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Recently, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson talked about the bullying of comic creators by big companies. Mark Waid, ex-DC editor, ex-Boom editor-in-chief, current Thrillbent publisher has written "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers" It's hard not to see it as a criticism specifically of reported DC Comics editorial actions of late, a publisher who Waid has[...]

Alter Ego's been pretty much a one-man operation forever; Jason's been aching to expand, to move the storefront, to grow the store's market and its community outreach…but while it's always been a worthwhile enterprise, Jason could never stretch his time and resources enough to both run the store and evolve it. Meanwhile, I–having to, on a[...]

Mark Waid, of Thrillbent has announced the opening of the Thrillbent store, allowing people to pay to download PDF versions of the Thrillbent comics they have been offering for free in CBZ format. And, in a model that seems to echo Bryan K Vaughan and Marcos Martin's Private Eye digital comic, they are DRM-free and, for[...]

They meant the layered panel digital comics that DC call DC2, that Marvel call Infinite Comics and that Thrillbent call… Thrillbent comics. They need a name But it shouldn't be the brand name of a publisher They should be named after their inventor. Alex De Campi. Just as we have Kirby Krackle, Steranko Effects and Bendis-Speak, we should[...]

Dylan Sutcliff writes; When Thrillbent was announced I visited the site, read a few comics for free on my laptop and was largely unimpressed The experience was disappointingly foreign and unengaging and left me thinking free was the appropriate price. Last weekend at C2E2's Digital First Comics panel, Mark Waid, James Tynion IV, John D[...]

[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/1822/0/PCHPodcastEpisode38.mp3] Chris Thompson writes; It's a great start to the week as Taylor & I break open James Tynion IV & Jeremy Rock's The Eighth Seal from Mark Waid's newly-revamped Thrillbent Comics Plus we take a look at B Clay Moore & Christopher Mitten's beautiful noir-inspired one-shot, Old Dog, that was part of the recent Bad Karma[...]

He went and did this with Mark Waid. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8yKXlnva9g[/youtube] Thanks Mark! Oh, and go to Thrillbent sometime, everyone. Patrick Willems went to NYCC for Bleeding Cool He went and did this with Mark Waid. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8yKXlnva9g[/youtube] Thanks Mark! Oh, and go to Thrillbent sometime, everyone. [...]

Ryan The Great Unknown reports for Bleeding Cool; On Saturday at Baltimore Comic Con, hours before winning the Harvey Award for Best Writer, Mark Waid held a panel discussing the growth and future of Thrillbent.com, his digital comic portal Throughout the hour-long panel, Waid kept the conversation light and friendly, his upbeat attitude bringing the room[...]

Manifestations is a new digital-only original graphic novel by Epic Kill's Raffaele Ienco for Top Cow, coming out later this year. Announced at the Top Cow panel at San Diego Comic Con, Manifestations is the story of "a woman who is tormented by the ghost of her sadistic husband only to discover he has been brought[...]

The fools. MARK WAID » By request: Some Thrillbent Webstats Sixty-one percent of our traffic is referral traffic Most of it comes from this site, then from Facebook, then Reddit, then Bleeding Cool. The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing SAN DIEGO – Frank Doyle and Steve Skeates have been selected to receive the 2012 Bill[...]

Today, Mark Waid launches ThrillBent.com, showcasing his original new digital comic Insufferable with Peter Krause, in which a villain seems to turn to Kickstarter for his latest venture.It also hosts Luther, a digital adaptation of his Boom! zombies comic, in a venture backed up by Leverage TV's John Rogers More, much more, is to come. Scott[...]

If you're not one of the big companies, then it won't succeed." Though he has already broken down the economics of printing comics on his website, Markwaid.com, he broke them down again. Most comics are $3.99 (at which point he emphasized that this wasn't unfair – that was just the price). Diamond make 60% of every issue sold[...]