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The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Stan Lee has partnered with A Squared Entertainment and Archie Comics to create a multimedia comic book property, Super Seven.
Super Seven will be about seven aliens who find themselves stranded on Earth after their spaceship crashes and are befriended by Stan Lee himself. Taking them under his care, [...]
From the press release:
ARCHIE COMICS’ INTERNATIONAL MEGA-HIT
“THE ARCHIE WEDDING: ARCHIE IN WILL YOU MARRY ME?”
TO BE RELEASED AS GRAPHIC NOVEL
The number one comic for six months straight, “Archie: Will You Marry Me?” has continued the legacy it began last August when the announcement of Archie’s proposal wowed major news and media outlets from The [...]
As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top Publishers, Top 500 Comics, and Top 500 TPBs & GNs for the Entire Year of 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for independently published titles in 2009.
There is some debate over what comics count as indy. Some people claim that it’s an [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 1:52 am
Filed under Featured, Indy Comics, Sales Figures · Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Owens, Archie #600, Archie Comics, Brad Meltzer, Brian K. Vaughan, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Buffy Season Eight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #21, Charlie Adlard, Darick Robertson, Dark Horse, Dynamite Entertainment, Eric Wight, Garth Ennis, Haunt #1, Image Comics, Image United #1, Indy Comics, Jeph Loeb, Joss Whedon, Karl Moline, Kevin O'Neill, Oni Press, Robert Kirkman, sales charts, Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe, Season 8, The Boys, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910, The Walking Dead, Todd Mc Farlane, Tony Moore, Top Indy Comics, Top indy GNs, Top Indy TPBs, Top Shelf, Vol. 4
Diamond Distribution have provided Hypergeek with a full run-down of all of the Gold & Silver sponsor comics set to be arriving in stores for Free Comic Book Day 2010. Diamond had already announced the list of Gold sponsor titles (see here for my thoughts), so the new things here are really the Silver sponsor [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Filed under Featured, News · Tagged # Asylum Press, # Del Rey Comics, # Gemstone Publishing, # Maerkle Press, # New England Comics, # Top Shelf Productions, Ape Entertainment, Archaia Entertainment, Archie Comics, Archie's Summer Splash!, Artifacts: First Look, Aspen MLT, Atomic Robo and Friends, Bigger Books! Bigger Value!, Bluewater Productions, Bongo Comics, Bongo Comics Free For All, Boom Studios, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, DC Kids Mega Sampler, Del Rey Showcase, Diamond Distribution, Doctor Solar/Magnus: Robot Fighter, Drawn & Quarterly, Dynamite Entertainment, Fantagraphics Books, FCBD 2010, Fearless Dawn/Asylum Press Sampler, FRACTURED FABLES, Free Comic Book Day 2010, Freedom Formula, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #155-1/2, Gold Comic Books, Green Hornet #1, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Iron Man/Thor, Iron Man:Supernova, Irredeemable #1, Kizoic Presents: Shrek and the Penguins of Madagascar, Library of American Comics #0, Love and Capes #13, Marvel Comics, Marvel Heroclix: War Machine Figure, Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock Flip Book, Oni Press, Oni Press Free-For-All, Owly & Friends, Radical Publishing: Radical, Red 5 Comics, S.E. Hinton's/Fame, Silver Comic Books, Sixth Gun #1, Sonic The Hedgehog: Hide & Seek & Destroy!, Speed Metal Overtures, Storm Lion, Stuff of Legend/Mortal Instruments, Th3rd World Studios, The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics, The Tick #1 Special Edition, Top Cow Productions, Toy Story, Upper Deck, Upper Deck Marvel TCG Promo Pack, WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #0, Weathercraft: A Frank Comic, Wizkids, Worlds of Aspen, YOW! THE JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY
Diamond Distribution, have released the full list of comics arriving in store on December 23rd.
Diamond lump everything beyond DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and Image under ‘Comics’. As I’m a big fan of indy and small press publishers, I’ve decided to break this raw data down by publisher, in order to give the smaller companies their [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Filed under Shipping List · Tagged 12-Gauge, 2000 AD, Antarctic Press, Ape Entertainment, Arcana Studios, Archie Comics, Avatar Press, Bongo Comics, Boom Studios, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, December 23rd, Diamond Distribution, Digital Manga Distribution, Dynamite Entertainment, Evil Twin Productions, Fantagraphic Books, Icarus Publishing, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Rebellion Developments, Red5 Comics, Shipping List, Titan Books, Tokyopop, Wednesday, Zenoscope Entertainment
Diamond Distribution have supplied Hypergeek with the full list of gold sponsor titles for Free Comic Book Day 2010.
This year’s line-up is packed full of all-ages titles, with Boom! doing a Toy Story issue, Ape doing Shrek, Archaia doing a Fraggle Rock/Mouse Guard flip-book, Image doing a sampler of their Silverline titles, and Archie [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Filed under News, Press Releases · Tagged Ape Entertainment, Archaia Entertainment, Archie Comics, ARCHIE’S SUMMER SPLASH! #1, Boom Studios, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, DOCTOR SOLAR/MAGNUS, Drawn & Quarterly, FRACTURED FABLES, Free Comic Book Day 2010, G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #155½, God Sponsors, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, IRON MAN/THOR FCBD 2010 EDITION, KIZOIC PRESENTS: SHREK & THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, Marvel Comics, MOUSE GUARD/FRAGGLE ROCK, Toy Story, WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #0, YOW! THE JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY
The following comic previews are for Archie Comics titles on sale Wednesday December 9th 2009.
Please click the the title below that you wish to preview. Once there, please click on the thumbnail images to launch the image viewer. Pictoview is recommended for easier image navigation.
Archie & Friends #138
Pals ‘n’ Gals Double Digest #137
Previews
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Archaia Studios
The Secret History, Book 7 (of 7)
Archie Comics
Archie’s Double Digest #204
Betty #183
Sonic the Hedgehog #207
BOOM! Studios
Comics
28 Days Later #4
Dingo #1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #6
Donald Duck and Friends #348
The Incredibles #3
Kill Audio #3
TPBs
Unthinkable TPB
Dark Horse Comics
Comics
Aliens #4 (of 4)
Empowered Special: The Wench With a Million Sighs (One-Shot)
TPBs & HCs
365 Samurai [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Filed under Previews, Weekly Previews · Tagged Archaia Studios, Archie Comics, Boom Studios, Dark Horse, DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, First Look, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, November 25th, Oni Press, Previews, Vertigo, Wildstorm
The following comic previews are for Archie Comics titles on sale Wednesday December 2nd 2009.
(Please note that due to Thanksgiving, new comics will be arriving in stores in the US on Dec 3rd, but many Canadian stores will still receive them on the 2nd. Please check with your retailer.)
Please click the the title below [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Filed under Indy Comics, Previews, Small Press, Weekly Previews · Tagged Archie Comics, Archie's Double Digest #204, Betty #183, First Looks, Previews, Sonic the Hedgehog #207
Wow! It look like Archie’s going from the Malt shop to the iTunes Store, as Archie Comics announces it’s opening a new online comic store at www.archiedigital.com
The first digital-only Archie title, Betty & Veronica Christmas Spectacular, is now available from the iTunes store
For full details, check out this press release and solicitation
Archie Comics Releases First [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Filed under News, Press Releases, Small Press, Small Press News · Tagged Archie Comics, archiedigital.com, Betty & Veronica Christmas Spectacular, digital comics, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes