ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com/media/feedlogo.gif ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Frank Quitely & Mark Millar's 'Jupiter's Legacy' Examined From Top To Bottom [Review]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/24/jupiters-legacy-review-mark-millar-frank-quitely/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/24/jupiters-legacy-review-mark-millar-frank-quitely/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/24/jupiters-legacy-review-mark-millar-frank-quitely/#commentsFiled under: , ,


I have a love/hate relationship with Mark Millar's work. When I was getting back into comics as an adult, his work with Frank Quitely and Bryan Hitch on The Authority and The Ultimates were fairly instrumental in keeping me reading. As time went ... Read more

 

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]]>frank quitelyFrankQuitelyJupiters LegacyJupitersLegacymark millarMarkMillarPeter DohertyPeterDohertyDavid Brothers2013-04-24T14:00:00 00:00Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson on the 'Saga' App Store Fiasco [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/saga-12-interview-eric-stephenson-image-comics-comixology-apple-app-store/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/saga-12-interview-eric-stephenson-image-comics-comixology-apple-app-store/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/saga-12-interview-eric-stephenson-image-comics-comixology-apple-app-store/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Last Tuesday comics writer Brian K. Vaughan announced that Apple declined to sell the latest issue of his and Fiona Staples' hit Image Comics series Saga in its iOS App Store market on account of depictions of gay sex acts. The statement was affirmed ... Read more

 

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]]>appleapple app storeAppleAppStoreBrian K VaughanBrianKVaughaneric stephensonEricStephensonFiona StaplesFionaStaplessagaAndy Khouri2013-04-15T14:30:00 00:00'The Walking Dead' Series 4 Comic Minimates Coming In Augusthttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/the-walking-dead-series-4-minimates/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/the-walking-dead-series-4-minimates/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/the-walking-dead-series-4-minimates/#commentsFiled under: , ,


As if things weren't grim enough for the characters in Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys' The Walking Dead comic series Minimates line, the fourth wave will introduce all kinds of intensity from Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's ... Read more

 

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]]>Art AsylumArtAsylumDiamond Select ToysDiamondSelectToysMinimatesThe Walking DeadTheWalkingDeadzombiesCaleb Goellner2013-04-15T11:00:00 00:00TWIST: Apple Didn't Ban 'Saga' #12 from App Store, ComiXology Never Submitted Ithttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/10/apple-comixology-saga-12-not-banned-sex-guidelines-digital-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/10/apple-comixology-saga-12-not-banned-sex-guidelines-digital-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/10/apple-comixology-saga-12-not-banned-sex-guidelines-digital-comics/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Earlier this week writer Brian K. Vaughan transmitted a press release stating that the latest issue of his and Fiona Staples sci-fi comic Saga would not be available for in-app purchase via ComXology or anything else in Apple's App Store for iOS ... Read more

 

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]]>Brian K VaughanBrianKVaughanfiona staplesFionaStaplesmark waidMarkWaidsagaAndy Khouri2013-04-10T18:30:00 00:00Apple App Store Bans 'Saga' #12 Over Graphic Sexual Imageryhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/09/saga-12-apple-app-store-banned-brian-k-vaughan-fiona-staples-sexual-content/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/09/saga-12-apple-app-store-banned-brian-k-vaughan-fiona-staples-sexual-content/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/09/saga-12-apple-app-store-banned-brian-k-vaughan-fiona-staples-sexual-content/#commentsFiled under: , ,


UPDATE: ComiXology has since confirmed that Vaughan's statement was inaccurate, and that the company never submitted Saga #12 to Apple. More here. Brian K. Vaughan announced via press release on Tuesday that the latest issue of his and Fiona ... Read more

 

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]]>apple app storeAppleAppStoreBrian K VaughanBrianKVaughanfiona staplesFionaStaplesIOSsagaAndy Khouri2013-04-09T16:30:00 00:00'Morning Glories': Nick Spencer On The Changing Seasons [Interview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/morning-glories-nick-spencer-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/morning-glories-nick-spencer-interview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/morning-glories-nick-spencer-interview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The hour of the Morning Glories season finale isn't just near - it's already upon us. Last week, Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma's ongoing series about boarding school students steeped in sinister secrets wrapped up what the creators have called ... Read more

 

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]]>Alex SollazzoAlexSollazzoJoe EismaJoeEismaMorning GloriesMorningGloriesNick SpencerNickSpencerJosh Wigler2013-04-01T13:00:00 00:00'East of West' #1 And 'Fatale' #13: Two Weird Westerns From Image Comics On Sale This Weekhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/east-of-west-1-fatale-13-old-west-hickman-dragotta-brubaker-phillips-review-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/east-of-west-1-fatale-13-old-west-hickman-dragotta-brubaker-phillips-review-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/28/east-of-west-1-fatale-13-old-west-hickman-dragotta-brubaker-phillips-review-preview/#commentsFiled under: , ,


