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Power
Ranking
the Varying
Comic Book Formats

Off
Panel:
Writer Ed
Brubaker on
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I Tried to Talk to Comic Publishers about the ComiXology Changes

It went about as well as expected.

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What is Dead May Never Die

On Marvel’s present-day obsession with the past, and why it feels more tired than ever.

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The Launch Week from Hell: Answering 13 Questions about ComiXology’s Big Changes

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Spawn is Having a Moment. Again.

One of Image’s original sensations was amongst the industry’s top sellers in 2021. Let’s dig into why that might be.

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Bringing Dirtbag Rapture to Life

Let’s get really, really, really into the weeds on how comics come together, with a current Oni series as our focus.

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On an Enormous Year for Big Bang Comics, from the Shop Itself

Or, How Big Bang Comics Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lockdown

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“There Really Doesn't Seem to Be Anything We Can't Overcome”: Shops on a Big, Bonkers Year in Comics Retail

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Finding a New Path

The shape of what a career as a direct market comics creator might be changing. Let’s look at what that means exactly.

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A Tale of Two Conventions

2021’s Emerald City Comic Con happened at a rather unusual time. What kind of experience did that lead to?

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House of Ideas, No More?

The biggest direct market publisher feels adrift. What's bringing them down?

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