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Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Brendon Connelly It all started in 1975. Before then, people would rather get some sun in the summertime, maybe even go swimming.But then Jaws gave us all two good reasons to stay off the beaches. Spielberg’s record breaker managed to hold onto the number one slot for 14 straight weeks…
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston From humble beginnings to winning “Best Publisher Under 4%” for a few years as voted by comic book retailers in Diamond’s Gem Awards, BOOM! Studios have developed owner Ross Richie’s passion for comics into one of the best known comic publishing houses in the industry. With a mix…
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston The Walking Dead is nothing less than a sensation. A black and white indie comic that has spun off a TV show, computer and board games, toys, watches, and a market desperate to catch up with its success. While its collected volumes dominate bookstores, the monthly sales have…
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston We learned it on the first day of Economics 101. The price of a good is determined by the point where demand and scarcity meet. Comic book retailers know how to order things that are tried and tested. Unless you’re surprise-killing Captain America, they’re pretty much down with…
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Keith Davidsen In the 1990s, Valiant Comics presented comic fans with a shared universe of unique characters that served not as imitators of established superheroes, but rather new concepts altogether. It was a decade where we thrilled to the science fiction of X-O Manowar, shivered with fear in the darkness…
Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston There’s nothing a comic book professional likes to do in a New York sports bar more than gossip. About editors, publishers, writers, pencillers and artists. And when they’ve finished, come home and tweet about how much they hate comic book gossip. Then send me an e-mail. You can…
From one of today’s top topics: US audiences who sat down eagerly last week to watch the imported second series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Sherlock were disappointed to find that the 90 minute episode A Scandal In Belgravia had been cut down to 82 minutes in order to allow for the necessary “words…
Some people were eagerly awaiting Shazam’s entry into the New DCU, some people are wondering about Wally West, but I’ve been wondering when we’d see the return of… Doll Man. No, really. DC has brought a few Quality Comics characters and even titles (National Comics is more of a nod to the classic Quality Comics…
Hitting hard both on BC and the internet at large today:I was writing the last issue of John Carter when the news came that Marvel had won a lawsuit against the heirs of Jack Kirby and Steve Bissette wrote an very impassioned post about the ethics of wokring for Marvel under those circumstances. Pretty much…
A fascinating piece of modern comic book history has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $71,700. The first-ever drawing of the concept by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, TMNT would go on to become a key part of the 1980s indie comics scene and its subsequent success in cartoons, games, toys, and film would help…
A spectacular page of original art from Fantastic Four #55 drawn by Jack Kirby, inked by Joe Sinnott and featuring the Silver Surfer sold at Heritage Auctions earlier today for $155,350. The 1966 page is from one of the peak periods of the Silver Age, just a few months after the Silver Surfer first appeared in Fantastic…
Rich has a theory: Something has been tickling my head of late, reading the run up to the Court Of Owls. A theory, nothing more, not backed up by any actual evidence, that would be far too messy, that Scott Snyder is going to do something big to the legend of Batman. Do you think he’s…
The world wanted to know about this one: The episode has been slated to premiere this August, somewhere between the 23rd and 25th, at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. What that means about an actual BBC airdate remains to be seen. Surely they won’t keep the masses waiting too much longer? How much…
Over the past few months, we’ve talked quite a bit here about how key first comic book appearances of Avengers team members have been going for record prices — less than 2 weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you about a Tales of Suspense #39 (the first appearance of Iron Man) going for $375,000, for example….
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