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Hachette-Fishing Marvel Collections For 2015 – Hawkeye And Star Wars Get Their Own Omnibuses
Collecting the work of Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, Archie Goodwin, Jo Duffy, Chris Claremont, Carmine Infantino, Walter Simonson and Herb Trimpe collecting STAR WARS 1-44, Annual 1 Other Omnibuses include a complete Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie collecting YOUNG AVENGERS 1-15, MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE 1 (YOUNG AVENGERS STORY) again, evergreen potential here, and a Death Of[...]
Hawkeye #22 Jumps To $4.99 For Final Issue – Maybe It's Made Of Gold?
Matt Fraction told us all in an e-mail missive that "HAWKEYE 22 is called 'El Dorado.' It's gonna be longer than twenty pages I shouldn't say how much longer until I get final confirmation." Well, it could be quite a bit longer The word has come down that his final issue with David Aja is jumping from the original $2.99[...]
The Prospect Of The End Of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye Beckons
The moment that Matt Fraction left the high profile title Inhuman before the first issue was published (which never really recovered) seems notable As was a certain tweet from Matt earlier in the year, when Hawkeye was put on the Official Selection List for Angouleme. boy that timing couldn't be more ironic amazing don't even know[...]
Things To Do On The West Coast In July If You Like Comics
Meet Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction, Joe Keatinge, Jamie S Rich, and Joshua Williamson for discussion, signing and a drawing of prizes Event starts at 3 PM. Bridge City Comics in Portland will host a signing with a trio of talent Erika Moen (Dar, Bucko, Oh Joy, Sex Toy), Lucy Bellwood (Grand Adventure, Baggywrinkles), and Danielle[...]
Inhuman #3 Slips Five Weeks To July
Matt Fraction walked off the book after creative difference, with Charles Soule taking over And as readers seemed turned off by the Inhumanity crossover, sales on Inhuman were rather soft, persuading Marvel to reprint #1 inside Amazing Spider-Man #1 to get more people to read it (and creating a book whose extra size caused greater[...]
Blood On The Tracks: Where Are The New Black Comics Writers?
And then, if you do get a foot in the door and no one responds, well, the answer was that they tried. What's needed more is the outside-of-the-box thinking that looked at Matt Fraction and thought he'd be great on Iron Fist The outside-of-the-box thinking that knew Gail Simone would kill on Secret Six Where's the[...]
Satellite Sam's Tijuana Bible Not For British Eyes
British comic book retailers have been told by Diamond UK that the Satellite Sam Tijuana Bible incentive will not be available within these shores. Image Comics had previously announced that a fictional "Tijuana bible", based on the small press pornographic publications that lampooned cartoon figures, sports stars and actors from the twenties to the sixties, would feature[...]
Gendercrunching The Marvel Retreat
Iron Man" series that ties into "Original Sin." While Mark [Waid] and Kieron [Gillen] know how that story ends, and know what they're teeing up for the future, we spent a bit of time going over the possibilities with the rest of the guys in the room. Emphasis on guys? Based on Twitter, it appears much of the[...]
Here Are The Eisner Awards Nominations For 2014
Of Love And Rockets, of March Book One and Bluffton: My Summers with Buster. And of Fantagraphics and Image Comics ruling the roost… Who wins of course, well, that's for the night of the show… Best Short Story "Go Owls," by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #13 (Drawn & Quarterly) "Mars to Stay," by Brett Lewis and Cliff Chiang, in Witching Hour (DC) "Seaside Home," by[...]
An Inhuman By Any Name Would Burn Your Rose Bush Down
So who is the burning Inhuman, who seems to have survived the transition of writer Matt Fraction to Charles Soule on the upcoming series? Originally his codename was Inferno. INHUMAN #2 MATT FRACTION (W) • JOE MADUREIRA (A/C) Variant cover by TBD Witness the origin of INFERNO! What role will this new Inhuman play in the global Inhumanpower structure? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 Then one of[...]
Late Night Swipe File: Sex Criminals And Distance Between The Two
Sex Criminals is the smash hit sex comedy from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, published by Image Comics In which a couple meet, who both have the power to stop time after they've orgasmed, which gives them the opportunity to change the world for the better By stealing stuff It's very popular, and gives the[...]
More Hawkeye Changes For #17, #18 and #19
And who is doing what issue. These are the original solicitations for issues 17 through to 19. HAWKEYE #17 MATT FRACTION (W) • DAVID AJA (A/C) "Rio Bravo" – PART 4 • The sense-shattering fallout of the Clint vs the Clown — Clint Barton has been deafened! • With the Barton Brothers this battered and bloodied, surely they'll make easy pickins[...]
The Look Of Christian Ward's Ody-C, With The Cover For Issue 1
So, the upcoming comic Ody-C got, kind of, reannounced at Image Expo, from Matt Fraction and Christian Ward. Here's a better look at those visuals (below), and the previously-cover to the first issue (above).      So, the upcoming comic Ody-C got, kind of, reannounced at Image Expo, from Matt Fraction and[...]
Image Expo 2014 Speculation: Five Wild Guesses About 'Secret Special Guests'
By David Dissanayake Image Expo is coming up in just a few days, and boy does it seem like Image Comics might just outdo itself with this one.  Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Rick Remender, Nick Spencer, Brandon Graham, Robert Kirkman, James Robinson, Nick Dragotta, and more will all be special guests this Thursday at the[...]
Chip Zdarsky Has Made A New Friend
Chip Zdarsky is the artist for the Image comic Sex Criminal with writer Matt Fraction A few months back he noticed his parents interacting on Facebook with their local Applebee's Chip then realized that most of the time the Applebee's page was talking to itself… so he decided to strike up a friendship. Buzzfeed has the full[...]
Comic Creators Respond To… The End Of 2013
And also, to help others. The time seems to have inspired some comic book creators to look deep within themselves and share the results with their readers. Hawkeye and Satellite Sam writer Matt Fraction wrote "I'm an alcoholic and a drug addict", AA and NA helped me I am an atheist introvert with anger issues and deep suspicions[...]
Bleeding Cool's 11 Best Graphic Novels of 2013
Hawkeye Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon, from Marvel Comics, written by Matt Fraction, with art by David Aja and Javier Pulido    Well, who are we to argue with the Angouleme Official Committee? While it is arguable that the book reaches its heights of creativity with later issues, that's to belie the remarkable sea change[...]