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From the new August figures; PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 33.70% DC COMICS 30.16% IMAGE COMICS 7.86% IDW PUBLISHING 5.70% DARK HORSE COMICS 5.47% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.01% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.05% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.34% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.95% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.94% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.83% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 36.30% DC COMICS 33.14% IMAGE COMICS 8.51% IDW PUBLISHING 4.98% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.80% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.93% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.07% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 1.03% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0.97% ASPEN MLT INC 0.65% OTHER NON-TOP 10 So that's the marketshare, divided into Units, the amount of titles sold and[...]

He's done work for Aspen, Image and Zenescope with a few things in the works now and he posts a lot of his new work on his blog so you can keep up with his latest stuff But talk is cheap, lets get to the interview and art: BLEEDING COOL: How did you get started drawing? BRENT PEEPLES:[...]

Tumblr and Facebook have been on fire with it thanks to the multiple groups of young ladies in the states and abroad who have taken to building costumes based on it. also worked on the Charmed comic book series, and did various work for Zenescope in the past. BC: What are you working on now? FOWLER: A lot[...]

Tradd Moore, the co-creator and artist on the Image Comics series The Strange Talent Of Luther Strode as well as having worked on Legends of the Dark Knight and Deadpool, is lending his talents to a new series coming out in August from Zenescope Entertainment Suckers, by Pat Shand (Robyn Hood: Wanted) and Ian McGinty[...]

You can even compete against others. When I visited the attraction, the cast of the show came out to greet fans and welcome them with issue #1 of the Zenescope-produced prequel comic That's not going to happen all of the time, of course, but mucking about on the boat is its own reward. Aaron Hale writes[...]

2 #0-12, BLACK TERROR #1-11, and DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #1-4, $39.99, 40% off full price. • Fantagraphics – Love & Rockets: Locas Bundle, Love And Rockets Library Vol 1-5, $60.99, 16% off full price. • IDW – Richard Stark's Parker Omnibus, Parker: The Hunter, The Outfit and The Score,, $25.99, 13% off full price. • IDW – Joe[...]

We also check in on three more publishers: Boom!, Valiant, and Zenescope, to see how they're doing with female creators. DC COMICS April wasn't great for DC, with a notable decline overall and some poor totals by category In April 2013, DC released 69 new comics with 618 credited creators, 552 men and 66 women Here are[...]

Raven Gregory, creator of a number of Zenescope comics, has asked me to share this with you Raven's ex-wife Kourtney Keiser was found yesterday morning on Northern Avenue in Glendale, Arizona, the victim of a hit-and-run She later died in hospital. Evidence indicated it was a hit-and-run and that the suspect vehicle would have fresh front-end[...]

Zenescope are coming to the London Super Comic Con next month And they are bringing some London exclusive comics with them, with Wonderland #7 committing an act of treason, Robyn Hood #5 showing off her gherkin and Grimm Fairy Tales #82 displaying some traditional London police uniforms… Zenescope are coming to[...]

However losing custody of your children isn't something anyone would expect. Alfred Trujillo, artist on a number of Zenescope books,posted on Facebook; Last week I lost my kids. Sunday morning, on the second day of Tucson Comicon, I got an email from my ex-wife with new court orders that followed a hearing we had at the end of[...]

A 48 page comic drawn by JJ Dzialowski and Cyril Saint-Blancat, for $2.99 coming out from his publisher 1ok. Except it isn't. I've just been informed it is now coming out from Zenescope And there will be a press release to that end later today, I believe. Bill Jemas is a multi-multi-multi millionaire after cashing in share options[...]

And Zenescope's Salem's Daughter Can anyone love Zenescope more than Russia? Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #3 (of 4) $2.99 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4 (of 4) $2.99 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #2 (of 4) $2.99 Salem's Daughter: The Haunting #5 $1.99 Before Watchmen: Dr Manhattan #1 (of 4) $3.99 5 Days to Die #5 $1.99 Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1[...]

Any more for any more? Here's a look at some of the publishers putting out slightly fewer titles, but most with an action advanture bent… from Ape's Hero Of Alexandria to Aspen's Charismagic to Oni's Bad Medicine, to Valiant's Shadowman to Titan's CLiNT to Zenescope's Fly… what's looking good to you? Ape Entertainment DREAMWORKS ADVENTURE MAGAZINE #2 (W)[...]

