San Francisco, CA, August 5, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, in conjunction with Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment (PK:POWN) has announced the North American debut of the exciting Prologue Chapter of ULTIMO in the September 2008 issue of SHONEN JUMP...
With the WATCHMEN trailer in theaters and the entire line of DC Direct WATCHMEN items available for viewing at dccomics.com/dcdirect, DC reminds retailers to place orders for these amazing productions now. Featuring busts, action figures, 1:6 scale collector figures and prop replica sets, DC Direct’s WATCHMEN MOVIE items are available as follows: The following...
Teshkeel Media's 99 got some publicity in Time Magazine this week.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - This October, the original movie monsters get their day thanks to Image Comics, writer Harold Sipe and artist Hector Casanova in the pages of SCREAMLAND! "In an era of films shot against green screens and fixed in post, where have the iconic creatures gone," Sipe asked. "SCREAMLAND...
August 5th, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) -- For a comic about slacker robots, SHMOBOTS has actively been gaining praise since its July 2008 publication. To commemorate the series' well deserved success, SHMOBOTS.COM has been launched to give curious readers an in-depth look at the world's laziest robots and their sidesplitting misadventures. The site even...
That’s right True Believers, in the latest edition of the Mighty Marvel Podcast, fan favorite host Jeff Suter chats with the brains behind the X-book that’s blazing a new mutant status quo. Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction provide an exclusive look behind-the-scenes to the hit Uncanny X-Men #500. The X-Men have moved to San...
The year’s top-selling event, Secret Invasion, continues as Spider-Man’s friends & foes get drawn into war with the Skrulls! Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man, from red-hot scribe Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel, Secret Invasion: Frontline) and fan favorite artist Marco Santucci team up to show just what happens when New York is packed full of...
World Fantasy Award-winning writer Stephen King, and Marvel Comics join forces once again to launch a new ground-breaking comic book series adapted from King's apocalyptical novel, The Stand! Acclaimed writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, Angel Revelations) brings the first of several limited series to life this September in The Stand: Captain Trips...
It’s a universe that’s closer to home then you think. It’s ours. Now imagine that somehow, people that you’ve only read about in comic’s showed up and started wreaking havoc in your town. It’s an idea that has become an eerie reality for a young boy named Toby. Marvel is pleased to announce the first...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company, today reported operating results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. For Q2 2008, Marvel reported net sales of $156.9 million and net income of $46.7 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, compared to net sales of...
Recent Fantagraphics Releases and Upcoming Arrivals as of August 2008. RECENT FANTAGRAPHICS RELEASES Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane 168-page 7" x 9.5" black & white hardcover • $22.99 USD Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane’s first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united...
LOS ANGELES, CA - Aug 1, 2008 - MoneyTV is the nationally syndicated television program all about money and what makes it happen, (http://www.moneytv.net), featuring informative interviews by hosts Donald Baillargeon and Skip Lindeman with company CEOs, providing insights into their operations and outlooks for their futures. Platinum Studios was featured on this week's program....
Per Production Weekly and Slash Film, the Green Lantern movie is in active development with three writers, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael J Green.
San Francisco, CA, August 4, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has provided a preview of a variety of compelling new manga titles set to debut under the VIZ SIGNATURE, VIZ MEDIA and SHOJO BEAT imprints in the first half...
August 5th, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) - BOOM! Studios is proud to announce an art auction to benefit David Pirkola, the Kentwood, Michigan comic retailer who was robbed and shot while working in his store April 26th. Pirkola is currently in recovery. Jeffrey Brown, comic creator who happens to be a friend and customer of...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Weekly Rankings For 07/30/08 Here are this week’s comics (last week's actually, posted late due to a well deserved vacation for Brandon) ranked prior to reading them, based upon past performance and advance information released on each issue: 5. Frank Frazetta’s Creatures...
AN INSUPPORTABLE LIGHT is the original Stinz novel, featuring Donna Barr's half-horse hero back when she thought of him as having two legs instead of four. This is the new 2008 revision. The story begins at the end of one war, with the hope of peace. Then one small incident after another, building and combining...
ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 6, 2008. A list of the comic books, graphic novels, and other products that should be available in your local or online comic book shop this week. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Check out the Comiclist Message Board...
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