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This 20-minute short was narrated by comedy icon Jonathan Winters and included footage shot in DC and Marvel offices, as well as footage of conventions. The documentary opens with former DC editor Mike Gold walking past dozens of filing cabinets filled with comics Pulling one open, he takes out and presents Detective Comics #1, explaining the[...]

By Julz Hendricks Female-led comics are stealing the spotlight, making us want more glorious issues to consume By consume, I mean read over and over again Storm #1 sets the standard high for all the other female led books coming out Greg Pak had me at Action Comics, so it was obvious that Storm would find[...]

They've been absent for far too long, and I miss them. Saga #21 from Image Comics is written by Brian K Vaughan, with art by Fiona Staples. Christine Marie Vinciquarra is a writer and bibliomaniac with a love for all things creative Some of her favorite things include: Batgirl, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Saga, Game of Thrones (the books[...]

Marvel Comics usually registers trademarks to protect TV and film rights rather than comic book rights, unless there's a specific threat Which is why its trademark registry is full of Age Of Ultron, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Rocket Raccoon, Agent Carter, Big Hero 6 and Registered Gifted right now. Oh, and Squirrel Girl. Created by Spider-Man co-creator,[...]

Ian Melton writes: The anticipation for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy is getting a bit crazy as the movie prepares to open in the US at the end of this week.  A lot of the plot has actually been kept on lock down and most people are going to be enter the movie mostly spoiler[...]

In reality, he was a creative maverick in so many arenas of popular culture that it was surprise to hear that Archaia's Henson line editor Rebecca "Tay" Taylor mentioned that comics was the one of the few mediums that Jim Henson's creativity did not directly touch.  However in 2009, Archaia and The Jim Henson Company[...]

So, we know that Thor is being recreated as a woman, wielding the hammer Mjolnir. And that whatever there was of the original Thor, no longer worthy to

This was the scene from today's Justice League, a peek at the future to come by looking at Power Ring's past. And combined with Geoff John's tweet.

Martin is a valid cosplay choice. Jeremy "Finn" Shada doesn't know how to use a microphone properly. Hannah Means-Shannon works so much harder than anyone knows. Gatorade actually wasn't paying me for each mention. You can always depend on the kindness of comic publishers for last minute crash space. IDW savaged Pony continuity with how they dealt with crossing over[...]

By Dan Celko Madeline Ricchiuto and I got our first glimpse into the world of the new Mass Effect game currently in development by Bioware. The Mass

Adventure Time is Boom! Studios' best selling comic book, measuring all lines of revenue. Based on the cartoon, it's won plenty of awards, and I came home

And then start writing scripts in which they save the day, which pisses off all the show's regular writers. Thank goodness none of this is true of  Minty Lewis, who plays Eileen on Regular Show, and writing today's spinoff comic, issue 13. Lewis worked as a senior designer for Viz Media and a graphic designer on Shonen Jump,[...]

And Xavier was out of the wheelchair at that time. The films have created a far closer link between Xavier and Mystique than the comics ever did Now it seems the comics are grabbing a little of that back… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. currently exhibiting the work of Sally Jane Thompson. [...]

Still an arse, though, just less of one. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. currently exhibiting the work of Sally Jane Thompson.   From today's Justice League, Niles Caulder, the Chief, leader of the newly relaunched and recreated Doom Patrol, established his reputation as a but of a git to Robot Man. Basically giving himself a superhero team[...]

No matter how experienced or talented, there's always something… They might as well just give this comic the Eisner right now.   Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. currently exhibiting the work of Sally Jane Thompson. Hawkeye #19 by Matt Fraction and David Aja is published today and already it's a shoo-in for next year's favourite single issue,[...]

Because Miles Morhames has a message for Susan Storm. That, despite Reed Richards of the Ultimate Earth being a pschyopathic genocial murderer, it is imperative for the survival of the world that Susan Storm have a child by him. Nice. So she takes the matter into her own hands. So what exactly happened? Does Harley Quinn (from earlier) have[...]

