Category: Comics

Wondering What to Read After Watchmen? We Have Some Ideas!

Besides being the source material for a hotly anticipated film (albeit with mixed results), Watchmen the graphic novel has gotten a ton of people into (or back into) comics. However, if you’re unfamiliar with the scene,...

Fantagraphics Loves The Muppet Show Comic Book

Media Release -- Los Angeles - March 31st, 2009 - Direct Market pioneer publisher FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS heaped praise on BOOM! Studios' latest offering THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK Tuesday, calling it "impeccably well done. Why aren't there more comics like this?" and "...best... licensed Muppets...

BOOM! Studios @ ECC 2009: Booth #406

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Midwest Book Review March 2009

Midwest Book Review March 2009 The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Anne Steelyard And The Garden Of Emptiness...

Thunderbolts #130 Sells Out, Gets Second Printing

Media Release -- Marvel is pleased to announce that Thunderbolts #130, the second chapter of “Magnum Opus,” has sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level) and will return soon with Thunderbolts #130 Second Printing Variant! From acclaimed writer Andy Diggle and red-hot artist Bong Dazo comes the rip-roaring...

Ms. Marvel #38 Preview

Media Release -- With Carol Danvers no longer Ms. Marvel, who will take up the mantle? Answer: The Dark Avenger formerly known as Moonstone! Writer Brian Reed and artist Rebekah Isaacs team up for an all-new, all-different Ms. Marvel #38! Norman Osborn has appointed the villainous Moonstone to become the world’s new favorite super-heroine--what...

Fantastic Force #1 Preview

Media Release -- Exploding from the pages of Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch’s Fantastic Four comes an electrifyingly, thrilling new super-team in the Marvel U—the Fantastic Force! Fantastic Force #1 (of 5), from acclaimed sci-fi writer/director Joe Ahearne and fan-favorite artist Steve Kurth come meet the Hooded Man, Lightwave, Banner, Natalie X, Psionic and...

BOOM! Studios Announces Unthinkable Altered Reality Game Winner

Media Release -- March 31st, 2009 - Los Angeles - BOOM! Studios is proud to announce Justin Lundgren as the winner of the UNTHINKABLE Altered Reality Game earning him a unique hardcover of UNTHINKABLE #1 signed by series creator Mark Sable and BOOM! E-i-C Mark...

FREE Online Preview Of NARUTO Volume 45

Media Release -- March 31, 2009 - VIZ Media announced today SHONEN JUMP magazine has a special treat for readers—an invitation to read a free preview of the upcoming NARUTO manga Volume 45 (rated ‘T’ For Teens)—online at www.shonenjump.com, for a limited time only. These chapters will not run in the magazine and will not...

Dynamite To Publish Green Hornet Comics

Media Release -- Dynamite Entertainment is pleased to announce the latest star to join the Dynamite roster of incredible talent - the legendary Green Hornet! Star of film, television, radio and comic books, The Green Hornet is known for his distinctive mask, car (The Black Beauty) and faithful sidekick, Kato! "We've been working on...