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It's just like September again. Bleeding Cool was the first to identify the reappearance of the "Strange Woman" from Flashpoint in the New DCU, first in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF9mnwN_P98 There may be a Real Life Supervillain. There are questions about his behaviour during the May Day protests in

  In the early nineties, I self published a number of comics with Mike Meyer Seven issues of a comic called Dirtbag, six issues of a comic called X-Flies They included a strip written by one Brendon Connelly, a cover by Mark Stafford, a story written and pencilled by Fabian Nicieza (inked by me) and the[...]

In this weekend's Valiant Free Comic Book Day offering there are plenty of teases as to what is to come in the Valiant Universe. But two pieces stand out

A while ago, when faced with a retailer telling me that Marvel were actively trying to recruit print customers to become digital customers.  I joked that if Marvel were actually trying to do that, they'd be giving away tablets. At Baltimore Comic Con in September, 215 Ink will be selling an branded Android 4.0 tablet, fully[...]

Dynamite's Free Comic Book Day offering this year is Dinosaurs Vs Aliens, a preview of the upcoming graphic novel by Barry Sonnenfeld, Grant Morison and

penetrator from the main gun at single insurgent, just to see what a 120mm round will do to a human body." Which immediately put in me in mind of The Boys #65, but I decided to keep that to myself. Page four Bloody hell, it's Butcher- although you knew that from about panel 2 on page one,[...]

Last year, the PRISM Awards gave their honour for the best portrayal of substance abuse or mental health issues in a comic book to Cry For Justice: Rise

Attendees who pick up free comics from their local Hastings will get a coupon for 25% off their first pullbox order, if they pre-order three or more comics. Well, nationwide-ish Mostly in the South Twenty states. Bleeding Cool has been following the progress of Hastings, a multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, moving into comic book store territory[...]

DC Comics have commissioned a new TV advertising campaign, which will focus on the first hardcover and paperback collections of the DCU New 52, that have now started to be published, and will roll out over the summer. And they are willing to pay 75% of the airtime costs for any store who runs the ads[...]

We're continuing to highlight Free Comic Book Day retailers going above and beyond. Stadium Comics of Ontario, Canada are running signings and sketching from Marcus To, Kalman Andrasofszky, Fred Kennedy, Adam Gorham, Shaun Hatton, Vince Sunico, George Todorovski and Chris Hatzopoulos, Cris De Lara, Paris Alleyne, Chris Leung, Luca Baldassarra, David Bishop, Norm Antonio and Daniel[...]

Velocity Comics in Richmond, VA are organising an art auction benefit for Kerry Talbott, a local comic book artist and cartoonist who was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago after being let go from his twenty year year career as staff illustrator for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. They are selling a pile of sketched Marvel blank[...]

Before then, the previous comics will be collected in four books entitled The Communion, putting the whole series back in print. There was Watchmen There was Dark Knight And there was Faust. Created by David Quinn and Tim Vigil, this disturbingly violent superhero thriller fit the times well Published by Rebel Studios in 1987, it was[...]

FreeComicBookDayWatch: Every comic shop across the country seems to be getting loads and loads of press right now for Free Comic Book Day 2012 calling it "Geek Christmas". LemmingWatch: When rap samples Lemmings, from Akira The Don, from Unkillable Thunder Christ. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCVnUnWnAc[/youtube] FranceWatch: BD Comics Passion is the L'Institut Francais in London's second comics festival with Comica[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1cZebzthQ[/youtube] The Top Ten Superhero Teams! Host Grace Randolph's original comic book from BOOM Studios, Supurbia #3, is hitting shelves today! To get you in the mood, she gives you her Top Ten List of Superhero Teams in comics! Find out where Birds of Prey, Watchmen, Fantastic Four, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Green Lantern Corps,[...]

There is only one gun in the world of Skullkickers, by Jim Zubkavich and Edwin Huang from Image Comics But how did it get there, into this fantasy world? Next week's issue tells all… here are a few teasers to help you on your way. There is only one gun in the world of[...]

