Comic Industry News & Gossip
More Hulk Promos
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 11:30 PM EST
Marvel sent along a couple more promos for their upcoming "Fall of the Hulks" storyline.
Nice to See Jeff Parker Getting a Big Push
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 4:22 PM EST
Marvel released two more promotional pieces for their "Fall of the Hulks" storyline.
Congrats to Rocketship!
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 10:21 AM EST
Rocketship was voted the "Best Comics Outpost" in New York City by the Village Voice!
Best Comics Outpost
Rocketship
208 Smith St.
Brooklyn, NY
718-797-1348
http://rocketshipstore.blogspot.com
Getting into comics—a/k/a graphic novels, a/k/a "Don't call them 'graphic novels,' you sound like a douchebag"—is daunting for newcomers: so much to absorb, so many stigmas and clichés to roll your eyes at, so many X-Men [...]
R.I.P. George Tuska
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 10:25 AM EST
George Tuska, one of the great comic book artists of the 20th Century, has passed away at the age of 93.
You might recall I just discussed Tuska in last week's Comic Book Legends Revealed.
He was a great artist for Marvel and DC on various superhero titles (most notably Iron Man), but had an extremely varied [...]
DC's "New Last Issues" Idea is a Clever One
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 4:56 AM EST
I gotta hand it to DC, their idea to have a month-long event of sorts (in the midst of their Blackest Night "breather month") where they have special "new" last issues of a variety of canceled titles is a clever one.
Obviously, Starman #81 by Robinson is the biggest one, but I'm looking forward the most [...]
The Disneyfication of Marvel?
- by Greg Burgas
- Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 8:02 AM EST
Disney is buying Marvel for $4 billion in cash and stock.
Thoughts?
December's skip week: Who cares if you don't get your comics?
- by Greg Burgas
- Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at 5:00 PM EST
With all the brouhaha about no new comics on 30 December, not many people are wondering what this will do to retailers. I'm here to correct that!
The Return of Casper the Friendly Ghost!
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 1:36 PM EST
So wait, was this already announced or is it just a crazy coincidence that Scott chose today of all days to do a piece on Casper the Friendly Ghost?
Ardden Entertainment is debuting a new Casper the Friendly Ghost series featuring other Harvey Entertainment characters, as well! J.M. DeMatteis came up with the concept for the [...]
A World (Okay, a Week) Without Comics?
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 8:55 AM EST
I think we're all used to the Holiday shipping schedules for comic books, where major holidays in the United States push comic book deliveries back X amount of days (usually one or two) when it comes Christmastime or New Year's.
Well, this year, things are going to be a bit different.
Comics will be on-sale [...]
Congrats to Comic Book Resources, Eisner Award Winner!
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 4:10 AM EST
Congrats to Jonah Weiland and Comic Book Resources for winning the Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism!
Well deserved!
Superheroes on Google!
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 at 1:43 PM EST
Check out Google's current logo, in honor of the San Diego Comic-Con!
Pretty nifty!
What is "Dark Siege"?
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 PM EST
Rich Johnston recently posted on Bleeding Cool that Matt Fraction will be writing a book called "Dark Siege," which Rich notes is likely to be a reworked title of the Thor crossover event J. Michael Straczynski did not want to write (then called Siege of Asgard), but Rich also notes that Brian Michael Bendis says [...]
So Is Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2 A Sure Thing Now?
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 6:44 PM EST
With the announcement that Warner Bros. has purchased Midway Games for $33 million, does that mean that a sequel to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a sure thing now?
Has anyone heard anything on the subject?
Dwayne McDuffie Fired off Justice League of America an Injustice?
- by Chad Nevett
- Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 4:37 PM EST
At the beginning of May, Rich Johnston compiled some of Dwyane McDuffie's message board comments concerning his Justice League of America run and editorial interference. In his "20 Questions, 1 Answer" biweekly Q&A over at Newsarama, Dan DiDio was asked about the status of the title's writer since Len Wein has been scheduled for various [...]
Manga Before Flowers -- All the Viz News That's Fit to Blog
- by Danielle Leigh
- Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 AM EST
A lot of things are currently happening with Viz and I thought it was time to do a little news round up for this blog. Below I remark upon 1) end of Shojo Beat magazine this summer, 2) the creation of an on-line seinen manga mag IKKI, following in the footsteps of the long defunct [...]
