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Brian Rood is a much admired Star Wars artist. Especially by another Star Wars artist Robert Bailey. But he has many other influences too. Here's a piece
From Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, the How To Write Comics panel saw John Layman and Dean Haspiel in synchronised contemplation. I understand this
Invincible Iron Man #6 is meant to be the issue that kicks off the lead into Civil War II this year. Which is why Marvel are encouraging retailers to
We've already had one brand new look for Batman in 2015... now we may be getting a second... https://twitter.com/GregCapullo/status/685303992210042880 And
"If I'm being honest, half the reason I wanted to bring her into the wider Marvel Universe might be because I started thinking about a Squirrel
When people sign up to the 2000 AD email newsletter – dubbed The Thrill-Mail becaue, of course, this is 2000AD and they do this kind of thing – they
Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about the "Willy Wonka Golden Ticket" -style promotion that DC Comics isn't even allowed to acknowledge exists or
In one week the launch of Surviving Megalopolis, Green Lantern: Edge Of Oblivion, Legend Of Wonder Woman, Gutter Magic, Luna The Vampire, Agents Of
Heavy Metal Magazine's series Interceptor by Donny Cates and Dylan Burnett has, I am told, sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors, after publication
Scream! was a British weekly horror comic anthology that ran for fifteen issues in 1984 from IPC, until a strike at the printers killed it off and it
Captain America: Sam Wilson #4, Daredevil #2, Deadpool #4, Mighty Thor #2, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #2, All-New X-Men #2, All-New Wolverine #3,
Of late, DC Comics marketshare has been dropping away, down past the 30% mark and getting perilously close to the 20% mark. In December, that turned
We previously reported on a new initiative by Glenat Books to create brand new Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck titles from some less-than-traditional
Secret Wars #9 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic was solicited with one word. "Genesis." That was it. It has now increased slightly. The finale to
This is clearly the new thing. A reprint of The Vision #1 was added in the back of Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 this week, in order to get more people to sample
A billion dollar expansion to the Javits Center, home to the New York Comic Con, had been announced today by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Consider at one point
Looks like the fuss about Wonder Woman Earth One has inspired retailers to up their orders big time. But there's a lot of collection action, with Black
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From Diamond Comic Distributors, as sold through the direct market to North American comic stores (and Loot Crate) in 2015.... We mentioned there
Meghan Hetrick is a popular superhero artist working on the likes of Nightwing, Red Thorn, Bodies and Batman, posted on Facebook. I've been debating on
Steve Geppi, CEO, President and owner of Diamond Comic Distributors seems to have had a New Year's Resolution. Not just the one he describes below, but
Spoilers for yesterday's Invincible Iron Man... The appearance of Mary Jane in this comic has been full of possibility. A new supermodel girlfriend for
So where are we? The Marvel Universe used to have the rule that when you travelled back in time, you went into a parallel universe, so your actions could
First they listed thirty nominees for the Angoulême Grand Prix, the most prestigious award in the comics medium. No women were on the list. Then, after
A few more changes 'twixt solicitation and publication... Teen Titans #16 was solicited with a story by Scott Lobdell, Will Pfeifer and Alisson Borges.
A look at a few comic books being published today... what are you buying? Some times it pays to play with matches. Giant Days #10 gives us a all a role
When Joe Kelly wrote Deadpool, it was the best superhero comic there was. The only problem was that no one was reading it then. Deadpool was an abandoned
We talked about this a while ago, back in San Diego Comic Con. Where there was the first word about a new creative programme being led by Scott Snyder at
Once upon a time, it was widely believed that Diamond Comic Distributor president, CEO and owner, Steve Geppi had major political ambitions. In 2010 he