BOOM! Studios is proud to announce another debuting title sell-out with ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE #1, which has completely sold out at the distributor level and the publisher has rushed to a second printing.

ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE #1, the most recent debut from BOOM!’s successful all-ages imprint, KaBOOM! Studios, features the gender-swapped fan favorite ADVENTURE TIME characters in their very own limited series! Written and illustrated by none other than the characters’ creator and the ADVENTURE TIME cartoon storyboard artist Natasha Allegri. ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE #1 second print will be available from Diamond Comic Distributors the third week of January.

Comic book fans should keep in mind first printings of ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE #1 may still be found at the local comic shop nearest you. Not sure where to find your nearest comic retailer? Use www.comicshoplocator.com to find one!

FAN-FAVORITE ADVENTURE TIME SENSATIONS FIONNA & CAKE ARRIVE TO THE HIT ADVENTURE TIME COMIC! Join Cake the Cat and Fionna the Human in this totally algebraic new adventure! When Fionna rescues a feral flame boy from a pack of wild fire lions, it starts her on a quest she’ll never forget… Don’t miss on your second chance to get in on the ground floor of this INSANELY popular new ADVENTURE TIME mini-series!

ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE #1 second print ships with a must-have all new cover by Stephanie Gonzaga and will be available for order under Diamond order code of NOV128197.

An unbelievable lineup of legendary cartoonists take readers behind the drawing table

Have you ever wanted to know what the life of a cartoonist is like? Well, if you don’t have one handy, why not have Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, Charles Schulz, Jack Cole, Dick Briefer, Winsor McCay, Chester Gould, Sheldon Mayer, Milton Caniff, Ernie Bushmiller, Basil Wolverton, B. Kliban, Rube Goldberg, Jack Chick, Milt Gross, Siegel and Shuster, Will Eisner, Elzie Segar, Harvey Kurtzman , and many, many more tell you by drawing a comic or cartoon to explain about the cartoonist’s life?

Surely, we jest! The bounds of time and space must certainly render this endeavor impossible!

Read the original here at IDW’s blog:
Pull Back the Curtain with “Comics About Cartoonists: The World’s Oddest Profession”!

Frank Cho talks about the pulp influences on his work that helped craft Savage Wolverine!

The Savage Land—the perfect locale to set Frank Cho’s new Marvel NOW! ongoing series SAVAGE WOLVERINE, set to launch January 16.

This week in a four-part series, Cho discusses some of the myriad elements that organically capitalize upon his own storytelling strengths in crafting this series. In the first installment, he the pulp and adventure influences that impact the SAVAGE WOLVERINE characters and story dynamics.

Marvel.com: When in the development process did you realize that you wanted to approach SAVAGE WOLVERINE with a pulp/adventure sensibility?

Frank Cho: It wasn’t a set decision. It just happened organically. Most of my action stories I write have natural pulp adventure sensibilities—exotic locales, characters with innate moral sense of justice, over the top action and cliffhangers.

Marvel.com: What kind of pulp stories/authors really struck a nerve with you and inspired you to want to go in this direction?

Frank Cho: I’m a big Tarzan and Conan fan so [Edgar Rice] Burroughs and [Robert E.] Howard are both inspirations. I’m also a big fan of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and other short stories. I think of Doyle as the grandfather of pulp stories. These guys top my list of my favorite pulp writers. That being said, the real inspiration for my writing in general is the TV show “The Twilight Zone”.

Read more here at Marvel.com:
The Savage Side of Wolverine Pt. 1

Pen and Ink, 1994

Go here to see the original at Rick Veitch’s blog:
Midwinter Night’s Dreams #16

Premiering at this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con is ComicWow! This brand new social media site has been created specifically for comic book collectors and enthusiasts. With direct links to industry experts, ComicWow! will provide its users with up-to-the-minute comic news and reviews. Additionally, ComicWow! will feature original content, such as weekly webisodes and exclusive interviews by ComicWow!’s John Qatsha (John Q) with comic artists, writers, and creators.

Signing up is simple and information will be available at the Baltimore Comic-Con exhibit booth. The process begins with creating your own profile page and then connecting with additional users to create your own personal network. With Facebook interfaces, ComicWow! allows its users to share links, videos, and photos with the click of a button. ComicWow! content is uncensored and allows users to sound off their opinions via their own posts, videos, and blogs.

“This is our hometown, so Baltimore Comic-Con is the perfect place to launch ComicWow!.  We are thankful to Marc Nathan and his staff for putting on such a great event,” says CEO & Founder Josh Geppi. “As comic lovers ourselves, we have put great thought into exactly the type of fan forum that the industry needs and wants.”

With over 3,000 fans on their Facebook page even prior to the official launch, ComicWow! is gaining momentum rapidly with industry professionals already offering their support.

