Last Update: October 17, 2024
"Superstar comic book creators" talk about the big changes in the industry – IGN
At LA Comic-Con, IGN hosted a roundtable with several key comic book creators, including Joëlle Jones (Catwoman), Scott Snyder (Absolute Batman), Marc Silvestri (Witchblade), and Cody Ziglar (Miles Morales: Spider-Man). Together, these creators reflected on the big changes reshaping the industry, the ability of comics to introduce new characters and new ideas, and the question of whether creators are finally starting to earn fair recognition when their work is adapted by Hollywood..."
Heavy Metal magazine returning with a Kickstarter campaign
Story at Comicsbeat
"...Cartoonist, filmmaker, and former content editor Frank Forte is returning to the magazine as its editor-in-chief, while Dave Kelly will serve as executive editor, and Chris Thompson will be its editorial manager. "
The cover mockup for the new first issue for Heavy Metal #1 (2025) is by Greg Hildebrandt.
"Amazon's New Full-Color Kindle Could Be A Game Changer For Comic "– Story at Gamespot
So what went wrong with Joker II? – Nerdist
DC comics now on GlobalComix digital platform – GlobalComix
Dark Horse puts out trailer for Tom Hardy's Comic Book ‘Arcbound' – Variety MSN
Two hero books: Captain Marvel children's book on a Virginia pharmacy rack – click to enlarge - Oct 13, 2024 – plus Statue of Liberty
DC Comics presenting new DC Go! system for mobile devices – MSN Screenrant
Joker II losing $200 million? – MSN Variety
Absolute Batman #1 leads in best selling comics – Bleeding Cool
Sales ranking the top 50 titles of September – icv2
Next Godzilla film to be R-rated? – Bounding into Comics
Dan Buckley talks about how digital comics are doing at Marvel – Hollywood Reporter
The Infinity Comics have been a very significant for Marvel Unlimited, because those launch exclusively on that platform. They also provide slightly different demographic reaches," says Dan Buckley, president, Marvel Comics and Franchise. He notes the mix of readers is closer to fifty-fifty male/female, vs. the print product, which still skews more male. According to the company, Marvel Unlimited has enjoyed strong growth for the past three years after it launched Infinity Comics, with paid subs up 30 percent. Marvel does not disclose how many people pay for the $9.99 a month service...."
Stand out remark in this is that in the age of streaming and subscriptions, nobody wants to reveal real numbers: "Marvel does not disclose how many people pay for the service."
Older story, Dan Buckley named el presidente of Marvel Entertainment - Hollywood Reporter 2017
Ill Fated Warner Bros Musical, Joker II
Inside the ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Debacle: Todd Phillips ‘Wanted Nothing to Do’ With DC on the $200 Million Misfire – Variety
Now that the dust has settled on the sequel’s disastrous opening weekend, plenty of soul-searching is taking place on the Burbank lot. The overarching question being asked is: Why spend $200 million to make — and nearly $100 million to market — a tentpole that ignores the DC fanbase? And "ignores" may be putting it mildly. As a Rolling Stone review of the film succinctly put it: "‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Has a Message for Fans: Go F-ck Yourselves."
Another story on the "every issue of DC Comics published " collection going to auction:
"One Woman’s Complete DC Comics Collection, Amassed Over 50 Years, Now Up for Sale Christine Farrell's enviable collection could fetch hundreds of thousands at auction." – Artnet
A review of the Chris Ware "La prospettiva della memoria" at the PAFF! International Museum of Comic Art in Italy
Review at The Comics Journal
Hosted in a museum that is an integral part of a small city, the exhibition was precisely focused on bringing Ware’s work to an average visitor (during my visit I saw both foreign tourists and locals) while at the same time providing thorough research on the artist's work, one that would satisfy those who know his work well and even those who had previously seen his art in person...."
