Those buying single-issue Big Two comics every Wednesday will need to adjust their budgets. DC Comics announced plans to raise prices on nearly all of
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“Black Panther: World of Wakanda” wins the 2018 GLAAD Media Award for outstanding comic
On top of “Black Panther””s record-breaking box office run comes even more good news. Marvel’s spin-off comic “World of Wakanda” is this year’s GLAAD Media
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“Dark Knights Rising,” “Saga,” “My Hero Academia” topped February 2018 comic sales
In a slow February, “Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt” #1 was the top-selling direct market comic for the month. Meanwhile, “Saga” volume 8 topped
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DC Comics announces the Black Label imprint; how many imprints does DC have?
DC Comics has announced yet another new imprint (on the heels of DC Zoom and DC Ink): “Black Label.” Apparently it’s meant to offer a
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“Doomsday Clock,” “The Legend of Korra,” “Saga” top January 2018 comic sales
DC Comics’ “Doomsday Clock” and “Dark Metal” topped direct market comic sales for January 2018. Meanwhile, “The Legend of Korra” topped direct market trade paperback/graphic
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DC Comics to launch two kid-friendly graphic novel lines, Zoom and Ink
DC Comics announced last weekend that it’s planning to launch two new graphic novel imprints aimed at younger readers: “DC Zoom” and “DC Ink.” Zoom
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2018 GLAAD Media Awards comics and animation nominees announced
This year’s GLAAD Media Award nominations were recently announced. As usual, I’ll look at the comics and animation-related nominees. A full list of all the
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“Doomsday Clock,” “Saga” top December 2017 comic sales; 2017 direct-market sales down 10% versus 2016
“Doomsday Clock” #2 was the top-selling single-issue comic for the direct market in December 2017. Meanwhile, “Saga,” volume 8, was December’s top-selling trade paperback. For
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Batman, “Star Wars” dominate November 2017 comic sales
Between “Dark Nights Metal” tie-ins and the usual Bat-centric books, the Caped Crusader dominated single-issue comic sales for November 2017. On the trade paperback side,
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Marvel’s new editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski pretended to be a Japanese writer
In the most surprising comics news since, well, a few weeks ago, news came this week that Marvel’s newest editor-in-chief, C.B. Cebulski, spent a year
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