“This was an idea years in the making but now is the perfect time for it to happen,” says co-founder Michael Kacala. “And we are really excited to be a Silver Sponsor for this year’s Harvey Awards.”
ComicWow!’s exhibit at Baltimore Comic Con will allow visitors the opportunity to sign up and be among the first to explore the site.

Launching later is year will be ComicWow! Marketplace where users can buy and sell items.

For more information visit ComicWow!’s booth #1909 at Baltimore Comic Con and Like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ComicWow.

More here at:
www.baltimorecomiccon.com

BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #1 Baltimore Comic-Con exclusive cover will debut at the show September 8th and 9th, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

With cover art by regular Adventure Time creative team and guests of the show Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb, this variant cover will be sold at the official Baltimore Comic-Con Show Exclusive booth #2507 only and available in extremely limited quantities. Be sure to snatch yours up as quick as you can and get it signed by the cover artists at the BOOM! Studios booth!

JOIN FAN-FAVORITE CHARACTERS MARCELINE AND PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM FOR RIOT GRRL ROCK-FUELED EXCITEMENT IN THIS BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE TIME MINI-SERIES! Thanks to a newfound interest in music, Princess Bubblegum joins Marceline’s paranormal rock band for a tour across the land of Ooo! But when they’re threatened by everything from scenesters to beasts born of self-doubt, can they make it to the RADDEST GIG EVER in time?! Written and drawn by acclaimed cartoonist Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie) and featuring a back-up story from Jen Wang (Koko Be Good)!

More here at:
www.baltimorecomic-con.com

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the jaw dropping covers to Avengers #1, Avengers #2 & Avengers #3 by superstar artist Dustin Weaver! This December, the most popular heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team, twice a month – only in Avengers! From the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call – who will answer?

Each issue of Avengers includes a code for a free digital copy on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices and in the Marvel Digital Comics Shop. Additionally, each issue of Avengers features special augmented reality content available exclusive through the Marvel AR app – including cover recaps, behind the scenes features and more that add value to your reading experience at no additional cost.

Big threats, big ideas, big idealism – these are the Avengers NOW!

This December, Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena redefine what it means to be Earth’s Mightiest in Avengers #1!

For more on Marvel NOW!, please visit now.marvel.com and join the conversation on Twitter using #MarvelNOW.

AVENGERS #1
AVENGERS #2
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by JEROME OPENA
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
ON SALE DECEMBER 2012!

That would be here in Portland, OR.

Veeps author Bill Kelter is interviewed in the newest issue of the Portland Mercury , to be more accurate, courtesy of Alison Hallett. (Thanks Alison!) Bill talks a little about GOP Veep candidate Paul Ryan.

See the original post at the Top Shelf blog:
Veeps in the City!

Steve Conley posts:

Eisner and Harvey Award nominee, and Eagle Award winner Steve Conley is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help produce the first print collection of his webcomic graphic novel BLOOP.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steveconley/bloop-part-one-deluxe-oversized-hardcover

BLOOP is the story of a little green space monkey who is looking to find the perfect tree. Along the way, he makes some friends and finds that not only his tree, but the entire planet, is threatened by a corporation bent on tearing the world apart.

This BLOOP collection will showcase the first chapter of the story and will be a giant 10 inches x 15 inches. The book will have a case-bound, hardback cover with a golden foil stamp and a full-color, wraparound dust jacket. The interior will be 28-pages of full-color printing on thicker, 100# satin text paper.

“I’ve been doing the webcomic thing for a long while and I think crowd funding is the tool independent creators have been missing,” Steve said, “Readers get to read comics like BLOOP for free online and – if they really dig the story or art or if they just want to support the project – they can get a personalized, deluxe edition that gives them an experience they can’t get from their PC or iPad.”

More here:
BLOOP: Part One – Deluxe, Oversized Hardcover

The dates for the Wizard World Chicago 2012 comic book convention are fast approaching (August 9-12 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL), and artist Ronn Sutton is ready with an original new art print of a feisty Space Girl battling hungry aliens. Ronn pencilled the art for the 11″ x 17″ print, which was inked by fellow artist Hilary Barta (who collaborated with Ronn on Elvira, Mistress of the Dark comic stories and a dynamic Fear Agent tale).

The art for the print was colored by Jason Millet. At the show, Ronn will have original comic book art pages and comic books as well as the Space Girl print. Ronn will be happy to provide free autographs.

Hilary and Jason also plan to be at the Wizard World Chicago convention.

Janet Hetherington, who wrote the Honey West/Kolchak the Niight Stalker script that Ronn illustrated earlier this year, will be bringing her new Very Sketchy sketchbook as well as comics and art to the show.

More here at Janet Hetherington’s blog:
Wizard World Chicago news from Ronn Sutton & Janet Hetherington