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Joe Stone Explains the X-Men Family Tree in an Image

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

Comic fans all know that when you get down to it, comics are really, really confusing. Especially the ones that have been going for a very long time. The X-Men, for one, might have the most convoluted and confounding history, and graphic designer Joe Stone expresses this visually with his “X-Men Family Tree” poster. The […]

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Buy "Daytripper," Get Signed Copy and Fábio Moon Bookplate

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

Vertigo’s “Daytripper” finished in third place on Multiversity’s Best Mini-Series of 2010 list, and with good reason. Brothers Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon created something that was thoughtful, dreamy, intelligent and completely unlike anything else on the stands, and it deserved all that praise and more. Now, through Gosh! Comics in London, you can get […]

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DC Abandons the Comics Code

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

In an official joint statement from co-publishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee, DC Comics has announced its plans to abandon its use of the comics code authority seal to rate its books, replacing it instead with a rating system of their own similar to the one Marvel implemented on its books back in 2001 when […]

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Craig Thompson’s "Habibi" Coming September 20th

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

Craig Thompson’s “Blankets” is my favorite graphic novel ever (heady praise, for sure), and was also at the time of release the longest graphic novel ever. Since it came out in 2003, Craig Thompson has been working on his next opus “Habibi” for Pantheon Books (with his travelogue “Carnet de Voyage” being released in there […]

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Review: Memoir #1

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

Written by Ben McCoolIllustrated by Nikki Cook Writer BEN McCOOL (CHOKER) teams up with artist NIKKI COOK (Girl Comics, DMZ) for this six-part tale of mystery and memory loss. Lowesville is a small town in the American Midwest, peaceful and quaint. But one morning the population awakens with no idea of who they are, where […]

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DC Gives The Deets On Action Comics #900

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

DC hasn’t dropped their full solicits for April 2011 yet, but they have given us some information about the upcoming anniversary issue of Action Comics. Action Comics will be the longest running superhero comic title (not that it already isn’t), and will be the first to hit 900 after just about 73 years worth of […]

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Even MORE X-Men: First Class Pictures Alive!

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

Talk about creating a healthy dose of internet buzz, eh? Two more pictures have arrived on the ‘net, this time starring everyone’s favorite Magneto (above) and Professor X (below) as they are to be portrayed by their new actors, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy respectively. The above shot gives us the first look at Magneto’s […]

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X-Men: First Class Teaser Poster Arrives

By | Jan 20, 2011 | News

On Tuesday we had the first cast shot of the film. Yesterday, we had the first few still scenes from the film. Now, we have the official teaser poster for the film. Showing us the logo for the Xavier School, we essentially get no more than a nice big X emblazoned on the image. At […]

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Jonathan Ross To Appear In Knight And Squire!

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

I think that for anyone, regardless of where you live, to not know who Jonathan Ross is is really unfortunate. The celebrated comedian and host of a variety of shows is one of Britain’s best, and he’s right up there at the top of comic book fans. According to Mark Millar in the backmatter of […]

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Archaia Unleashes The Grave Doug Freshley

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

Our friends over at Archaia Press have released information about the first original work to be release through their Graphicly digital distributor, titled The Grave Doug Freshly. Written by Josh Hechinger and illustrated by mpMann, the book promises some Sergio Leone-level Western antics combined with a healthy dose of comedy. The physical release is expected […]

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"Comic Books" With Fred Van Lente

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

Today on Marvel.com, everyone’s favorite Agent M put up a very interesting blog post, inspired by the following: A fan on Twitter asked me why comics were called comic books since they’re generally not funny. Sure, it was probably a question loaded with snark, but it’s a valid query. So I tapped into the mega […]

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Williams’ Batwoman To Be Delayed

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

It looks like fans of Kate Kane will have to wait a bit before getting their Batwoman fix. According to certain comic shops, their orders of Batwoman #1 by J.H Williams III, W. Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder have been delayed. Rather than coming out next month, as originally planned, the title will most likely […]

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Prepare For Revolution With Insurrection v3.6

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

BOOM! Studios Press Release This March BOOM! Studios brings you the future of war and a vision of revolution on a galactic scale with INSURRECTION V3.6! Join Blake Masters (BROTHERHOOD) and acclaimed writer Michael Alan Nelson (28 DAYS LATER, DINGO) with white hot artist Michael Penick as they bring you a devastating new series about […]

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Peter And Max To Become First Vertigo E-Book

By | Jan 19, 2011 | News

A while back, Fables scribe Bill Willingham expanded the Fables universe in a way none of us really expected: into that of a full length prose novel. While the character sof the book have only a slight connection to our main heroes from Fables, the writer has been taking every opportunity to expand Fables into […]

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