Archaia Comics may be a small, independent publisher, but they are coming out in full force, offering fans a wide variety of titles. Best known for David Peterson’s Mouse Guard, Archaia has recently stepped up with a few newer titles that have taken off like wildfire such as Return of the Dapper Men and Cow Boy written by Nate Cosby and illustrated by Chris...
“Dexter Meets True Blood.” That’s how Tim Seeley described his new limited series Ex Sanguine to CBR at C2E2 this weekend. Ex Sanguine is a modern, realistic take on the incredibly popular vampire romance genre. If you’re expecting Twilight, turn back now. To be released through Dark Horse Comics, Ex Sanguine will be a far darker take on...
Many of you heard the news right here on Comic Booked that DC Comics would be running a series of books based on the Watchmen characters called Before Watchmen. This weekend at C2E2, DC hosted a panel featuring many of the creators and editors that will be working on this upcoming project. Among the creators in attendance where Joe Kubert, Brian Azzarello, Lee...
New things are on the way for Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s comic series Powers! That’s right, today at C2E2, news was announced during Marvel’s “Cup O’ Joe” panel, that after the current Powers 11 arc comes to a close, Powers will get a new #1 and become Powers: FBI. If you have been following this awesome series,...
Marvel has a new event in the works. Maybe you heard about it? Avengers VS X-Men? Anyway, they’re expecting this thing to be pretty big. So big that they organized a special panel for it at this year’s C2E2. Speaking at the Avengers VS X-Men panel was Chief Creator Officer Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, Senior VP of Creative & Creator...
DC made a splash at Chicago’s C2E2 with it’s All Access panel. With a lineup of speakers that included the likes of Bob Harras, Geoff Johns, J. Michael Straczynski and Scott Snyder, the stage was set for exactly the sort of impressive affair we’ve come to expect from these panels. Johns began by teasing DC’s Free Comic Book Day offering, describing it as...
Not in Chicago this weekend for the big C2E2 convention, but still want to know what DC Comics is saying about the future of The New 52? Don’t you worry, Comic Booked has got you covered! DC Comics’ The New 52 Panel was a who’s who of the company’s top talent, consisting of DC Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras, Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, Editorial...
Marvel always has a great showing at every con they attend. They hold some of the best panels and tease just the right amount of information to get fans hyped about upcoming titles, series, and characters. But I’m not just talking about their comics. In the recent years, Marvel’s television and film presence have both made great strides. Between Iron Man,...
C2E2 is currently going on in Chicago, and there’s been a lot of exciting news. Here’s the latest information to come out of Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man Panel! Dan Slott on Amazing Spider-Man, Ends of The Earth, and The Lizard: “Spider-Man is facing off with Black Widow and Silver Sable against Sandman in the desert.” “There...
With all the insanity that is C2E2 going on, it’s easy to miss out on some of the big announcements from the con floor! Luckily Comic Booked has you covered! Editor In Chief of Aspen Comics, Vince Hernandez, has just told Comic Booked’s own Victoria Paege that at C2E2 Aspen has announced acclaimed artist Mike DeBalfo will be taking on both cover and interior...
When the news of Scarlet Spider broke late in 2011, Spider-fans went nuts. Though the original Scarlet Spider, Peter Parker’s clone Ben Reilly, has long since been dead in the Marvel Universe, fans were excited for and hesitant of the revival. How would Marvel bring back the character? Needless to say, the story was handled excellently, and in the hands of the...
The anticipation for next month’s Kapow Comic Convention 2012 continues to build today, with the London-based event releasing a glimpse of its jam-packed schedule for the weekend of May 19th and 20th. Promising a heavy editorial presence from Marvel, DC and Image with Joe Quesada, Dan DiDio and Eric Stephenson all scheduled to host their own panels, not to...
It’s almost here: Free Comic Book Day! It’s Spring Break for Geeks and we here at Comic Booked are very excited for this annual event! So, continuing our month long preview of the books being offered, here is another FreeComicBookDay.com interview with the writer of Intrinsic: Free Comic Book Day 2012 Silver Sponsor, Arcana Studios, will...
Con season continues with C2E2! News is bound to flourish, and Mark Waid is keeping his name in the mix with an announcement about a comic website! I’ve been writing about the possibility of a new digital revolution in comic books for a while now, and Mark Waid’s name is one that keeps coming up again and again. He was involved from the beginning with...