It was swiped from the Comic Journal who originally ran this column, as well as the now defunct Swipe Of The Week website. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. currently exhibiting the work of Sally Jane Thompson.   From today's New Avengers #21 with the Superman analogue from an incursing Earth, meeting his fate from Doctor Strange[...]

Your choice. Just as today, when encounting a ne'er-do-well, you can choose to believe she pointed a sword in his vicinity and told him to scram… before going for a much-deserved meal. Or that she chopped off a certain piece of his anatomy. But, when flinging animal poop around the city, she was able to comment on Dan[...]

From one Vice President of Marketing John Cunningham of DC Comics, (above, right) talking to DC All Access presenter Tifanny Smith. Tiffany Smith asked if she was allowed to mention what was revealed at the DC TV panel, and John Cunningham says "It was on Bleeding Cool this morning[...]

Here we have an exclusive extended preview for Red Sonja #0 by Gail Simone and Noah Salonga with a cover by Gabriel Hardman. Red Sonja #0 is in stores

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom! I'm back from San Diego Comic-Con and ready to talk New Comics Now on A Comic Show! Okay, first I talk some about the con, then it's Kirkman's Outcast #2 Also Skybound and Joshua Williamson has a new book called Birthright out in October[...]

Also, there is a balance of details with the minimal color palette. During the chaos that is San Diego International Comic Con, I had the opportunity to interview Lucarelli and Ponciano via email and talk about the story, the art, and working together from two very different parts of the world – a trend that I[...]

[audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/images/blog/The-Orbiting-Pod-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-Special.mp3] Welcome to another Special Episode of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we shoot for the stars and tackle the two bands of misfits that have called themselves the Guardians of the Galaxy. We begin our intergalactic journey with Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrows Avengers Vol 1, and our introduction to the diverse assembly of Vance Astro, Yondu,[...]

Joe #1 Life With Archie #37 Afterlife With Archie #6 Ragnarok #1 Storm #1 (Marvel Comics, $3.99) By Devon Sanders My mind and heart is filled with, quite possibly, tens of thousands of comics characters. Spider-Man was the first character to make me giddy As a four year old, I was gifted with a Spider-Man towel set and I was beyond happy[...]

Back in 2011, Marvel comics gave us a glimpse of the future One we haven't seen for a while. At the end of Captain America Reborn we saw this apocalyptic future with heroes slain all over, written by Ed Brubaker. Then in Avengers #4 written by Brian Bendis. These were labelled by Killraven as Martians (and heavily resemble the creature/machines from[...]

Painkiller Jane has previously been a made for television movie and a short-lived television series. A representative from DC Comics brought up three Batman 75th Anniversary Capes for Palmiotti to give away at the panel, so at the end Palmiotti offered them up to whomever would put them on and go up down the center aisle[...]

It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion. For the first time since we started running this list, every single store had one title in first place, Batman #33 knocking back Batman[...]

It's a much smaller version of a Secret Cinema for comics – and one that can't be reproduced digitally. And a QR Code takes us somewhere special as well… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNft7lLF1DM[/youtube] And here is how he made the comics. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUEgi9W0buQ[/youtube] Find more from John Chad here.   [...]

Harvey cautioned that comic at that time "meant originally to the vehicle not the substance." Part of the problem, as Scott McCloud discussed in his seminal work Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, that defining comics is difficult especially because historians would keep finding earlier and earlier examples Harvey read several definitions, but concluded that comics are[...]

#JanetVanCrime — Vassalady (@iamvassalady) July 27, 2014   Women leading their own titles in comics is fantastic but it DOES NOT mean that we'll ignore erasure #JanetVanCrime — Erika Heather (@erika_heather) July 27, 2014   So one of the founding members of the Avengers isn't important enough to be in MCU becaause? She's too female for it? Right[...]