Marvel Comics have announced that they are planning to launch a new imprint, which is inspired by the Astonishing X-Men series that was created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
The ‘Astonishing‘ line will publish comics that are “set firmly in the Marvel Universe and providing the perfect starting point for all readers, new or old”. [...]

Diamond Distribution have just supplied Hypergeek with a full run down of their January 2010 Direct Market sales figures.
If you are not familiar with how Diamond’s sales figures, here’s how they are calculated:
Data for Diamond’s sales charts—which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts—are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe [...]

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 small press titles, published in 2009.
To see the charts for independently published comics for 2009, please click here. [...]

Marvel have sent over Adi Granov’s brand new direct market variant cover to Iron Man: Extremis HC, which is  available exclusively at comic shops!
Collecting the groundbreaking storyline by superstars Warren Ellis and Adi Granov for the first time in the oversized hardcover format, this is a must have for any Iron Man fan, new or [...]

As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for December 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for small press titles, published in December 2009.

To see the charts for independently published comics for December 2009, please click here.

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Diamond Distribution have just supplied Hypergeek with a full run down of their December 2009 Direct Market sales figures.

If you are not familiar with how Diamond’s sales figures, here’s how they are calculated:
Data for Diamond’s sales charts—which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts—are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe [...]

As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for November 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for small press titles in November 2009.

Diamond provided their own small press charts, but I chose to ignore them, for a couple of [...]

Warren Ellis announced today that he would be shutting down his Bad Signal mailing list, after roughly a decade of service.

In a statement released to subscribers, Ellis gave the following explanation:
“I never have time for proper entries any more, I’m just flinging links at you, and that’s really no good.  As things get busier and [...]

The Small Press Spotlight is a semi-regular feature on Hypergeek where I dedicate an article to all the excellent small press and indie publishers out there, as well as self-publishing artists. This is accomplished in the form of company/creator profiles, highlights of key works, reviews of the company/individual’s latest releases, and general articles about the [...]

Supergod #1 is the debut issue of a new five-part miniseries from Avatar press, written by Warren Ellis, with artwork by Garrie Gastony.

Supergod is a superhuman comic, but not the sort of affair where you’ll see men flying around with their underwear on over their trousers, and saving people from burning buildings. In fact, if [...]