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Now We Get Charlie Adlard Faked Sketches With Forged Certificates Of Authenticity

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We’ve covered the story of the sketch scammers of Detroit, who fakes a seris of sketches from Fiona Staples, Robert Kirkman, Rob Guillory and Norm Breyfogle, as well as signed products, backed them up with forged Certificates Of Authenticity and …

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Sketch Scammers Return Stock To Stores After Seeing Their Faces On Bleeding Cool

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

For the last few days, we’ve been running stories on the sketch scammers of Detroit, con men selling and trading faked sketches and signed books, with forged Certifcates Of Authenticity exploiting the names of Robert Kirkman, Rob Guillory, Fiona Staples …

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Josh Hoopes Continues To Scam People With Fake Todd McFarlane Sketches, As “Greg Garwood”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We ran a very similar story a few weeks ago. But he doesn’t seem to have stopped. Masquerading as one “Greg Garwood“, Josh Hoopes is continuing to approach dealers trying to sell sketches (below) purporting to be by Todd McFarlane. …

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The Comic Book Retailer VISA Gift Card Scam

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Several comic book retailers have reported lately being hit by a “Visa gift card scam”. Here’s one account from a retailer who wishes to remain anonymous. We recently were the victims of credit card fraud.  What happened was someone came …

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Comics Conman Josh Hoopes Moves Wizard Scam To ConceptArt.Org

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It was pulled from People Per Hour after Wizard Entertainment complained. Now it seems that Josh Hoopes has set up the same scam at ConceptArt.org, again posing as someone called Greg Garwood and providing an e-mail address too… Remember, this …

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The Josh Hoopes E-Mails

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here are some emails, from Gary Madden who has been trying to recruit an artist to do some character design work and storyboards for his company. He has been approached by infamous comics scam merchant, Josh Hoopes, using his Joshua …

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This Artist Has Been Scammed By Josh Hoopes. They Just Don’t Know It Yet. (UPDATE)

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This is the artwork that a publisher, who had been scammed by Josh Hoopes, received. The problem is, we don’t know who actually drew it. Whoever it is, has not been paid for their work, and may be expecting someone …

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The 48 Foot Las Vegas Strip Billboard For A Comic Book

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool first featured the micro-distributed comic book Scam from Comix Tribe at the beginning of the year. Since then it’s been picked up by Diamond and gone all macro-distributed and is available in many more shops in two weeks …

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Finding Gossamyr To Micro-Distribute Retailer Variant Covers

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

  There has been a suspicion amongst some smaller publishers that Diamond, excellent at distribution same-day superhero comics across the US, Canada and the UK, may not be as efficient when it comes to distributing less high profile comics, given …

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Before He Died, Thieves Tried To Steal Tony DeZuniga’s Identity

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Warning. This is the kind of story that can sicken a grown man’s stomach. Earlier this year, Jonah Hex and Black Orchid co-creator Tony DeZuniga suffered a heart attack and was hospitalised, his family stretched trying to pay medical bills …

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How Sainsbury’s Are Passing Off The 90s Captain America Movie As The More Recent One

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Sneaky – but is this something they’re doing nationally?

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Rick Olney Claims To Be Creating A Comic With Mort Todd And Joe Rubinstein

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Rick Olney appears on the About Heroes East Coast Podcast. As of writing, the podcast has no comments. I think that may change shortly. He begins the podcast, perving on Scarlet Johannson, bemoaning the lack of solo male Doctor Who …

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Can Sacramento’s Superheroes Catch Josh Hoopes?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Apologies to all Sacramentoans but Sacramento means one thing to me. The home of comics’ most nefarious villain, Josh Hoopes. Known for committing many acts of fraud against publishers and creators alike, from Art Adams to Joe Pruitt to TokyoPop, …

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The New Print Comics Distribution Model Makes New Strides

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has been watching with fascination the emergence of a new market in direct-distributed comics with mainstream appeal. Our Love Is Real and Sacrifice from Sam Humphries, Red Ten and Scam from ComixTribe, with strong salesmanship, promotion and developing …

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Josh Hoopes Pretends To Be Own Ex-Wife To Scam Previous Victims

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has been pursuing the comic industry con artist Josh Hoopes for quite some time now. Indeed, it’s become something of a calling. His latest scam beggars belief however. He has taken people who has has previously successfully scammed …

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How Josh Hoopes Is Trying To Scam Rob Granito

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I know some of you will have little sympathy for him. But no one deserves this. But talking to Alison Granito, wife of Rob Granito, the scam has been uncovered. I already told you that Josh Hoopes had been talking …

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The Big Bad Red Riding Hood Book Swizz Gets Worse

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Last month, we were collectively appalled at the tie-in novelisation of Catherine Hardwick’s Red Riding Hood. Here’s how I started the complainball griperolling: Should you wish to purchase and read Sarah Blakeley-Cartwright’s novelization of Catherine Hardwicke’s film of David Leslie …

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Uncovering Another Victim Of Josh Hoopes

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Rich Johnston

We haven’t heard from the Sacremento-living comics con man Josh Hoopes for quite some time. But we have tracked down another of his victims. Indian artist Lalit Kumar Sharma. In March 2008, when I was writing for Lying In The …

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