Comics Archives

I've heard the clamours, I've heard the calls, here is what is shipping to comic stores next Wednesday… Dark Horse CONAN HC VOL 11 ROAD OF KINGS PT 1 CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #12 MASS EFFECT INVASION #4 DC Comics ANIMAL MAN #2 2ND PTG BATMAN #5 BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #4 BIRDS OF PREY #5 BLUE BEETLE #5 CAPTAIN ATOM #5 CATWOMAN #5 DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #5 DIABLO[...]

Channel 4 News last night interviewed Alan Moore, and took him to meet the Occupy London demonstrators for the first time at St Paul's Cathedral. And he

I've been quite open about saying that Men Of War was one of my favourites of the New 52, even though it was not much loved. I wasn't blown away by the

Batman: Leviathan Strikes collected the final two issues of what would have been the end of Batman Incorporated, before a stretched schedule and the

We knew that Justice Society by James Robinson and Nicola Scott, set in the DC parallel universe Earth Two, was coming. What we didn't know until today

As part of the six new May  books being announced today, DC Comics has also announced six cancellations, all ending on their eighth issues Men Of War, Mister Terrific, O.M.A.C., Hawk And Dove, Blackhawks and Static Shock. While none of the titles have performed in a stellar fashion, Hawk And Dove was doing better than a[...]

Bobbie Chase, Scott Lobdell, Rob Liefeld, all we were waiting for was Bob Harras to hire Howard Mackie and Terry Kavanagh for a nineties Marvel revival at DC Comics. Well, Terry Kavanagh is busy elsewhere. But now USA Today reveals that Howard Mackie has been hired by DC Comics along with another nineties favourite, Ian Churchill to[...]

"Swamp Thing with machine guns" is how one DC Comics executive described it to me. But now British fantasy horror writer and leftwing activist China Miéville is to write his first ongoing comic, one of six new DC New 52 titles launching in May Dial H, based on the sixties DC comic Dial H for Hero[...]

See that's what happens when you go own the pub. Stuff happens. Yesterday in the Marvel Liveblogs, they announced that in April, Captain America &

Oh and the upcoming Bill Gates cover while they are at it. Gates appears to (1) Not look like Bill Gates, and (2) be leaning on a microwave oven. PageWatch: PopMatters picks up the debate on print-to-digital and how it affects the reading process for comics. What de Campi's and Larsen's experiment highlights is that digital is a[...]

Marvel sweeps the top spots today with a trio of unrelated tidbits. I'm curious to see where the Marcus Johnson mystery goes in particular, because if

Scotland is the home of many of Britain's most prestigious comics, specifically The Beano and The Dandy, both running for almost eighty years. But a more recent publication is causing problems for some newsagents. And now shopkeepers could be fined if they don't keep comics away from the likes of Maxim, GQ, Loaded, FHM, Nuts and Zoo,[...]

Seriously, I'm sat in the pub and I just fancy getting all the people here to stand round in a circle going "Fight! Fight! Fight!" until teacher breaks us

Vertigo will preview their four new books for March in a comic shipping in February. The Vertigo 2012 Preview Book will be send, for free, to retailers

Starting in Dark Horse Presents #8, out the first week in February, a surprise listing! Almost as much a surprise to me! The Many Murders Of Miss

Basically a story about an invader of dreams as an action adventure comic rather than the introspective exposition of mythology, reality and fiction of DC Comics and Neil Gaiman's Sandman that created a comic book legend Because, as we all know, Sandman is Sandman done right But can there be any other challengers? It seems inherent[...]

I've given the thirteen-or-so thoughts of the week's DC Comics a bit of a break for now It was doing my head in, and I was reading too many comics that I just didn't like, which is never good for the soul. But if I was still doing them, then this scene from this week's Batgirl[...]

Best X-Men in years. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London – whose tenth anniversary new website will be going live any day now. I have been backwards about coming forwards about my admiration for Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo's work on the new Wolverine And The X-Men series Set in school, with lots of text, panels fighting[...]

Demon Knights is one of the ten or so New 52 comics that I eagerly read by choice every month But there's been something nagging at the back of my head, and this issue gave it an extra tug. Demon Knights is a Dungeons And Dragons game, given narrative form Writer Paul Cornell used to play[...]

Bleeding Cool has been following the theory that Marcus Johnson, mysterious star of Battle Scars, is Nick Fury's son, and potentially creating a new black Nick Fury in the standard Marvel Universe in time for the Avengers movie, starring Samuel L Jackson in the role. Well, today's comics comes with some new information Here are three[...]

Aaron brings back Tri-Force Mike this week, as the staff of A Comic Shop in Florida look through today's comic books and makes their recommendations. Do

8 comics section with Doonesbury's vicious attack on Newt Gingrich (whom I do not support in any way) Maybe next week you can arrange for the "Blondie" strip to have Mr Dithers rail on how President Barack Obama's oppressive regulations and heath care demands are killing American business Or at least put Doonesbury on the[...]

  The announcement that Walt Simonson will do a six issue stint with Bendis on The Avengers seems to have everyone's attention today, and with good

According to estimates made by John Mayo, DC Comics sold the most of the Top 300 trade paperbacks and hardcovers in December 2011, taking 27.21% marketshare by volume (and 32% by dollar) against Marvel Comics' 20.09% marketshare by volume (and 25.62% by dollar). But inbetween them snuck Image Comics, taking 24.4% share of all the hardcovers[...]

And I don't know if it's the cold, but she seems a little edgier than usual, talking about tomorrow's comics Publishers beware! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1G4XM-cKRE[/youtube] Every week, I get more grateful that Grace Randolph creates her Think About The Ink videos for Bleeding Cool And I don't know if it's the cold, but she seems a little edgier[...]

Despite DC having a stellar end of year performance, their very rocky start to 2011 and Marvel's recovery in December seems to have given Marvel the edge in marketshare last year, though a reduced lead on 2010. In 2011, Marvel had a 37% share of dollars spent on comics through Diamond Comic Distributors and 41% of[...]

Going to San Diego Comic Con this year? Remember how tricky it was last year? Well this year it's different. This time, before you register, you have to

When I was a young, strapping lad trying to break into comics, I'm talking years and years ago, I met Walt at a convention I showed him my childish sketches and he treated me like a peer He was so generous an empowering and set me on a course to be where I am now[...]

The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine, reports that last night the ten strong board of the Regional School Unit votes that Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age by Ariel Schrag should remain in middle school libraries in Dixfield, Mexico and Buckfield, although parental permission will be needed for the book to be[...]

As a Christian, I find myself often in conflict with what are touted as official Christian responses to some matter or other. Whether that be Christian