From the press release: Jimmy Carr, famed stand-up comedian and co-host of Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live, has written an exclusive comic strip story in the latest issue of CLiNT. Stepping out of his comfort zone and away from the acerbic one-liners that characterise his on-stage routine, Carr delivers a story of violent point-scoring and [...]
Are you all excited about the latest superhero death! I know I am Bye, bye Peter Parker, I’ll miss you, but to be honest, you said “dude” way too much! From the press release: It’s the story that has fans and critics clamoring and today, in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #157 and Ultimate Comics Avengers Vs. [...]
In an interview with Comic Book Resources, this weekend at Kapow! Comic Con, Mark Millar has revealed details on a number of his upcoming “Millar World” creator-owned comics. Projects that Millar announced that we can expect to see in coming months, were: Hit Girl – A spin-off of Kick Ass, featuring the misadventures of Hit [...]
Totalfilm.com is reporting that this weekend at Kapow! Comic-Con, fans will get a glimpse of some exclusive footage from the upcoming summer superhero blockbusters: Thor and Green Lantern. It seems that both Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston will be on hand to introduce some exclusive scenes from Thor, as well as heading up an hour-long [...]
From the press release: As the excitement and buzz for Kapow! continues to build, it is announced that not one, but two, Guinness World Records™ will be attempted at the event. Taking place at the Business Design Centre in Islington over the weekend of 9th & 10th April this is one event that will leave [...]
What is this? Every week I like to pull apart Diamond’s confirmed shipping list for the week, and create a list of all of the creator-owned titles that will be arriving in stores that Wednesday. I then use the magic of Flash and Javascript to pull the details on the books from comiXology.com, and hey [...]
From the press release: KAPOW! COMIC CON is extremely excited to announce UK’s largest video games and entertainment site IGN as the Platinum Sponsor for the event. IGN brings readers the latest news, expert reviews and exclusive previews and features from the world of gaming, film, TV and comics. KAPOW! and IGN UK are working [...]
In an interview with Newsarama, Mark Millar has revealed that the 1st Annual Stan Lee Awards, to be held art Kapow Comic Con on April 10th, will feature celebrity presenters and will be broadcast live online. “It’s actually going to literally be a show” says Millar, “The 90-minute ceremony is going to be broadcast online, [...]
Over on the Millarword Forums, Mark Millar has made a very interesting post about the profitability, or lack thereof, of digital comics. Now, I don’t always see eye to eye with Millar on everything, but you should all go and read his post, because the man makes some very good points. I find Millar’s opinion [...]
Diamond Distribution has just release their charts of the Top 500 selling graphic novels of 2010. Of course, when they say graphic novel here, they mean a mixture of original graphic novels, and trade paper back collections. Unsurprisingly, it’s been quite a year for Robert Kirkman. Not only does he take the #1 spot, with [...]
