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Good Thing: Welcome 'Mayhem' to the Ring!!!

Tara Marie — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:00:17 +0000

Mayhem is one of the coolest indie comics I've ever read. It's feminist, fierce and funny. The colors, the artwork, the characters and the villains --- all of it is so fresh and fun and new. It's the type of book you read and re-read and recommend to everyone. And chances are, you've never seen it before or even heard of it. But that's because you don't live in Austin, Texas (how dare you!?). See, that's where I was when I discovered this book, in among the indie comics. From the moment I saw the cover I was in. Continue reading…

AfterShock's Heroes Share A Last Supper On Digital Exclusive Covers

Elle Collins — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:40:42 +0000

AfterShock is teaming with Comixology to offer digital exclusive interlocking covers across seven of their titles, featuring art by Mike Zagari and colors by Gabe Eltaeb. The covers will only be available via Comixology until April 11.

'70s Gotham (And '70s Nightwing) Come To Life In 'Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77' [Exclusive Preview]

Elle Collins — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:30:20 +0000

The retro-TV adventures in DC's digital-first line just keep getting cooler, particularly in Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77. If you haven't been reading the crossover series by Marc Andreyko, Jeff Parker, and David Hahn, you've been missing out on a decades-spanning-epic. The story began in the 1940s, with WWII-era Wonder Woman meeting a young Bruce Wayne. Then it continued in 1966, with Batman and Robin following Ra's al Ghul's trail to Paradise Island. Here in Chapter Nine, available digitally March 22, the story jumps forward again, to 1977, as Wonder Woman rides her motorcycle to Gotham City in search of Batman. But this is a decade after Batman's heyday, and things have changed in the years since. Check out an exclusive preview of chapter nine. Continue reading…

On The Cheap: Get A Comprehensive Collection Of 'Batwoman' Comics In Comixology Sale

Kieran Shiach — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:00:27 +0000

This is the year of Batwoman and not only is she kicking butt twice-monthly in Detective Comics, tomorrow sees the release of Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Steve Epting and Jeremy Cox's Batwoman #1. If you need to catch up on why Kate Kane is one of the best new --- or reimagined if you want to be pedantic --- characters of the past ten years, Comixology has young covered with a massive sale featuring a tonne of Batwoman comics.

On The Cheap: Get 'Cosmic Scoundrels,' 'Parker,' And More In IDW's Latest Humble Bundle

Chris Sims — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:00:23 +0000

The Humble Bundle deals on comics are usually a pretty good way to catch up with older stories that you may have missed out on, but every now and then, there's one that features a brand new title to love --- and right now, the IDW Creator Showcase bundle is offering up a pretty good mix of both.

Not only is it full of old favorites like Locke & Key and 30 Days of Night, it also features the debut issue of Andy Suriano and Matt Chapman's Cosmic Scoundrels --- and friends, that is a comic book that hit shelves last week that can be yours (along with a ton of other great titles) for as little as a buck.

Cartoonist Katie Longua And Chiptune Musician Accumulator Join Forces For 'Her Space Opera' [Interview]

Steve Morris — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:00:07 +0000

Artist Katie Longua has long been a favorite here at ComicsAlliance, creating distinctive, vibrant comics that sing with energy and jump straight off the page. After the success of her madcap risograph comic Munchies, it became clear that she's an artist with a kaleidoscope in her mind and a hugely exciting future in comics. Her newest project, Her Space Opera, is another ambitious, visually stunning piece of work.

In collaboration with chiptune musician Accumulator, every page of the comic is accompanied by a different song from his newest album. Designed with his songs in mind, the comic creates a journey through space and creates a singular approach to narrative. Longua came onto the project with the album already in the works, and set about bending the music into visual life. ComicsAlliance spoke to Longua and Accumulator about how their collaboration came about.

Good Thing: Escape into the Surreal Hypercomics of Daniel Merlin Goodbrey

Charlotte Finn — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:00:02 +0000

One of the ideas explored by Scott McCloud in Reinventing Comics is the notion of the comics page as infinite canvas, doing things a print comic could never hope to do. Many comics makers from the 2000s online comics scene took up the challenge, and one of the standouts was --- and is --- UK artist Daniel Merlin Goodbrey.

On The Cheap: Get Three Years Of Cassandra Cain's 'Batgirl' Adventures For $18

Chris Sims — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:20:18 +0000

This week, Comixology has launched a Batgirl sale, celebrating 50 years since Barbara Gordon first donned the cape and cowl in 1967's Detective Comics #359. If you're a fan of Babs, there's plenty there to choose from --- including Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr's critically acclaimed "Batgirl of Burnside" relaunch, the post-Rebirth world-traveling adventures, and even some underrated deep-cut classics like Batgirl Adventures and DC First in there, too. But Barbara Gordon isn't the only character to ever take the identity of Batgirl, and if you're up for diving into the hazy years of the early 2000s, there's a bunch of great stories in there about the second Batgirl, Cassandra Cain. Continue reading…

Dennis Culver And Denis Medri's 'Ursa Minor' Is The High Concept You've Been Waiting For

Chris Sims — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:40:35 +0000

Earlier this week, Dennis Culver emailed me to tell me that he had a new comic coming out, and when I found out what the premise was, I sent him back an email that was literally just all-caps cussing. It's called Codename: Ursa Minor, and the high concept is that there's a government agent from the height of the Soviet Union who has the power to shrink down and become a tiny little grizzly bear, because a tiny little grizzly bear is the perfect assassin.

And if you're not cussing right now, then folks, I don't know what to tell you. I can barely even handle that idea.

On The Cheap: Get Warren Ellis's Run On 'Stormwatch' For $12 Total

Chris Sims — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:00:07 +0000

This week's debut of The Wild Storm is pretty interesting for a lot of reasons, but chief among them is the return of Warren Ellis to the superhero universe that he helped to shape into the setting of some of the most compelling superhero stories of the past 20 years. Well, kind of a return, I suppose, but while the new series is a reboot from the ground up, there's definitely a history there. And with that history, as ever, comes a sale on Comixology.