Category: Comic News

  • Press Release: Gorilla Swings Through Chicago

    Press Release: Gorilla Swings Through Chicago

    Ape Entertainment artists come to Wizard World Chicago (San Diego, CA – August 16, 2010) Ape Entertainment is bringing some of the most groundbreaking creators to Wizard World Chicago while also hunting for new talent.  Pocket God iPhone app creators Dave Castelnuovo and Allan Dye will be on hand, courtesy of Wizard World, to sign…

  • Vote for Lincoln Butterfield, Win an RIP M.D. Graphic Novel

    Vote for Lincoln Butterfield, Win an RIP M.D. Graphic Novel

    Now, here’s an odd little competition. Lincoln Butterfield Animation are currently giving away a copy of their latest all-ages book RIP M.D., as well as offering a personalised caricature as part of the ‘Will the real Lincoln Butterfield please stand up?’ promotion. Several artists have each illustrated their idea of exactly what a personified Lincoln…

  • Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone

    Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone

    Pocket God digital comic app explodes to the top (San Diego, CA – August 10, 2010) Ape Entertainment announced today that their iPhone comic book app for the Pocket God property is currently ranked in the top twenty five of all apps in the paid comic book category. The app exploded after release on August…

  • Eagle Awards Land at London MCM Expo this October

    Eagle Awards Land at London MCM Expo this October

    It looks like the ever-expanding MCM Expo has added another string to it bow; from this October the Eagle Awards will be taking up residency at London’s Excel centre. The popular comic book awards struggled to find a home last year, and will reportedly become a stable feature of MCM Expo’s May event from 2011…

  • Cognito Comic’s Operation Ajax Debuts on iPad Active Reader

    Cognito Comic’s Operation Ajax Debuts on iPad Active Reader

    While digitally distributed comics are nothing new, it arguably took the unveiling of the iPad to not only get the medium some much needed mainstream attention, but to give us geeks something to read said digital comics with on the go. All, while flaunting that super slick, super shiny screen, naturally. Emerging publisher Cognito Comics…

  • ‘Isness’ Fotonovel Project Seeks Donors

    ‘Isness’ Fotonovel Project Seeks Donors

    A bunch of Brooklyn creatives led by multimedia artist Stavit Allweis need your donations to help fund Isness, a gruesome fotonovela chronicling the last 24 hours in the lives of the sole surviving family of a post-apocalyptic future. For those unaware of what exactly a fotonovela is, the format was essentially a comic book with…

  • New Titan Book Site Launched

    Graphic novel and movie tie-in publisher Titan Books has launched its new website at www.titanbooks.com, timed to coincide with the San Diego Comic-Con. Unlike your average publisher website, however, there’s a great blog section here that’s already brimming with interviews with such creators as Mike Carey and Frank Quitely. From the press release: As part…

  • ‘American Terrorist’ Needs Your Support

    ‘American Terrorist’ Needs Your Support

    I was away when I received this info, so this is probably coming at the 11th hour. And yes, that headline was intended to aggravate. Essentially, Tyler & Wendy Chin-Tanner of publishing company A Wave Blue World are looking for comic fans to help fund a print run of their comic project American Terrorist via…