Tag: #Marvel
Hickman and Brevoort disagree over nature of “jumping on” point
In an interview at CBR, star scripter Jonathan Hickman and executive editor Tom Brevoort argued a bit over whether Avengers #24.NOW was really a good "jumping on point' for new readers, as the ".NOW"...
Great moments in comics marketing 2013
The other day I was prepping for a talk on marketing at an NYU publishing class, and reached out to the Twitosphere to ask what were "the notable comics marketing success stories over the last year" and the Twitosphere responded with a bunch of smart and savvy suggestions:
NYCC ’13: Avengers Undercover – the Follow-Up to Avengers Arena
Marvel have announced their plans for the follow-up to Avengers Arena, the somewhat controversial series in which a number of trainee superheroes were kidnapped and forced to fight each other to the death by Arcade. Written by Dennis Hopeless and drawn by Kev Walker - the creative team from Avengers Arena - the series will see several teen heroes go on a new mission.
NYCC ’13: Loki, Agent of Asgard
Al Ewing and Lee Garbett have been announced as the creative team for an interesting new project - Loki, Agent of Asgard. Spoilers for Young Avengers follow in the article below.
NYCC ’13: Richard Isanove Takes Over Savage Wolverine’s Next Arc
French artist Richard Isanove has been announced as the next creator taking over on Savage Wolverine, a title which has turned into a showcase book for artists to flex their storytelling. Following recent arcs...
George A. Romero’s ‘Empire of the Dead’, with Alex Maleev, Announced by Marvel
Empire of the Dead, George A. Romero's next zombie story, will be published as a comic by Marvel.
A fifteen-issue maxiseries, the comic will be drawn by Alex Maleev, with Arthur Suydam (no stranger to zombies himself) providing...
Nice Art: Paolo Rivera’s “pulp” style Guardians of the Galaxy covers
Over the weekend, this two "pulp style" variants cover for Guardians of the Galaxy by Paolo Rivera were released. (By CBR.) I love GotG. I love Paolo Rivera. I love ole timey-wimey covers....
Milo Manara’s Angela cover for Guardians of the Galaxy #5
What do you do when Neil Gaiman starts co-writing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY with Brian Michael Bendis and his now Marvel-owned Angela character stars?
Get Milo Manara to take us back to the innocent days...
New site lets you swap digital comics codes for a fee
We all know that trading and selling the downloadable comic codes that come with Marvel comics is common among fans and—like giving friends your HBO Go code—not exactly frowned on by the publisher. So...
Summer of Valiant is Gathering Steam
This week Valiant are spring-boarding off their Free Comic Book Day offerings to announce "Summer of Valiant" previews of upcoming titles. Their first announcement was that QUANTUM AND WOODY would be coming back starting...
Nice Art: Olly Moss makes Thor: The Dark World posters
Artist Olly Moss—best known for his Alamo Draft House and other reimagined movie posters—was asked by the filmmakers to make the wrap gifts for the crew of hor: The Dark World, which comes out this fall. The result was
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Patton Oswalt Pitches a Star Wars/Marvel Crossover Movie
Patton Oswalt has been rather busy over the last few weeks. When not convincing the World that he should be cast as The Penguin in the next Batman movie, he's appearing in Parks and...