INFO: Free Comic Book Day 2006
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced this weekend in San Diego that Free Comic Book Day 2006 will take place on Saturday, May 6th, the second consecutive year the event will take place separate from the release of a comic book-based movie. Marketing will be in full swing for the summer slate of comic book-inspired movies,
Try Something Different: 7/20/05
Support Independent Comics! Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 7/20/05, 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? ACTIVE IMAGES Gunpowder Girl & Outlaw
Batman Begins vs. Fantastic Four: Different Paths to Success
The friendly rivalry between Marvel and DC knows no boundaries. What started decades ago in print has now spilled over onto celluloid. About a month apart in their release dates, the iconic figures of Batman in DC’s Batman Begins, and Marvel’s Fantastic Four battle it out for comic book supremacy on film. Two different paths,
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
There’s a passage somewhere in the Bible to that effect, the equivalent of the more recent “can’t have your cake and eat it, too.” The whole poetry & comics thing is one example, where a couple of months back I was inspired to get back into the scene and start performing again, only to be
Industry Buzz #1: The Kids Are Alright
My latest feature over at Buzzscope is a column called Industry Buzz, a monthly roundtable featuring some of the most outspoken creators, retailers, pundits and advocates in comics commenting on the issues affecting the comics industry. Check it out and add your two cents to the discussion! The ParticipantsRonée Garcia Bourgeois – National VP /
Spring Cleaning in July
We celebrated Independence Day by giving our prison cell apartment a thorough scrubbing. “Thorough” as in near-blisters and aching joints when we were done. Except we weren’t really done, because we still have our bedroom and closets to do tonight. That this includes a new bed, desk and rug – completing the Extreme Makeover –
Try Something Different: 6/29/05
Support Independent Comics! Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/29/05, 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 MILWAUKEE PUBLISHING CO Essential Arsenic
Comment: Handicapping Batman Begins
As of Tuesday, June 21, Batman Begins has made $84,928,817 at the domestic box office, already ranking it as the 20th highest-grossing comic book adaptation ever. The Top 5 on that list are: Spider-Man: $403,706,375 Spider-Man 2: $373,585,825 Batman: $251,188,924 Men in Black: $250,690,539 X2: X-Men United: $214,949,694 Assuming a typical 50% dropoff this weekend,
Pull List Review: June 2005
Here’s what I’m currently buying on a regular basis, and why. What about you? 100 GirlsBecause it’s a great story, and Adam Gallardo‘s an interesting guy. 15 MinutesBecause it makes C-list superheroes interesting. Action PhilosophersBecause it’s smart and funny and takes more than 5 minutes to read each issue. ArañaBecause I really wanted it to
LINK: What’s Next for Marvel Movies?
Avi Arad, Marvel’s chairman and CEO, spoke with MTV.com about where several of the companies nearly 5,000 characters stand with regards to movie prospects, ranging from X-men 3 to Captain America to Cloak & Dagger. X-Men 3: Regarding Jean Grey’s possible evolution at the end of the last movie, however, Arad says, “Dark Phoenix should