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Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Tops Eisner Award Nominations
Marvel Comics’ relaunch of the blind superhero Daredevil lead the pack with six nominations for the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Announced this week, the annual award recognize achievement in the comic book industry. Daredevil earned nominations for best continuing series, best single issue, best writer for Mark Waid and [...]
‘Captain America’ Sequel Due in Two Years
Marvel fans, mark your calendars for April 4, 2014 — that’s when the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger is due to arrive in theaters. Disney announced the release date as well as a slight tease, saying that Cap 2 “will pick-up where the highly anticipated Marvel’s The Avengers [...]
Comic-Con: ‘Dapper Men,’ ‘Wilson’ Tie for Key Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards ended for the first time in a tie, with the Best Graphic Album-New award going to two books: Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee, and Wilson, by Dan Clowes of Ghost World fame. The awards, presented to recognize the [...]
Comic-Con: Miller’s ‘Holy Terror’ Trailer; Comics Market Report
They may not get all the press that Hollywood does, but there are still comic books and comic book projects making news at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Up first is a new graphic novel from superstar artist and writer Frank Miller. Titled Holy Terror, the book follows a masked hero [...]
Sony, Dark Horse Plan ‘Chickenhare’ Animated Feature
Sony Pictures Animation and Dark Horse Entertainment will develop an animated feature film based on the Dark Horse graphic novel series Chickenhare by Chris Grine. Chickenhare is the story of a unique animal that is half chicken, half hare and all hero. The graphic novels in which Chickenhare was introduced, [...]
‘Gutters,’ ‘Love & Rockets,’ Langridge Top Harvey Award Noms
The online parody comic Gutters and veteran comic book creators Roger Langridge and Los Bros Hernandez lead the nominations for the annual Harvey Awards, chosen by comic book professionals to honor the best work in comics, graphic novels and sequential art. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by [...]
‘Clockwork Girl’ Returns with New Book, 3D Feature
The popular graphic novel The Clockwork Girl is coming back to print and prepping an animated 3D feature film for the fall. Created by Sean O’Reilly and Kevin Hanna, Clockwork Girl tells the tale of Tesla, a girl robot who befriends a mutant circus boy despite their families’ feud and [...]
DC Reboots with 52 First Issues, Day-and-Date Digital
DC Comics will reboot its entire line of superhero comic book titles, relaunching 52 comic titles with first issues that will be released day and date digitally and in print. The relaunch spins out of the current Flashpoint event and will kick off Aug. 31, when DC will release the [...]
Marvel Ups Alonso to Editor in Chief
Marvel Entertainment has promoted Axel Alonso to the position of editor in chief of its publishing division, which includes comic books. Alonso will oversee all aspects of Marvel’s publishing efforts, including creative direction on the company’s line of superhero comic books and graphic novels. He will report to publisher Dan [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
