August was a fair period for DC Comics, with a month trailing behind an event-launching Marvel Comics by about 3% in both unit and dollar share. This is traditionally a decent place for DC to land, although it’s barely a breath between a July where DC took the dollar share and a September where they…
NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — July 2013
The DC Top 10 (1) Superman Unchained #2 (165,754) (2) Batman #22 (132,047) (4) Justice League #22 (110,194) (5) Batman Annual #2 (101,726) (6) Batman Superman #2 (92,558) (7) Justice League of America #6 (86,192) (21) Detective Comics #22 (63,949) (22) Green Lantern #22 (62,415) (23) Justice League Dark #22 (61,465) (26) Batman and Catwoman…
ACCESS ALL AGES: May 2013
Another month in the books, a busy one for both me personally, as well as the comic book industry. Free Comic Book Day was everything that was hoped for, and I hope it drove lots of traffic into the comic book shops. There are a lot of series coming out in the coming months that…
THE HONOR ROLL: May 25, 2013
The Honor Roll is your weekly source for the top 5 books of the week! This week Karen D. of The Hangout is at the helm, check out the top of the heap from the Wednesday, May 22, 2013 releases! MIND MGMT #11 Written by Matt Kindt Art by Matt Kindt Publisher: Dark Horse Comics…
Review: THE GREEN TEAM #1
THE GREEN TEAM #1 Written by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani Art by Ig Guera and J.P. Mayer Release Date: May 22, 2013 Being a teen in the DC Universe is usually a pretty sad affair. You’re likely an orphan, adopted by some grim vigilante, or some mad science experiment gone wrong. Maybe (if you’re…
Hot Five: Week of May 22, 2013
Every week, Comicosity brings you our Hot Five, a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the comic market.…
C2E2 2013: Art and Franco on THE GREEN TEAM
In the final interview conducted at 2013’s C2E2 in Chicago, I spoke with creators Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, famed writer/artists on such books as Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, and their newest all-ages launch Aw Yeah Comics! But the guys are putting down their pencils for once, to launch a new book for DC Comics’ main New…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: Comics are a Business
I think it’s fair to say that comic book fans are some of the best conspiracy theorists around. And why wouldn’t we be? We’ve spent decades piecing together mysteries, looking behind cowls, and helping our heroes uncover plots against society perpetrated by their most fiendish foes. And, no offense to admirers of the House of…
Simone, Franco & Baltazar Pit THE GREEN TEAM Against THE MOVEMENT
DC Comics has announced via The Huffington Post that Gail Simone, Freddie Williams II, Art Baltazar and Franco will be creating two separate titles The Green Team and The Movement focusing on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Official Press Release It’s the 1% plus the 99%! This morning, THE HUFFINGTON POST exclusively announced two all-new series that…