Top Shelf to Release Print Edition of Strong Female Protagonist Webcomic If you’re one of those folks who love good comics but only like them in print form, you’ll soon be able to get your hands on one of the best superhero comics coming out today. Strong Female Protagonist, an on-going webcomic by Brennan Lee Mulligan…
New Bundle of Holding: Treasure Trove of Games by Women!
Bundle of Holding offers collections of independent tabletop RPGs at a discount for a limited time, with 10% of the price going to charity. Games are grouped by by theme, collecting the Pathfinder system books together, or even collections of spooky music to give your Trail of Cthulhu game that extra creepy vibe. Their current…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: A Pay-What-You-Want Bonanza!
Alison Bechdel’s New Graphic Novel Focuses on Fitness Struggles Fresh off the announcement of her MacArthur “genius grant” award, the first reveal of Alison Bechdel’s new work has arrived. The Secret to Superhuman Strength will, like her previous works, focus on auto-biography as Bechdel chronicles her decades-long obsession with various fitness fads and athletic hobbies…
A Musical Plea to Make Dredd II
Composers Jon and Al Kaplan have released their latest internet musical and its humorous plea to bring in Karl Urban for Dredd II. Dredd: The Musical points out that there are many more villains in Mega-City One that need to be judged. The two minute thirty-five second song nugget also includes a reminder of why the 1995 Judge…
Comixology adds over 4,000 comics and graphics novels to their DRM-free library
Comixology announced the second wave of publishers participating in their DRM-free library. The DRM-free backup feature was announced earlier this year during the Comixology panel at San Diego Comic Con, with a first round of publishers Image Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Zenescope Entertainment, MonkeyBrain Comics, Thrillbent, and Top Shelf Productions. Comixology also gave the option to…
The DC Daily Planet: Crisis Not Averted
Happy Friday, caped crusaders! I don’t know about you, but this week has been all uphill over here. Fortunately, it’s almost over, and we can all party for the weekend! My place at 8, bring margaritas, okay?
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Interviews Bonanza!
Lumberjanes Creators Talk Friendship, Girlhood and Social Media Recently upgraded from a miniseries to an on-going, Lumberjanes from BOOM! Studios has generated a lot of buzz in the comics world. Creators Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watter spoke to ComicsAlliance about how Lumberjanes came to be, the upswelling of support for the book from social…
The DC Daily Planet: Secret, Secret, Secret TUNNEL — I mean, Six!
Big news this week! Let’s take a moment from stopping volcanoes and unwinding twisters to discuss, caped crusaders.
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Webcomics, Kids’ Comics, and Trippy Sci-Fi Goodness
Prologue to Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s Ody-C Comes Online, Not to be Included with Comic The creators of this sci-fi, gender-swapped retelling of The Odyssey have put up a prologue to the story that won’t be included in the comic itself. It’s beautiful and strange, absolutely unlike anything that’s on the stands today. Christian…
The DC Daily Planet: Under the Radar
Good morning, caped crusaders! The news from DC this week is a little thin on the ground, but let’s see what we can sniff out, yes?
The Thursday Book Beat: The Understudy Edition
Good morning, book lovers! Ardo is taking a break this week, presumably so she can fight crime 24/7, so I’m taking over the Book Beat for today. Or maybe this is a coup! At last, Book Beat, you are mine. Mine!
The DC Daily Planet: Gotham Has the Worst Luck
Happy Friday, Caped Crusaders! I woke up to a disturbing headline in my inbox, and that means I get to share it with all of you, because what is true friendship if not shared suffering?