THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
ANDY SCHMIDT TALKS TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEE
The Transformers: Bumblebee mini-series from IDW Publishing concludes next week with the fourth issue.
During The Continuum's recent visit to IDW in San Diego, editor Andy Schmidt talked about the final issue.
To view the video, CLICK HERE.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and two- to six-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on March 10, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Batman & Robin #10, Dante's Inferno #4 and Daytripper #4.
ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and four- to five-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on March 10, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Archie in Will You Marry Me, Archie & Friends #141 and Archie Digest #262.
FEBRUARY'S SALES FIGURES
Marvel Comics was the top publisher and Blackest Night #7 the top selling comic book for February, according to figures release by Diamond on Thursday
Marvel had 45.42 percent of the unit share and 41.66 percent of the market share to 34.37 percent and 30.95 for DC Comics.
For a chart of the top publishers, CLICK HERE.
The top 10 comics in order were Blackest Night #7 (DC), Siege #2 (Marvel), Green Lantern #51 (DC), Batman and Robin #8 (DC), Batman and Robin #9 (DC), Dark Avengers #14 (Marvel), New Avengers #62 (Marvel), Green Lantern Corps #45 (DC), The Flash: Rebirth #6 (DC) and Uncanny X-Men #521 (Marvel).
MARVEL COMICS ROUNDUP
Marvel Comics has released a fourth New Avengers teaser image.
This one features Jessica Jones.
In other Marvel news:
* The publisher has unveiled the movie variant cover to Iron Man: Legacy #1.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* Marvel Zombies 5 #2 will have covers by Mike Kaluta and Salva Espin.
* Peter Parker #1 will feature a Li'l Petey short story by Fred Hembeck.
MAY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted May solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Ape Entertainment.
* Archaia Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Bluewater Productions.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
* Husband and wife
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor are guest-starring in the Monday, March 8 episode of Phineas and Ferb on Disney XD.
Here's how Disney XD describes the episode, titled "The Beak:"
"Stiller voices a super villain and Taylor plays his nagging wife. Stiller's character arrives in Danville to challenge Phineas and Ferb after the boys are mistaken as a superhero (while wearing an indestructible suit they designed to safely conquer their newly built extreme skate-track) known as The Beak. With the super villain wreaking havoc, it's up to Phineas and Ferb to thwart him while Dr. Doofenshmirtz tells the people of the Tri-State area that he is in charge in hopes that they will actually just go along with it."
* Image Comics has announced that Betsy Gomez will take over the position of public relations and marketing coordinator. Joe Keatinge will take on the new role of Image's sales and licensing coordinator.
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