Wow. Yesterday I reported that private polling of mine indicated that The Walking Dead #100 was about to smash through sales and become the best selling
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In yesterday's mention of the Star Trek/Doctor Who comic, Tony Lee's name appears on the cover, but not on the solicitation credits. As a co-writer it
Last month I went to the launch of Dudebox, a new customizable vinyl figure line, at a club in East London. It was the most Nathan Barleyish event I'd ever been to and I used to work in advertising.
Tomorrow that venue will host ELCAF, the East London Comics & Arts Festival I may have to[...]
DressWatch: When a three month old girl is dressed up as every Green Lantern…
DayWatch: DC's Father's Day 99c sale on ComiXology includes the storylines in which Aquababy is murdered, and Brainiac kills Pa Kent.
AdamsWatch: Neal Adams at Mile High Comics, the evening befor the Denver Comic Con.
SignWatch: JK Woodward is to sign the new Doctor[...]
In the new honours lists, to be presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year, Grant Morrison is to be given the MBE, Member of
By the time the book came out, the artist had changed to Graham Nolan…
So… who will draw Catwoman Zero now? Maybe Alessandro is free now? Or maybe Rafa can buy himelf out of his contract…
DC Comics did not respond to e-mails.
There's been a lot of fuss about the cover of Catwoman Zero and the[...]
We first talked about this back in February. But now it's finally on paper. Andy Diggle and Mark Buckingham's Doctor Who, scheduled with a new issue 1 for
For some reason that I forget now, for the last couple of days, Bleeding Cool has been covered with pictures of people's dental photography. Well trust
Never previously published, this epic work is now adapted for comics by long-time Moore collaborator, Antony Johnston (Courtyard) preserving every scrap of Moore's original dialogue All ten issues have been lovingly illustrated by Facundo Percio (Anna Mercury) and finally a true historical and visionary masterpiece is finally released to the World! Available with a Regular[...]
The book is seventeen pages long, with two pinups added on the end.
DC Comics has made a point of publishing twenty page comic books for $2.99, their so-called Holding The Line initiative, and something that has defined them as a publisher They also publish $3.99 books, but give the reader a bunch more pages for[...]
The Supreme Court in Sweden has ruled on the case of Simon Lundström , manga tranlsator, charged with possession of child pornography in the form of
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Young Justice Invasion has gotten comic book fans talking, but what about younger viewers? Host Grace Randolph sits down in Times Square with Nikka from Texas to talk about her favorite animated series, Young Justice Invasion on DC Nation! Learn why Artemis and Kid Flash are Nikka's favorite characters and why Young Justice Invasion is[...]
What can we say, we love Boom's covers for Adventure Time comics The insides aren't bad either The first two equally distributed covers for Adventure Time: Marceline Scream Queens #3 by Meredith Gran are by Jen Bennett and Yuko Ota…
Then there's a 1-in-15 cover by Josh Covey and a 1-in-20 cover by Vera Brosgol.
So we[...]
Here they are folks. All the covers to Walking Dead #100 shipping on the same day that San Diego Comic Con starts. The last chance for shops to order
There's a certain comics executive who is a little bit on the mean side He finds cosplayers who, in his opinion, have failed in their cosplaying efforts, takes a photo, then shows them off in the bar to fellow comic book professionals who laugh uproariously.
And now, thanks to the magic of e-mail, and them landing[...]
Dave Elliot is reviving A1 through Heavy Metal, and we're getting a sneak peek of the contents of the new Heavy Metal that will debut at San Diego Comic
There was no issue of the Hulk comic by Jeff Parker, featuring the General Ross Red Hulk in the Marvel solicitations for September 2012. Marvel tells
CirqueWatch: Marvel Comics are launching a new comic based on Cirque du Soleil called KA at San Diego Comic Con, Bryan JL Glass and illustrated by Wellinton Alves.
But rather than the behind the scenes of a couple of people who sharpen chainsaws on their metal crotch, it's a Game Of Thronesy fantasy.
BugWatch: Kurt Busiek pledges[...]
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The Catwoman Zero comic cover by Guillem March has caused a bit of a storm online Comics Alliance does a wonderful job of collecting some of the mockery aimed in its general direction[...]
You have to feel for Stephanie Brown fans. She may be back, in the Smallville comic, an extension of the TV show, or uncertain canon, and not even
Do you live near a chain of Hastings, the entertainment store in the US that is also America's biggest direct market comic store chain? It might be worth
Dan Boultwood is a fantastic cartoonist and comics artist, working on titles such as Danger Academy, Hope Falls, Baker Street Irregulars and the like He's got a cartoony, stylistic approach that I rather adore, and I consider him one of the best untapped comic book creators out there.
Between paying projects he's working on this British B-movie[...]
Second prints and more are always over-represented on these charts showing last minute advance reorders from retailers in the weeks before publication.
And so it is here with Earth 2 and Avengers Vs X-Men, but Wolverine #310 from Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi showing the return of Sabretooth cuts through them.
Strong showings as well for Earth 2 #3,[...]
In a thumbing-their-nose-at-One-Million-Moms act, Archie Comics is reprinting again Life With Archie #16 that featured the same-sex wedding of Kevin Keller and his boyfriend, for a specil San Diego Comic Con edition.
Co-CEO Jon Goldwater told Bleeding Cool;
"LIFE WITH ARCHIE #16 is a landmark issue for Archie and comics in general We broke new ground with[...]
Next week, Dark Horse gives us a new Baltimore, DC gives us a younger Comedian, IDW starts Mars Attacks, Image gives us a Walking Dead one short of 100, Marvel marries off an X-Man, Avatar bring more Crossed and Top Shelf gives us Jeff Lemire's Lost Dogs… and in two weeks, we have Nite Owl,[...]
You can just buy me comics… because I've been reading a serious amount of single issues lately.
Unsure of what I'm reading? Welllllll… isn't that convenient? Because this here column is all about my summer pull list Here's what I'm reading right now and why I think you should check it out:
Saga by Brian K[...]
And some people are making quite the celebration.
Collectors Corner in Baltimore, familiar to Bleeding Cool readers, are celebrating their own gay wedding as two longtime customers renew their vows for an event instore to celebrate the release of Astonishing X-Men #51.
Midtown Comics are hosting a private same sex wedding in their Downtown store in Manhattan
And[...]
This does rather sound like another fairytale-iconcs-remixed-for-a-modern-adult-audience-and-hell-can-we-get-a-film-out-of-it, even with the name Damsels.
It's Thursday, so you know what that means... another chapter of the free webcomic Crossed: Wish You Were Here from Si Spencer, Javier Barreno and Gary
Later the same day, the Germans still on Point 209 surrendered.
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CollaborationWatch: CNet looks at cross-continent comics collaboration.
Nicola Scott, also based in Sydney, has been a comic-book artist for 10 years, working on US-based DC superhero titles for six Her oeuvre includes Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Superman and currently Earth 2, and she has also[...]