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Boom! Studios and Haven Distributors sign agreement

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Boom! Studios announced yesterday that it has signed a distribution agreement with Haven Distributors.  The deal has Haven distributing all second printings of the monthly comics to the direct market.

“Retailers have been begging us to get our second prints into their stores at a faster pace for the past year,” said BOOM! Studios CEO Ross Richie. “We’re happy to be able to offer retailers another choice in getting an important part of our product line to their stores and into the hands of their customers.”

It’s interesting this announcement has been made, especially in light of the troubles going on at Diamond with continued cutbacks and staff layoffs.  Before you jump to conclusions about the major distributor collapsing, keep in mind Boom! does have distribution deals with Simon and Schuster, and Harper Collins Canada, and Kable Distribution Services.  Boom! has done a great deal to market itself, and ensuring comics get into the hands of potential readers faster is a good sign.

via Boom! Studios

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Super Frat crosses over with Dick Masterson

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Super Frat, the first super-powered, fraternity webcomic has announced the publication of the Super Frat/Dick Masterson Special featuring professional chauvinist, Dick Masterson, author of the best selling book Men are Better Than Women.

“We’re really excited to be working with Dick,” said Super Frat biographer, Tony DiGerolamo.  “Wait a minute, that didn’t come out right.”

More After the Jump >>

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Ultimate (Comics) Spider-Man #2 back to press

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Marvel’s Ultimate (Comics) Spider-Man #2 has sold out at the distributor level, which means the teenage web slinger is going back to print with the variant cover you see above.  The Brian Michael Bendis penned reprint arrives October 14, 2009 for $3.99.

via Marvel

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Transformers gets ongoing comic book series from IDW

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IDW Publishing announced The Transformers is getting a regular on-going series thanks to an agreement reached with IDW and Hasbro.  The series will be written by Mike Costa and arrives in November.

“We’ve pulled out all the stops for our first ongoing TRANSFORMERS series and now is a great time for the new series,” said IDW’s TRANSFORMERS editor, Andy Schmidt. “Since TRANSFORMERS #1 is the beginning of a whole new journey for TRANSFORMERS comics, it’s the perfect opportunity for new readers to get into the brand.”

via IDW Publishing

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The Darkness/Pitt arrive on comiXology

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Top Cow has announced The Darkness/Pitt #1 is now available for free as a digital download off the Comics by comiXology iPhone application.

“We’re thrilled to be a part of Top Cow’s strategy to get more exposure for The Darkness/Pitt. The long-awaited return of Pitt deserves great exposure to a wide audience, and our patent-pending Guided View really shines with the material,” explained comiXology President David Steinberger, “Many thousands of people now have the opportunity to read the first issue and use Comics by comiXology’s unique in-app connection to retailers to pre-order the next issue.”

If the iPhone/iPod Touch app isn’t your cup of tea, you can also find the issue at the comiXology.com website.

via Top Cow

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Guillermo del Toro to produce Deadman flick

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Deadman has always been one of those characters that could be incredibly fantastic or tediously boring.  I don’t think DC has found the perfect balance yet (although Wednesday Comics is doing a bang up job).  Perhaps with the news that Guillermo del Toro is producing a Deadman movie will bring spark to the character and cause a positive reaction from fans and the rest of the world, who know nothing about the character.

via Bloody Disgusting


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Spider-Woman Motion Comic Episode 2 Arrives Today

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Marvel has released a new trailer for the second installment  of the Spider-Woman Motion Comics that is available on iTunes today.  If you were wondering if you should drop the coin on this series, the trailers will help with that decision.

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Marvel is proud to unveil new footage from the critically acclaimed Spider-Woman motion comic! The New York Times Best-Selling team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Halo Uprising) continue Marvel’s first ever original motion comic as Spider-Woman finds herself at odds with the law in Madripoor and that may spell the end of her mission as an Agent of S.W.O.R.D.! Spider-Woman Episode 2 hits iTunes on September 2nd and no True Believer can afford to miss it! Discover more at www.marvel.com/motioncomics!

If you missed the first installment, there’s a trailer for that too, right after the jump!

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Hey, Kids! Meth…and Comics!

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If you are going to start peddling drugs in your local neighborhood, or even in a large metro region like, say Denver, Colorado, then you might want to take a tip from the recently busted Castro brothers, who figured out a way to hide large sums of money.

The alleged meth king-pins were laundering their ill-gotten gains by buying and selling classic comic books. According to reports as many as 100 boxes of comic books were encased in plastic during the drug bust.

Theoretically, the plan by the alleged drug dealers was a good one.  While the DEA and other law enforcement officials might be tracking gambling, prostitution, and small arms rings, no one would expect the Spanish Inquisition the local comic shop.  With demand for rare comics quite high, a quick cash exchange for the books would get someone a bunch of unmarked and clean bills pretty quickly.

We’re not condoning using drugs kids, but I do have to give it to these two for figuring out a different way to launder their gains.

via The Denver Post

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Spider-Woman a hit on iTunes

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For fans of Critical Hit, the Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons podcast, you’ll be happy to know it went live on iTunes this week, and you can now subscribe to the show, here.  Why didn’t it show up on the front page of the iTunes Podcast Directory?  It might be because there weren’t that many people that subscribed on the first day, and I blame Spider-Woman for that.

The Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev series hit iTunes in a big way, taking the number one spot on the Top Television-Animation sales chart.

“To wake up this morning and see Spider-Woman ranked so high on the iTunes charts is crazy insane to me,” gushed Brian Michael Bendis. “Thanks to all the readers, and especially the motion comics first timers, who tried us out and than hit the subscribe button. To quote the Stan: you ain’t seen nothing yet!”

That’s great news for Spider-Woman fans, but I’m sure more than a few RPG’ers are shedding a tear right now.

via Marvel

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Boom! Studios Signing on Wednesday

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If you are looking for something to do on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, head over to Austin Books and Comics in Austin, Texas and get your Boom! Studios books signed by Alan J. Porter (The World of Cars), Paul Benjamin (Monsters, Inc.) and Jack Mitchell (Poe).

Where:
AUSTIN BOOKS & COMICS
5002 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX, 78751 (512) 454-4197
www.austinbooks.com

When:
Wednesday, August 19th, from 4:30pm – 7pm.

via Boom! Studios