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The Avengers In China… Or Is It Japan?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is the solicit for AVENGERS #11, due out in May: AVENGERS #11 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A) COVER BY DUSTIN WEAVER “WAKE THE DRAGON” • As Shang-Chi battles an ancient enemy, the Avengers hang out in Hong …

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Japanese Home-Made Erotic Manga Creator Arrested

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Well there’s a thing. Contrary to popular opinion, not everyone in Japan thinks that porn comics are just one of life’s things. This week an unemployed 44 year old man from Kobe, was charged with taking pages of his hand …

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Hey, America, This Is A Saturday Runaround

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

DreddWatch: John Wagner mourns the decline of The Dandy. So important was the industry once to the city that a statue of Dan now stands on one of Dundee’s main thoroughfares. Seventy-five years The Dandy has lived, Britain’s longest-running comic, …

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Bryan O’Malley’s Bluenose Type-O

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I received some excited e-mails last night about a surprise, never heard of, upcoming Bryan O’Malley comic called Bluenose Type-O, seen at Comiket in Japan this weekend. However, I’m told it is just one illustration, for a book of fake …

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A Final Fable For Japan

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Matthew Funk writes for Bleeding Cool; The third and final book in the Fables for Japan digital anthology series has just been released. Along with the first two books in the series, theyare definitely worth your attention for …

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Mr. Smylie Goes to Dubai: Reflections on Middle East Film & Comic-Con

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

My longtime pal Mark Smylie dropped me a line recently, indicating that he’d just been to the MEFCC convention in Dubai and that he was wondering if Bleeding Cool would like to post his reflections on the event. Certainly we …

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Video: Space Battleship Yamato Flies Again

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Michael Moran

Now THAT’s what I call ‘Battleship’: Extended clip of new Japanese animated space opera hits the web.

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Friday Runaround – From Japan To India To The South China Sea

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

FluWatch: Bleeauurghhh. HackWatch: Those pirated Marvel digital comics? Yup, it was an open door someone had left, in the company’s internet security. Now they’ll have to go back to scanning in the comics as they come in on a Tuesday… …

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Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh #114: Art Imitates Games Imitates Life

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool In REALITY IS BROKEN: WHY GAMES MAKE US BETTER AND HOW THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, Jane McGonigal proposed that games have the potential to improve people’s social skills, self-esteem, motivation, and on a …

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Preview: Spirit Of Hope

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I’ve written a short one page piece with artist Mike Collins for the upcoming Spirit Of Hope anthology from Comic Book Alliance, to raise money for victims of the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. Edited by Alan Cowsill, Spirit …

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Death Of Nightcrawler To Benefit Japan

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Mike Choi is auctioning the entire original artwork for X-Force #26, the issue in which Nightcrawler karked it, for sale on eBay to benefit the Red Cross. 23 pages long, it’s currently at around $700 which is an insane bargain, …

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Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh #94: New Nightmares For The Japanese Dreamtime?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I was talking to animator Jesse Norton after he showed me his comic about his friend Koga surviving the earthquake in Japan, and as we went over the latest news about the reactors in Fukushima Dai-Ichi, there wasn’t a lot …

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Joe’s Japanese Story

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Jesse Norton, working in animation, writes; When the March 11 earthquake hit Japan, I was sound asleep enjoying my first vacation in years. My friend Joe’s call at 3am was not welcome for many reasons, and there was no way …

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Dark Horse Auctioning For Red Cross Aid For Japan

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This is just one of the pieces being auctioned off by Dark Horse comics in a fundraise for the Red Cross’ activities in the post tsunami/earthquake Japan. Other items include; Comics and graphic novels signed by Duncan Fegredo: Two sets …

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Hentai And Fnarr Fnarr To Join The Oxford English Dictionary

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It is considered the greatest considered collection of words in the English lanmguage. And now the Oxford English Dictionary is adding another two. Hentai and Fnarr Fnarr. Their definition is not yet available but Wikipedia defines the first as “a …

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Raising Money For Japan Through Art

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This is a James Jean silk scarf being sold to benefit Red Cross efforts in Japan. There’s a lot of it about. Meg Hunt writes; Japan has given those of us of a nerdly sort a lot over the years: …

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Praying For Japan Through Art

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Rich Johnston

At the beginning of the week Tokyo-based manga artist Sensha Yoshida, was cooking stir-fry rice noodles and tweeted that he didn’t notice the first earthquake. Things changed quickly as tsunami and more tremors hit Japan leading to massive loss of …

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Saturday Runaround – Bagging Bagley

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Rich Johnston

FascistWatch: Green Hornet director Michael Gondry calls fanboys… welll… His eyes light up when he mentions Rogen, but the reaction of the fanboys and bloggers to the prospect of The Green Hornet – which the director describes as a “super-antihero movie” …

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