The winners of the 2013 Harvey Awards were announced at the Baltimore Comic-Con, with Saga the big winner with a whopping 6 awards. Other winners include Hawkeye and the most recent volume of Blacksad: A Silent Hell. Saga‘s six awards made Image the big winner on the night as well, but three creators on Marvel …
Tag: Image Comics
Sep 03 2013
‘Saga’ wins Best Graphic Story at 2013 Hugo Awards
Image Comics’ Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, has taken out the award for Best Graphic Story at the 2013 Hugo Awards. The World Science Fiction Society’s Hugo Awards were announced for the year at a ceremony LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas. The toastmaster was Paul Cornell, himself a Hugo winner for his work on …
Aug 31 2013
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of August 2013
Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover. Welcome back to our continuing monthly column, where the covers tell a story of their …
Aug 15 2013
Graphic Bits Reviews: Batman #23, East of West #5, JLA #7 and Saga #13
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (14 August 2013), “Zero Year” continues in Batman #23, and it’s the Trinity War in Justice League of America #7. Then things get even …
Aug 14 2013
Highlights from Image Comics November 2013 Solicitations – Black Science, Umbral, Alex + Ada, Manifest Destiny, Protectors Inc, Strangeways and A Voice in The Dark
Image Comics are certainly not slackening off in the last part of the year, with no less than seven new #1 titles on the shelves throughout the ninth month of the Roman calendar, but the eleventh for those of us working under the Julian and Gregorian systems. BLACK SCIENCE #1 Originally announced back in July …
Aug 09 2013
Review: Sidekick #1
J. Michael Straczynski launches another book in the Joe’s Comics line, although it is one that might just live up to its title. The deconstruction of the superhero genre in the pages of comic books continues unabated, with several titles this year already posing the question of ‘what happens when the thrill is gone?’ Following the …
Aug 09 2013
Graphic Bits Reviews: Avengers A.I. #2, Green Arrow #23, Green Lantern #23, Hunger #2, Satellite Sam #2 and Ten Grand #4
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (7 August 2013) we get sophomore efforts from Avengers A.I. (Marvel), Hunger (Marvel) and Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin’s truly brilliant Satellite Sam (Image …
Jul 31 2013
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of July 2013
Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover. Welcome back to our continuing monthly column, where the covers tell a story of their …
Jul 27 2013
Graphic Bits Reviews: The Bounce #3, Lazarus #2, Superior Spider-man Team-Up #1, Tomorrowland #1 and What If? AvX #3
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts.