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So who spent the weekend watching Daredevil?

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The Comichron – March 2015 sales mildly up as comics outperform graphic novels; Princess Leia #1 leads the charts – Good news.

iO9 – The Most Depressing Days In Daredevil’s Preposterously Sad History – Yeah, there’s been a lot of low points.

Venturebeat – New Nintendo mobile partner DeNA confirms layoffs at Vancouver game studio – Wonder how this’ll affect their Marvel or Transformers games.

iO9 – The First Ever Sketch Of Wonder Woman Is Going On Sale – Very cool piece of history.

BoingBoing – Make this display frame that holds 10 comic books – This is really cool.

 

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CBR – Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle #1

Talking Comics – Convergence: The Question #1

Bleeding Cool – Rat Queens #10

CBR – S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

Preview: Rat Queens #10

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Rat Queens #10

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: AUG140669
Published: April 8, 2015

Palisade is shattered and recovering from the grand battle against the Spawn of N’Rygoth while the Rat Queens try to pick up the pieces of their fractured bond. Hey, we never promised it would all be candy and drugs.

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Rat Queens Wins GLAAD Media Awards

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26GMA_long_r1a_0The winners of 16 of this year’s 31 media categories for the GLAAD Media Awards were announced at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards March 21. The awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.

In one geek related award, GLAAD previously announced that it was acknowledging BioWare’s hit video game Dragon Age: Inquisition with a Special Recognition Award.

This year’s nominees in the comics category were:

  • Hawkeye, written by Matt Fraction and published by Marvel
  • Lumberjanes, written by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis and published by BOOM! Studios
  • Memetic, written by James Tynion IV and published by BOOM! Studios
  • Rat Queens, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe and published by Image Comics
  • Saga, written by Brian K. Vaughan and published by Image Comics

Last night it was announced the Kurtis Wiebe’s Rat Queens had won. Congrats to all the nominees and Wiebe on the win!

Preview: Rat Queens #9

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Rat Queens #9

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover By: Jenny Frison
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: JUL140569
Published: March 4, 2015

“THE FAR REACHING TENTACLES OF N’RYGOTH,” PART FOUR. Life in Palisade is a goblet of toasty sweet mulled wine. But this issue is the skull-pounding headache the next morning when all you’re left with is the consequences. And they are life-changing, awful ones at that. SPECIAL COVER BY SUPERSTAR ARTIST JENNY FRISON!

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26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees Announced

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26GMA_long_r1a_0GLAAD every year hosts an award ceremony to recognize some of the best entertainment when it comes to the LGBT community with their GLAAD Media Awards, and this includes a category for comics. The awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. They also fund GLAAD’s work to amplify stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality.

The nominees for the 26th annual awards have been announced and those being honored are:

  • Hawkeye, written by Matt Fraction and published by Marvel
  • Lumberjanes, written by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis and published by BOOM! Studios
  • Memetic, written by James Tynion IV and published by BOOM! Studios
  • Rat Queens, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe and published by Image Comics
  • Saga, written by Brian K. Vaughan and published by Image Comics

The awards ceremony will be held on each coast, March 21 in Beverly Hills, California and May 9 in New York, New York. Congrats to all of the nominees!

Preview: Rat Queens Special: Braga #1

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Rat Queens Special: Braga #1

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Tess Fowler
Cover By: Tess Fowler
Cover By: Roc Upchurch
Variant Cover By: Roc Upchurch
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: NOV140672
Published: January 14, 2015

“BRAGA: THE ONCE PRINCE, NOW BASTARD” Before joining the Peaches, Braga was destined to become the greatest leader of her people. But a life changing decision proved too controversial for even her most devout followers. A former life paved on the bodies of her enemies left behind…what choice was worth losing everything? Featuring guest artist TESS FOWLER! Special incentive cover by regular artist ROC UPCHURCH!

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Stjepan Sejic Joins Rat Queens

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Image Comics/Shadowline‘s high fantasy series Rat Queens written by Kurtis J. Wiebe will welcome a new artist: Stjepan Sejic for issues 9-11.

The Rat Queens Special: Braga #1 will feature guest artist Tess Fowler and release on January 14. Sejic’s art will premiere in the following issue, Rat Queens #9, on February 25. The series will be monthly with #12 soliciting for a May release.

Rat Queens Special: Braga #1 featuring guest artist Tess Fowler hits shelves on 1/14 and can be ordered with Diamond Code NOV140673. Rat Queens #9 with new series artist Stjepan Sejic will hit shelves on 2/25 and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code JUL140569.

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Preview: Rat Queens #8

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Rat Queens #8

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Roc Upchurch
Cover By: Tyler Jenkins
Variant Cover By: Michael Avon Oeming
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: JUN140495
Published: October 1, 2014

“THE FAR REACHING TENTACLES OF N’RYGOTH,” PART THREE If your enemy is just too damn strong, well…when you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. And then from the safety of their trust, that’s when you kill ‘em with a good rusty blade to the spine. Rat Queens style.

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Preview: Rat Queens #7

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Rat Queens #7

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Roc Upchurch
Cover By: Roc Upchurch
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: APR140585
Published: July 16, 2014

THE FAR REACHING TENTACLES OF N’RYGOTH, Part Two You didn’t see that coming, did you? Neither did the Queens but now they have an ally on their side with an innate knowledge of N’Rygoth, which is good because they’re going to need every bit of help they can get. Palisade is overrun with tentacle monsters.

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Rat Queens, the Animated TV Series

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RatQueens_01_CVR_FINAL_smIt is being reported by Variety that Kurtis Weibe and Roc Upchuch‘s comic series Rat Queens is being adapted into an animated television series courtesy of Weta Workshop‘s Pukeko Pictures and Heavy Metal. The plan is the develop the comics into a 30 minute show, and then pitching it to TV networks.

The fantasy series features an all female team, and is a popular series, breaking out with a solid female fan base, leading an explosion of such comics to the market. The series is published by Image Comics‘ partner Shadowline.

This is the second series of Weibe’s to be adapted. His other Image comic Peter Panzerfaust is being adapted by BBC Worldwide. Heavy Metal is also producing that.

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