Independent Opinions, News, and Reviews of Graphic Novels, Manga, and Comic Books
Humanoids has brought the infamous sexy sci-fi French comic Barbarella back into print in two options: a high-priced print edition or a much more reasonable digital version. The print book is described as the Deluxe Coffee Table format, limited to 1,200 numbered copies, and priced at $80, while the same story digitally is $6. In January, the publisher plans to release a combined volume with both book one and book two called The Wrath of the Minute-Eater. I suggest, if […]
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As announced this summer, there are three original animated DCU movies planned for 2015. All can now be pre-ordered at Amazon. Justice League: Throne of AtlantisDue out January 27, telling Aquaman’s origin Batman vs. RobinInvolves the Court of Owls Justice League: Gods & MonstersDue later in the year
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Regular blog readers know that I’m not a fan of horror. (I’m terribly squeamish and identify too sympathetically with victims.) However, thanks to the wonder of a review copy, I found myself appreciating The Shadows of Salamanca more than I expected. It’s fun to see how Europeans incorporate American culture into their works, and here, it’s the creepy small town with a secret. Writer Christophe Bec and artist Stefano Raffaele present the story of Sarah and David. They’ve left the […]
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If you like reading public domain Golden Age comics and are willing to pay a little for ease of access to them, then you may want to check out the iPad app Dime Comics. It’s a dollar for the app, which comes with 20 downloads. Additional downloads are a dollar for 20 more, or $7 for unlimited access. Currently, there are over 7,000 issues available from 12 publishers and over 500 series. Those publishers are Ace, Ajax-Farrell, American Comics Group, […]
Read moreI am so lucky to have gotten an advance copy of the Limited Edition Blu-ray collection of Batman: The Complete TV Series, which is out next Tuesday. So I took pictures of opening the box (helped by Stitch).
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Ben Towle (Oyster War) answers the question I asked above at Quora. Artists might choose to work digitally, eliminating potential sales of the original art pages, for the following reasons, according to him: * It’s faster, allowing the artist to accomplish more work. * The benefit of page sales might be overestimated, since many originals aren’t in much demand. Purchasers want cool action scenes or splash pages, not the majority of work that gets the storytelling done. * And here’s […]
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Iron Circus Comics, publisher of the successful Smut Peddler anthology series, has announced that they are taking submissions for New World through November 20. This anthology will be a black-and-white book due out in spring 2015 containing science fiction and fantasy stories focusing on “exploration, colonization, conquest, assimilation, “going native”, appropriation, imperialism, strained relations… essentially, what happens when mutually un-contacted cultures, continents, and species collide. We want your strangest stories about situations where characters are encountering — and having to […]
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Aren’t they cute? Here are all 22 of the LEGO variant DC comic covers for this month, to promote the release of the LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game, out November 11. In order, they’re Action Comics #36 Aquaman #36 Batgirl #36 Batman #36 Batman & Robin #36 Batman/Superman #16 Catwoman #36 Detective Comics #36 The Flash #36 Grayson #4 Green Lantern #36 Green Lantern Corps #36 Harley Quinn #12 Justice League #36 Justice League Dark #36 Justice League […]
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