More on Dave Cockrum
We gave not nearly enough coverage to the passing of Dave Cockrum while we were away, including posting a cover drawn by Gil Kane in our obit. To make up for that a bit,...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: October 2006
by Paul O'Brien
The CIVIL WAR crossover continued to sprawl across the Marvel line in October, but with the core book running late and other titles having to wait for it, there were several big...
Quesada Wizard Man of the Year
Wizard's 2006 Awards are out, and you'll have to pick up the magazine to see all the winners, but they have released the Man of the Year, and it's "The man known as Joe...
MoCCA call for sponsors and donors for STAN LEE
MoCCA will be presenting an exhibit to tie in with Stan Lee's appearance at the NY Comic-Con, curated by Peter Sanderson. They are still looking for a few key pieces -- see the end...
How they do it: Brevoort and Jones
There are really only two blogs that give it to you straight on what its like to create comics. One is, on course, Tom Brevoort's over at Marvel.com. This is such a realistic day-to-day...
Secret Venom appearance!
Okay this one is a little mysterious, but we'll try to piece it together. While you're porbably still drying your pants by the campfire after viewing Thursday night's debut of the SPIDER-MAN 3 trailer,...
Hollywood’s franchise shortage
Over at Variety (which is now FREE for everyone to read, btw), a recent article captures studio exec fretting over the dwindling supply of potential mega-franchise properties, like LORD OF THE RINS and JAMES...
Don’t forget: Spider-Man 3 trailer tonight!
The 2 1/2 minutes trailer will debut wide at 10 pm:
Spider-Man fans will get a long-awaited sneak peek at Columbia Pictures' highly anticipated motion picture Spider-Man 3 when a new, full-length, two-and-a-half minute trailer...
Iron Man News
Shellhead much in the news today. First, ComingSoon gets Robert Downey's thoughts on playing IRON MAN, and to everyone's surprise they do not involve crawling into other people's bed in an alcoholic stupor, but...
Marvel conference call transcript
Seeking Alpha has the transcript of Marvel's investor conference call yesterday. Nothing too interesting -- lots of questions about Hasbro's toy deal, and the repeated declaration that it was CIVIL WAR that sent Marvel's...
Marvel’s economics
Marvel released their quarterly economic indicators, today led by a drop in profits, but a rise in guidance.
Marvel Entertainment Inc,, which licenses comic book characters such as Spider-Man, on Monday said quarterly profit...
