[Roger Kaputnik]

Anyone else reading this stuff?

[Ang]

I've never enjoyed reading comic books. And the closest I've come to a graphic novel is Stephen King's Gunslinger series. The books have 5 to 6 full color illustrations.
I prefer to use my imagination. Then after I've read the book, if there is a movie about it, I will watch the movie to see how close my imagination comes to the authors.

[Roger Kaputnik]

I am hooked on two series, both from Vertigo publishers:

1. Fables

2. Preacher.


Very good.

[Ang]

Now you can read your fav Marvel comics online....

http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/20...ainment_3493271

Marvel Comics Takes An Online Leap
Many Of Its Older Comics Will Be On View; Downloads Not Allowed


LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13, 2007
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Marvel Comics is putting 2,500 comic book issues online – including Captain America. Only some of Marvel's favorites will be available and downloads will not be allowed.
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(AP) Marvel is putting some of its older comics online, hoping to reintroduce young people to the X-Men and Fantastic Four by showcasing the original issues in which such characters appeared.

It is a tentative move onto the Internet: Comics can only be viewed in a Web browser, not downloaded, and new issues will only go online at least six months after they first appear in print.

Still, it represents perhaps the comics industry's most aggressive Web push yet. Even as their creations - from Iron Man to Wonder Woman - become increasingly visible in pop culture through new movies and video games, old-school comics publishers rely primarily on specialized, out-of-the-way comic shops for distribution of their bread-and-butter product.

"You don't have that spinner rack of comic books sitting in the local five-and-dime any more," said Dan Buckley, president of Marvel Publishing. "We don't have our product intersecting kids in their lifestyle space as much as we used to."

Translate "kids' lifestyle space" into plain English and you get "the Internet." Marvel's two most prominent competitors currently offer online teasers designed to drive the sales of comics or book collections.

Dark Horse Comics now puts its monthly anthologies "Dark Horse Presents" up for free viewing on its MySpace site. The images are vibrant and large.

DC Comics has also put issues up on MySpace, and recently launched the competition-based Zuda Comics, which encourages users to rank each other's work, as a way to tap into the expanding Web comic scene. Company president Paul Levitz said he expects to put more original comics online in coming years.

"We look at anything that connects comics to people," Levitz said. "The most interesting thing about the online world to me is the opportunity for new forms of creativity. ... It's a question of what forms of storytelling work for the Web?"

For its mature Vertigo imprint, DC offers weekly sneak peeks at the first five or six pages of upcoming issues. The publisher also gives out downloadable PDF files of the first issues in certain series, timed to publication of the series in book or graphic novel format.

For Marvel, the general public has often already gotten its initial taste through movies like "Spider-Man" or the "Fantastic Four" franchises.

The publisher is hoping fans will be intrigued enough about the origins of those characters to shell out $9.99 (euro6.8) a month, or $4.99 (euro3.4) monthly with a yearlong commitment. For that price, they will be able to look through, say, the first 100 issues of Stan Lee's 1963 creation "Amazing Spider-Man" at their leisure, along with more recent titles like "House of M" and "Young Avengers." Comics can be viewed in several different formats, including frame-by-frame navigation.

Though most comic fans are collectors, some simply want to catch up on the backstory of their favorite characters and would no longer have to pay top dollar to do so.

About 2,500 issues will be available at launch of Marvel Digital Comics, with 20 more being released each week.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Great!



Also, check out Vertigo's website: They publish Fables and Preacher among others.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Oh, you have to pay to see the marvel comics?

[Roger Kaputnik]

>bimp<

[ChickenCityRoller]

My favorite:

[Johnny Rush]

I figure I may as well pass this on...I do not know your level of comic book fandom...

Windy City Comicon FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christopher Neseman

Tel. 773-818-9808

Email: chris@windycitycomicon.com





Comic Book Fandom Returns to Sweet Home Chicago.



Over a decade ago, Chicago was home to one of the best comic book conventions in the world. To the dismay of thousands of fans, there has not been a proper comic book convention in the city, for far too long. Now Chicago will once again have a Comic Book convention to call its own. On Saturday Oct. 25th, more than fifty comic book professionals, publishers and vendors will be gathered together for the first ever Windy City Comicon.



The guest list includes top industry talent such as Gene Ha, Don Kramer, Skottie Young, Mike Norton, Jeffrey Brown, Jeff Lemire, Tim Seeley, Will Pfeifer and dozens more. Comic book publishers Avatar Press, Olympian Publishing, Short Pants Press, and Moonstone Books will also exhibit a wide variety of new titles and upcoming projects.



"Diversity and quality is what we were looking for in our guest list. We couldn't be happier on both accounts." commented show co-promoter Brion Salazar. All of the guests are excited to finally have a traditional comic show right here in the city.”



Additionally, comic book retailers from around the area will offers thousands of back-issues, collectibles, toys, games, statues and apparel, all at discounted prices.



Starting at noon on the day of the show, free seminars will be offered, presented by comic book professionals teaching the craft of creating comics.



Tournaments and pick-up games for Magic: The Gathering and HeroClix players, will be offered throughout the day. There is room for over a hundred gamers to match wits and compete for Limited Edition prizes.



The Hero Initiative, a not-for-profit organization, will have guest signings and exclusive products with all proceeds going to help veteran creators in need. Also, a special Heroclix tournament option offers a fun and easy way to help The Siegel and Shuster Society's efforts to save the home of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel.



The Center on Halsted will be the home for the 2008 Windy City Comicon on Saturday October 25th, from 10:00am to 6:00pm. This brand new community center is in the heart of Chicago's North Side, blocks from Wrigley Field.



"The Center has everything we were looking for in a venue.” said show co-promoter Christopher Neseman. “Attendees are steps away from an endless variety of eateries, shopping and entertainment when the convention concludes. We’re excited to show why we feel Chicago is the greatest city in the world."



Tickets are still available and only $5.00. Free gift packs for the first 500 attendees.



To purchase tickets, see a complete list of guests, exhibitors and retailers, or find additional information on the show, visit the Windy City Comicon website at www.windycitycomicon.com.

[Roger Kaputnik]

WOW!