Cyber Force Kickstarter closes with a $117,000 raise
Kickstarter is a topic that tends to get people worked up, both on the pro and con sides. Call it what you want, Top Cow just pulled in six figures to relaunch Cyber Force in what’s the biggest...
View ArticleDiamond announces August 2012 Best Sellers
Avengers Vs. X-Men #9 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in August 2012, according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest...
View Article“Daredevil”, “Hark! A Vagrant” Lead 2012 Harvey Awards Winners
If you weren’t following our Twitter feed or our Facebook page in real time on Saturday night (and good heavens, why weren’t you?) the 2012 Harvey Awards were given out at the Baltimore Comic-Con....
View ArticleWonder Woman on ‘Ms.’ Magazine’s Anniversary Cover… Again
In 1972, Wonder Woman famously graced the cover of the inaugural issue of Ms. magazine. The iconic image, with the proclamation “Wonder Woman for President” going across the top, instantly became...
View ArticleRenew at Ralphs and Help the Hero Initiative!
Y’know what goes great with easy fundraising? Pie! On September 1, Ralphs grocery stores wipes the slate clean on their “Community Contribution” program, and we need to build back from Square One! The...
View ArticleReview: “Marvel Comics: The Untold Story” by Sean Howe
Despite the massive mainstream success of comic-to-screen adaptations like Marvel’s The Avengers and DC’s The Dark Knight Rises, there hasn’t been much serious scholarship or long-form journalism...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: GRIMM & PERSON OF INTEREST – Shows To Be Thankful For
The second season of NBC’s GRIMM has turned the characters upside down, especially “Juliette” played by Bitsi Tulloch. She fills us in on how it all happened – and what’s coming up on the show when...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: GO ON Pushes NBC To The Top
The November TV Ratings Sweeps are over and for the first time in a while, NBC climbed to the top. Critics are saying that the win was due to several of the network’s new shows, including the comedy...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: Kurt Sutter On SONS Bloody End
SONS OF ANARCHY will be wrapping this season on a particularly bloody note, which has been the tone for the last few months. We talked with series creator Kurt Sutter about his plans to keep the...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: Howie Mandel’s Got Holiday Game
It’s a Christmas tradition at a lot of holiday parties. You might call it “Secret Santa” or “White Elephant” but now it’s getting super-sized and coming to NBC for five consecutive nights. Howie...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: ARROW’s Aim Is Still True
As ARROW hits the halfway mark of the TV season, fans and critics alike say it keeps getting better. We go backstage with the creators and cast to find out how they got this far, and what lies ahead...
View ArticleMike Gold’s Top 9 of 2012
It’s the end of the year, so it’s time for still another mindless list of favorites – maintaining a cloying, egotistical annual tradition throughout the media. Once again, here are my self-imposed...
View ArticleDENNIS O’NEIL: The World Must Make Sense
Here we are again: Christmas Eve, and I had an idea for a column – a kind of story/parable that would culminate in a macabre image involving the season’s most prominent icons. The Scrooge in me...
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Available Now: THE CESTUS CONCERN by MAT NASTOS WHO IS MALCOLM WEIR? Waking up in an operating room, much to the surprise of the attending surgeons, Malcolm Weir frantically fights his way out of a...
View ArticleMartha Thomases Makes Her Own Apologies
According to this story, which is a rumor on a rumor-mongering site (which I love!), Dan DiDio recently apologized to DC creative talent at an editorial retreat. He admitted that there had been...
View ArticleARE YOU READY FOR THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT?
New Pulp Publisher Pulp 2.0 Press has released The Knight Watchman: Graveyard Shift collected edition. Press Release: KNIGHT WATCHMAN: GRAVEYARD SHIFTBUY IT NOW!ONLY $8.99CREATESPACEAMAZON From the...
View ArticleMike Gold: Kill The Little Bastards
Spoiler Alert: In the current issue of Savage Dragon, writer/artist Erik Larson murdered a bunch of children. All I have to say about that is… it’s about time! Larson’s book has been around about as...
View ArticleHarvey Awards 2013 Final Ballot Announced, “Hawkeye” Gets 7 Noms
The final ballot for the 2013 Harvey Awards is now available. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in...
View ArticleMarc Alan Fishman: Jump In, Let’s Save the World
Erik Larsen, of Image Comics fame, said on his Facebook wall (and I’m paraphrasing and ignoring some of his sluttier words…) “Every comic is a jumping on point. Why are you so scared?” Those words hit...
View ArticleMichael Davis: The Top 10 Black Superheroes…
…Created By White Guys and Louise Simonson My sincere thanks to Grace Randolph 10. Black Lightning. Created by Tony Isabella What can I say about Black Lightning except for the fake Afro wig (decades...
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