#May2012
‘BATMAN’ #1 Sells For Record Setting $850,000. That’s A Considerable Sum.
Batman #1 is not the debut issue of the Bats, but that hasn’t stopped a copy of it from selling for a considerable amount of dollah-dollah-bills, ya’ll.
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Marvel Goes DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE With COMIXOLOGY
Marvel is going ahead and locking up their digital comic book distributor, working exclusively with comiXology from here on in. Note that this is for single-issue. A worthy detail to appreciate.\
‘BEFORE WATCHMEN’ Character Designs and Pages Revealed.
A shit load of press outlets have been invited into the den of DC Comics to inspect some Before Watchmen swag, and now we can bask in what they captured. A lot of sexy art, prepared and covered in plastic. You know, so when the projectile vomit kicks in the artwork is protected.
‘The Image Revolution’ Documentary Almost At Funding Goal; KICKSTART THIS SH*IT
The next effort from the minds behind the Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis documentaries are trying to kickstart the shit out of a work on the founding of Image Comics. They’re getting close, and now we just need to collectively finish the fundraising off. We can do it, yooooooo.
Hit the jump for details and a new trailer.
WIZARD Teams Up With ‘THE SITUATION’ For Comic And Convention Appearances. Ah, F**k You.
Piss on my childhood and call it a water sports party! My lord. I know that Wizard is having a rough go of it, but this smacks of tanning beds and serious desperation. The company that once governed me through many a sweaty summer vacations with their articles and pricing guides are thudding at the floor of the well.
‘HAWKEYE’ By FRACTION and AJA To Launch In August. Frak Yeah.
Everyone in the Avengers fucking party! I know, I know. Spreading thin, et cetera. I don’t care. Hawkeye by Fraction and Aja is coming, bringing with it a groin swell from my corner of the room.
Covers and deets post-jump.
MARK WAID Launches “THRILLBENT” Digital Comics On May 1
At C2E2, Mark Waid has laid out the deets on his upcoming digital comics venture. It’s called Thrillbent, and its dropping the cloak covering its naughties this May 1.
DC COMICS Announces ‘DIGITAL FIRST’ BATMAN By Lemire, and Lindelof. This Is Hot.
The giant digital push is coming, so grab the grease and practice your groans or moans. Depending on your distributional ideology. DC has announced “Digital First” Batman as well as other “digital first” joints and the line-up alone may be able to persuade you.
Matt Fraction and David Aja Reteaming for new MARVEL SERIES. Oh Hell Yes.
I first really began to take notice of Matt Fraction during his stint on Iron Fist with Ed Brubaker and David Aja, many moons ago. A lifetime of funny books since. Now the Fraction-Man and Aja are going to be reteaming it seems, and this has my balls aflutter.
Marvel Studios President: ‘ANT-MAN’ Is “Closest It’s Ever Been”
Edgar Wright has been jawing about making an Ant-Man movie for years now. In fact if I recall correctly its noise was filtered through the pop-psyche even before Scott Pilgrim. Nothing has really seemed to come about from all the chatter though, and as such I’ve disregarded any excitement I once had for the film. However if the noise out of Kevin Feige’s mouth is accurate, I may need to don my Cloak of The Excite!
