Ellen Page is reportedly talking to 20th Century Fox to headline a big-screen adaptation of Greg Rucka's Queen & Country. Could she be the next big comic-book-inspired action star? Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh's international book festival is getting Stripped and ready with a strand devoted to comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s hard to imagine someone more out of place at Comic-Con than a politician. But Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis took the pop culture and comic convention by storm with an autobiographical graphic novel and a new arena to deliver his message of tolerance and acceptance. It... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tony Cliff's Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant has been delighting audiences online for years?garnering three Eisner nominations in the process?and at the end of August, it hits print as a 168-page full-color paperback from publisher First Second. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Last of Us: American Dreams is a prequel comic book series from Dark Horse that reveals the untold story of the character Ellie a year before she met Joel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the nation's geeks and nerds pack away their spandex and cardboard cosplay costumes (until October's New York Comic-Con of course) staff writer and office comic book aficionado Sam Thielman explains who should be TV's next smash hit superheroes. Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
WIRED's special correspondent Cara Santa Maria hits the convention floor in search of the strangest comics ever published. Yep, DC actually put out a Superman vs. Muhammad Ali book in the late '70s. Super weird! Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite a notably toned-down presence among Disney-owned properties at Comic-Con, there was no hotter ticket than the 90-minute panel for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC’s much anticipated fall drama series. If you want to know the premiere date, you have only to ask one of the several... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gerard Jones, author of 'Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book,' explains the origins of comic books, the hardships they went through, and where they are apt to go next. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bluewater President Darren Davis states that a 'Female Force’ comic book featuring Deen will be published this October despite recent controversy over alleged racial slurs made by Deen. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The three best things Fast Company's assistant editor found on the Internet this week. Name: J.J. McCorveyRole at Fast Company: Assistant Editor, printTwitter: @jmccorveyTitillating fact: J.J. has a massive comic book collection–-thousands--of mostly Marvel Comics. “Pshh, plenty of folks love... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The imprint, titled Jet City Comics, released its first title, a work named 'Symposium #1," on July 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of struggle, Colombia's independent comics and graphic novel scene is starting to flourish, with new publishers and a traveling comics festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The media company that brought you comic books starring Martha Stewart and Hillary Clinton have announced they will release a comic book about embattled chef Paula Deen, after being urged by Deen fans. Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tuesday morning Amazon Publishing announced a new comics and graphic novel imprint, Jet City Comics. It will publish graphic novels by George R.R. Martin, of "Game of Thrones" fame and others.It was only yesterday that I asked my editor when Comic-Con begins, because the comics-related... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
An artist finds out the comic books he used to make a papier-mache sculpture could have been worth £20,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
NBCUniversal, one of the world’s premier media and entertainment companies, has partnered with digital publisher Lion Forge Comics to develop licensed comic books based on popular TV shows from the 1980s and 90s. Under the agreement license ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A rare copy of Action Comics No. 1 – which includes the first appearance of Superman – sold for $175,000 after being hidden for more than 70 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philipp Meyer re-envisions the comic book in a Braille-like format. His simple story uses basic shapes but packs an emotional punch. Comics, by nature, depend on visual storytelling. Philipp Meyer, an industrial design student at Potsdam’s University of Applied Sciences, wanted to introduce... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like most comics publishers, Archie Comics, home to America’s favorite fictional redheaded teenager, has historically focused its distribution on newsstand sales and the comics specialty market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]