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Like a lot of kids, I grew up reading Archie comics — in my case since the early 1960s, so I'm very attached to the characters, all the more so after spending 40 pages a month for over three years writing about their trials and tribulations. RJS: I get that the whole The Married Life with[...]

Here is the solicit for Thunderbolts #32, out in October. THUNDERBOLTS #32 BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER (W) KIM JACINTO (A) Cover by DAVID YARDIN • The

The dialog that resulted got me to thinking about the lightning rod stories in comics I'm talking about plots or events that have divided comic book fans like nothing else and are all but guaranteed to elicit strong opinions whenever mentioned Identity Crisis is certainly one but not the only one and not the most[...]

The illustrated French art book In Search Of Lost Dragons by Elian Black'Mor, Carine-M, and Jézéquel is being adapted into English by Dynamite

The lack of an X-Men panel at San Diego Comic Con, unlike all other recent years also get thrown into the mix. But is the Fantastic Four movie striking back? ComicBookMovie has translated an interview in a recent Esquire, interviewing lead actress Kate Mara, who says, I've never been a fan of comics, I've never actually read one[...]

Horror fiend and center of the Chaos! Comics universe Evil Ernie is getting back in the spotlight just in time for Halloween Dynamite is launching a new Evil Ernie series co-written by Chaos! architect Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and his brother and fellow writer Steve Seeley, and feature interior artwork by talented artist Rafael Lanhellas. "Steve and I[...]

Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin and Matt Wagner, the creative force behind the new Django / Zorro comic, will be on Dynamite's 10th Anniversary panel

Wednesday, July 16th Forbidden Planet at 832 Broadway in New York will host writer Frank Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Solar, Blackout, New Avengers Annual) at a signing for the launch of his new comic with Victor Santos from Boom!, Black Market  from 6:30 to 8:30PM. Thursday, July 17th Midtown Comics Downtown will host John Romita, Jr in a signing[...]

What is up with the name Wormwood? First there was the Ben Templesmith's Wormwood from IDW, and then Garth Ennis' Chronicles of Wormwood from Avatar

It's the 350th Issue of Judge Dredd Megazine Special this week at a whopping 132 pages (including a free poster) and we also have Prog 1890 of 2000AD this week, both available July 16th in shops in the UK, a little behind that in the USA, and digitally everywhere on the 16th. The special Megazine features[...]

It's nearly here--the second arc of Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten's Image Series Umbral, arriving this comic book day to great anticipation

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this week's upcoming books, speculating about where they are headed, and discuss their favorite storylines Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Another great week of comics hitting the shelves this week,[...]

Here are the pencils from Rick Veitch for the new cover for Miracleman #9, the birth issue, out next month from Marvel Comics. The retailer warning for the comic now reads "Miracleman #9 – GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING Please note that the upcoming Miracleman #9 contains graphic content, including a detailed scene of childbirth." This is how they did it[...]

Collins. "Seeing as this is the 45th anniversary of Vampirella's creation, Dynamite has decided to mark the occasion by taking her back to her roots," says writer Collins.  "We've got some of the best writers in comics slated to deliver the short, sharp shocks that the Warren magazines were famous for.  I am both excited and[...]

By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Bleeding Cool's Bleeding Cosplay columnist Ian Mageto presents his thoughts on DC Comics' new Batgirl costume design by artist Babs Tarr. Follow Comics and Cosplay: TWITTER › https://twitter.com/ComixNCosplay TUMBLR › http://satmorncosplay.tumblr.com/ FACEBOOK › https://www.facebook.com/satmorningco… INSTAGRAM › http://instagram.com/satmorncosplay DEVIANTART › http://satmorncosplay.deviantart.com/ Subscribe to the Comics and Cosplay channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… Also Check out Ian's weekly cosplay article at Bleeding[...]

By Christopher Smith In this, the fifth installment of our ongoing column series, Christopher Smith takes us on a tour through his own back pages as a comics fan, going down unexpected dark alleys and digressions Focusing only on the comics and pop-cultural touchstones he experienced at the time, he reconsiders their (at times unlikely) influence and[...]

Mercy Thompson #1, the first issue in a six-issue miniseries by author Patricia Briggs and Dynamite, will be released October 1, 2014.  Co-written by Rik Hoskin and illustrated by Tom Garcia, the new Mercy Thompson comic book series is set within official continuity with the successful novel series, and features a story never before told[...]

The Life After #1 (Oni Press, $3.99) By Graig Kent Oni Press is perhaps the most interesting publisher in comics today.  Unlike other smaller presses like IDW, Dark Horse or Boom Studios, which deliver creator-driven work on the heels of successful licensed properties (a model that works, and I enjoy, I'm not knocking it), or Image's model[...]

Dynamite is celebrating their 10th anniversary and one of the characters they've been publishing most of that time is Ash Williams. In honor of that they

And comics news reporting sites become implicit in that market distortion every time we run them as a story. Also your store may still have the first prints in stock, but this will let your store order a few more But hey ho, away we go In for a penny… Avengers #31… Big Trouble In Little China #1   X-O Manowar[...]

Who says that committed machine gun enthisiasts can't be nice? On the website ak47.net, user The_Macallan who describes himself as "Typical White Person"

Talking about journalism and earlier plans, sci-fi, horror and fantasy novelist Charlie Stross wrote,   Sounds like I got out just in time …! (It was either ditch the journalism and go 100% full time as a novelist, or ditch the journalism, keep writing novels 50% of the time, and do work for hire for Marvel Comics —[...]

Bleeding Cool, both the website and magazine, has run a number of pieces about comic books, unfinished, unpublished, languishing in the bottom drawer of a

It's the Todd McFarlane/Neil Gaiman created character given to Gaiman as part of a legal settlement and sold to Marvel Comics, and the last time she had her own series, drawn by Greg Capullo.   No idea who is drawing her this time… will we find out at San Diego? Probably.   That is what I have been[...]

The writers of Kill Shakespeare, Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery are moving on over to Dynamite to work on Sherlock Holmes vs Harry Houdini. They will

By Ed Saul, who has had a sneak-peek at issues #1-3 of The Life After by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Gabriel Bautista from Oni Press Issue # 1 of The Life

In May, Image Comics announced the upcoming title Imperial, a "superhero romance", by Steven T Seagle and Mark Dos Santos, in tandem with Man of Action Entertainment, coming in August This SDCC, Man of Action will be holding court at booth #2007, and Imperial will be spurring on plenty of chatter. Man of Action describe Imperial[...]

Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Brad Meltzer talk about comics and the story of American civil rights, with the launch of the look of March: Book Two, from Top Shelf Comix. March Book Two made a massive splash last San Diego Comic Con last year And even though this second longer chapter will take till next[...]

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. And Batman Eternal returns to the top, beating out the launches of Grayson and Spider-Man 2099 as well as the Walking Dead and the[...]

You'll know him from Wanted. You should know him for Doc Savage. And now you'll know him from Boom! Studios... if you can hear him through the dramatic