Image Expo
The Image Expo takes place on July 2nd and they have released their schedule of events, At 2.15pm, Ed Brubaker talks about moving to creator owned comics "Join him as he talks about that decision and what's next for him at Image". So that's a new book from Brubaker to accompany Fatale. At 5pm, JMS will be talking[...]
Talking To Todd Mcfarlane About…. Stuff
People see awards and they assume you can do things, and that's how I get all these great new opportunities." Eventually though he had to relate to the audience the story of how in the early 90's Image Comics was formed and he debuted Spawn For comic book fans this is very common knowledge, but for[...]
Michael Lark, On The Ennuii Of Comics And Moving To Creator-Owned Work
Just type 'prison' in Google Image Search and off you go. The one thing I was impressed with was that with every issue you had the same prison You created this cohesive working prison That's not something that every artist can pull off A lot of times it'll be different from issue to issue. That's just me[...]
Speculator Corner: Think Tank
In April, copies of non-slabbed copies of Think Tank #1 from Top Cow were getting up to $25 on eBay. Now they've softened to $20 or less. Expect them to
Image Comics To Make Things Black And White At Expo
This year's Image Expo is on July 2nd in San Francisco There will be five black-and-white variant cover exclusives for the show including a Sidekick ashcan Okay, Stalleite Sam isn;t black and white, but the logo is And there will be Image creators to sign them There will be a keynote speech by Eric Stephenson[...]
How To Help A Comic Book Sell
How can the companies in question get them to sell? Ghosted, the new Image comic by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva As Image have been doing with launches of late, they will make all the copies ordered returnable, if a retailer orders lots In this case, 110% of their Thief Of Thieves orders, which[...]
British Copies Of Walking Dead #111 Go Walkabout
But they haven't turned up this week either. UK retailers have been told that the comic has been lost in transit, and both Diamond and Image are trying to find it. However, in the likelihood that it will not be found, Image will publish a new UK-only printing to cover orders. This is not the case, I've now[...]
Desperately Seeking Dale Keown For Image United Cover
Image United was an Image Comics crossover series that show the company and the creators were anything but united. Written by Robert Kirkman, and drawn by Whilce Portacio, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Rob Liefeld with covers by Jim Lee, the series has been terminally delayed. The first issues were published in November[...]
Walking Dead #111 – Three Leaders Against One
But the best laid plans of mice, men and zombies aft gan a glae…. Walking Dead #111 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard is published by Image Comics next Wednesday. Even the very issue number of next week's Walking Dead tells you so much One One One Three figures standing against what is to come. Walking Dead[...]
DC's Claws Back Marketshare And Starts To Steady Against Marvel
In April, DC Comics's marketshare of the direct market in comic books had dropped again down to 25.98% of money spent and 27.73% of comics sold, against Marvel's 37.95% and 41.78% while Image moved up to 9.04% and 9.87% In May, however, DC Comics managed to claw some of that back again, claiming 28.27% and[...]
She's A Rocket Girl
Published by Image in October 2012, the book proved successful enough for the duo to continue their partnership. With less than a day left on their latest Kickstarter campaign Rocket Girl has surpassed Halloween Eve's success With over 1,000 backers contributing more than $30,000, the project has surpassed its funding goal. "It's great to see the fan[...]
X-Men And The Wake Top The Advance Reorders Chart
The success of Age Of Ultron benefits the series to follow it, and Guardians Of The Galaxy also continues to beat the usual attrition of demand. And the upcoming Lazarus from Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is also causing retailers to suspect another Image launch hit may be on their hands. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs[...]
The Power And The Morning Glory – Talking To Joe Eisma
When I lay out a page or a sequence, I always try and think of stuff from that perspective." He adds with a laugh, "At least in that perspective I feel like my parents' money wasn't wasted on college." Joe draws the monthly Image Comic from his home in Wylie, Texas, which he shares with his wife[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – Here Comes Kick Ass 3
The relaunch of Astro City from DC Comics, Daredevil Dark Days from Marvel and Screwed #1 from Zenescope. Then the week after? The True Lives Of The Fabulous Baker Boys! Superman Unchained! And Thumbprint! DARK HORSE COMICS ABE SAPIEN DARK & TERRIBLE #3 $3.50 BLOOD C GN VOL 02 $12.99 BTVS SPIKE TP VOL 01 DARK PLACE $17.99 EMPOWERED SPECIAL #4 ANIMAL STYLE (MR) $3.99 EVERYBODY[...]
A New Cover For 1602's Tenth Birthday And Other Amazon Fish
The Amazon.com listing for Marvel's 10th Anniversary edition of 1602 by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert still has the old cover image from the original edition. The Amazon.co.uk listing however has the actual cover in question As seen from the point of view of an angel. or Angela. Handy to have when there's a certain Age Of[...]
Will You Cut Up Your Gimmick Cover For Chew #34?
Cut up your comic! After all, there's a fair bit of cutting up going on inside the comic as well… Chew #34, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, is published today from Image Comics. This is the cover for Chew #34. And this is also the cover for Chew #34. And this. Inside each other, all three around one[...]
Bounce #1 – Knocking Back A Speedball
A perfect time to read Bounce #1, out today. Do you remember Speedball? Created by Steve Ditko for Marvel a one-last-chance-to-do-another-Spider-Man? And all the cracks made about the class A drug action in the title? And the questions asking if Speedball had been knocking back Speedballs to get like that? With all the little floaty bubbles[...]
Write Or Wrong #74 – Write Angry by Dirk Manning
Rhee, or Love Stories To Die For (the last of which is debuting in print this September from Image Comics/Shadowline – you read it here first, folks!), work-for-hire scripts for publishers such as Big Dog Ink (among other assignments, I'm writing a three-issue arc for The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West starting with Issue[...]
You Wait For Ages For TransComics And Then Three Come Along At Once
We've had Batgirl recently, when a female character created by Gail Simone who had appeared throughout the current run, outed herself out as transgender. Then last week, Storm Dogs by David Hine and Doug Braithwaite from Image ran a storyline involving a transgender character in a science fiction setting, which inspired this rather thoughtful essay. And then[...]
'68, Vietnam And Jane Fonda
The creators of the Image war zombie comic, '68, end each issue with specific tales and facts about the time the comic is set They've just added a new one to Facebook; This is interesting If your familiar with our first '68 series (Better Run Through the Jungle) we based a character named "Fawn Landers" off[...]
The Uncanny Weekly Bleed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVv4p42zHAM The Weekly Bleeders report: Toni was out at a fitting for this weeks show so we had our production manage,