Author: Jeff Meyer

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

Paul O'Brien writes After a quiet couple of months, March saw Marvel starting to gear up again. In fact, there’s only one really big new title this month - DARK TOWER, which returns for a second miniseries. But there’s also the launch of two new monthly series, CABLE and WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS. And although SECRET...

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB:PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, announced today that submissions for The Comic Book Challenge™ 2008 are officially open at www.ComicBookChallenge.com. Aspiring comic book creators are encouraged to submit...

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 30, 2008 – Top Cow Productions Inc. is proud to announce that many of its creators will be participating in Free Comic Book Day (May 3, 2008) by making public appearances at select comic book stores across the country. Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic...

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

The #1 issue of the much anticipated sequel to Zenescope’s smash hit RETURN TO WONDERLAND hits shelves in early July, but fans will not have to wait that long to get a taste of the upcoming series. Issue #0 of the sequel mini-series, entitled BEYOND WONDERLAND, debuts next weekend at the Emerald City Comic Con...

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2008 -- Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, and Operation Troop Aid (OTA), a 501(c)(3) charity that is the premiere care package provider to US troops...

by Jeff Meyer | May 1, 2008

In a deed of superheroic proportions, an anonymous donor has given the Library of Congress the original artwork by Steve Ditko for Marvel Comics' "Amazing Fantasy #15" -- the comic book that introduced Spider-Man in August 1962. This unique set of drawings for 24 pages features the story of the origin of Spider-Man along with...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2008

"DC Comics is reviving ***** ***** - aka The ***** - the popular superhero killed off by the publisher 23 years ago, the Daily News has learned... DC Comics will announce the *****'s resurrection today in the last panel of its DC UNIVERSE #0." SPOILER AHEAD!! UPDATE: The Associated Press reported...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Image Comics/Shadowline's ALETHEIA premieres online in an unprecedented way! In an unprecedented move, Image Comics Shadowline has teamed up with MySpace Comic Books to release the entirety of the upcoming ALETHEIA weeks before release. "With the ever increasing amount of new titles on the stands, we really wanted...

by Jeff Meyer | April 30, 2008

Too big for a normal issue, the conclusion to Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s groundbreaking X-Men epic arrives in Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1! This double-sized issue brings Spider-Man, The Avengers and Fantastic Four into the battle with Breakworld—but will they aid the X-Men in their time of need? And even if they do...