Commentary on various aspects of publishing and marketing, primarily focused on books, magazines, and social media.
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/22/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AEON Bugtown #6 (Of 6), $2.95ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC Deal With The Devil #2 (Of 5), $2.99 Judo Girl #2 (Of 4), $2.99 Killer Stunts Inc #2 (Of 4), $2.99 Lethal Instinct #2 (Of 6), $2.99AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Little Scrowlie #10, $2.95ANIME WORKS PUBLICATIONS Death Trance Vol 2 GN, $9.99 Kamunagara Rebirth Of…
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/8/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AARDVARK-VANAHEIM/WIN-MILL PRO Following Cerebus #4, $3.95AARDWOLF PUBLISHING Conflicts Of Disinterest SC Sgn (AA), $9.95 Gods 15 Minutes Five Books Of Meth SC (AA), $17.95 Perverts Pedophiles And Other Theologians GN (AA), $9.00 Strange Kaddish Tales You Wont Hear From Bubbie GN 2nd Prtg, $11.95ABSTRACT STUDIOS Strangers In Paradise #74, $2.95 Strangers In Paradise Molly…
With less than a week to go, the full court press is on to promote Batman Begins. I stated in a previous post that my Dad asked me when it comes out. The marketing gurus of DC's prized possession must be grinning ear-to-ear when they can get a 52-year old who was never into comics asking that question.2-3 weeks ago the country had only been treated to a handful of trailers promoting the release of the film, but now they're bringing out the big guns.Synergy is the name of the game, and all companies willing to pay, can play. Verizon…
Miller owns up to mistakes, promises 30 years of comics Alias Enterprises burst onto the comics scene a few months back, hot on the heels of a trio of successful titles published under the Image banner: Lullaby, The Imaginaries, and Lions, Tigers and Bears. With multi-page advertising spreads in Previews, and an all-out internet PR-blitz promoting their relatively little-to-unknown creators and/or properties and their $0.75 first issues, Alias was poised to make a bang throughout the month April with an aggressive slate of 12 brand new titles all scheduled to hit the stands before Free Comic Book Day. As the…
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/8/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AC COMICS Best Of The West #51, $6.95 Femforce To Die For GN, $15.95ACTOR Actor Darkness Prelude Foil Cvr Ed, $5.00A. D. VISION Yotsuba Manga Vol 1 TPB, $9.99ADHOUSE BOOKS Skyscrapers of the Midwest #2, $5.00AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Patty Cake & Friends Vol 2 #14, $4.95 Slave Labor Peepshow Vol 4 #6,…
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/2/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?A FINE LINE A Fine Line Press Coll, $45.00A. D. VISION By The Sword Manga Vol 2 TPB, $9.99 Chrono Crusade Manga Vol 5 TPB, $9.99 Cromartie High School Manga Vol 2 TPB, $10.95 Full Metal Panic Overload Manga Vol 1 TPB, $9.99 Gunslinger Girl Manga Vol 3 TPB, $9.99 Orphen Manga Vol 2…
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 5/24/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AAA POP COMICS Golden Plates #2 (Of 12), $7.99AIT/PLANETLAR True Story Swear To God Vol 2 This One Goes To 11 TPB, $12.95ANTARCTIC PRESS AP How To Draw Manga Toning Techniques CD Ed Vol 1 TPB, $24.95AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Punch And Judy TPB, $7.95ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS Archie #557, $2.19 Archie Double Digest…
