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Image announces pulp horror graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker

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Image Comics has announced that Alex de Campi (Archie vs. Predator) and Erica Henderson (Squirrel Girl) are teaming for the original graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker, a pulp horror which promises to put an action-filled twist on Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Straddling two different timelines, Dracula, Motherf**ker travels between Vienna, 1889 where Dracula’s brides nail him […]

Wonder Woman #750 and Absolute Carnage lead bestselling comic books and graphic novels of January 2020

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DC Comics celebrated eight decades of the Amazon Princess last month with Wonder Woman #750, with the the milestone issue proving to be the top-selling comic book of January 2020 according to Diamond Comic Distributors. Aside from Batman #86, Marvel dominated the rest of the top ten, while the House of Ideas also scored the […]

Doomsday Clock and House of X/Powers of X top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of December 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock #12 was the bestselling comic book of December 2019, while Marvel retained its position as the top publisher and also led the graphic novel chart with its hardcover collection of House of X/Powers of X. Here’s the full breakdown… SEE ALSO: DC’s Detective Comics #1000 […]

DC’s Detective Comics #1000 and Watchmen top bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2019, but Marvel is the #1 publisher overall

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Diamon Comic Distributors has released details of the top selling titles for 2019, with DC Comics claiming top spot in both the comic book and graphic novel charts but Marvel ending the year as the top publisher in the industry with a 40.2% dollar share and 44.7% unit share compared to DC’s 29.3% and 30.7%. […]

Gold Sponsor titles for Free Comic Book Day 2020 announced

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The Free Comic Book Day Committee has announced the twelve Gold Sponsor titles which will be available during the comic book industry’s most anticipated event, Free Comic Book Day, which takes place this coming May and features titles from the likes of DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Archie Comics, […]

Image announces The Beatles graphic novel Paul Is Dead

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Image Comics has announced the upcoming release of the speculative fiction graphic novel Paul Is Dead from creators Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti, which takes place in November 1966 and explores the the most popular conspiracy theory in music history – the supposed death of The Beatles’ Paul McCartney. John Lennon can’t speak, he can’t […]

New Mutants and DCeased lead bestselling comic books and graphic novels of November 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced details of the bestselling direct sales titles for November 2019, with Marvel’s New Mutants #1 and DC Comics’ DCeased leading the comic bo0k and graphic novel charts respectively. Check out the full top tens here, as well as a breakdown of publisher dollar and unit share for the month… Top […]

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips reunite for Pulp

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Image Comics has announced that the multiple Eisner Award-winning creative team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are reuniting for the original graphic novel Pulp, a tale of 30s-era crime which is set for release this May. Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the […]

X-Men and Doomsday Clock lead bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has once again announced its bestselling direct sales titles for the past month, with Marvel and DC sharing the spoils, the former topping the comic book chart with X-Men #1 and the latter leading the pack in terms of graphic novels with Doomsday Clock: Part 1. Bestselling Comic Books of October 2019 […]

Comic Book Review – Copra #1

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Copra #1… Why start in the middle if you can start at the beginning? Most of the time I’d say that was a rhetorical question, and the first five volumes of Copra (which were originally self-published by series creator, Michel Fiffe) are available now from Image Comics, but this is where having […]