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. Except for shamefully missing last month due to our live show …
Tag: Mark Buckingham
Jul 31 2014
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of July 2014
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. We can say again because we’re back on schedule. Why …
Jul 22 2014
Behind The Panels Issue 101 – Fables: Legends in Exile and Animal Farm
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 101, the comic book show that killed Archie. In this issue, Thor becomes a Disney princess. Still not as strange as the time he was a frog, or when Loki gave birth to a horse. ALSO a new Captain America, Iron Man goes silver, Marvel Studios announce film dates until …
Jan 01 2014
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of December 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 own. It’s …
Nov 02 2013
Bill Willingham announces that ‘Fables’ to end with issue #150
Writer Bill Willingham announced on his website that the long-running Vertigo title Fables. The companion series Fairest will also end shortly prior to this, and he also announced that he will be mostly retiring from comic book writing work as well. “Retirement in the storytelling trade means, still working and writing every day, but being …
Oct 31 2013
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of October 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 02 2013
DC/Vertigo releases details of 6 new titles, adds ‘Suiciders’, ‘Coffin Hill’, ‘The Witching Hour’
Following yesterday’s announcement via the New York Times of six new Vertigo titles coming up before the end of the year, the official DC Comics blog has now unveiled the remaining unannounced titles – Coffin Hill from Caitlin Kittredge and Inaki Miranda, Suiciders from Lee Bermejo and The Witching Hour, a new anthology that promises …
Feb 05 2013
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of January 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, or at least it would be if we …