On sale now from Image are two new comics that see some of our favorite creators apply their very distinct styles to the old west. In the case East of West #1, writer Jonathan Hickman (FF, The Manhattan Projects) reunites with his Fantastic Four ... Read more

 

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]]>east of westEastOfWested brubakerEdBrubakerfatalejonathan hickmanJonathanHickmannick dragottaNickDragottaold westOldWestsean phillipsSeanPhillipswestern comicsWesternComicsAndy Khouri2013-03-28T12:00:00 00:00McFarlane on Angela in 'Age of Ultron': "I Will Sit Back And Be As Interested As Anyone Else"http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/27/todd-mcfarlane-neil-gaiman-angela-spawn-marvel-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/27/todd-mcfarlane-neil-gaiman-angela-spawn-marvel-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/27/todd-mcfarlane-neil-gaiman-angela-spawn-marvel-image/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Todd McFarlane, who co-created the character Angela with Neil Gaiman in Spawn #9 back in 1993, was surprisingly conciliatory in remarks to Newsarama this week regarding the character's planned appearance in Marvel's Age of Ultron series. ... Read more

 

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]]>age of ultronAgeOfUltronangelaNeil GaimanNeilGaimanTodd McFarlaneToddMcfarlaneMatt D. Wilson2013-03-27T15:00:00 00:00'Five Weapons' #2: Jimmie Robinson's Tickle Finishing Move [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/five-weapons-issue-2-preview-jimmie-robinson-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/five-weapons-issue-2-preview-jimmie-robinson-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/26/five-weapons-issue-2-preview-jimmie-robinson-image-comics/#commentsFiled under: , ,


On sale this week from Image Comics is the second issue of Jimmie Robinson's Five Weapons, a cleverly written and slickly illustrated original miniseries that we're big fans of around here. Set at an exclusive boarding school for preparing young ... Read more

 

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]]>five weaponsFiveWeaponsjimmie robinsonJimmieRobinsonAndy Khouri2013-03-26T16:00:00 00:00'Spawn' Character Angela To Crossover Into Marvel Universe In 'Age Of Ultron'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/neil-gaiman-angela-age-of-ultron-marvel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/neil-gaiman-angela-age-of-ultron-marvel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/neil-gaiman-angela-age-of-ultron-marvel/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Marvel Comics, via The New York Times, announced this morning that Angela -- a character created by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane in the pages of Spawn, the rights to whom were contested between the two creators for years -- will be appearing in ... Read more

 

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]]>AngelaAxel AlonsoAxelAlonsoBrian Michael BendisBrianMichaelBendisGuardians of the GalaxyGuardiansOfTheGalaxyImage ComicsImageComicsJoe QuesadaJoeQuesadaNeil GaimanNeilGaimanspawnTodd McFarlaneToddMcfarlaneJoseph Hughes2013-03-21T13:00:00 00:00'Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray' #1: Pure Pulp [Review]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/five-ghosts-the-haunting-of-fabian-gray-1-review/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/five-ghosts-the-haunting-of-fabian-gray-1-review/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/21/five-ghosts-the-haunting-of-fabian-gray-1-review/#commentsFiled under: ,


Some of the best comics come from the simplest ideas. Those ideas that seem to straddle the line between inventive and obvious so delicately, you want to hit yourself for not thinking of it first. Image's Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray ... Read more

 

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]]>Chris MooneyhamChrisMooneyhamfive ghostsFive Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian GrayFiveGhostsFiveGhosts:TheHauntingOfFabianGrayFrank BarbiereFrankBarbierepulppulp fictionPulpFictionJohn Parker2013-03-21T11:00:00 00:00First Look: Image Comics Release Four Page Story From The World Of Rucka And Lark's 'Lazarus'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/lazarus-greg-rucka-michael-lark-preview-eccc-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/lazarus-greg-rucka-michael-lark-preview-eccc-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/lazarus-greg-rucka-michael-lark-preview-eccc-image-comics/#commentsFiled under: ,


Greg Rucka joined the Image Comics panel on Sunday to discuss his and artist Michael Lark's upcoming Lazarus, first announced by Image Comics Editor-in-Chief Eric Stephenson at last year's San Diego Comic Con. Previously, only a a teaser image had ... Read more

 

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]]>ecccECCC 2013Eccc2013greg ruckaGregRuckaImage ComicsImageComicslazarusMICHAEL LARKMichaelLarkJoseph Hughes2013-03-04T14:30:00 00:00Jimmie Robinson's 'Five Weapons' #1: Killer Execution, Satisfying Package [Review]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/jimmie-robinson-five-weapons-1-review-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/jimmie-robinson-five-weapons-1-review-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/jimmie-robinson-five-weapons-1-review-image/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The short version: Jimmie Robinson's Five Weapons is a textbook example of how to create a first issue that leaves readers wanting more as soon as possible. Robinson introduces the main character, uses his unfamiliarity with the setting as an ... Read more

 

