ICv2 Reports that 2022 Comic Stores Sales Went Bust
New comicbook releases, graphic novels, and back issues make up the three primary components of what is known as “comic sales,” which ICv2.com tends…
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ICV2 Writer Attacks Christians & Comics Fans to Defend Gay Superman
Steve Bennett, a columnist for ICV2 (a site I’ve largely lost interest in after they stopped making sales charts accessible) is celebrating Tom Taylor’s oh-so…
Advocacy or Analysis? New Republic Reviews ‘American Comics: A History’
The New Republic published a review of Jeremy Dauber’s new history book, “American Comics: A History”, which I’m guessing is probably yet another superficial view…
Artist Cully Hamner Exposes DC Comics Biggest Weaknesses
Alabama Live interviewed artist Hamner, and wouldn’t you know it, he’s another somebody who thinks Batman makes a far better choice than Superman: Batman…
Zenescope to Take Big Step in Right Direction for the Future of Comics
I found some interesting news from the past 2 months that still bears consideration. Zenescope, the Pennsylvania-based company with titles whose leading stars are sexpots…
The Reckoning: Why DC Comics Had to End Multiple Titles
Another sign that DC’s faring no better than Marvel, who cancelled at least a few of their series recently. Games Radar/Newsarama announced: Following the cancellations of…
Salad Days: 2019 Sales for Comics & Graphic Novel Topped $1.2 Billion
Comics and graphic novel sales topped $1.2 billion in 2019, according to a new joint estimate by Comichron’s John Jackson Miller and ICv2’s Milton Griepp.…
Diamond’s CEO Steve Geppi Can’t See the Damage His Monopoly Has Done to Comics
ICV2 ran an interview with Steve Geppi (CEO of Geppi Family Enterprises, the company that owns Diamond Comic Distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, and Diamond…
How the Comics Industry Must Shift in Order to Thrive Again
A writer at CBR is making the case I’ve been trying to make for goodness knows how long, that the industry needs to consider making…
Comic Fans Should Chill Out: Dan DiDio’s Firing Isn’t The End of DC
Want my opinion on the firing of Dan DiDio and the fallout and/or potential demise of DC Comics as we know it? Honestly, I…