This month in Previews
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Press Release: Barnes & Noble is ‘Hound Bound’ with Brimstone and the Borderhounds
New York, New York January 5, 2011 — Hound Comics is proud to formally announce that its flagship brand, “Brimstone and The Borderhounds” will officially be on the shelves of Barnes & Noble and Book World retail stores nationwide on…
Joe Quesada steps down as Marvel EIC and Axel Alonso takes over
Joe Quesada is no longer the Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics, instead we now have Axel Alonso who will take over while Quesada focuses on his duties as Chief Creative Officer with an emphasis on the media division. Is this…
Flex Mentallo to Finally be Reprinted!
Well, looks like the 4 issue mini-series will finally be reprinted! I’m still okay with getting my four issues (my four ..very expensive issues) bound together in a nice hardcover, but be sure that I’ll be buying this again. For…
Neil Gaiman Has Gotten Married!
If you heard a sound that was kind of like a million nerdy comic girls sighing in disappointment or felt the tremor in the force as a million goth girls silently wept, I have an explanation for you. Neil Gaiman…
Fantagraphics Spring Offerings
Over the holidays Fantagraphics released their Spring 2011 catalog which covers new items until August; yes that’s well into summer but I didn’t name it. Feel free to browse it at your leisure but I wanted to highlight a few…
Radio station says no to comic book store radio ad
It’s hard to tell what the issue here is. Is it some form of censorship, is it sound business practices or just plain ignorance. Hamilton Ontario’s Big B Comics has been running some radio ads on a local radio station.…
JMS leaving monthlies to work on Earth-One Sequel: Fine, your monthlies weren't that good anyways
So, JMS has decided to leave monthly comics behind and focus exclusively on writing the sequel to Superman Earth One according to the DC Source blog. Well, I don’t have a problem with that since he simply hasn’t been doing…
The first complete Thor trailer. Watch it and get excited!
There’s so much going on in this trailer. We can see that there likely will be no real use of Donald Blake, since when he lands he recognizes that he isn’t on Asgard anymore and they probably thought the whole…
DC Universe Collections for July-August ’11
More DC offerings for the…offering. DC COMICS PRESENTS DC UNIVERSE COLLECTED EDITIONS FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2011 DC Comics continues to look at collected editions for summer 2011, continuing today with DC Universe titles scheduled to reach stores in July…
DC Universe Collections for May-June ’11
Updated December 9th with Pre-Order links! DC COMICS LOOKS AHEAD TO DC UNIVERSE COLLECTED EDITIONS FOR MAY AND JUNE 2011 As 2010 draws to a close, DC Comics looks ahead to collected editions for summer 2011, beginning with titles from…
This Comic Needs To Happen! | Batman/Diabolik
I was 8 when my grandfather showed me Danger: Diabolik. To this day I still have no idea why he showed me it. It was pretty out there. Very 60s. Filled with crazy cuts, zooms and of course garish colours.…
Walking Dead tidbits as you watch the season finale tonight
Walking Dead fans have got so much and yet so little coming their way. This Sunday, we get our season finale with the crew making their way to some kind of lab base. This seems to be where the biggest…
Richard and Mary Parker casted for Spider-Man reboot
It’s been reported that the actors for Peter Parker’s parents have been cast. According to the Hollywood Reporter; Scott Campbell and Julianne Nicholson have been cast as Richard and Mary Parker respectively. If you don’t know who these guys are,…
Chasing Down Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition
A book with two versions listed and a different ship date from every online bookseller: exactly what and when is Fantagraphics offering? A few days ago I was perusing the Fantagraphics website and noticed a solicitation for Usagi Yojimbo: The…
Will No One Shell Out Big Bucks For This Classic Superman Cover?
Above you see Fred Ray’s patriotic 1942 cover to Superman #14 Arguably one of those crazy iconic covers that’s been homaged and or just straight up ripped off by a generation of comic artists. The cover was from the collection…
WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER: Collecting Comic Books Like When I Was Ten
Whosoever Holds This Hammer appears every Tuesday on Comic Book Daily. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s you will remember that a big chunk of your comic book collection came from a convenience store. Very few of…
Cyber Monday Deals: Marvel
It’s Cyber Monday, the online equivalent to Black Friday: expect lots of good deals online today. As the comic deals come in we’ll keep our reader updated. The first to hit is 30% off an annual subscription to Marvel Digital…
Rumour Du Jour: Fan Expo Canada 2011 To Be 4 Days?
We overheard at Toronto ComiCON a rumour that Hobbystar CEO Aman Gupta is planning to have hold 2011’s Toronto’s Fan Expo over the course of four days. The Thursday hours will be the same as the former Friday’s. For dealers…
Conventions energize Kill Shakespeare creators
I visited with Kill Shakespeare creators Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger early last week as they held an hour long discussion at The Central in Toronto. They all looked fairly tired. The previous night they had held…