Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Yesterday morning Comic Book Resources broke the news President Barack Obama will make his first major superhero-related initiative public during a six-page back-up story written and illustrated by comic superstar Rob Liefeld in February's YOUNGBLOOD #8! "Obama re-instating the YOUNGBLOOD program with his picks is a natural, with...
Atlanta, GA—January 14, 2009: Dabel Brothers Publishing announced today that they have reached an agreement with Paramount Licensing to produce Warriors posters using comic book art. The first poster will feature art from issue #3 of “The Warriors” movie adaptation, painted by the ultra-talented, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of The Goon, Eric Powell. The Baseball...
Updated shipping information for DC comics and products being released beyond the week of 01/21/2009, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. Remember, when you order any of these titles, whether here or at your local comic book shop,...
What says romance more than comics? If there is anything, we don't want to know about it. Woo your sweetie this Valentine's Day with our special selection of romantic and/or erotic gift books. From classic romance comics to cutting-edge erotica, from sweet to twisted, from timeless to unexpected (zombies?), these comics are fluent in the...
February 12, 2009, is Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. For everyone interested in the sixteenth president, NBM Publishing brings back to press Rick Geary’s THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, volume 7 of Geary’s TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER series. Geary reveals that assassin John Wilkes Booth worked with a group of Southern sympathizers out to kill...
Updated shipping information for Image comics and products being released beyond the week of 01/21/2009, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. Remember, when you order any of these titles, whether here or...
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (January 15, 2009) — Marvel Comics’ Secret Invasion #8 was the best-selling comic book title based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops for December 2008, according to Diamond Comic Distributors. The conclusion to Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu’s epic limited series event, Secret Invasion #8 joins other series...
You're going to need every tool in your utility belt for this one! Project: Rooftop is flipping on the signal. That's right, old chum, in honor of the recent (apparent!) demise of the Dark Knight in Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, and the likely torch-passing to follow, we're announcing a very specific new contest: redesign...
Updated shipping information for Dark Horse comics and products being released beyond the week of 01/21/2009, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. Remember, when you order any of these titles, whether here or at your local comic book...
Obama guest stars in Amazing Spider-Man #583 this month, and demand has been so high, Marvel has come back with a third printing of this wildly popular variant. Every time...
ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 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...
The War of Kings has begun and the battle is on to see who will emerge triumphant! Now, show your allegiance with these banners straight from the front lines of the battle!
January 15, 2009 - FINAL CRISIS #6, the penultimate issue of the explosive miniseries from writer Grant Morrison, is being rushed back to press for a new, second printing just one day after arriving in stores to an immediate sell-out. FINAL CRISIS #6 Second Printing (NOV088149) features a pencils-only version of Doug Mahnke’s art from...
It’s the story you’ve seen everywhere from CNN to the New York Times to Fox News—Spider-Man and United States President-Elect Barack Obama meet for the first time—and to meet the unprecedented demand, Marvel is going back to press with Amazing Spider-Man #583 Third Printing Obama Variant. The first two printings sold out immediately and...
The first volume of 1520, the all-new manga series from UDON, is on sale in stores everywhere now! “A royal maid named Ana, and a nearby kingdom’s young prince, Zelos, have been accidentally bound together by a magical curse. The two 15-year-olds are now each only 10 years of age! They both retain the...
(San Francisco, CA) -- eigoMANGA LLC and Visionary Comics Studio announces the forthcoming publication of The Frog Princess (Diamond Order Code JAN094212), an original hardcover graphic novel from writer Jeff Loew (finalist in the “Be a Visionary” contest co-sponsored by VCS and AAM/Markosia) and artist Rie Ikaza (aka “Fitri,” one of Indonesia’s hottest manga...
Our friends at MangaCast write If it weren’t for Jack Viz would own this post… Now I am not saying that’s a bad thing. Actually the new Viz isn’t too bad, especially when I see titles like Sand Chronicles and We Were There available for readers to enjoy. But as much as I respect Viz,...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - Yesterday afternoon comic book news mega-site Newsarama debuted the very first teaser from the upcoming Image Comics crime book for the 9th century written by SECRET INVASION: HOME INVASION and THE CROSS BRONX's Ivan Brandon and illustrated by Marvel Comics rising star painter Nic Klein, VIKING! "VIKING is everything...
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 14, 2009) – The Punisher is targeting the Marvel Universe again in January with a great new Punisher #1 from writer Rick Remender and artist Jerome Opena. And The Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping older comic creators in medical or financial need, has him in an exclusive limited edition....
13 January 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - Continuing the tradition of Silverline Books all-ages' graphic novels like DEAR DRACULA, BRUCE THE LITTLE BLUE SPRUCE and MISSING THE BOAT is Vicente Navarette's take on a favorite pastime, KITE DAY! "After being so taken with DEAR DRACULA, I was extremely pleased to once again work with...
