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Zenescope Comics Flash The Queen’s Guard For London Super Comic Con

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Zenescope are coming to the London Super Comic Con next month. 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 …

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Your Comics Or Your Kids

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Working in the comic industry isn’t a walk in the park, but it’s even harder when you’re trying to break in. However losing custody of your children isn’t something anyone would expect. Alfred Trujillo, artist on a number of Zenescope …

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Zenescope Picks Up Bill Jemas’ Wake The F*** Up

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool reported on the new Bill Jemas-written-and-published graphic novella, Wake The F*** Up when it was solicited by Diamond at the beginning of the month. A 48 page comic drawn by JJ Dzialowski and Cyril Saint-Blancat, for $2.99 coming …

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The ComiXology Chart – How Much Does China Love Sexy Alice In Wonderland?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here are the top twenty selling comic books on ComiXology, after new comic day yesterday. 1. The Walking Dead #101 2. Smallville: Season 11 #13 3. Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4 (of 4) 4. Avengers vs. X-Men #10 (of …

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Ape, Aspen, Oni, Valiant, Titan And Zenescope Solicitations For November 2012

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Any more for any more? Here’s a look at some of the publishers putting out slightly fewer titles, but most with an action advanture bent… from Ape’s Hero Of Alexandria to Aspen’s Charismagic to Oni’s Bad Medicine, to Valiant’s Shadowman …

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The Archaia To Zenescope Of Creator Non-Payment

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It can happen to any publisher. Cashflow problems. But how do they best deal with it? I’ve been following problems with creator payment at Zenescope for some time now. People owed hundreds, thousands of dollars from the company, which suffered …

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A Whore By Any Other Name Would Smell So Sweet

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The other week I got into a minor twitterspat with a few people, including Kieron Gillen, over a new graphic novel by Jeffrey Kaufman, Whore. It was being eviscerated because of the title. I argued than rather than using a …

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Lionsgate TV Grabs Zenescope’s Wonderland With Smallville’s Brian Robbins As Executive Producer

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Mark Seifert

More comics-to-television news emerging from SDCC today, as Hollywood Reporter gets the scoop: The studio behind scripted fare including Weeds and Mad Men has emerged the winner in a six-studio bidding war for TV rights to Zenescope’s Wonderland graphic novels, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Brian Robbins (Smallville), …

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First Look At Oni, Avatar, Image, Dark Horse, Cartoon Books, Image, Skybound, Abstract And Zenescope At San Diego Comic Con

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Ramona Flowers protects the colour Scott Pilgrim hardcovers until tomorrow… David Marks, the recognised male model of Avatar Press, displays a copy of Bleeding Cool Magazine. While Axatar’s Keith Davidsen goes for a Karl Pilkington look.   Dark Horse show …

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Raven Gregory Gets Jesse Jamesed

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

 Jesse James writes for Bleeding Cool like an unstoppable force. Growing up in the 80′s you didn’t have much choice in genres.  Its was Super Hero’s, Action Hero’s, or Animals with swords.  So when I opened up the store that’s what I carried. Then …

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Diamond Chicago Retailer Summit: One On One With The Publishers

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Comic book retailer Jesse James reports from C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. This year I decided to go to the Diamond Distributors Retailer Summit in Chicago.  As most of you know I have spent my last 25 years in meetings for …

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Zenescope Turn To Kickstarter To Fund Grimm Fairly Tales Animation

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has reported on how a number of name comic creators, from Michael Zulli, to Jimmy Palmiotti, to Alex De Campi, have turned to Kickstarter to fund their comic book projects, avoiding the need for a publisher to advance …

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Prue Returning From The Death In Charmed #12

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Rich Johnston

In the new Charmed comic from Zenescope, issue 12 (you can tell it from the other Zenescope comics on the stand in that has realistic looking women on the cover) there is the return of a classic character to the …

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Zenescope Goes 30-Day-Digital On Entire Comics Line

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Zenescope, already quite prominent in the digital comics landscape, have announced that they will move to a 30-day-after-print digital model for their entire  line by the summer, and will make their back catalogue available too along with digital-only content. This …

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Tuesday Runaround – Sixty Years Of Menace

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

CrossoverWatch: Raven Gregory tells USA Today that he nicked the big Zenescope crossover from… every other crossover. “A fan of old-school Marvel Comics crossovers, Gregory came up with the idea to put all these realms and their denizens in a …

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A Zenescope Character Will Die In The Dream Eater Saga

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It must be a new feature or something. This is a first look at two new Zenescope covers, for the Grimm Fairy Tales Dream Eater Saga. The first is for issue #0 by Sean Chen and the second is for …

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The Tenth Annual Rumour Awards – BEST LACK OF PAYMENT

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Rich Johnston

Despite the recession, this was one of the better years for people owed money and there were no major comics bankruptcies. Zenescope went from being one the bigger non payers to one of the companies taking steps to pay back …

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Zenescope Man Up

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Rich Johnston

It’s been no secret over the last year that Zenescope, publishing of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Escape From Wonderland and the like (which I’ve been known to describe as “Fables with tits”) has some cash flow issues that have caused a …

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