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Ivan Reis To Move From Aquaman To Justice League? (UPDATE)
It's issue #17 we'll be looking towards… and it did come from someone who really should know one way or the other… Ivan Reis first started working with Geoff Johns on Avengers until they were both lured away to DC Comics But it was Aquaman for the New 52 that was the making of Ivan[...]
Ultimates #15 Shaping Up To Be A Big Media Moment
I do not know what is in Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #15, out next month, by Sam Humphries and Luke Ross, part of the "Divided We Fall" crossover. The solicitations are CLASSIFIED still. However I do understand that it may be considered a very media-relevant comic So probably spoiled two days previously by the New York Post[...]
Seven Things About Gambit Issue 1
This should be a very fun ride, for us if not Gambit.   Gambit Issue 1 is available now, published by Marvel, priced $2.99 Alasdair's review copy provided by Treasure Island Comics       Alasdair Stuart writes for Bleeding Cool One of my favorite periods of X continuity remains the 'What awful thing will Gambit have been revealed to have done[...]
Tuesday Runaround – The Dandy And The Bat
DandyWatch: I've just been on BBC Radio West Midlands to talk about the rumoured demise of The Dandy, one of the longest running comics in the world It feels a little like a bit of PR to me, to bring attention to a childhood favourite I buy The Dandy for my kids, I do hope[...]
Monday Trending Topics: Joker's Wild
Perhaps they leaked this intentionally to test the waters or to acclimate your minds to what is coming from us." Still, it was an interesting little glimpse, I think — though as some in the forum have agreed, probably more interesting to see it in context, if you can wait. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Did DC Spoil[...]
Review: Walking Dead #101 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
Obviously. The Walking Dead #101 is published this Wednesday by Image Comics, B&W, $2.99 for 22 pages of story. Well, how do you follow that? I made a big deal in my advance review of The Walking Dead #100 that tried to be as unspoilery as this review, that what I expected to happen didn't Based on[...]
Bleeding Cool Magazine, The Retailer's Friend!
We've got a massive Alan Moore interview, and an even more massive Top 100 Most Powerful People In Comics article that may have some fun features attached to it. I will also be running the Life In The Gutter, featuring some of the most outrageous Blind Items I have encounted over the last few months Seriously,[...]
Is DC Stealth-Soliciting An Eclipso Crossover?
Famed for putting a little purple bit of plastic on a hundred thousand covers that wouldn't stand up properly on the comic shelf as a result, let along a stack on the floor, the Eclipso crossover at DC Comics in the nineties is a merorable one. But… is it back? Here are a few solicits for[...]
Did DC Spoil The Reveal Of Greg Capullo's Joker Today?
After seeing DC's previews for November Batman comics on the DC website, Greg Capullo writes on Twitter; As careful as I've been to save revealing our new Joker, the powers that be have let it out ahead if our book Stay tuned fir MY pics In my younger days, I'd have punched several holes in the walls[...]
Lying In The Gutters 13th August 2012
I can see TunnelBear becoming more and more popular. I've just run a piece on the non-payment of creators in the current comics industry, naming names You may wish to check it out Also, Stephanie Brown fans, go here. Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1 Joe Kubert Passes, Aged 85 2 Is This A Fake? Or Is It[...]
Stephanie Brown Does Not Exist… Yet – Dan DiDio
Well there's a thing. Much has been made of DC Comics' seeming disdain for the Stephanie Brown character, whether Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl But of late it's been getting ridiculous, wiped from the New 52, ripped out of Batman Inc and recently removed from Smallville in the role of Nightwing, to the extent taht they even[...]
New Why I Hate Saturn From Kyle Baker
Why I Hate Saturn was one of the first graphic novels that I truly loved, less for the Thelma And Louisish plot, more for the bar dialogue, work that has rarely been surpassed in comics Witty and wise, clever and funny, it was a sitcom as comic, just far better than anything on the screen[...]
Bryan O'Malley's Bluenose Type-O
I received some excited e-mails last night about a surprise, never heard of, upcoming Bryan O'Malley comic called Bluenose Type-O, seen at Comiket in
Joe Kubert Passes, Aged 85
Co-creator of Sergeant Rock, Tor and Ragman, famed for recreating Hawkman, pursuing war comics, founder of the Kubert School, author of Fax from Sarajevo and father to Adam and Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert has passed away, aged 85. Even now, he had Before Watchmen: Nite Owl on the stands with his own Joe Kubert Presents projects[...]
Michael Turner's Justice League By Way Of Jeremy Roberts
We love a little Jeremy Roberts and wonder why he hasn't been snapped up by a major comics publisher yet Here is a private commission piece of Justice League in the manner of Michael Turner, with a colour test version as well It also works as a tribute to the golden, silver, and bronze[...]
DC Comics Liquidates Hundreds Of Archives And Showcases
DC Comics are throwing out a whole bunch of trade paperbacks and hardcovers from their warehouses But they are letting retailers clean up at massive discounts first So don't be surprised to see a lot of the stock below in your local comic store in the very near future. And then never ever again… ABC Warriors TP[...]
Checking That Marvel NOW! Checklist
So we knew it would be called Marvel NOW! That we would have Captain America by Rememder and JrJr, Iron Man by Gillen and Land and an X-Men book by Bendis
Celebrating The Career Of Paul Ryan. In Comics.
This is an attempt to try and right that wrong, even if it's rowing against the tide. While I know I'll have seen his work before, the first time I was consciously aware of him as an artist was with the launch of DP7, with Mark Gruenwald for Marvel Comics A wonderful comic book, everything just[...]
Deadpool Kills On The Aftermarket
Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe follows on a series of similar books that were kicked off by the original Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe by Garth
Review: Hoax Hunters #2
You've probably read scenes in comics or seen them in movies, where a character who's suddenly gone through some fantastical, supernatural, otherworldly change moves about in public completely unbeknownst to the greater parts of society Usually the wiser, older character in the scene will say something along the lines of, "It's their brains harry!" (In[...]