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A DC Collectibles SDCC exclusive, a ‘Man of Steel’ Superman statue from Gentle Giant our movie Superman standing on skulls. This rather depressing image

In 1971, Mattel put out a Lone Ranger board game, themed as a comic. And got Jack Kirby to do the artwork...

It's a tough life when you're busting your ass trying to make deadlines, but the rewards are great when you're finally making a living doing what you love; illustrating comics to be enjoyed by generations of fans to come Today I'll be focusing on the Best Penciller/Inker category If you need a reminder of what's[...]

By Cameron Hatheway, Be extremely careful what you wish for. I learned this the hard way when joking about tentacle porn on Twitter several months ago

At Wizard, it was even possible to simply wander in to his Q&A session as a general admission ticketholder and still find a seat in their air-conditioned outdoor pavilion to take in Lee's trademark enthusiasm for the power of comics. He did confess, as the panel kicked off, that he'd just come from 3 hours of[...]

Never ask how the sausages are made. You don't want to know... Newsarama January 7th Jim Zubkavich: Rather than pitching specific plot details or which

Well now. The Other Dead, by  Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch and Kevin Eastman is a zombie comic where the animal undead have risen, instead of the

Rumours of legal paperwork drafted to prevent Rebellion's sale of The Complete Zenith are for naught, it seems. The book has gone onsale at

That's what Alan Moore does, whether it's Watchmen, Marvelman, V For Vendetta, From Hell, even his DC Comics world: create an elaborate world rich in detail and character. The two films released so far in the cycle, Act of Faith and Jimmy's End suggest a world that seems to start in our own, in an England[...]

The New York Times article on Vertigo managed to miss out all sorts of pertinent information on the new Vertigo that the DC Comics blog has just backed up. With details on all the new comics series And looks like we were right on Toby Litt… and is Witching Hour going to be Kelly Sue DeConnick's[...]

But this is what you've all been reading for the last week… Top Twenty Traffic Stories Of The Week Nightwing Confirmed As The Central Affected Character In Forever Evil Frank Cho Banned From Facebook Over Topless Pterodactyl You Might Not Believe Who Pops Up After The Man Of Steel Credits Want To Know Who The Guy Behind The New Secret[...]

The danger of over confidence here played wonderfully for laughs. The Committee Meeting – starring Welsh comics Elis James and Chris Corcoran We enter the committee meeting of a Welsh social club Produced by Tiger Aspect BBC Commissioning Executive is Kristian Smith. First (and only) ex-Doctor Who, Colin Baker, makes an appearance in this live audience sitcom,[...]

Erik Hollander wrote; Buying comics, especially lately has been pretty expensive It helps that a lot of DC books, and a few Marvel titles are 2.99, but the 3.99 price point is becoming more and more regular Then, to conserve even more, we had two extra pages taken away – reducing a once 22 page comic[...]

I mean, come on, I'm Italian, some guy in Italy wants to own We3, I'm going to deny him? And be haunted by my grandparents because of it? (Italian superstition is very clear about the consequences of denying comic sales to paisans in other lands) Oh! I'm selling my comic collection, did I mention that? 20+[...]

But that won't stop a one of you from visiting the comics rumor sites today So we get the world that we chose to create, as a group. Of course, the Angela piece that the questioner was referring to was something that Marvel asked that Bleeding Cool not run, and not only did we not, but[...]

Doctor Who is a part of Cardiff life. Filmed there, with plenty of Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures action over the years as well, locals are used to

30, and be published bi-monthly, so says DC Comics to the New York Times. Other new projects include Hinterkind by Ian Edginton, which focuses on a post-apocalyptic world in which the creatures of myth and legend have returned The Discipline by Peter Milligan, an erotic thriller about a woman at the center of an shadow war that spans eons. The[...]

And for more than thirty years it's given quite a few creators an extra bit of income — in some cases, for some older creators, the only real income they receive from comics. Most-Read Comic Stories Sunday: Gerry Conway Asks Fans To Crowd Source Payments For DC Comic Creators  Gerry Conway writes; I need your help. Charles Xavier's Original[...]

And Dark Horse's Digital Bundles where a huge amount of digital comics are sold at a huge price, around $100 or so But they are time sensitive, and if you don't jump in, you will miss out. Now ComiXology have launched a series of bundles without as stringent time constraints for a number of publishers. Be warned[...]

BOOM! Studios are offering four pre-order packages of exclusive titles and variants available at San Diego Comic Con this year. No rushing to get in line first, no having to choose between one booth and another, this is your luxury comics collector-and-flipper experience But you'll have to buy in bulk, you'll need to take one of[...]

Natasha Simpson writes; Not another Kickstarter! Crowd-sourcing is now a great way to get projects funded whether its film, art or even comics, it's something that artists are taking up as production can and is expensive I personally love Kickstarter and have spent far too much on projects The reason I love Kickstarter is that you get[...]

Harrison's art is a visual treat, meticulous character design matched with a sketchy un-inked line style and an artfully sparse palette choice combine to give a webcomic that looks like nothing else out there. Not content with putting out a regular webcomic they've also just launched a Kickstarter to fund putting some of the comics most[...]

We often surprise each other with the directions we want to go. What drew you to telling this story as a webcomic?  What limitations did standard comic books have that webcomics didn't? DAVE: We began 5 years ago with the intention of creating a standard comic book series We had gone the self publishing route with Scar[...]

Gerry Conway writes; I need your help. DC Comics is a great company. It was the first major publisher to offer creator contracts on a regular basis, allowing the men and women who create characters for DC books to share in the profits those characters generate in other media You may say, that's only fair, but until the[...]

I sympathize with Marvel's production people on this one.  Patching in revisions on finished art... man, have I been there.  There he is folks, proof

This is the poster by Sergio Grisanti being given away to people who book for first showings of Pacific Rim at an IMAX cinema. And below is a certain

Of course, the core origin is in Strange Tales #115 (1963) by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, initially expanded in 1968 for Doctor Strange #169 by Lee and Dan Adkins. Most-Read Comic Stories Tuesday: Kyle Baker's Mass Murderer Of Steel  Cartoonist extraordinaire Kyle Baker has created… The Very Quotable Before Watchmen (UPDATE) Barbara Kesel, one of the original editors of[...]

We also check in on three more publishers: Boom!, Valiant, and Zenescope, to see how they're doing with female creators. DC COMICS April wasn't great for DC, with a notable decline overall and some poor totals by category In April 2013, DC released 69 new comics with 618 credited creators, 552 men and 66 women Here are[...]

The award-winning comics and graphic novel publisher behind Universal's 2 Guns has acquired Eisner and Harvey Award-winning indie label Archaia Entertainment, which will live on as a BOOM! imprint. Archaia, established in 2002, is known for graphic novels Mouse Guard, Jim Henson's A Tale of Sand, Rust, Spera, Cowboy, and Gunnerkrigg Court[...]

And when we may see the return, in the to-be-renamed Sandman Zero. Dave McKean has been commissioned by the show to design the cover for this year's San Diego Comic Con souvenir book, which also celebrates the anniversary of… Superman 75th Avengers 50th Doctor Strange 50th Doctor Who 50th X-Men 50th ElfQuest 35th The Tick 25th Eisner Awards 25th Bongo Comics 20th Milestone Comics 20th Strangers in[...]