Category Archives: Comics

Two Words, Ten Letters, Marvel In 2015

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Tom Brevoort, answering a Formspring question, talked about Marvel’s plans for the future… Yes. If all goes as planned, our big storyline for 2015 will have a title that’s two words long, ten letters in total. DEAD WOLVIE? Just a …

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Charlie Adlard’s Next Comic To Be In French – V.S.B.

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We saw just how fast Charlie Adlard can work and the pressure is on, to get the hundredth issue of Walking Dead out for San Diego last year. But since then… he’s just been doing Walking Dead. Not even an …

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Get Your Copy Of Neonomicon Signed By Alan Moore At Phoenix Comic Con

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Okay, I could have possibly phrased that less ambiguously. But, just as Avatar did with Fashion Beast at the London Super Comic Con, they are offering an incredibly limited edition of the Neonomicon Handbook at the Phoenix Comic Con. Limited …

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A Look Ahead At October’s Death Sentence From Titan Comics

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Death’s Sentence is the original CLiNT serialised comic that shocked the world by being on time (and talking of which, the next issue out in August?) But later in October is Death Sentence #1 by Monty Nero and Mike Dowling… …

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Howard Chaykin’s Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, Coming In August

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is the new look for Buck Rogers In The 25th Century #1, courtesy of Howard Chaykin, and being published by Hermes Press in August. Buck Rogers, the first, best, and original Sci-Fi hero returns with Howard Chaykin drawing and …

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Lord Of Mars – The Tarzan/John Carter Crossover, Only Dynamite Can’t Call It That

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

But that’s okay, we can! Lords Of Mars, the six issue crossover of two Edgar Rice Burroughs creations, in a new series from Dynamite starting in August. I recently, accidentally, found I’d pitched a high concept Dynamite crossover to its …

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Fake Geek Girls, Hawkguys And Hawkblocks

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Matt Fraction has art-directed a series of T-shirt designs based on the Hawkeye comic for WeLoveFine, and is donating his fee to Futures Without Violence. Including one based around this famous panel… And Kelly Sue DeConnick, donating her fee to Girls …

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Marvel Brings Back The New Warriors… Possibly

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Seriously, this is my thing. Hiding ANGELA in the first letter of each sentence in this article. Or hiding LOGAN KILLS ANT in this one. Hell, hiding ELEKTRA IS A SKRULL in this one. Obviously I don’t do it anymore. …

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Frank Miller’s Robocop, 3 Guns And More Herobear And The Kid – Boom’s August 2013Solicitations

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Here comes the Boom! Solicitations for August 2013 – a sequel to 2 Guns in 3 Guns – which will be handy when the movie comes out. Steven Grant adapting more of Frank Millers’ Robocop scripts, and a reprint of …

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Alan Moore’s Fashion Beast Collected, Plus Uber, Absolution, Crossed And Bleeding Cool Magazine – Avatar Press Solicitations For August 2013

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #6 Retail Price: $4.99 US MR, Full Color, 104 pages Bleeding Cool Magazine talks to some of the most recognizable COSPLAYERS in the field with a revealing interview and exclusive costume pictorial! RICH JOHNSTON dissects the biggest …

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DC Comics And Warner Bros – Thursday Trending Topics

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The last shakeup at the top of DC led pretty directly to… oh, several big things that we’ve spent the last two years talking about. What will this shakeup directly above DC lead to?The CEO of Warner Bros, Kevin Tsujihara, …

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Dave Gibbons, Rian Hughes, Garry Leach And More At Image Duplicator, Tonight’s Exhibition Launch Dedicated To Reappropriating The Work Of Roy Lichtenstein

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Rian Hughes, holding his copy of the Image Duplicator catalogue, held behind his back. Hughes, designer of comics and much more besides, was one of the major figures behind this exhibition – and a major contributor as well. Reappropriating the …

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Siege On ComiXology And Marvel Sale On Friday, Including All The Tie Ins

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

You may already own some of the Siege tie thanks to all those free Marvel issue 1s on ComiXology. Well, on Friday, it looks like you n fill in some of the gaps for 99 cents an issue, in the …

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Adventure Time #19 Covers In August

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

  There we go folks. Proof that tomorrow the August solicitations will turn from a trickle into a flood. The release of the Adventure Time covers from Boom!, this time for issue 19. We’re happy to welcome them to Bleeding …

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How The Warner Bros Shakeup May Shakeup DC Comics

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The CEO of Warner Bros, Kevin Tsujihara, used to be the guy who Paul Levitz reported into as Publisher and President of DC Comics. Between them, they maintained the plan where DC wouldn’t really get noticed at Warners, but would …

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Rob Liefeld Brings Back Brigade With Kickstarter – For Free

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Last year, Top Cow Kickstarted its flagship Cyber Force title with a free launch initiative, and  here’s Rob Liefeld with a similar Kickstarter project for his Brigade title: BRIGADE and its creator Rob Liefeld ( Deadpool, Cable, X-Force ) are returning to comics and we …

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Retailers, Watch Out For Southern Gentlemen Cleaning Out Estates

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A retailer writes; I just received an e-mail from someone claiming to have a Key Golden Age comic that they “found this cleaning out a estate in Virginia after the tenants passed”. The comic is slabbed, and a quick price …

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So, Age Of Ultron #10 UC Is Now Called Hunger And Gambit Comes To A Sticky End…

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

I suppose Age Of Ultron #10UC #2 just wouldn’t have stood up. Nevertheless, looking at Marvel’s solicitations for August, we are told that Age Of Ultron #10UC from July’s solicits has now been renamed Hunger and it’s a four issue …

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