FF toon ratings strong
The FANTASTIC FOUR cartoon debuted over the weekend on the Cartoon Network, and either due to the holiday weekend launch or our own holiday, it seemed to get a somewhat modest amount of fanfare....
Marie Javins, Woman of Adventure
Comics vets will undoubtedly remember Marie Javins, the popular Marvel editor who worked on the 2099 line, Epic line, Hellstrom Akira, Earth X and so forth. She's also worked as a colorist, and just...
FIGHT! Byrne vs David
Okay we're on vacation and don't have time to dig into this with the complete abandon that it might require. So we'll just point The Peanut Gallery in the right direction. It starts, apparently,...
Marts to DC
Newsarama reports on X-office head Mike Marts moving across town:
And no, itâs not a case of Marts being a disgruntled employee. âFar from it,â? Marts said. âIn fact, things have been very good at...
McNiven allowed out of the house for a day
Steve McNiven, remember him? The guy who destroyed the comics industry? Yeah, that's right.
We kid about the destruction thing, but the life of the modern comics superstar is thrown into relief by this...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales July 2006
BY PAUL O'BRIEN
Well, here's something I never thought I'd see - a month where most of the six-month comparisons are going up. July was an extremely good month for Marvel, mostly thanks to...
LInks: Millar Podcast, Brubaker parody
Fanboy Radio is streaming a bunch of podcasts, including yesterday's live Mark Millar broadcast:
The most successful comic book writer today, Mark Millar returns to Fanboy Radio. In this non-stop, fast-paced, edit-free hour Mark...
Who really won, X-MEN or SUPERMAN?
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Anne Thompson looks at the summer's superhero bockbusters and concludes that although X-MEN: THE LAST STAND may look like more of a box office hit that SUPERMAN RETURNS, Warners scored the...
HALO GN selling like hotcakes
The HALO graphic novel, based on the best-selling videogame, has proven to be a rare hit for the videogame-to-comics genre. The book has debuted at #2 on BOTH the Bookscan and Diamond charts, and...
Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer
That's the official name of FF2 according to Superhero Hype:
In the sequel, the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the...
Tom Brevoort, a hero for our times
If this really were a war movie, Marvel editor Tom Brevoort would be the tough sergeant who tries to get everyone out alive but doesn't make too many friends along the way. John Glenn,...