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]]>Five WeaponsFiveWeaponsImage ComicsImageComicsJimmie RobinsonJimmieRobinsonDavid Brothers2013-02-28T13:00:00 00:00"What's Next?" - Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson's Address to the ComicsPro Retailers Annual Meetinghttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/eric-stephenson-comicspro-speech-2013-image-comics-whats-next/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/eric-stephenson-comicspro-speech-2013-image-comics-whats-next/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/28/eric-stephenson-comicspro-speech-2013-image-comics-whats-next/#commentsFiled under: , ,


For those of you unfamiliar with the deep inner workings of direct market distribution -- also known as "the business of comic book stores" -- ComicsPro is an influential trade organization of comic book retailers whose focus is to advocate for ... Read more

 

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]]>ComicsPROeric stephensonEricStephensonAndy Khouri2013-02-28T09:00:00 00:00Monkeybrain's Digital Titles Get Print Collections Starting This Summer From IDW And Imagehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/27/monkeybrain-digital-print-idw-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/27/monkeybrain-digital-print-idw-image/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/27/monkeybrain-digital-print-idw-image/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Print fans and trade-waiters will have a new outlet to read Monkeybrain Comics' previously Comixology-hosted digital titles starting this summer via new collected editions printed by IDW and Image Comics. The new publishing partnerships will ... Read more

 

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]]>Chris RobersonChrisRobersonDennis CulverDennisCulverEdison RexEdisonRexIDWImage ComicsImageComicsMonkeybrainMonkeybrain ComicsMonkeybrainComicsCaleb Goellner2013-02-27T16:30:00 00:00New Father Prophet Deals With Assassins and Ancient Creatures in 'Prophet' #34 [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/22/prophet-34-preview-brandon-graham-simon-roy-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/22/prophet-34-preview-brandon-graham-simon-roy-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/22/prophet-34-preview-brandon-graham-simon-roy-image-comics/#commentsFiled under: ,


In stores next Wednesday is Prophet #34, the latest issue of writer Brandon Graham's celebrated revival of the series from Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. Graham is once again joined by artist Simon Roy on this issue, which continues the story of ... Read more

 

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]]>brandon grahamBrandonGrahamprophetsimon roySimonRoyJoseph Hughes2013-02-22T17:30:00 00:00Image Comics' 'Change' is a Triumph of Controlled Chaoshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/15/image-comics-change-review-ales-kot-morgan-jeske/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/15/image-comics-change-review-ales-kot-morgan-jeske/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/15/image-comics-change-review-ales-kot-morgan-jeske/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Change is the new book from Image Comics by the team of Ales Kot, Sloane Leong, Morgan Jeske, and Ed Brisson. It is the story of loosely associated individuals working against a Lovecraftian apocalypse that threatens to overtake Los Angeles and ... Read more

 

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]]>ales kotAlesKotchangeEd BrissonEdBrissonmorgan jeskeMorganJeskesloane leongSloaneLeongSarah Horrocks2013-02-15T11:00:00 00:00Telltale Games Confirms 'The Walking Dead' Sequel and 'Fables' Video Game for Upcoming Releaseshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/the-walking-dead-fables-video-game-telltale-games-image-dc-comics-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/the-walking-dead-fables-video-game-telltale-games-image-dc-comics-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/the-walking-dead-fables-video-game-telltale-games-image-dc-comics-vertigo/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


TellTale Games, the developers behind the popular Monkey Island and Sam and Max episodic adventure games, recently confirmed that they were starting work on a sequel to their recent The Walking Dead video game, based on the comic series created by ... Read more

 

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]]>fablesTellTale-Gamesthe walking deadTheWalkingDeadZiah Grace2013-02-14T15:30:00 00:00The Inhuman Magnetism of Ted McKeever's 'Eddy Current'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/ted-mckeever-eddy-current-collection-review-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/ted-mckeever-eddy-current-collection-review-image-comics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/14/ted-mckeever-eddy-current-collection-review-image-comics/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


A comic like Eddy Current feels like it should start with a bang, and it almost does. The explosion comes soon enough, with a lightning strike and loose power cables jammed into an exposed outlet and a Dynamic Fusion Suit that goes "zam!" Eddy ... Read more

 

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]]>eddy currentEddyCurrentted mckeeverTedMckeeverTimothy Callahan2013-02-14T14:30:00 00:00Toy Fair 2013: 'Invincible' Minimates Box Set On The Wayhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/10/toy-fair-2013-invincible-minimates/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/10/toy-fair-2013-invincible-minimates/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/10/toy-fair-2013-invincible-minimates/#commentsFiled under: , ,


About ten years I sent a fan e-mail to "Penvincipals," the Invincible fan mail page. To my surprise, it actually made it to print in Invincible 24. I don't remember what I wrote, exactly, but I do remember asking about Invincible toys and having ... Read more

 

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]]>Art AsylumArtAsylumCory WalkerCoryWalkerDiamond Select ToysDiamondSelectToysInvincibleMinimatesRobert KirkmanRobertKirkmanRyan OttleyRyanOttleyToy Fair 2013ToyFair2013Caleb Goellner2013-02-10T11:30:00 00:00