As with any convention, a lot of fast, disjointed thoughts kicking around. In no particular order: The most action at the con was in the Diamond Comics aisle and the e-publishers area. Other areas seemed quieter. There seemed to be fewer freebies this year. A lot, in fact. When asking about getting on the press…
IDW Publishing, home to Star Trek, 30 Days of Night, Transformers, Doctor Who, G.I. Joe, Fallen Angel, Locke and Key, and ComicMix’s upcoming line of print graphic novels and comics, today announced the 10 year old company hit the #3 spot in the monthly Diamond sales figures. That places them ahead of Image Comics and…
Shout! Factory, the happy folks behind, well, lots of DVD collections (I’m fond of Greg The Bunny myself) has signed a multi-year deal with Hasbro to release DVDs of several animated properties based on the toymaker’s product lines, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Included in the deal are episodes of the 1980s animated Transformers and…
The nominations for the best of the year are finalized. Ballots with this year’s nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable pdf of the ballot will also be available online, and a special website has been set up for online voting. The results in all categories…
Well, we’ve been hinting at this for about six months now. Some of you traditionalists have been asking when and how and where and when you can buy printed versions of the ComicMix comics. I’m proud to announce that we have partnered up with our friends at IDW (where GrimJack and Jon Sable Freelance and…
Really, what more need be said? Except, of course, a happy 78th birthday to William Shatner. Seventy-eight! Damn! Oh, and while we’re at it, a quick link to IDW’s Star Trek comics.
For the first time, a Joss Whedon character will be appearing in a major adventure outside of the Whedonverse when Peter David and J.K. Woodward relaunch Fallen Angel this summer from IDW Publishing. When we asked Peter how he got this crossover to happen, he said "It was actually very complicated. I went up to…
Now, we aren’t saying that this cover to Angel: Smile Time #2 had anything to do with Chris Ryall being interviewed on Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s site… but it certainly is an interesting coincidence, ain’t it? Come to think of it, Chris Ryall does look a bit like Edward Norton in that film…
IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of The Complete Rocketeer by Dave Stevens, collecting the classic series in its entirety for the first time ever. After more than a decade out of print, The Rocketeer makes a triumphant return to stores this October with a comprehensive hardcover edition featuring artwork digitally re-mastered from…
Today’s list of quick items that don’t fill a full post on their own: This online TV thing really is taking off: Lost Finds 1.4 Million Viewers On ABC.com. Read the entire thing and get a look at how the TV landscape is changing, and more importantly, how the new rules don’t apply any more….
The Occasional Superheroine herself, Valerie D’Orazio, has an interesting thought experiment going on at her blog: Play "Fantasy DC EIC" and Redo The DCU! This is like Fantasy Baseball, but instead of pretending to play a professional sport, you pretend to be the new Editor-In-Chief of the DC Universe. You come in to the job,…
We are on our way to Toy Fair 2009, but in the meantime join us for a behind the scenes look at NBC’s CHUCK, a trip to the comic store where this week we try and expand our horizons and a lesson in why CAPRICA is a big risk. PRESS THE BUTTON to Get The…
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