Entries Tagged as 'News'

Burnt Iraqi kid meets Spider-Man and Cap

September 17th, 2007 · No Comments

CNN has a sweet story about how Youssif met Spider-Man and Captain America while visiting Universal Studios.
Spidey then gave the boy from a far-away land a gentle hug, embracing him in his iconic blue and red tights. He showed Youssif a few tricks, like how to shoot a web from his wrist. Only this […]

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Comics on your cell phone

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

The International Herald Tribune has an article about comics being released onto the cell phone. Some points I found interesting:
“It opens up a market that wouldn’t necessarily be seen as a traditional comic market,” writer Sean Demory said of the book’s launch last month.
[…]
But it touches on two strengthening trends: Comic book creators […]

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Comic Book Idol 3 is taking submissions

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

If you are one of those fancy up-and-coming writer/artist teams I’d suggest you give it a shot.

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Valiant gets f-ed in the A

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

So it turns out that Valiant is getting raped by Diamond over distribution: 
“After careful review and discussion, Diamond Comics and Valiant Entertainment mutually agreed that Harbinger: The Beginning will be distributed via the ‘Valiant Retailer Direct’ program and not through Diamond Comics Distributors,” reads the release.
“The Valiant Retailer Direct program ensures that Valiant readers receive Harbinger: The […]

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Valiant gets a new logo

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

In case you forgot Valiant is coming back and releasing a remastered Harbinger when it does. Well, today they got a new logo:
Valiant Entertainment, owner and manager of the popular Valiant Comics library of characters across all media, today unveiled the new Valiant logo. Designed by world famous corporate identity consultant Henry Steiner, the […]

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