Kossori's Newsfile #7

Welcome to Kossori's Newsfile. What follows is my (slightly unbiased) view of the current goings-ons in the world of comics.

In the last Newsfile, I mentioned CrossGen's Compendia series, Edge and Forge, and talked about their bold move to get new readers. Well... They did it again... They have posted fifty-eight of their comics online. For no cost at all, you can read the first ten issues of all their comics. They plan to charge a dollar a month for the service, starting April 20th. But right now it's free.

New issues will be added weekly. According to CroosGen, the schedule will be as follows: *Comic appears on the stands.*Two months later, it appears in one of the Compendia titles.*One month after that, it will appear online.So the online comics will be three months behind newstand releases.

-And in other online comics news, Marvel has added The Ultimates and Thor to their Dot.Comics line-up

X-Force, Cable and Deadpool are planned to be relaunched in June. Rumor has it, they will be renamed "X-Statics", "Soldier-X" and "Agent-X".

Aside from a few preview pics of "X-Statics" (which looks the same as X-Force, but with new costumes), nothing has been revealed about the end results of the changes. Most likely, the relaunches will be done to give the current concepts of the titles a fresh start, seperating them from their other incarnations even further. Something X-Force has needed since #116.

AggieCon 33

"Presented by MSC Cepheid Variable in the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University since 1969, AggieCon is the oldest and largest student-run science fiction convention in the U.S.A."

If you have the time to check it out, there will be a convention running March 21 through March 24 in College Station.

Guests will include: Neil Gaiman Charles Keegan Jayme Blaschke Tippi Blevins Darlene Bolesny Clockwork Storybook (Allison Baker, Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham) Cat Conrad Roxanne Longstreet Conrad Bill Crider Scott Cupp Cheryl Daniel P. N. Elrod Melanie Miller Fletcher Steven Gould Becky Matthews Haynie Katherine Kimbriel Rick Klaw Thomas W. Knowles Julia Blackshear Kosatka Joe Lansdale Karen Lansdale Michael Lark Living Room Games John Lucas Lee Martindale Ardath Mayhar T.W. Miller Laura J. Mixon Teresa Patterson John Picacio Brian Stelfreeze Martha Wells

You will also find the guys from Skunk Comics... Oh, and me, too!

Check out the AggieCon website for more information!

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