I’m putting down prose for the next month. LOTS of cool comics are being released and they’re easier to read and prettier than other books. First on the plate is Charles Burns whose new book X’ed out is released on the 19th. It’s inspired by everything from Tin Tin to horror comics. Very, very excited […]
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Dark Horse Announces Digital Plans. (And Free Comics!) (UPDATED)
On Friday at New York Comic Con (where there was also some news from DC and Marvel), Dark Horse Comics announced a change in their digital distribution strategy. So far, Dark Horse has been offering issues as individual apps through the App Store, but starting in January, they’ll be distributing issues through the “Dark Horse […]
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I Lied. There’s More To Be Said. And It’s About The X-Men.
X-Men: The Arcade Game was an awesome six-person, co-op beat ’em up released by Konami in an era when the company could do no wrong with its licensed games. Regardless of your opinion on Sniktbub and the rest of Marvel’s freaks, if you saw that machine in an arcade you were drawn to it, like […]
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On the Road with Floating World:
It’s time for another installment of On the Road with Floating World, in which Floating World Comics proprietor Jason Leivian handpicks a few comics recommendations for musicians playing in town. Swing by Floating World (20 NW 5th) during the week of the show, name-drop this post, get 10% off recommended titles. Mat Brinkman Here’s Jason […]
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DC Commits to Charging $2.99 for Comics. Your Turn, Marvel. (UPDATED)
Via a DC Comics press release: Beginning January 2011, DC Comics will implement a line-wide pricing adjustment, lowering the prices of all standard length 32-page ongoing comic book titles currently priced at $3.99 to $2.99, it was announced today by DC Comics Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio. “Today’s announcement re-affirms DC Comics’ commitment to […]
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So Wolverine, Thor, and Gwen Stacy Walk ino a Bar…
… and I don’t have a punchline. I just wanted to talk about three different comics-y things, but I’m too lazy to write three separate posts! So here: FIRST. Turns out Emma Stone isn’t Mary Jane Watson after all, but instead is Gwen Stacy. Yes, this defies logic, but I will allow it. On the […]
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Get Ready for Zack Snyder’s Superman.
Yes. This is exactly what the next Superman movie will be like. Damn. Deadline‘s on a geek-news roll. First they broke that Emma Stone-as-Mary Jane business, and now they have the news that 300, Watchmen, and The Owls of Geeeeehoohieee director Zack Snyder will be helming the next Superman flick, which I’m guessing will either […]
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Today in Perfect Casting: Emma Stone as Mary Jane Watson.
AND LET US NEVER SPEAK OF KIRSTEN DUNST AGAIN. Admittedly, I was pretty apathetic about the prospect of a Spider-Man reboot—but combine this weekend’s news of Stone’s casting with the fact that Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, Red Riding: 1974, Never Let Me Go) is gonna be Peter Parker, and hell, there are the makings […]
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Please Let The Walking Dead Be Even Half as Good as These Fan-Made Opening Credits.
Already sick of the hype about The Walking Dead? Okay, okay, fair enough—but before you tune me out, check out these amazing, fan-created opening titles for the upcoming AMC show. These credits are better than, ehh… [pulls out nerd calculator, jabs repeatedly at “zombie” and “Saul Bass” buttons] about 95.28 percent of all opening credits […]
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More Footage from The Walking Dead.
Yeah, it’s an extended, self-congratulatory ad, and I’m yeah, I’m still not convinced this show’s gonna be as great as the fanboys are convinced it’ll be. But still, this clip offers some enticing glimpses of what’s shaping up to be one of fall’s more interesting TV shows. If you haven’t already, consider this your inspiration […]
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A Tiny First Step for Digital Comics
It’s finally happened: The Walking Dead is the first high-profile title from one of the major comics publishers that will be available in print and digital formats simultaneously. When asked if Image planned to continue its new simultaneous release schedule in print and on comiXology at the $2.99 price point, publisher Eric Stephenson explained the […]