Tag: Zenescope

The Zenescope miniseries focuses on the cleanup teams after a monster battle

By Deanna Destito  In an effort to help the family of one of their own, Zenescope is raising funds for cystic fibrosis this year at NYCC. The genetic disease affects the lungs, pancreas, and other critical organs in the...

[You can't run a comics company without making some waves, and the name Bill Jemas still conjures up strong reactions from many who were around when he ran Marvel from 2000-2004. Jemas, along with Joe Quesada, oversaw a period of revolution and rebirth for Marvel as they started the Ultimates line and made many other business changes. Controversial at the time, Ultimization and other bold moves definitely put Marvel back in the game and provided a blueprint for future company-wide changes—as well as making Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and J. Michael Straczynski household names in households where comics are read.

I read (almost) every Free Comic Book Day title, and let you know what's the best!

New comics! Fun stuff for everyone! (And, of course, before you hand the book over to a young impressionable mind, you have to read it first to make sure it is age-appropriate!)

Zenescope is one of those publishers that hangs around the middle of the pack; they've been a it for a while, and if they don't sell giant numbers or have household name hits, they are still at it, occasionally pacting with Discovery or putting out a kids line or doing something else to expand their line. But the bread and butter that keeps Zenescope afloat is cheesecake -- especially of the variant we like to call "loincloth comics." It's like the '90s "Bad Girl" era never went away for GRIMM FAIRY TALES, their flagship title which features skimpily clad girls thrusting their body parts at various fairy tale based characters on the covers. Sometimes tacky, but harmless.