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Especially when it comes to comics With less than one percent of comics being sold have any Vietnamese creative input at all And those are usually for pre-schoolers. But comics are very popular in the country It's just that right now, the vast majority of Vietnam comic books and translated versions of Japanese, Chinese and Korean[...]

And are prepared to pay for it. All the cover price-eBay listings were instantly snapped up, leaving only the Open Bid listings, with the issue about to close already attracting bids of over $40. Interesting the, presumably, rarer and geographically harder to locate Hastings variant of Star Wars #1 is only selling for between $20 to $25. Speculators[...]

Brad Guigar writes; When I started doing webcomics in 2000, I was embroiled in what we called the "Print vs Web" debate Syndicated cartoonists were insisting that the "give-it-away-for-free" approach we webcartoonists were taking would erode comics publishing We argued that it was a bit more complicated than "give it away for free" — and besides,[...]

Mark Millar writes; You'd be out in the same year as Quitely, Romita, McNiven and another major artist we can't reveal yet (he's still under contract). In

When Rich mentioned this the other day, about the DC Comics April cover surprise, I had a hunch it might be Superman-related, because April is the 75th anniversary of the actual release date (not the cover date) of Action Comics #1 But if that's so, it's certainly not yet clear from these cover images for[...]

Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston joins host Grace Randolph to talk about what Marvel and DC Comics have planned for 2013 Get a preview of Age of Ultron, Man of Steel from Scott Snyder and Jim Lee, Superior Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, Justice League of America #1 featuring Steve Trevor, DC Villains Month, Sandman[...]

And since there's no Walking Dead Magazine out in January, we may get the top spot for January 2013 as well. But apparently there are some other comics out too, this and next week the new Black Beetle, the new Threshold and Insurgent series from DC, John Byrne's new space book High Ways, from IDW, the[...]

And they are bringing some London exclusive comics with them, with Wonderland #7 committing an act of treason, Robyn Hood #5 showing off her gherkin and Grimm Fairy Tales #82 displaying some traditional London police uniforms… Zenescope are coming to the London Super Comic Con next month And they are bringing some London[...]

Yay! Frazer Irving of Iron Man, Batman And Robin, Shade, Gutsville and Civil Wardrobe is joining Brian Bendis on Uncanny X-Men in April... Of late,

We'll be able to check the rest later. Both December and November were four week months, but December's skip week with only a handful of new titles available on Boxing Day may have had an affect, even when one of those comics was Amazing Spider-Man #700 Sales were down month on month but the $7.99 cost[...]

The Top 500 sales of comics in 2012 from Diamond in North American comic shops were dominated by Marvel and DC, with a few honourable mentions for Image and IDW Only two titles from outside the Premier designation of publishers, from Dynamite Entertainment, made it into that top 500 And they are at the top[...]

Thanks to Gotham Spoilers who have done some fine URL farming, here are a number of covers for DC Comics in April. Except each looks like the first half of an image. Could they be the first half of gatefold covers for all of April's DC New 52 comics? And could these be the "Holy Shit" covers[...]

Recently, The Walking Dead Volume 1 went out of print, which led to a mini-run on the trade paperback, with people paying slightly more for it. Turns out

  Brian Bolland is selling his Silver Age comics collection Why? He writes; Why? Well, in a few words: You can't take 'em with you My wife said something to the effect : "In the event of your demise what would I do with all those comics." And I thought – yes – I should sell them[...]

The ongoing dispute over the rights to Superman has taken an apparently critical turn; another step in this dispute between the Siegal estate, and Warner Bros and DC Comics: The US Appeal courts have ruled in favour of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment in the dispute with the heirs of Jerry Siegel over the rights and[...]

If you're a fan of the original movies and you want comics in that universe, without wanting to be choked out by the endless swathes of novels and other tie ins then this is for you Covering familiar ground in a new, logical way it's one of the best licensed titles I've read in ages. [...]

