On The Shelves: 1/11/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/11/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: 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. If not,
COMMENT: Late-night Speakeasy Musings
I haven’t had the time to really follow up on the whole Speakeasy situation myself, but I have been tracking the comics blogosphere which refuses to let the story die, including this rather humorous addition: Speakeasy Comics Archives, wherein a Jonathan Martin is attempting to pull together everything relating to the company’s current woes. (CBR
COMMENT: Speculation – Evolve or Die?
Paul O’Brien’s monthly analysis of Marvel’s sales for November 2005 has several interesting tidbits sprinkled througout that suggest speculation isn’t dead. “…NEW AVENGERS, still Marvel’s top selling ongoing title. It’s actually now below the normal sales level of ASTONISHING X-MEN, mind you, so things might be different when that book resumes publishing. With the lengthy
On the Shelves: 12/29/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released THURSDAY, 12/29/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: 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. If not,
On the Shelves: 12/21/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! There’s a transit strike going on here in NYC, so who knows when I’ll be able to pick up my books this week! Nevertheless, here’s my weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 12/21/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all
LINK: Even More on Speakeasy
Chuck Saterlee pulls the curtain back a bit further over on the Bendis Board thread that started it all. I’m quoting it in its entirety as I wouldn’t be surprised if he was asked/made to delete it at some point, as it airs what could charitably be called dirty laundry. My name is Chuck Satterlee
COMMENT: Who Cares About Journalism?
The response to yesterday’s article reminds me a bit of how minorities often tend to be more accepting of a lesser quality product made by one of their own, simply happy to have something they can relate to. (ie: UPN comedies, Wayans brothers’ movies, Hudlin’s Black Panther, etc.) Because there’s such a lack of real journalism in the comics industry, anything resembling it becomes worthy of praise.
In the Scope: Speakeasy Shakes Things Up
Fledgling independent publisher Speakeasy Comics sent another ripple throughout the industry with their “announcement” of their own internal cutoff policy, raising the bar more than three-and-a-half times Diamond’s 500-copy threshold to 1,750 copies, and, judging from recent sales figures as reported by ICv2, placing the futures of several of their titles in doubt.
On The Shelves: 12/14/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! It’s the home stretch for 2005! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 12/14/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to
Pull List Review: December 2005 (Part I)
Here’s what I’m currently buying on a regular basis, and, in some cases, why. (And here‘s where things stood back in June.) “+” / “-” / “*” equal the change, if any, in my opinion since then. 100 Girls *Only a couple of issues since June but pulled off a wire-to-wire run on my Top