But how do they best deal with it? I've been following problems with creator payment at Zenescope for some time now People owed hundreds, thousands of dollars from the company, which suffered major cashflow problems at the beginning of the year Initially, I approached the company with the details of individual creators owed money, to find[...]

And stores that are happy to stock the likes of Dicks aren't so minded towards Whore. Even publisher Zenescope are backing off This is outside their usual naked women as naked women approach They are publishing as a contractual obligation to Kaufman and have removed their name from the headline of press releases and from the[...]

More comics-to-television news emerging from SDCC today, as Hollywood Reporter gets the scoop: The studio behind scripted fare including Weeds and Mad Men has emerged the winner in a six-studio bidding war for TV rights to Zenescope's Wonderland graphic novels, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Brian Robbins (Smallville), through his first-look deal with Lionsgate TV, will serve as an executive producer on the project alongside[...]

Even though it is mostly The Walking Dead. Zenescope have a little work to do… "It's Tuesday already??" Ramona Flowers protects the colour Scott Pilgrim hardcovers until tomorrow… David Marks, the recognised male model of Avatar Press, displays a copy of Bleeding Cool Magazine. While Axatar's Keith Davidsen goes for a Karl Pilkington look.   Dark Horse show off their[...]

Then the Diamond rep came in and offered me Zenescope I remember looking at him saying "You want me to carry this in my store?"  After spending some time with him, I caved in and bought a couple  Probably, one of the best business decisions I have ever made  A couple of weeks later Raven Gregory called[...]

 Its cool when you hear a publishers trying to really help expand your business by actually trying to be part of it. Zenescope was highlighting their new Point of Sale display case  This allows you to highlight there book in a real cool way  They also did a presentation on their new Alice in Wonderland figurine[...]

Bleeding Cool has reported on how a number of name comic creators, from Michael Zulli, to Jimmy Palmiotti, to Alex De Campi, have turned to Kickstarter to fund their comic book projects, avoiding the need for a publisher to advance the costs on what may well be a financial risk to publish. In France, the biggest[...]

In the new Charmed comic from Zenescope, issue 12 (you can tell it from the other Zenescope comics on the stand in that has realistic looking women on the cover) there is the return of a classic character to the series. Prue, played by Shannon Doherty appeared in every episode of the first three seasons of[...]

Zenescope, already quite prominent in the digital comics landscape, have announced that they will move to a 30-day-after-print digital model for their entire  line by the summer, and will make their back catalogue available too along with digital-only content. This will include licenced books like Charmed, creator owned work like Fly and the Fables-with-tits books like[...]

CrossoverWatch: Raven Gregory tells USA Today that he nicked the big Zenescope crossover from… every other crossover. "A fan of old-school Marvel Comics crossovers, Gregory came up with the idea to put all these realms and their denizens in a heap of trouble with a common enemy, and told Zenescope founders Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco[...]

It must be a new feature or something. This is a first look at two new Zenescope covers, for the Grimm Fairy Tales Dream Eater Saga. The first is for issue #0 by Sean Chen and the second is for issue #1 by Angel Medina. Neither feature any woman in a state of scandalous undress In fact, you[...]

Despite the recession, this was one of the better years for people owed money and there were no major comics bankruptcies. Zenescope went from being one the bigger non payers to one of the companies taking steps to pay back what was due. Devil's Due committed to paying back people too, setting out their case. Even Wowio committed[...]

It's been no secret over the last year that Zenescope, publishing of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Escape From Wonderland and the like (which I've been known to describe as "Fables with tits") has some cash flow issues that have caused a number of comic creators to complain about delayed payments, partial payments or indeed in some[...]

Today, Marvel ship 39 regular comic book titles to comic stores in the US and Canada, the UK getting their copies tomorrow. Plus another 14 variant covers

Hell, I managed to make myself watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer before the end of the first season didn't I? And that worked out. Certainly if you're buying Fables right now but you wish it was a bit more like Preacher there's no excuse not to pick this book up as well. Damn. Tales Of Wonderland: Red Queen[...]