Author: Jeff Meyer

by Jeff Meyer | December 18, 2008

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 24, 2008, by Charles LePage. This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. This information is compiled from a variety of sources including...

by Jeff Meyer | December 18, 2008

Toronto, ON – December 17, 2008 - Manga’s popularity in North America has exploded in recent years, with diverse titles covering almost every genre imaginable. But for kids 12 and under, there are still almost no age appropriate manga series available on bookstore shelves other than occasional spin off or promotional tie-ins from Anime shows...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - Top Cow Productions, Inc. announced today that fans who have been clamoring for the return of the Hunter-Killer series and anticipating more Cyberforce will finally get their wish when the publisher launches Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer, a monster crossover limited series set to debut in July. Eisner-nominated writer Mark Waid (The Amazing...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - Yesterday morning USAToday's Pop Candy blog finally revealed the Barack Obama variant to Erik Larsen's SAVAGE DRAGON #145, coinciding with his first comic book appearance as President. "I had always intended to follow up Dragon's previous presidential campaign with his own endorsement, but I never anticipated how much heat...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

ULTIMATUM #2 (of 5) (SEP082309) ULTIMATUM #2 (of 5) MCGUINNESS VARIANT (SEP082310) Written by JEPH LOEB Pencils & Cover by DAVID FINCH Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS Rated T+ …$3.99 ON SALE 12/24/08!

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - Comic artist Todd McFarlane dropped by X-Play to show off some of his amazing videogame action figures. He also stuck around and drew a custom piece of art featuring his character Spawn at a holiday teddy bear picnic that has gone horribly wrong. X-Play is auctioning off this cool artwork...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

Sarah in Indiana is our second $100 gift certificate recipient. We’ve been giving away $100 a day, and we’ll keep doing so through the end of December! So keep shopping at TFAW.com and keep your...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

December 17th, 2008 – Ghosts. The cities of the future have grown ankle-deep in them as they graze off the electromagnetic waste of a billion wireless Internet connections. Most can only drift, witless and lost. Rarely, though, something comes through with enough marbles to cause real trouble. And that's where Alice Hotwire, Detective Exorcist, comes...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

San Francisco, CA, and Burbank, CA, December 17, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) and Warner Home Video (WHV) have reached agreement for the home entertainment distribution in the United States and Mexico of new and catalog DVD releases from VIZ Media. The announcement was jointly made by Hidemi Fukuhara, President and CEO of...

by Jeff Meyer | December 17, 2008

December 16th, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA –Today there are now three ways for comic retailers to get BOOM! Studios growing list of graphic novels: Diamond, Perseus, and finally. Tony Shenton! Working with BOOM! Studios' growing library, Shenton will represent BOOM!'s trade paperback and hardcover lists to comic books stores and other specialty stores across...