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Wednesday Trending Topics: Spider-Man, Spider-Man
A similar letter has been sent to Aquaman editor Pat McCallum. Absolute Final Crisis To Have Seven New Pages And Batman Issues… And Be A Lot Later If you were still waiting for February's Absolute Final Crisis oversized hardcover volume from DC Comics, you may have to wait a little longer In fact, you might as well[...]
Swipe File: Batman Vs Gambit
Batman Hush promo vs Gambit #25 cover, both from 2oo1... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be
In One Week, In Two Weeks
I know I know, you haven't even finished reading this week's comics, and already we're talking about next week? And the week after? Well, them's the breaks So what looks good? Resident Alien from Dark Horse is a must, as is Boba Fett Is Dead, there's the long awaited Shooters from DC, a little Next Men,[...]
A Genuinely Free Comic Book Day From Fubar And 215 Ink
And targetting a specific group of stores, trying to get their free comics to fifty shops in the magic day. Unlike Free Comic Book Day comics, the retailers don't actually have to pay for them Or the shipping FUBAR and 215 Ink will just send them to your store, for you to give away. How can they[...]
Muscle And Fitness Have Got A Hulk
You too can have a body like this apparently. Well, it's about as realistic and acheivable as most of the folk that appear on magazines such as this
An Open Letter To Geoff Johns About DC-Iranians
To that end, allow me to very briefly share my background with you: I'm an Iranian-American writer, a lifelong fan of the medium of comics, and a big fan of the DC characters I have over 10 years of published works to my credit, from self-published stories to comics and graphic novels from Dark Horse,[...]
DC Direct Goes Direct To Consumers As DC Collectibles, With Exclusives
I can hear the blood pressure of various comic store owners rising as we speak. DC Direct, the line of toys and statues manufactured and sold by DC Comics, is being renamed as DC Collectibles will be putting its entire offering online, so that people can purchase directly from them, rather than through a Diamond-supplied comic[...]
That Farmers Insurance Avengers TV Ad
This will have been the conversation. "Okay people, our next TV ad for Farmers will be a tie in to the new Marvel movie The Avengers." "Why?" "Because if
Now It's Archie VERSUS Kiss
They "met" in a previous crossover. But now it seems as if they've got some Avengers Vs X-Men fever. Because this winter it will be Archie VS Kiss.
Preview: Bionic Man #8 And Other Dynamite Shelf Fodder
Here's a preview of a batch of Dynamite comics out today, with an extnded lok at that Kevin Smith Bionic Man… [issuu width=550 height=413 printButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120410095446-c8cac1b8199447b59b6c1460f23c12d1 name=binoicman08-prev username=richjohnston tag=bionic%20man%208 unit=px v=2] THE BIONIC MAN #8 32 pages FC •  $3.99  • Teen + Written by KEVIN SMITH, PHIL HESTER Art by JONATHAN LAU Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), JONATHAN LAU (1-in-10) "Virgin Art"[...]
Wednesday Runaround – Who Created Batman Anyway?
Alan did go on to do that with "Supreme" and other things.  It was never really our idea with "Watchmen" to say, "Here is how superhero comics ought to be." It was just, "Here's a possible way to tell this story that you haven't seen before." C2E2Watch: Bleeding Cool's Keep Your Pants On column gets its[...]
What If Wizards Won World War II?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMe3fuenyJQ Last year, Bleeding Cool reported on the NYCC debut of small press comic Gutter Magic, up on Bleeding Cool.
Boxing Clever With America's Got Powers
After all, you need to come back fresh for round two. America's Got Powers is published by Image Comics on the 10th of April. Alasdair Stuart writes for Bleeding Cool; America's Got Powers by Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch is a comic entirely about fighting It's also a very, very clever comic about fighting. The set up is[...]
A Comic Show – It's.. Indy Week!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFvYBDFWdgM[/youtube] Aaron and Tony from A Comic Shop in Florida look at tomorrow's comics today, and they're all non Marvel/DC titles Saga #2, Secret Service #1, Secret #1, America's Got Powers #1, Thief Of Thieves #3, Adventure Time #3… and Iron Muslim #1 Yes, yes, thank you boys What would I do without you? [...]
"It's Not A Problem For Anyone Other Than Me" – Alan Moore On HARDTalk
In an almost-half hour, his work, influence and attitude was examined, even interrogated, by Tom Franks. It was very much intially from an outside-comics perspective, so many of the same questions and answers were rolled out again, but the interviewer challenged Alan on a number of interesting aspects, on whether or not Alan supports the violence[...]
The Morrison Con Is On
Here's the letter sent to all; You're Invited To…MorrisonCon Friends, Hi, I'm James Sime, some of you may know me from Isotope Comics in San Francisco Please let me invite you to come and be a part of creating something truly unique together. A number of weeks ago you heard a rumor about a thing called MorrisonCon, you may[...]
Swipe File: The Irredeemable Hulk
  Hulk #4 and Irredeemable #36. While unlikely to be intentional, it does make a rather nice piece when placed together like this... In Swipe File we
Power Rangers Returning to Comics Through Papercutz
Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool about a show he's writing a book on. Papercutz is the young readers imprint of NBM responsible for releasing the Smurfs comics in English, and creating original Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys comics They have just gotten the rights to release comics of the long-running Power Rangers franchise Specifically, they will[...]
Last Week's Comics In Eighteen Panels
Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool; This is what happened last week in comics: In the much-hyped AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1, the main event seems to be the new Nova's crash-landing into New York (that apparently has even a god like Thor declaring "MADNESS") Nova brings with him warning of the Phoenix Force's imminent arrival on[...]
What's In Your Wallet? Choices Made At The Cash Register…
I listened patiently in line as box holders would pay for their comics grunting the whole time ".60 for a comic they are out pricing the customer." I would joyfully hand The Friendly Neighborhood Comic Book (Las Vegas) store owner my 1.00 for my issue of Avengers I would race home on my Huffy Pro sport bike[...]
Creators Claim Monolith Back From DC, Image To Publish In European Editions
Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray have waited the right amount of time for the book to be out of print, jumped through all the hoops they needed to and now, finally, have claimed their "creator owned" series Monolith back from DC Comics. The twelve issue series ran through 2004 and 2005 with art from Phil Winslade, Tomm[...]
When BoingBoing's Mark Frauenfelder Interviewed Daniel Clowes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbWubXGFUs[/youtube] From Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, the founder of BoingBoing Mark Frauenfelder interviews Daniel Clowes on the release of The Art Of The Modern Cartoonist: Daniel Clowes. I understand that the publisher, Abrams, printed rather low and has already sold out, and it will disappear from distributors' lists rather soon…. [...]