By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
If there's one comics character I wouldn't mind being, it's Jughead Jones. And never moreso than now, when he's been re-invented for a new generation.
And he isn't alone.
Archie Comics, once famous for being
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Happy birthday, S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Fifty years ago, Marvel's Stan Lee and Jack Kirby rode the wave of James Bond mania by taking an old World War II character, wrapping an espionage agency around him, and coming
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune
April 29, 2014 -- You know Gwen Stacy is dead, right?
I’m not talking about her fate in the movie Amazing Spider-Man 2, premiering May 3. I don’t know that myself, and wouldn’t tell you if I knew.
No, I’m talking
Read more…NYCC 2015: Valiant's Archer & Armstrong Strike Back for A&A #1 from Rafer Roberts & David Lafuente – A New Ongoing Series Coming in March 2016!
Superstar Artist David Lafuente Signs as Valiant's Latest Exclusive Artist for Launch of Publisher's Next
Read more…TITAN COMICS TO LAUNCH ALL-NEW ASSASSIN’S CREED®: TEMPLARS COMIC SERIES
(NYCC, USA, October 8, 2015) Titan Comics is thrilled to announce their second ongoing Assassin’s Creed® comic series, Assassin’s Creed: Templars.
Assassin’s Creed is one of the
Read more…NYCC 2015: VAN JENSEN BRINGS ALL-NEW PROJECTS TO DARK HORSE
DARK HORSE TO PUBLISH JENSEN’S CREATOR-DRIVEN ORIGINAL SERIES IN 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—In 2016, fan-favorite Green Lantern Corps and The Flash scribe Van Jensen brings a
Read more…NYCC 2015: “LONE WOLF 2100” RETURNS FOR MONTHLY SERIES
ERIC HEISSERER REVAMPS A CLASSIC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 8, 2015—From screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Shaper) and artist Miguel Sepulveda (Red Lanterns, Action Comics) comes Lone Wolf 2100, a
NYCC 2015: “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON” COMES TO DARK HORSE
JOURNEY BACK TO THE ISLE OF BERK FOR ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL ADVENTURES IN 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—You’ve seen them on the big screen. You’ve ridden with them on television. I
NYCC 2015: DARK HORSE TAKES FANS BACK TO PANDORA IN NEW COMIC BOOKS BASED ON JAMES CAMERON’S ‘AVATAR’
THE #1 MOVIE OF ALL TIME MAKES ITS COMIC BOOK DEBUT WITH DARK HORSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW YORK, NY —During a special panel at New York Comic C
Read more…ONI PRESS SHARES LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY EXCLUSIVES
Yes, sometimes we at Oni Press like to be funny or clever, but right now, we’d like to put that aside and say with the utmost sincerity, THANK YOU. Thank you to the locally owned independent comic book
Read more…Three . . . two . . . one.
Step back. Hands in the air.
Wow! Lots of comments on this one. I love that. Philip Portelli had posted his answers so fast---I mean, he’s usually fast, but this time, it was almost like he had been looking over my sho
Read more…Heroes didn’t click with me immediately, but it soon became my favorite TV show. Unfortunately, I don’t think it ever fully recovered the momentum it lost when the writers’ strike truncated season two. The attraction of the show for me initially was
Read more…CAPTAIN'S NOTE: This is a huge week, with a lot of No. Ones from Marvel and dozens of other interesting books, so the Guide is running extra long. Sorry about that. But the books are worth it, so let's get to it!
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BLACK WIDOW #1 – From The Eisner Award Winning Team Behind DAREDEVIL!
New York, NY—October 5th, 2015 — All-New, All-Different Marvel charges forward with the most popular characters in the world brought to life by red-hot creators! Today, Marvel is p
“The Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever” Returns!
Enter the costume contest for a chance to win a $500 shopping spree to your local comic shop and additional prizes!
(Baltimore, MD) – (October 1, 2015)- Halloween ComicFest is conducting “The
Read more…NYCC 2015: Jeff Lemire & Lewis LaRosa Leap Forward for THE ANALOG MAN in BLOODSHOT REBORN #10 – Coming in January!
In 2016…Bloodshot kicks off the New Year with a mind-bending comic book event that must be seen to be believed!
As revealed today in ad
Read more…DYNAMITE KICKS OFF 2016 WITH BOLD NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RED SONJA, DEJAH THORIS, AND VAMPIRELLA; ANNOUNCES CREATIVE TEAMS AND COSTUME REDESIGNS
October 6, 2015, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce that beloved comic book heroines
Read more…Many of us have long been lamenting the current state of superhero comics--some of us because we're old curmudgeons, some of us because we're dissatisfied with the directions that Marvel and DC are going towards, some of us for other reasons.
It's e
Read more…I thought it might be kind of fun to pick a comic (storyline) and see what kind of recommendations the board would come up with based on that comic. (If it works well, who knows, I might choose another one next week. :))
Just 'cause it's not a game
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