We cannot allow these young heroes in training to be killed off, it is an injustice to them and the future of comics – even if the majority of the comic populace; neither care, nor have heard of them Each of these characters, established before this book, have seen substantial personal growth; growth which is[...]

We reported that Amazing Spider-Man #700 has sold a quarter of a million, bringing in a total of two million dollars (plus all the 1:150 Steve Ditko

I love Superman, and yet, in my mind, he's been twisted around into some kind of alien thing." – Jerry Siegel The US Appeal courts have ruled in favour of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment in the dispute with the heirs of Jerry Siegel over the rights and ownership to Superman and enforces the 2001 contract[...]

A preview edition of a new Gene Simmons' related comic boiok, the Simmons Comics Anthology will launch at London Super Comic Con next month. Created by Gene Simmons, written by Erik Hendrix and drawn by Yannis Roumboulias and produced with Arcana Comics, it will highlight a crossover between Zipper and Dominatrix, in a new story, The[...]

With Justice League Of America #1 soon to launch, DC Comics are keen to try and capture a little of that lightning and inject it into other titles. Such as the comics Green Arrow , Katana, Justice League of America's Vibe, all featuring characters now part of Justice League Of America If you hadn't guessed that[...]

Comics Etc of Village Gate, Rochester, New York, will soon no longer be of Village Gate The owber writes on Facebook; Comics Etc is being evicted from Village Gate We've had this hanging over our heads since the Bop Shop and Ricky's Place were evicted a year ago, and now we're the next victim We are[...]

This is massive. Early this week, we reported on the launch of Titan Comics, a new creator-owned line from British publisher Titan Now it's stepped up a notch. Titan are getting in bed with Dave Elliott, the man behind A1 and Atomeka to revive the line Elliott, who has worked on the likes of Warrior, Deadline, 2000AD,[...]

Haven't read it yet, so I'm not going to look at the spoiler page linked at the bottom of the post, maybe you'll be more brave. Most-Read Comic Stories Today – Superior Spider-man 1, DC Comics April The Big Massive Spoiler At The End Of Superior Spider-Man 1 If you have any plans to read Superior Spider-Man 1[...]

So we haD two new Image comics out this week The End Times Of Bram And Ben by James Asmus, Jim Festante and Rem Broo, and Repossessed by JM Ringuet. So we haD two new Image comics out this week The End Times Of Bram And Ben by James Asmus, Jim Festante and Rem Broo,[...]

Is it me or is it a familiar beard? Maybe there will be some clues in the kind of things he says. Well, he didn't like the film did he? Certainly he seems as belligerant towards DC icons, especially ones he co-created, as ever. But that's okay, as we know with Before Watchmen, DC always wins.. Comics courtesy[...]

Batman's on Twitter folks! From this week's Detective Comics Although he may be wrong… Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #FuckIt YOLO— 2.7.5 Inkyy(@ink2flashyy) September 2, 2012   Peter Parker is wearing the Otto scientist coat, and doing a fair impression of Dr Horrible in the bargain. While in Wolverine And The X-Men, Doop tools up[...]

I understand that, across the New DCU line, we are to get some sort of "surprise" covers for April. Something that will really stand out on the comic

But I do have a mouse, a hand and a cut and paste tool and an eye that can see when the comics were solicited for… So, delivered by hand, stitched together rather poorly, here is your Top 47 Comics for December 2012 I don't think I missed anything out, tell me if I did… 2012 placement[...]

IDW's were My Little Pony and Mars Attacks, Dynamite Entertainment's were Masks and The Shadow. However for the graphic novels, Image dominates with Walking Dead, DC come second and Marvel is left playing third fiddle… QTY RANK DOLLAR RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR 1 2 WALKING DEAD #100 (MR) $3.99 IMA 2 3 UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 $3.99 MAR 3 4 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 $3.99 MAR 4 1 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700 $7.99 MAR 5 6 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 $3.99 MAR 6 9 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 $3.99 MAR 7 7 AVENGERS VS X-MEN #5 $3.99 MAR 8 8 AVENGERS VS X-MEN[...]