Next week, Dark Horse put out more than one comic, retailers go blind trying to see the difference between Batman, Batgirl and Batwing on the Night Of The Owls listings, DC publish the Bible, John Byrne's new book Trio starts, Bendis' Takio starts, and there's more confusion over those two as well, Avatar brings out[...]

Crossovers and arcs such as Avengers Vs X-Men, Night Of The Owls, The Culling and Ends Of The Earth are also having a real effect it seems, as people get absorbed by them. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)               Description SRP Supplier ASTONISHING X-MEN #50 $3.99 MAR NIGHTWING #8 2ND PTG $2.99 DC AVENGERS #25 2ND PTG ACUNA VAR AVX (PP[...]

Skin colour aside, this would be a perfect book for Samuel L Jackson to star in. Expect lots of duty to one's fellow soldier, the accepted burden of being a man doing the right thing, and sex fuelled by adrenaline, testosterone and tobacco. I'm in. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London The full creative team of Transformers[...]

Lots of good comics this week Just in time for Free Comic Book Day… Before there was Locke And Key, there was Skeleton Key by Andi Watson A key that opened doors into new and different worlds And the Skeleton Key Color Special takes us into a zombiefied world that manages to cope with the undead[...]

I know who I expect to see cosplay of first. Did I mention I liked Boy Chimney? Dial H is published by DC Comics today Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London The full creative team of Transformers #80.5 will be signing on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday And their Roger Langridge exhibition is on now. [...]

There's something in the air. And it's called Lord Of The Rings-meets-Star Wars. I blame Avatar for kicking this off initially. We've seen it with the

Dark Horse remains the stubborn outsider. In an interesting twist this exclusive deal will also include exclusives for all digital devices and formats for collections of the comics as well I'm not sure how that will affect books distributed through the Apple Bookstore or standard Kindle Amazon listings, but I guess the books won't be coming[...]

And it's a choice that's made out of necessity it seems, given the state of Karen's state of dress after one of their adventures together… But, with the release of World's Finest and Earth 2, we don't just get one extra parallel dimension, in Action Comics, we get two more Can the Infinite Earths be far[...]

It's all going a bit meta. The other week, Joe Michael Straczynski spoke to Aint It Cool News and said, talking about Before Watchmen. But how is it any more wrong than the way any comics creators were treated, especially those who came out of the Golden and Silver Age? Worse than Jack Kirby, who couldn't even[...]

The fools. "Second Wave" Tease: EARTH TWO #1 | DC Comics "The parts not on fire are really pretty," says EARTH TWO editor Pat McCallum "Trouble is that after an invasion from Apokolips, some prime Earth 2 real estate has gone up in smoke What we're looking at down there used to be [INFORMATION REDACTED]." The Comichron: The[...]

Williams Dynamite proudly ­­presents the second volume of the acclaimed Army of Darkness series collecting the next 15 issues in one massive omnibus designed for reading (or, in this case, DEVOURING) a HUGE chunk of awesome Dynamite Comics in one sitting! Featuring Ash vs the Classic Monsters (volume 1, issues 8-11), The Death of Ash (issues[...]

I may join in the squeeing a tad… Also the Image Comics print publication of De Campi's pioneering digital comic Valentine, is now scheduled for September It will be a "350 page digest format trade, with 10 chapters plus a 42-page bonus story drawn by Aussie superstar Cassandra James." Alex De Campi reports in the latest[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BCPfbQyQs[/youtube] Aaron Haaland and Tony of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, talk through this week's comics, in their hands! New Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Earth 2, Dial H as well as collections of Justice League and Animal Man, as well as Avengers Vs X-Men 3, X-O Manowar, and lots of preprations for Free Comic Book[...]

It's a busy day for Phoenix Jones, the most high profile of the Real Life Superheroes, in his home town of Seattle. First, the self-styled supervillain