Comic News

DC Relaunches Everything and Goes Day and Date

Well shit
just got real as DC just announced that not only are the rumors of them re-launching
every ongoing title with a brand new #1 attached to it, true, but that with the
launch of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s brand new Justice League #1 all of their
comics are going digital day and date. What’s that mean? You better grab a
tablet computer, because you’ll be able to get every DC comic book released in
comic stores on Wednesday on your tablet computer. I’m sure about half of the
industry is crapping its pants right now and retailers are will no doubt cut
their orders in half in anticipation of lost sales. 

Comic Book Movie Night: Hawkman

Comic book movies, comic books, comic book movies, they won’t
stop coming! You want them and Hollywood has them. Word on the streets is that
Carter Hall is up next from Warner Brothers. That’s Hawkman for all you posers. Part INDIANA JONES/DA VINCI CODE, part GHOST tentpole about the
fictional superhero that appears in D.C. Comic books. He used archaic
weaponry and large, artificial wings attached to a harness made of the
Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkman work closely
with a partner/romantic interest named Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman in his
fight against supervillains. Based on the DC comic.

Video Time – Kirby Krackle: Ring Capacity

Nerd music is becoming popular there’s no question about it. With “Nerdcore Rap” from Adam WarRock to “Geek Rock” from Kirby Krackle, you can’t deny that the once niche music is becoming increasingly more mainstream. With that being said, Kirby Krackle’s newest video inspired by the Green Lantern comic series, is entitled Ring Capacity. Enjoy the catchey song and the wonderful video from Betsy Lee.

Digital Deal – Boom! 3 Day Androids Sale

Now’s a great time to catch up on Boom!’s adaption of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep aka the inspiration for Blade Runner. Comixology is having a 3 day sale for all twenty one issues of the series thus far. The best part is that the first issue is already free! Jump on this offer for either their web browser or the i-thingy apps here.

Blizzard’s Manga Now on Cryptozoic’s Comics Reader

Ever hear of a game called Warcraft? No. Okay, what about
Starcraft?  Yeah, me neither. But it doesn’t matter because now you can read both
of them and their magical worlds on the new Cryptozoic Comics reader; which is
on your favorite iSO device (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad).

To celebrate the exclusive release of Blizzard digital manga
on the Cryptozoic Comics reader, they are offering a free download of Warcraft:
Legends Vol. 1 through June 2nd (Pacific Daylight Time). That’s over 160 pages,
four stories set in the Warcraft universe, absolutely free. What a deal!If that
wasn’t enough, they also have free samples of StarCraft:
Ghost Academy, World of Warcraft: Death
Knight, and Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy.

Digital Deal – Green Lantern 101 Sale

This weekend for 48 hours only Comixology is having a Green Lantern 101 sale. This is a great chance to either add a lot of Green Lantern comics to you digital collection on the cheap or to read some classic GL in it’s remastered digital form. The sale includes old and new Green Lantern books so its worth looking at least. Just makes sure you that you jump on the deal since it’ll be over before Monday hits.

Flashpoint Friday – New Round Up – Geoff Johns Leaves The Flash

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for DC to dump a ton of Flashpoint news and previews upon the world, but the biggest news is that Geoff Johns will be leaving the Flash series after Flashpoint #5. Johns has had an extensive run on Flash in the past and has brought Barry Allen back to the DC forefront in a big way, but it’s still surprising to see him leave right after the event. Unless a big name creator comes on board you can expect a sales slump almost instantly as history shows us (See Flash and Wonder Woman’s relaunch after Final Crisis).

Crossed: Wish You Were Here Webcomic

Who
loves Avatar Press and their awesome Crossed series? I do, I do!! 
Avatar are set to launch a new weekly webcomic in October, based on
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ Crossed.

Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier (Gutsville, X-Men) and Javier Barreno (Crossed Family Values) will be announced at Phoenix Comic Con and the new website hosting the free weekly Crossed episodes will be at www.crossedcomic.com. The site will also cover Crossed in print, online and in the movies, with commentary from notable types.

Crossed: Wish You Were Here will follow the Freakangels format,
serialised online, collected in trade paperbacks and translated around
the world. The webcomic will be free weekly episodes that are later
collected in print volumes, similar to the FreakAngels model.

Apsen Comics are Now Digital

Shipping in August – Aspen Comics

We’re back again with another bunch of books shipping in August this time from Aspen. They’ll be launching another original series Broken Pieces and continuing the Hit List Agenda in the Executive Assistant Iris-verse so take a look at Aspen’s August offerings.