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Bounce #1 – Knocking Back A Speedball

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is being written on an aeroplane waiting to take off. I am cramped, I am tired, I am sober, I feel like bouncing off the walls. A perfect time to read Bounce #1, out today. Do you remember Speedball? …

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Write Or Wrong #74 – Write Angry by Dirk Manning

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Dirk Manning writes; Have you ever seen the full “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” speech from the film Network? If not, or even if you have, it’s worth seeing again for the sake …

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You Wait For Ages For TransComics And Then Three Come Along At Once

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We’ve had Batgirl recently, when a female character created by Gail Simone who had appeared throughout the current run, outed herself out as transgender. Then last week, Storm Dogs by David Hine and Doug Braithwaite from Image ran a storyline …

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The Ridiculous Legal Challenges Against Jupiter’s Legacy

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Last year, the then-upcoming comic Jupiter’s Children by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely changed its name to Jupiter’s Legacy. At the time, Millar said “We just preferred it when we were playing around with finished logos and decided to tweak …

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’68, Vietnam And Jane Fonda

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The creators of the Image war zombie comic, ’68, end each issue with specific tales and facts about the time the comic is set. They’ve just added a new one to Facebook; This is interesting. If your familiar with our …

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The Uncanny Weekly Bleed

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Weekly Bleeders report: Toni was out at a fitting for this weeks show so we had our production manage, Brian Wise, fill in on the show along with Yvette. This week we talk about Skullkicker sales, female comic characters, …

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X-Men, East Of West And The Wake Top Advance Reorder Charts

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Welcome to the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. This is where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are …

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Tim Seeley – A Renaissance Man

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Alex Wilson writes; Tim Seeley, the writer on books such as Revival and the artist on books like Ex Sanguine, is the rare combination of multi-talent in the comic book industry. Seeley writes book for publisher such as Image and …

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Showtime Yet To Pay Layman And Guillory For Chew

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

John Layman, co-creator of Image comic book Chew, has been tweeting. That always gets interesting. And this time it concerns the much-publicised option that Showtime took on this comic about a cop who gets psychic flashes when he tastes something. …

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Gender, Sex Work And Going Beyond Diversity – Storm Dogs #5

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Natalie Reed writes; There’s been a lot of trans characters popping up in comics these past few weeks. Well… contextually “a lot”, anyway. Contrary to some perceptions that the mainstream comics are being glutted with some kind of forced explosion …

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Riley Rossmo And The Holidays From Hell

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Louis Falcetti Q&A’d with Riley Rossmo around the launch of his new Image comic, Dia De Los Muertos. And naturally he started with a Bleeding Cooly question, poking at open wounds.  Why did you leave Bedlam? Can you talk about …

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The Power Of Uncanny

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Jim Zub reports on the sales bump given to Skullkickers by renaming it Uncanny Skullkickers for one issue, in light of Uncanny Avengers and Uncanny X-Force joining Uncanny X-Men at Marvel. Something I’m sure Nicky Barrucci hopes will be repeated …

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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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Morning Glories #26 To Be Replaced Over Wrong Page

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Morning Glories #26 was printed with a odd page. Not the kind of thing you wouldn’t expect to see in the title, which does kinda go all over the place. But in this case, It wasn’t intentional, so retailers have …

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Peter Panzerfaust Casts Elijah Wood And Summer Glau As Its Motion Comics Peter And Wendy

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

While we await casting news, or really any news at all, on the TV version of Peter Panzerfaust, Image have pressed ahead and added some talent to their motion comics version.

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Six Panels From Five Weapons One

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Alasdair Stuart writes for Bleeding Cool I had my doubts about Five Weapons. I’ve suffered through quite enough ‘It’s Harry Potter but they fight!’ ‘It’s Harry Potter but they’re all already dead!’ ‘It’s Harry Potter just with cake baking!’ nonsense …

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First Look At Mr. Go, Korea’s Baseball Playing CG Gorilla

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Mr. Go himself has been created with CG and the help of motion capture. He looks pretty good to me. I hope his film is up to snuff too.

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BC Mag #3: Reviving The Horror Genre

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric Horror is in my blood. Always has been and always will be. I started a lifelong obsession with the genre which began with Riddley Scott’s Alien and has been a dark part of …

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