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Orbiting Around The Movement

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Rich Johnston

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Chris Thompson writes; Welcome to Episode 111 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we go on the pull with Transformers Spotlight: Hoist #1, lose the flak jackets for Suicide Risk #1, get mobbed …

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Talking To Nick Spencer About Bedlam, The Aurora Shootings And SHIELD

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Photo by Sindha Agha. Dylan Sutcliff writes; To get an interview with Nick Spencer I first had to abandon any semblance of self-worth- okay maybe it wasn’t that bad. It was in a chatroom, a tinychat to be specific. I …

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Jupiter’s Legacy, The First Top Three Creator Owned Title Since… When Exactly?

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Jupiter’s Legacy #1 has sold out its print run at Diamond. It was placed third on the chart for the month of April, though it could be higher if Diamond’s 10% statistical discount for returnable comics is taking into account. …

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A Little More From Ales Kot’s Zero

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Last October during NYCC, we learned that Ales Kot has a series called Zero planned for Image Comics, for May this year. Which is now. But t is coming, honesr. It’s out in September instead. Drawn by Michael Walsh… “it …

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Cammy’s Covers – Hawkeye To Dial H

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool; Hawkeye #10 by Francesco Francavilla Orange you glad Francavilla illustrated this cover? Simple, yet effective. One might say this cover is a total (*puts on shades*) bullseye. Mister X: Eviction #1 by Dean Motter …

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Transgendered People Still Don’t Have It Great, Even In The Far Flung Future Of Storm Dogs

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From Storm Dogs #5 by David Hine and Doug Braithwaite, published by Image Comics next week. Fully functioning womb implants… but no right to care for your children. Doesn’t seem too far in the future, does it?  

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Making The Panel Work For Its Supper: Chin Music #1 by Steve Niles and Tony Harris

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Tomorrow sees the publication of Ten Grand #1 by JMS and Ben Templesmith, published by Image. I talked about it here. A private investigator in an undetermined city being hired to deal with crime, demons and angels, under the surface. …

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Constantine Done Right? Ten Grand #1 by JMS and Ben Templesmith Reviewed

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Ten Grand is a hard book for me to read with any consistent authorial viewpoint in my head. Written by Joe Michael Straczynski and painted by Ben Templesmith, this book’s visual identity is very similar to another Image title, Fell. …

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A .45 Donkey Punch: Sex #2 Review

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Louis Falcetti writes; Every time you think people are running out of approaches to studying the mythos of superpeople, something like SEX comes along. SEX is like the Cronenberg movie I never knew he should make but now furiously demand. SEX is what is playing …

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Apple And Saga #12 – Tuesday Trending Topics

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Mark Seifert

BKV on Saga #12: “As has hopefully been clear from the first page of our first issue, SAGA is a series for the proverbial “mature reader.”  Unfortunately, because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex, Apple is banning tomorrow’s …

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So How Did Jupiter’s Legacy Get Those 150,000 Pre-Orders Anyway?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Yesterday, we reported Rob Liefeld’s tweet that Jupiter’s Legacy, the new comic from Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, has received over 150,000 preorders. Which may well put it at the top of the chart. But how did it acheive such …

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Apple Bans Sex, Image Tells You Where You Can Find It

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Copies have been sold for up to $18 on eBay the day after it was published, the variant cover has sold for $50 and the ECCC cover has sold for up to $125. Sex sells. That is, if it’s Sex …

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Dead Gorgeous – Talking To Charlie Adlard

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Alyssa Pack writes from ECCC, where she talked to Charlie Adlard; Although Adlard is an artist for one of the most popular comics on the market, the Skybound panel he appeared at was nearly empty.  All of The Walking Dead …

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When Imitation Is NOT The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

ABC Television has swiped from comics again, announcing a show titled The Returned a summary of which reads almost exactly like Norton & Seeley’s Revival. What are the chances? Kate Kotler says “Very high.”

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Comeback For A Review

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Comeback #1 – by Ed Brisson, Michael Walsh and Jordie Bellaire  A Review by Eliot Cole This review started out very differently in my mind. But before we go there, I should just say that I rather like Comeback quite …

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Tuesday Review: Nowhere Men #1

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Alex Wilson writes for Bleeding Cool; Nowhere Men starts off by following the young, then a few panels later, the old heads of a company called “World Corp.” We then jump to people who have a virus that no one …

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Thursday Trending Topics: Spawn’s Election Redo

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Rich is right that this would have been a lot more effective if it had come out the Wednesday of election week, but I still think the cover parody combined with the theme is rather amusing. Then again, a little …

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BC Mag #1: Cyber Force For Free

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric. This summer, Top Cow did something somewhat revolutionary for one of the top comic publishers. They decided to launch a campaign to bring back Marc Silvestri’s Cyber Force in a way that makes …

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