His name is Everett Watford. He is seventeen years old. He is putting on a comic convention in Chicago. He says; My goal is to showcase independent comic book creators and people trying to break into the business primarily from Chicago. I plan to have artists booths to showcase their wares and a pre-party to have…
Here are a few of the things Marvel has got planned to help promote the Avengers Vs X-Men crossover through the summer. And do you know what? I think it might just work. Avengers Vs X-Men #1 is a new reader jumping on point, for those unfamiliar with the current Marvel universe. Possibly obvious, but…
This is the planned artwork for Archie Comics #635 in July, leaked to Bleeding Cool. As earlier rumoured, it will tell the story of the global protest against massively unequal redistrubution of wealth and power, under the title Occupy Riverdale, echoing the Occupy movements present around the world. This continued the further progressive storylines from…
Grace Randolph, as well as looking at tomorrow’s comics today, takes on Benderspink’s blatantly open plans to use Arcana to publish comic books as a way to get Hollywood interested in their ideas… as well as evangelising for the medium of comics. Get your injection of Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic, half of her Think About The…
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Aaron returns to A Comic Show, filmed in A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, with Tri-Force Mike back at his side. And they have tomorrow’s comics today, in their immaculately coitured hands.
So this week it’s all Flashpoint Superman, Green Arrow Industries, and how the Geoff Johns West Coast team are the cast of Entourage.And how Canterbury Cricket was probably written by Turtle. Then there’s Guy Gardner’s face-pulling, Spider-Man in Venom, Wolverine Vs The Marvel Universe, The Walking Dead and Charlie Adlard in the house.
Top Books
FLASHPOINT SUPERMAN 1
- Plot by SCOTT SNYDER
FLASH FACT! Superman’s red rocket leveled Metropolis!
FLASH QUESTION! Is that why in the relaunch he hooks up with Wonder Woman instead of Lois?
VENOM 4
- RICK REMENDER
What’s red, white, black, and blue? G.I. Venom all-American hero. Peter Parker’s best friend is his worst enemy. Flash Thomspon, Spider-Man fanboy losing control of the psychotic spider-hating symbiote.
FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN 1
FLASH FACT! He never got the ring.
FLASH QUESTION! Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it?
GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARIORS 11 (WAR OF THE GL)
- PETE TOMASI!
What do Guy and Kilowog do while they wait for the last issue of War of the GL? They go see the GL movie. Guy gets pissed he’s not in it.
FLASHPOINT GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES ONE-SHOT
FLASH FACT! He makes money from war!
FLASH QUESTION! What makes him the bomb?
BATMAN INCORPORATED 7
- GRANT MORRISON
First Batman stole the land from MAN-OF-BATS, then he steals the name of his sidekick RED RAVEN, for RED ROBIN.
FF 5
- JONATHAN HICKMAN
What’s so dangerous that Doom would join the FF? A bunch of evil genius Reed Richards from alternate realities. What’s more dangerous than that? When the guy on the cover cries for war.
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE 1
- JONATHAN MABERRY
When the Marvel Universe is Crossed, Wolverine does that thing he’s the best at doing. Which is killing, by the way. Why doesn’t he just say “I’m the best at killing”.
IRON AGE 1
2 Tony Starks, old sober, and young drunk, double team Phoenix. Sounds like Eric’s fantasy (he’s the Phoenix in that situation) (he’s the Phoenix in all situations).
FLASHPOINT THE CANTERBURY CRICKET ONE-SHOT
FLASH FACT! You’re going to be reluctant to buy this because he’s an original character created in Flashpoint, but so was the Outsider and his book was amazing.
FLASH QUESTION? Will you buy this? Will it be as good as the Outsider?
Indy
SUPER DINOSAUR 3
- ROBERT KIRKMAN!
Dude, the only way this book could be more awesome was if SD could turn into a jet. OMG! HE CAN! AWSMMMM!
WALKING DEAD 86
- ROBERT KIRKMAN
Spoiler alert. There’s spoilers in this book. Stop acting so spoiled for not wanting spoilers. This book has expired, it’s spoiled. My pants are soiled.
Come to the Charlie Adlard signing and get the book signed, and spoiled. Maybe he’ll spoil what’s coming up by telling us what he’s drawing. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207217185972389
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NEXT WEEK…
FLASHPOINT #3
7.6.2011
NEXT SIGNING
Courtesy of Midtown Comics‘ listings and skipping the trades, here’s a look at the Marvel solicitations for May 2012. One word of warning, the credits on these do get mixed up, especially when there are double shipping issues – and there are a lot of those this month. But those pictures sure are pretty. AGE…
We already showed you what the DC Free Comic Book Day retailer customizable version would look like. Now we have the Marvel version, only available to retailers who order vast quantities. It’s intended to be used in mailshots or attached inside local newspapers, or given away in mass drives, each copy featuring the details of…
FastCoCreate has a new interview with Alan Moore talking about Watchmen – accompanied by the first art from Darwyn Cooke from the Minutemen book. It seems an odd article for DC Comics to have agreed to provide such artwork for, as negative as it is, including such paragraphs as; More recently, Moore says some lawyers…
Welcome to the Justice League Of Hanna Barbera, by Brazilian artist Daniel HDR. Can’t Boom just buy the rights and make this happen?
Neal Adams writes for Bleeding Cool, about Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich; Fellow creators, we can help Gary Friedrich without taking any kind of position in his case with Marvel. Gary is sick, and he’s about to lose his house, and though he will tell you he is not destitute, he needs help. If I…
This is the cover to Aquaman #7 by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, the first part of the two part story “The Other League” by Geoff Johns. And from the solicits for issues 7 and 8… Who destroyed Atlantis? In the start of a new storyline, we follow the hunter as he stalks and kills…
