Vertigo Comics $1 First Issue Initiative - Why Not Pick Them Up?
Feb 7, 2009 Comics
The New York Comic Con has been going on since Friday and as usual, there are LOTS of announcements being made for the months and year(s) ahead. Vertigo held its panel on Friday afternoon and broke a particular piece of news that I think everyone should be aware of. Yesterday I wrote that the 2nd half of Comic Book Buyer’s Guide #5: Every Comic Shop is Different would be posted today, but that will be posted in the near future as I wanted to touch upon Vertigo’s clever new initiative as soon as I heard about it.
With the steady increase in comic book prices, Vertigo seems to understand that a new series, especially one that doesn’t star a well known character or may not boast an “all-star” creative team, needs all the help it can get to find its way into someone’s weekly pile. With the implementation of Vertigo’s $1 Initiative, the mature-readers imprint is set to get more of their quality comics into readers hands than ever before by offering all #1 issues in 2009 at a cover price of $1. Comics for one dollar?!? I’m in! …and you should be too.
Tags: comicon, Comics, dc comics, dmz, house, initiative, loveless, mystery, new york comic con, northlanders, one dollar, vertigo
Trivia Time #4: Y: The Last Man
Feb 3, 2009 Trivia Time
In the last installment of Trivia Time, Marvel in the 1990s was the topic of choice. We’re switching gears today and will be focusing on a specific series. That series is Vertigo’s consistently wonderful Y: the Last Man. Note that there will be SPOILERS within the questions if you haven’t read the entire series. These trivia questions assume that you have read the full run of comics.
There will be 10 questions in total. I will post the answers to these questions on the Trivia Answers page. No peeking until AFTER you have taken the quiz!
Continue on to take the quiz and be sure to keep score and find out how you did when you finish. Each question is worth one point unless otherwise noted.
Tags: agent 355, brian k vaughan, pia guerra, trivia, vertigo, yorrick brown
A Great Read #6: Previews Review Edition - Previews Issue 245 - PART 1
Jan 30, 2009 A Great Read
Today’s Great Read isn’t really a “read” at all. What I will be doing is going through the latest Previews catalog (released this past Wednesday) and will be highlighting items that look interesting. Items I may be ordering myself or items I think you may enjoy. I encourage you to get a copy of the new Previews if you don’t already have one so you can follow along with this entry. It’s certainly not required, but it will help out a bit. The Previews catalog is quite THICK, so this review will be done in 3 parts to ensure that as many items can be covered as possible.
I will be using a very basic ranking method that will answer the question:
Will I Order This Item?
- Yup!
- Maybe So
- Not This Time
The page number and price (in US funds) will also be included for easy reference in case you feel inclined to order an item yourself. So, grab your copy of Previews and let’s get started!
Tags: blackest night, dark horse, dead romeo, diamond, fables, flash rebirth, jack of fables, justice society, literals, neil gaiman, point blank, previews, prototype, solicitations, starman, teen titans, twilight of the gods, umbrella academy, uncle sam, vertigo, wildstorm
