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Taken on the NYC Subway, a poster for the upcoming Special Edition NYC Comic Convention, a show focussing on comics and used to promote the larger NYCC later in the year, and an opportunity for Marvel Comics to establish themselves very much as a New York publisher – and one that is staying here Most[...]

I was born in 1972. Just before that momentous occasion, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio was writing letters to The House of Secrets #99 (August 1972) aged

It's actually a triple-whammy this week as we say in the USA, with three big things happening at once on the 2000AD front. First, there's this week's

What makes them such a treasure trove of stories for today's comics market? CR: I think there's a certain purity to those characters The most successful of them have a strong visual element to them, and their basic character set up can be explained in just a few short sentences It's not necessary to understand a[...]

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: Thanks for pressing play, folks! This week is a big week! Tons[...]

By Jared Cornelius It's not really a secret to anyone who knows me that I'm a wrestling fan.  It's not a passion I wear on my sleeve, but in the 31 years

It currently stands as the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year so far, and received a largely positive critical reaction to boot. Well, I can only hope that the success of the movie translates into a similar reception for the accompanying graphic novel by Aronofsky and co-writer Ari Handel – because their collaboration with artist Niko[...]

Here's hoping we see more comics following in tow For now, enjoy Brass Sun, previewed courtesy of 2000AD: Brass Sun #1 hits shelves this week, on May 28th I recall hearing about the possibility of this book a couple of years ago and feeling fascinated by the core principles[...]

When I first heard that the previous publisher to publish Doc Savage comics no longer held the license, I immediately contacted the good people at Dynamite to let them know that, if they ever got their hands on the license, that I wanted to write the comic And I mentioned it again the next time[...]

In grading final papers, reviewing course evaluations, and speaking with students outside of class, I have garnered several insights about young people and comics I'm pleased to report that the views I held in January about these young men and women and their interest in comics might have been overly pessimistic. The course itself, or the[...]

We've looked into the very, very early work of Alan Moore, uncovering what appears to be his earliest published work, written in 1969. Today we have

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… Batman Eternal loses its regular top spot, with the eventness of Forever Evil, Amazing Spider-Man and Original Sin beating it out[...]

Blimey. Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week Time Runs Out, The Marvel Event For May 2015 Joss Whedon Salutes Edgar Wright With The Cornetto Of Solidarity Are Both Marvel And DC Giving Us A New Crisis? New Star Wars Rumors Include RetConning Aplenty  Mark Waid Clarifies Decision to Leave Hulk With #4 James Gunn's Surprisingly Touching Comments On The Marvel And Edgar Wright[...]

The superstar of comics. "There should be a superhero for every type of person." Stan Lee, king of diversity there. "I'd like to be remembered as a guy who co-created a lot of these characters." He's a lot more careful about that "co" these days, isn't he? Stan Lee there, folks The superstar of comics. [...]

First there are cinema ads, now there ads in major newspaper. Marvel, the publisher never known to spent a cent on advertising that it can afford not to

Wednesday, May 28th JHU Comics, Hang Dai Studios, and Delete Blood Cancer Present: A Bone Marrow Donor Drive In Support of Seth Kushner on the 28th at 6PM at JHU Comics at 32 East 32nd Street in New York As announced previously in detail on Bleeding Cool, award-winning photographer and writer of the successfully Kickstarted Schmuck anthology[...]

Lesbian vampires. It comes with the territory. TV Tropes tells us, She's got the raven-black hair, the tight leather bodice, the pale skin, and the fangs.

Originally revealed by Bleeding Cool on April 1st last year, Inhuman and Inhumanity was Marvel's big new thing, a way to revive the Inhuman ready to be exploited as a new franchise, an alternative to the X-Men for Marvel Studios, a new status quo for the Marvel Universe spinning out of the Infinity series and[...]

  Courtesy of Frazer Brown... Clicky for biggy. Much much biggy.  

On Saturday, Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel would be advertising Miracleman in cinemas over Memorial Weekend. And so it came to pass, with viewers

Adam Armit writing for Bleeding Cool Coran's Quest: Misterstourworm and the Kelpies Gift – a Scottish fantasy, a tale of friendship and compassion, of a

A Mythos Grimmly. A Lovecraftian Fairy Tale Anthology. Edited by Jeremy Hochhalter, published by Wanderer’s Haven Publications. Authors : Joseph S.

Pathfinder: City Of Secrets commentary by Jim Zub. PAGE 1: Starting up a new story arc and a new issue #1, it’s nice to get a brief reintroduction to our

Mark Waid is wrapping up his run on the Green Hornet for Dynamite with issue #13  and with issue #12 shipping this week. Dan Abnett had a chance to ask

We've created an entire website around WoM that features 1940s Radio episodes, a 400 page, fully illustrated short-story anthology, collected print editions of the webcomics, T-shirts and more With the new Issue Number One, we hope to take it to the next level as a fully-fledged comic available to readers everywhere! I hope you enjoy Warbirds[...]

Weird Love #1 from IDW and Yoe! Books has sold out of its 5900 print run, based on initial orders of 4900 and FOC numbers of 5200. Its second printing

Joseph Hewitt – Writer, Illustrator. Ambs Myers – Illustrator. Eunsuk Seo – Translator. Kirsten Thompson – Editor. Closes on June 8, 2014.Comic to be published June 30, 2014 Alien Lives is a collection of weird comics designed to confuse and delight you The stories include tales of young love, nuclear powered fertility symbols, huckster space gods, and why you should[...]

As an auntie to a tween-age niece, it's my personal agenda to get her and other kids in my family converted to comics nerddom, so they too can experience the excitement and awesomeness of sequential stories The way to go is through all-ages comics, especially aimed at girls. Anyone who's ever tried to find comics for[...]

Steve Borock was the President of comics slabbing and grading company CGC He was also their primary grader He left CGC to work for Heritage Auctions in 2008, specialising in their handling of valuable comic books including those of Don & Maggie Thompson, and worked on the board of comics veteran charity, HERO. On June 3rd, his[...]

Passion, by tenacious puppy studios. Daniel, Maria & Doc. Close date: June 22. Publish date: #0 July 14, Collected October 14. Unabashedly &