Around the Tubes
The weekend is here and I plan on catching up on three weeks worth of books and begin the backlog of reviews. There’s still quite a few cons coming up, so planning begins for those as well. While I do that, what are folks plan for the weekend? While you contemplate that, here’s the news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
The Mary Sue – Womanthology Sets the Record Straight On Where Its Funds Are Going – One take on the controversy.
The Beat – Womanthology: $100k may go to help start a new comics imprint — UPDATED – Another take on the controversy.
The Beat – One Piece set record with 2 million sold in 4 days – See, sales can be good.
ICv2 – Wahlberg Ready to Strap on ‘2 Guns’ – Another comic movie!
Ars Technica – Spoilers don’t spoil anything – An interesting article about spoilers and if they really ruin things.
Monthly/Quarterly Sales:
ICv2 – ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #666 Tops July Sales
ICv2 – Top 300 Comics Actual–July 2011
ICv2 – Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual–July 2011
Around the Tubes Reviews:
IGN – The Amazing Spider-Man #667
CBR – Amazing Spider-Man #667
IGN – American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3
IGN – Artifacts #9
IGN – Batgirl #24
IGN – Batman and Robin #26
IGN – Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #522
IGN – Booster Gold #47
IGN – Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #3
IGN – Daken: Dark Wolverine #12
IGN – Deadpool #41
IGN – Fear Itself #5
CBR – Fear Itself #5
IGN – Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #2
IGN – Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #3
IGN – Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #3
IGN – Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3
IGN – Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #3
IGN – Ghost Rider #2
IGN – Hellboy: The Fury #3
CBR – Hellboy: The Fury #3
IGN – The Incredible Hulks #634
IGN – Morning Glories #11
IGN – The New Avengers #15
IGN – PunisherMAX #16
IGN – The Red Wing #2
IGN – Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #1
IGN – Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1
IGN – Ultimate Comics: Fallout #5
IGN – The Unwritten #28
IGN – Vengeance #2
IGN – War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #2
IGN – X-Men #15.1
IGN – X-Men Legacy #253
Paste Magazine – Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (8/10/11)
