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This Christmas saw the release of the Frozen graphic novel from Joe Books, where they took screencaps of the movie and transitioned them into a comic

For April Fool's day, Bleeding Cool ran a post for the fictitious Forever Comic Con, a comic convention that would be on every day of the year. We were so

Recently, the Image Comics series Rat Queens underwent a change in artists under rather ignoble circumstances. And Stjepan Sejic took over the role. But

When Alysia Yeoh was introduced to the cast of Batgirl, as the roommate of Barbara Gordon, it took some time for her history to be made known to the

Radio 4 is celebrating the life and work of the doyenne of science fiction Ursula K. Le Guin with three programmes: Ursula Le Guin at 85, a documentary

Coming from Fantagraphics Books soon.... but coming from Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle even sooner. Where on Saturday 18th April from

Last month comiXology ran a Buy One Get One Free on all Marvel titles. Here is the top ten. 1. Silk #1 2. Star Wars #2 3. Darth Vader #1 4. Star Wars #1

It seems a big day for spoilers. Just as CBR spoiled a big plot twist in last night's Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD before the West Coast and the rest of the

Tomorrow's Convergence titles all feature extra material for the new reader to explain the importance and history of he characters being revisited by the

Okay, so I knew there was a comic book store in Kingston Upon Thames, my most local town. I had written abut it. Only problem was, I couldn't find it. It

So I get a package delivered to the front door today. Signed for, I open the bag up to receive... another bag. Leather. very nice. But whose is it? Check

UPDATE: @richjohnston Your ''Gordon is the Inhuman' article on @bleedingcool doesn't make sense- we knew he was called Gordon for a while now — Matt

At Wondercon, Dan Jurgens said that there are three double page spreads in Convergence #0 that, if you stack them vertically, form one big image. But is

From CBR's interview with Axel Alonso, There's been some speculation -- can we get a DEFINITIVE ANSWER on whether or not "Rage of Ultron" takes place

Comic book writers Kurt Busie, Alex DeCampi and friends had a conversation on Twitter. It started off so nicely. What place tasteful indeed. Well, DeCampi

It's not all about first appearances of characters appearing in movies, you now BOOM! Box, BOOM! Studios newest imprint, hit gold with Lumberjanes last

On April 1st, Bleeding Cool told you about Dark Horse promotions, that will require retailers to send in stripped covers of Star Wars #1 - the comic that

Brian Hibbs is one of the most important comic book retailers in the country. His store in San Francisco isn't the biggest, but as a figure, he launched a

I loved Misfits. Loved it. From the first time I saw it in the basement in Channel 4 screening room to it's bitter superpowered flying ending. Well, E4,

You can't miss that this week's Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #12 is a Secret Wars lead in. But we are told it's more of a "red skies at the end"

So, yes, these are pretty cool. ads for the Netflix Daredevil, appearing on walls of Hell's Kitchen, New York, on the corner of West 47 Street and 10th

By Jason Strangis Star Trek icons Leonard Nimoy and Harve Bennett passed away at the end of February, but their lives and the Trek legacy were celebrated

Adi Tantimedh writes, Bloodborne is the game dominating all the internets right now. Its story is minimal, it’s entirely based on fights and killing.

For March 2016 from Fantagraphics... that's a hell of a lot of boards. Is that... a new Dan Clowes graphic novel? Squinting my eyes... looks like it. I

Mark Millar told Diamond Comic Distributors, about Jupiter's Circle, out this week. No, the series stands alone as a companion series. It begins a lot

Next Tuesday, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson and the rest of the DC Entertainment senior staff are flying from Burbank to New York, for a dinner

Big week, what with Wondercon and on... and the lesson we have learned, is don't mess with CB Cebulski. I wonder how many artist alley tables were empty

It's been watching the first five episodes of Netflix's Daredevil here, here and here. The first few are the obvious ones. They'll get more esoteric the

By Rich Epstein This week’s Arrow opens with Starling City in a bad place. The mayor is dead, it’s wealthiest citizen, Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) is

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what