Making its fourth annual appearance at WonderCon, this year’s Secret Origin of Good Readers panel features Dr. Robyn A. Hill (National University, San Diego), Mimi Cruz (Night Flight Comics, Salt Lake City), Bill Galvan (co-creator/artist of The Scrapyard Detectives, artist for Archie), and Bill Morrison (creative director of Bongo Comics). The panelists will discuss how teachers, librarians, retailers, and publishers can work together to bring comic books into the classroom for use as an innovative and motivating cross-curricular teaching tool and a vehicle for promoting reading and literacy. Through a multimedia presentation, personal remarks, and a question-and-answer session, the speakers…
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Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled its first major announcement from Toy Fair 2008 – G.I. Joe 12-inch figures. Take the jump for the complete press release.
Hasbro has announced its Hulk toys and products for the Spring 2008 that tie in to the upcoming movie and comic book from Marvel.
Bandai America has announced new additions to its action figure line that will debut at the 2008 Toy Fair in New York City. Among the lineup for 2008 – Power Rangers, Ben10, and more.
(Press Release) Halloween is fun for both the young and young at heart. We would really like to see how creative our fans are so; we’ve decided to hold a Halloween Costume Contest. All you need to do to join in the fun: Get your costume together (for you and/or your pet) Take a picture. Yes, you can enter more than once! Email it as an attachment to blogphotos@archiecomics.com Be sure to put the words “Costume Contest” in the subject line! You can begin submitting your photos today. All photos will be put up on the website on Halloween Day.…
Richard H. Goldwater, President/Co-Publisher of Archie Comics, passed away October 2, 2007, after a courageous battle with cancer. Richard’s father, John Goldwater, was the creator of “Archie Andrews” – America’s perennial teenage “everyman,” and his girlfriends “Betty Cooper” and “Veronica Lodge.” In 1941, John and his business partners, Louis Silberkleit and Maurice Coyne, founded MLJ, the company that later came to be known as Archie Comic Publications. Richard joined the Company after college and, after working his way up through the Company learning all facets of running a successful comic book publishing business, took the Company private together with his…
In memory of Mike Wieringo, who passed away Aug. 12, Project: Rooftop has announced an open call for redesigns of Bart Allen (Impulse/Kid Flash/The Flash), the character created in 1994 by Wieringo and Mark Waid. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, with the best entries showcased during a special “Wieringo Week,” which also will feature some of the best costume work from Wieringo’s career. “Mike had a timeless appreciation for these awesome characters and enjoyed the heck out of online costuming/drawing events, so I think he’d really dig this kind of fun being held in his honor,” writes Project: Rooftop…
Arcana Comics’ Kade: Sun of Perdition #4 made its way to comic shops last Wednesday and there have been quite a few angry emails from long time fans…
In August, Oni Press will release its lates prose work by Jamie S. Rich called Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? This is the third prose work released from Oni Press including The Everlasting and I was Someone Dead, the latest offering is a loot at interpersonal relationships in a world where entertainment and technology push us farther and farther apart.
25 Years of Delivering the Fun of Comic Books, Pop Culture to the World This month, Diamond Comic Distributors celebrates its 25th year of operation, marking a quarter-century of serving specialty market retailers and suppliers. In that time, comic books have grown from what adults once thought of as “kids’ stuff” into a full-fledged entertainment medium attracting readers of all ages and generating hundreds of millions of dollars every year. And one of the forces behind that explosive popularity has been Diamond.
After a successful release at the San Diego International Comic-Con in 2006, fans have been anticipating the next installment of Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair saga. Well, wait no more. Issue 2 is in stores right now!
Banzai Girl creator/writer/illustrator and calendar/FHM model Jinky Coronado, winner of a dozen beauty competitions as well as a former Miss Pond’s Asia, returns to her creation with Banzai Girls, an all-new continuation of her fanciful “real-life schoolgirl adventures, “as a $3.95 full-color comics series coming in May from Arcana Studio. “Banzai Girls has a somewhat manga-influenced style, fun Asian schoolgirl characters, lots of action, pretty pictures, shadowy monsters, wild settings, a cool story, and it’s even sorta based on my life,” explains Jinky. “So I guess I’m sorta the star.” (That “star”dom has already exploded into a huge free website…
Continuing the “Decade of Darkness,” a celebration of Jackie Estacado’s 10th Anniversary, Top Cow Productions announces the upcoming release of The Darkness Ultimate Collection Trade Paperback. The Darkness Ultimate Collection is slated for release in late February. The collection is intended to give established comic fans as well as new fans of the upcoming The Darkness video game the very best of the property in a single volume.
Witchblade Goes East in the New Year! Top Cow Productions and Bandai Entertainment proudly announce an unprecedented manga event with the release of Witchblade Manga #1 in February 2007. Witchblade Manga #1 marks a unique partnership between American and Japanese publishers. The American character first made its way to Japan thanks to the ground breaking anime TV series from Studio GONZO (Afro Samurai, Trinity Blood). The anime broke ground by being one of the only American properties to be given the full treatment by a Japanese studio. The animation team at GONZO created a new Witchblade bearer, Masane Amaha and…