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Monthly Archives: July 2008

European Comics & News

I’m still interested in any reports or articles on European comic conventions as well as news on new and collected comics from Europe.
If you can help or want to promote a convention in 2008 or 2009 please get in touch.
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INVINCIBLE SELLS OUT!!

Everyone knows that I am a major fan of Invincible.  And I’ve been telling everyone just how good Image Comics are for at least ten years.  War Heroes sold out and now..well,I’ll let Image tell you [but the story is somewhat given away by the news title]:
PRESS RELEASE - THE ALL-NEW, ALL-AWESOME INVINCIBLE ALL SELLS […]

Garen Ewing

Garen, the creator of the highly-acclaimed Rainbow Orchid, has been a favourite of mine for a few years now and some of you may know that he is currently drawing for The DFC [sadly only available online].
He is also now compiling an A-Z of popular  comic characters on his blog -Lazer Eraser,Iron Man and so […]

Whatever Happened To The “Next Issue” Project?

It’s a question a lot of us have been asking since the appearance of Fantastic Comics #24 in 2007 -great cover reproduced above.
Top talent was being attracted to the series of titles including [deep breath]:Erik Larsen, Mike Allred, Kyle Baker, Frank Cho, Bill Sienkiewicz, Howard Chaykin, Steve Niles, Phil Hester, Dan Brereton, Ashley Wood, Joe […]

War Heroes Sell Out!

PRESS RELEASE - WAR HEROES DEPLOYS A SELL OUT!
Mark Millar and Tony Harris‘ superhero miniseries sells out upon release!
 
30 July 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - Within twenty four hours of release, Mark Millar and Tony Harris’ WAR HEROES has sold out at a distribution level and a second printing is on the way to meet demand!
 
“Much like […]

A Beano Tribute?

This from John Freeman.
“Hi All
downthetubes.net Beano Birthday Tribute Live

British comics news and links site downthetubes.net is proud to publish the first art and memories we’ve received from a range of creators, including Garen Ewing, Stephen Baskerville and Kev F Sutherland, to mark The Beano’s 70th Birthday this month.
You can find our special tribute section here:
http://www.downthetubes.net/features/comics/beano/beano_at_70/index.html

If […]

What A Carry On -Jaffa Cakes & Vigilante Vulture

Tuesday,30th July,2008.  Mark that day well.  As Paul Brown [alleged artist] and Darron Northall [alleged and rumoured but never proven] paid their usual weekly visit to the Black Tower [or Uncle Terry’s Studio of the Macabre and Weird].  As usual,Mr.Brown scoffed every biscuit without the scantest regard for how a poor old man pays for […]

More ARCHIE -Gorelick Gets Award!

Victor Gorelick is given the Inkpot Award
Archie Comics‘ Editor-in-Chief, Victor Gorelick, was honored with a surprise presentation of the legendary Inkpot Award during the 2008 Comic-Con International. The Inkpot Award was presented to Victor by the Comic Con’s Gary Sassaman, during Victor Gorelick’s Spotlight Panel.
Victor Gorelick has worked at Archie Comics for 50 years, and is a […]

Archie Sells Its Heroes To DC?

The announcement came out of the blue [well,San Diego Comic Con actually]:DC announced that it now had the Archie Comics “MLJ” heroes such as the Black Hood,Shield and so on. The characters were going to initially appear in The Brave & The Bold comic -hence the above illo featuring Batman.
I’ve had a few hundred emails […]

ARCHIE

BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #186
 “Party Game”: Dragged to another high-society party by Veronica, Betty resigns herself to the fact that Veronica will once again get all the attention… or will she?
SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski.
ART: Tim Kennedy.
“Picnic Panic”: The girls are looking for something to do, so Jughead suggests a picnic… as long as […]