Comics Archives

Here are your IDW solicitations for June 2014… and we start with Angry Birds, as well as all the Angry Birds subscription covers that are being dropped onto other IDW books this month… Angry Birds Comics #1—SPOTLIGHT Jeff Parker (w) • David Baldeon (a) • Paco Rodriques (c) Angry Birds, the world's most popular mobile game franchise, makes[...]

Meredith Gran is the creator or the Octopus Pie webcomic. She was also tapped by Boom! to write and draw for their Adventure Time comic series. And now

(EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH) Bonus Digital Edition Included That's also the description given to a bunch of Marvel Comics in June, though at least you get the creative teams – ORIGINAL SIN #3.1 MARK WAID (W) MARK BAGLEY (A) Cover by JG JONES TEASER Variant by JG JONES EVERYBODY HAS ONE… 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 Bonus Digital Edition Included ORIGINAL SIN #3.2 KIERON GILLEN (W) LUKE ROSS (A) Cover[...]

And lots more Transformers, Indiana Jones and Star Wars comics on similar discounts. THE GUINNESS BOOK OF COSPLAY Washington DC's Comic Con hopes to beat the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as comic book characters The current record to beat is 1,530 and was set in China on April 19, 2011. Awesome Con organizers[...]

Bob Layton draws three Solar Man Of The Atom subscription covers for Dynamite. Layton, who was principally involved in the Valiant revival of the

This week their special segment includes: Catfish Quiz. Books reviewed in this episode include: Vertigo: American Vampire Second Cycle #1 Marvel Comics: Superior Spider-Man Annual #2 Marvel Comics: Ms Marvel #2 Marvel Comics: Thor God Of Thunder #20 Image Comics: Sovereign #1 DC Comics: Batman And Aquaman #29 Marvel Comics: Uncanny X-Men #19 BOOM! Studios: Clockwork Angels #1 DC Comics: Batman: Bruce Wayne Murderer TP Dark[...]

Update - I mistakenly said the cup-masks were made for Free Comic Book Day but they were in fact done for New Comic Book Day. And the folks there sent us

This week Natalie chats and draws with Keisha Zollar (Orange Is The New Black, Broad City). Their viewer prompt for drawing is "banana hammock". Keisha

Charlton Comics was a publisher based out of Connecticut that closed it's doors over 30-years ago It was part of a larger publishing company that printed their own magazines and started doing comics to keep the presses running They were never as big as Marvel or DC and were notorious for shoddy printing standards. DC acquired[...]

Marvel Comics has sent out a boat load of new images lately and I figured I'd put them all together in this nice neat post for everyone to see. We kick it off with pages for the All-New Marvel! Now! Hulk #1 hitting stores in April. And finally a quick look at[...]

Two days ago, we mentioned that Forever Evil #7 had slipped from 26th March to the 16th April. Because it had. But now? According to the DC Comics website, it has slipped again to May 21st. So… two months to go, folks Not Forever Though, indeed, it may feel like it. Justice League #30 has now slipped to 21st[...]

In an attempt to encourage retailers to up their orders on Marvel NOW! comics, Marvel have sent out the image above, with the headline "You Didn't Order Enough" along with the news that the Marvel NOW issues of She-Hulk, Moon Knight, Magneto, Ms Marvel, Captain Marvel, Fantastic Four, New Warriors, All-New X-Factor, All-New X-Men and[...]

The MoCCA Fest award-winning graphic novel B+F, expanded to large sized, glorious hardback is on tour with its creator Gregory Benton. He's been traveling

When the London UKCACs came to an end, he put on the Bristol Comics Expo which survives to this day And he arranged and presented the National Comics Awards with Mark Buckingham – the first comics show to invite Jonathan Ross to present. And he writes and draws in the weekly British kids comic The Beano,[...]

This is the artwork for the upcoming British Library exhibition Comics Unmasked, by Jamie Hewlett. But did anyone get this kind of vibe? I do hope The Pro, by Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, will get a mention… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! The marriage[...]

And a free digital copy of Iron Man #1-5 from the new series. That's six recent Iron Man comics for $3.99 And a mask. Not too shabby? I have to say, it's a pretty good deal The Iron Man out today, #23.NOW kicks off a new story that may well revive The Mandarin (as seen in Iron[...]

LEE: So Playboy wants to know all about my sex life? PLAYBOY: If that’s where you would like to begin. Stan Lee has given an interview to porn mag

As Joseph Glass's The Pride #1 launches today on Comixology, Bleeding Cool's Tom Huxley (who used to be known as Tom Huxley until Rich had his name changed by deed poll) takes a look during his time at the London Super Comic Con: Gay superhero comics You may think you've seen it all before Groundbreaking characters[...]

Strange Attractor has announced the death of its contributor Steve Moore, comics creator, editor and so much more, over the weekend. Long standing editor and contributor to The Fortean Times magazine from the beginning, creator of 2000AD's Future Shocks, of Red Fang and Valkyries, of Lazer Erazer and Axel Pressbutton, contributor to Warrior Magazine, 2000AD, Doctor[...]

They feel these heroines stand apart from many of the women depicted in comics, and set the kind of standard more comics creators and publishers should keep in mind in order to engage with what readers really want in storytelling. Dark Horse's Editor-in-Chief Scott Allie agreed to answer a few questions about the evolution of female[...]

I wonder what I can bribe them with? Obviously, My Little Pony comics of course And good to know they can both read better than a pony… From Nova… hang on, didn't they have a Skrull Invasion not that long ago? Didn't Fear Itself get everywhere? How about when the Thanos took away half the population? What[...]

First, how you deal with Hercules… And the type of folk Harley Quinn hangs out with. I remember when super villains just wanted to rob a bank or take over the world… still, maybe this might be more effective. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently exhibiting the work of Des Taylor. I know, you're expecting some[...]

Okay, this isn't a massive spoiler for today's Batman And Aquaman but probably better throw this up just in case. Bleeding Cool reported rumours that DC Comics would be bringing back Damian Wayne from the dead sometime this year. And certainly DC Comics did give a very clear "out" in the final issues of Batman Inc. Today, in[...]

Today's Revolutionary War: Warheads from Marvel Comics is glorious, filled as it is with Gary Erskine's amazing artwork This was truly the title Gary was born to draw and each panel of weaponised and body modified art just sings. But I also wanted to point out the opening panel, Dai Thomas walking through the seedier[...]

Say, he couldn't be the school's new headmaster could he? Like this title of this USA Today article by Brian Truitt suggested but never followed through in the actual piece? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently exhibiting the work of Des Taylor. Do you remember the Liefeld days of X-characters? When each new comic would[...]

[The Manhattan Projects #18 has been out for a couple weeks, but still — if you haven't read this issue and plan to, you might want to skip this post for now.] Several years into the digital era for both comics reading and comics production, I still love to look at original comic art up close[...]

One of the constant tales I heard from London Super Comic Con is how fast creators filled up their commission lists for the show. Art Adams, Chris Weston,

By Ian Melton There is a point when people tell you what convention they are going to that you either agree with them, “that’s a great choice”, or just

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom! I'm back the morning after Saint Patrick's Day with more New Comics Now! First up I tell everyone how much I loved Waid's ANMN Daredevil #1! Sure, this could have just continued the numbering from the last issue, but it is a fresh start for[...]