Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Welcome back to Absolute-ly, a feature that focuses on what comic should receive the “absolute” treatment: any story from any publisher. A call to arms of hardcover comic book fans. Mike Mignola was in the second phase of his career;…
Courtesy of MTV’s Splash Page we present the first trailer for Batman: Year One animated film. It looks to match the classic Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli comic in tone and colour but the animation has that manga look to…
This came across my email in DC’s weekly retailer newsletter. Is anyone actively collecting variant covers? [quote]DC COMICS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL 1:200 VARIANTS FOR SEPTEMBER With anticipation for DC Comics’ New 52 continuing to build, DC Comics announces new 1:200 black…
At no point did I ever imagine writing a CD review for Comic Book Daily, yet here it is. I received The Music Of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection in the mail via Sony Music. It’s a collection of 31…
Here is DC’s relaunch video/commercial courtesy of Bleeding Cool and Youtube. It hits all the points of the relaunch including young new heroes and digital day and date availability.
During their retailer summits Dan DiDio made a statement that Modern Myths took note of and posted in their summary on Facebook. [quote]Another change DC is making is that they won’t be ‘writing for the trade’ anymore. Writers have…
Via their weekly retailer newsletter Image Comics announced they would be adopting the same ratings system DC uses. Here’s the full text: [quote]Greetings, retail partners! We have some exciting news this week and we wanted you to hear it first:…
DC is stopping all it’s monthly comics and relaunching fifty-two series in September. They have their own press site called The Source that has been posting tidbits of information until September solicitation information is release June 13th. So far they…
Another letter to retailers has been sent this afternoon from Bob Wayne detailing digital pricing. [quote]As a follow-up to my first letter, we wanted to provide some immediate specifics on September: CONTENT We know that you want more details on…
Received this in my inbox yesterday as part of Steve Rude’s newsletter: [quote]Devotee’s of the Dude Daily Diatribes may find this of interest: I’ve decided to finally make my long awaited return to comics. This decision took place no less…
Here’s a letter sent to all retailers this afternoon; exciting times ahead? To our comics retail partners, In the time I’ve worked at DC Comics, I’ve witnessed any number of industry defining moments. But today, I bring you what is…
I’m not a fan of horror books or themes but the story just grabbed me; never would have picked it up but I’m a fan of Allred’s art. iZombie: Dead To The World is about a young girl and her…
Over at Direct2Drive they’re offering DC Universe Online for 50% off today only: $24.98 instead of the normal $49.99. Get on this quickly!
Every week Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans Daily for the inspiration. Pete’s been…