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The local media is getting excited… just not necessary the local media in Philadelphia. Either way Marvel comics character, Venom, is leaving New York for Philadelphia Both the writer Cullen Bunn and editor Tom Brennan went to Philadelphia's Drexel University, and they're giving their alumni their own superhero. Or, at least, something close to it. Bunn is quoted[...]

Two have been shot and killed, and nine others injured in a gun incident in Manhattan this morning, just around the corner from comic store Jim Hanley's

Frazer Brown writes for Bleeding Cool on the new location for Forbidden Planet New York… right round the corner of the old one. Walking in to the new NYC Forbidden Planet flagship store (conveniently approx 3 doors own from the old Forbidden Planet store on Broadway), I was slightly underwhelmed, The shop has a sense of[...]

A Little Bleeder in Manhattan writes; Was walking to work this morning and saw this ad on 47th Street, between Madison and Fifth avenues. First time I can

Bleeding Cool has reported about the attempts of the comic industry to encourage existing comic shop owners to open up new comic shops. But what if you could open up an entirely different kind of comic shop? Escape Pod Comics is planned to open in New York, and using Kickstarter to fund its first year of operation[...]

Comic store chain Forbidden Planet is moving its famous Manhattan branch from 840 Broadway to 832 Broadway  in a couple of weeks with a grand opening a

Wedding fever is clearly in the air… the celebrate the marriage of Northstar and Kyle in Astonishing X-Men #51 today, Earthworld Comics in Albany, New York has an officiant standing by ready (below) to perform nuptuals for anyone who turns up As long as you've been to City Hall with your birth certificates and $40[...]

WeddingWatch: The New York Times reports on today's same-sex wedding at Midtown Comics Downtown, to coincide with the launch of Astonishing X-Men #51. In honor of the release of "Astonishing X-Men No 51," in which the mutant superhero Northstar marries his boyfriend Kyle, Midtown Comics will present the wedding of Scott Everhart, 39, and Jason Welker,[...]

New York Comic Con was coming up and we had commissioned two Convention Exclusive Variants for the show Another Transformers cover and one for GI Joe We booked Michael Bell, who had voiced many characters in both original cartoon shows to attend and sign autographs, as well as cover artist Casey Coller and cover colourist[...]

Patrick Willems has moved to New York In his new Afterwards They Will Explode, he celebrates his new location as only he knows how, for Bleeding Cool. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85kOdXyIpY[/youtube] Patrick Willems has moved to New York In his new Afterwards They Will Explode, he celebrates his new location as only he knows how, for Bleeding Cool. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85kOdXyIpY[/youtube] [...]

The other week, Bleeding Cool reported that New York store Montasy Comics was to open a new outlet in Manhattan Midtown, going up against Jim Hanley's and Midtown Comics. The location has now been confirmed on the second floor of 431 Fifth Ave on 38th Street. It is up the street from Jim Hanleys and about halfway[...]

Not everything is happening in Seattle right now you know. Mike Carbonaro kicked off this weekend's New York Comic Book Marketplace (NYCBM) with an exclusive cocktail reception featuring guest of honor Stan Lee Stan was in fine form and during a brief stint on stage he had the crowd hanging on his every word. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HSaC78SfN8[/youtube] "It's great to[...]

Alberto Serrano, as Tito na Rua, is a master of graffiti storytelling. Telling the story of Joe Nobody and his dog, one wall at a time throughout the

This is in upstate New York. The Utica Observer-Dispatch, a Gatehouse Media paper, is NOT running these Doonesburys I think they shy away from the controversial ones in general We've been printing this paper less than a year, and from what I gathered from reading it, when they switched over the format when they started printing[...]

This is Sean Von Gorman. He has chained himself outside Forbidden Planet in Manhattan until all the copies of his new comic, The Secret Adventures of

Tomorrow at 1pm, Sean Von Gorman will handcuff himself to a traffic light outside Forbidden Planet in Manhattan, to promote the newly available The Secret

We begin with a few Avengers Bobble Heads at Toy Fair 2012, courtesy of Paul Nicholasi of Idle Hands, slide through the Avengers Super Hero Squad figures

Today the New York Times has put Real Life Super Heroes on the front paage of their paper in an article talking about Salt Lake City's own Utah saints, Black Monday comprised of  Red Voltage, Asylum, Nihilist and more. "Red Voltage, who in mild-mannered daytime life is a 23-year-old residential leasing manager named Roman Daniels, casually[...]

But next time I'm in New York? I'm popping in. The Lion's Head Tavern is on the corner of 109th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan It's been open since 2002, offering "wings, beer, and sports".  You know the kind of place. But not only can you find it in our universe, it seems to have[...]

And they're not even based in New York and so were without home advantage. 3 Asking Dan Slott to hug members of the audience is a running joke that looks like it will well continue into the next year It starts to come over as almost office bullying But Dan doesn't seem to mind… too much. 4[...]

It may seem a rather stretched juxtaposition, a New York Comic Con being a litany of visual treats, but that's never stopped Tommy Edison before And here's his video report… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPdk6A8fRLI[/youtube] Previously… Edison reviews Scream 4. It may seem a rather stretched juxtaposition, a New York Comic Con being a litany of visual treats, but that's never[...]

Two characters, a rebel with a magic mask and the titular young prostitute, find themselves about to be united in revolution. Justice League: Doom Trailer Debuts | Superhero Hype Straight from its premiere at New York Comic-Con, IGN has debuted the trailer for the next feature-length animated DC Universe fim, Justice League: Doom Check it out in[...]

Chrissy Williams, wife of Uncanny X-Men writer Kieron Gillen, is in and around Times Square right now in the middle of the Wall Street protest that has

Yeung Publisher: Sixgun Comics High Concept: It's sword, sorcery and sixguns: three intersecting urban fantasy stories set in Meridian, a city ruled by mages built upon the ruins of a New York destroyed by a magical apocalypse We'll meet Cinder Byrnes, a thief and hustler with a lifelong dream of becoming a wizard;[...]

Title: TOXICITY, Volume 1: Welcome to Eleven City Creators: Victor Ochoa Publisher: DRAWMORE INC. Available: Booth #3040 (small press area) High concept:

Josh Kopin reports for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con. The Vertigo panel began with a search for editor Karen Berger and, when she could not be found, Shelley Bond and Will Dennis got started by introducing the various panelists. Karen walked in during the middle of the introductions, made a joke at her own expense,[...]

That would need approval, signoff and consideration, and New York Comic Con is happening now. Feel free to spread the word. It's called Buy Me! It's a preview of a bunch of upcoming collections of recent new Image Comics books It has sales information for retailers and tease information for customers But it is not an[...]

There are many reasons for retailers to attend the New York Comic Con Retailer Breakfast on the morning of the start of the show. For a start, there's breakfast. Then there are presentations from the major comic book and comic-related publishers and manufacturers The chance to ask questions, to network, to pick up tips. Oh and to big[...]

I think the weirdest part of this, let's face it, rather weird news clip, is after being interviewed in the hurricane on the beach, Spider-Man runs off

Midtown Comics has sent out an alert that, due to the arrival of Hurrican Irene along the East Coast, that it will be closing its New York stores from Saturday afternoon through the rest of the weekend. Expect a number of businesses to follow very similar patterns of behaviour With New York closing public transport from[...]