Bundled Extra: Publishing News Newsbriefs, Stories, Commentary & Links From Comic-Con International
By Tom Spurgeon
What follows is a list in brief of comics publishing news stories that have come to light during and just preceding Comic-Con International weekend. If you've seen one that we haven't, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Andrews McMeel
* Geoff Grogan's Plastic Babyheads series launches as digital-download books.
Marvel
* leading up to Comic-Con, Marvel announces several storyline changes to top characters related to Avengers brand: Thor will be a woman, Captain American will be Sam Wilson and therefore African-American, Tony Stark will have a "superior" storyline that explores negative elements of his character, and so on. (through July 22)
Self-Published
* Katie Skelly launchesMy Pretty Vampire on Tumblr in full-color with limited animation effects. Mini-comic version planned for SPX. Partial image above. (July 21)