Review of Absolute Batman #1 – Batman News
Snyder takes an almost glee in subverting reader expectations, including multiple bait-and-switches based on established tropes of Batman comics. Right away in the story’s opening we’re presented with a grizzled man on a motorcycle returning to Gotham, complete with noir-esque narration about how far his city has fallen. It mirrors the famous opening of Batman: Year One in many ways, priming the reader to see Bruce take off the helmet and get to work as this badass special forces operative. But it’s not Bruce, it’s Alfred. Far from the loyal, sophisticated manservant audiences have come to know, this contract mercenary is even initially put in an antagonistic role with Batman...."
" Batman now grows up as a childhood friend of Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin, and Killer Crock" – Comic Book
"...a dramatic reinvention of the Bat-mythos Potentially the biggest release of the year from DC Comics" – Comics Beat
Joker Folie á Deux "A Shattering Disappointment" – Yahoo
Joker II at $117,292,724 worldwide (original hoped-for box office for domestic was $100 million all by itself) – The Numbers – "word of mouth" on this film is pretty poor.
Eight horror comics for Halloween – New York Times
Batman Resurrection book coming – MSN CBR
Tim Burton's iconic 1989 Batman film will soon get a prose sequel by New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller. The new story takes place after the events of Burton's film and is part of a duology...."
Recap of "Harvey Kurtzman Week" – The Comics Journal
Goya's The Bandit Maragato series
Comic book stories of 1806: this oil painted sequential story by Francisco Goya [below] tells how Fray Pedro defeated the bandit Maragato.
Maragato points a gun
El Maragato amenaza con su fusil a fray Pedro de Zaldivia
Friar Pedro attempts to disarm Maragato
Friar Pedro fights Maragato
Friar Pedro wrests the gun from Maragato
Fray Pedro arrebata el fusil al Maragato
Friar Pedro fires at Maragato
Fray Pedro dispara contra el Maragato
Friar Pedro ties up Maragato
Fray Pedro ata el Maragato
Rare set of comics coming to auction, from a private collection that includes every single issue of DC comics ever published
Story at Bleedingcool
...Farrell had about 8,000 comics "crammed into cartons stacked to the ceiling in an upstairs bedroom." By the time she died in April of 2024, her collection had grown exponentially. In her basement vault and scattered throughout her house, Farrell left behind tens of thousands of books, among them every single one available DC Comics had ever published, beginning with 1935's New Fun Comics No. 1 and including 1940's Double Action Comics #2, of which there are only seven copies said to have survived.
Farrell's collecting began in 1970 and was "completed" it in 2007 the year she had obtained at least one copy of every available comic DC had ever published. DC used Farrell's collection (with her permission, though she asked to receive no credit) for certain books when they couldn't find their own copies in order to make reprints.
‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ Opening Weekend May Be 2024 Box Office Punch-Line
Story at Forbes
Joker II worldwide box office at $121,100,000 – The Numbers
Warner Bros. spending spree for ‘Joker 2’ with budget going to $200 Million, Lady Gaga’s $12 Million Payday – Variety [Feb 2024]
DC's "All-In" arrives with DC All In Special #1 by Scott Snyder & Wes Craig – CBR MSN News
Los Angeles Stan Lee house going on sale – Raleigh News and Observer
Joker II getting trashed brutally by critics and fans alike
How the Joker 2 "pisses me off" and makes "think less of the original film" – MSN Cinemablend
"Congratulations, Hollywood, you’ve ruined the Joker for good" – MSN Digital Trend
Just How Bad Does It Look For ‘Joker 2’? Critical Pans And Worsening Box Office Predictions Spell Doom – Forbes
'The Dark Knight' connection in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' is laughably bad – Mashable
Joker II: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Sing a Duet That's Way Out of Tune – MSN People Magazine
Joker sequel is bleak and boring – Boston Herald
Joker sequel doesn’t know why it exists – Comics Beat
Get into the Public Domain archives that are online at Graphic Chatter
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