Last weekend saw the first Thought Bubble comic convention in Harrogate, moving half an hour on the train from Leeds, but it seemed a world away. From all accounts however, it was a success. Some vendors I spoke to reported double their sales at the previous Thought Bubble, others triple. even if there was a […]

While the cast and crew of AMC‘s The Walking Dead roll along with the tenth season, life in the franchise’s universe has become a lot like the NFL: neither have off-seasons anymore. With a strong ensemble cast (and a “Big Bad” fronted by Samantha Morton in an award-earning turn as Whisperers leader Alpha) and richly […]

Today (November 18th), Wizards of the Coast has announced a smattering of additions to their Banned and Restricted List for Magic: The Gathering. The additions are as follows: Standard: Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned. Once Upon a Time is banned. Veil of Summer is banned. Brawl: Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned. Legacy: Wrenn and Six is banned. Vintage: Narset, […]

Elsa Charretier writes for Bleeding Cool, It’s almost a given, most creators and entrepreneurs will face rejection at some point in their career. When that moment comes, a few courses of action are available to you. The mature one: you learn a valuable lesson, get back up on your feet, dust yourself off, and get […]

We’re officially in November – which means The CW‘s “Arrowverse” shows are in full swing at this point. Arrow is shuffling off the network’s programming coil after an abbreviated 10-episode eighth season (making The Flash the “elder states-show” of the “Arrowverse”), Ruby Rose-starrer Batwoman joined the family alongside Supergirl and expanded the Batman mythos in […]

Last week during XO19, Obsidian Entertainment along with Xbox Game Studios announced their latest project together called Grounded. The game will have you shrunken down as children no bigger than the size of an any who have to survive in what is now a large version of the regular world. You can play solo or […]

The Juna Group of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has abandoned a trademark application for the term Harvey Comics, after being challenged by Classic Media. The trademark application was for Comic books; Children’s books; Coloring books and was made back in May. After much paperwork went back and forth between the Juna Group and the US Government, a […]

Fans of Adult Swim‘s Rick and Morty had been counting down the months and days until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland‘s animated mayhem returned to their screens once more. That wait ended earlier this month with season premiere “Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat” (reviewed here), where we got a crash course in “death crystals” […]

Bigben Interactive and Varsav Studio officially released Bee Simulator last week, and with it game a brand new launch trailer. We tried this game out a while ago at one of the PAX events, where you basically play like a bee using all of the things we know about bees to do what you do. […]

Marvel Comics will announce their full February 2020 solicitations this week, but as ever, we just can’t wait, so have Frankensteined a few of them together, nice and early. Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments and we will add them: Force Works 2020 #1. Machine Man 2020 #1. Iron Man 2020 […]

While the cast and crew of AMC‘s The Walking Dead roll along with the tenth season, life in the franchise’s universe has become a lot like the NFL: neither have off-seasons anymore. With a strong ensemble cast (and a “Big Bad” fronted by Samantha Morton in an award-earning turn as Whisperers leader Alpha) and richly […]

Deck 13 along with developer Monolith Of Minds have announced a brand new game at the Golden Joystick Awards called Resolutiion. Yes, with two I’s. The game sets you up as a type of assassin in a grim cyberpunk world, where you get to experience a dark story where nothing is as it seems in […]

Whenever I discuss the work and reputation of Alan Moore, I am usually smacked up against a wall of online commentators who tell me how gloomy he is, how morose he is, and why does he keep whining about the past. Which is utterly at odds with the man I’ve met, occasionally interviewed and even […]

Now that HBO‘s pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – it seems the world’s liking what they’re seeing so far from Damon Lindelof‘s “remix”. Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – and they should. Bleeding Cool didn’t exactly pull […]

During XO19, Microsoft rolled out a new update for the Xbox One, which included newly added support for Google Assistant. Among the changes are gamertag improvements, text filters, an improvement to Mixer viewing (if you watch Mixer on your Xbox One), the sorely needed voice-to-text option, and more. You can read more about it all […]

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The 10 most-read stories yesterday “Rick and Morty” Season 4 “The Old Man and the Seat” Preview [VIDEO] What Pushed Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus From […]

It’s that time of year. Time to forget your family for a sec on Thanksgiving and watch some of MST3K‘s annual Turkey Day marathon. For those of you looking for more humor than you are football, or just want a viewing option that will make you laugh and take you back to the marathons of […]

Stardock Games have added a new expansion into Ashes Of The Singularity: Escalation, as players now have to deal with the Hunter/Prey system. Like previous expansions, this one adds a few new features and mechanics, while the story further divides the two factions away from each other. Players will be getting new Substrate units and […]

Punisher Kill Krew #5 is in stores next week, the final issue of this mini-series that answered the question: what if the War of the Realms super-mega-crossover event could drag on for another few months after the war was over? In this issue, by the Gerry Duggan of Comics, Gerry Duggan, Juan Ferreyra, and Cory […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is out in a little over a month, and the cast is making the rounds for the beginning of the promotional push. By far one of the most talked about images we have seen from the film so far was when Rey (Daisy Ridley) is shown in a dark […]

Some cool news over the weekend from XO19 as the entire Kingdom Hearts series will be coming to all Xbox systems in 2020. The move comes from Square Enix who saw the success KH3 had on a console outside of the PlayStation and decided it was time to properly add the games to the console. […]

Conan is dead. Shocking, we know, but if you looked at the title of the storyline that’s been running for the last ten issues, you might have had a clue this was coming. Conan the Barbarian #11 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matthew Wilson, and Travis Lanham. […]

Suicide Squad is not due in theaters until 2021, but director James Gunn has confirmed that some scenes have already been filmed. Director/actor/awesome human Taika Waititi has apparently already gone in front of the camera for whatever part he is playing in the film. Gunn has been doing fan q&a on his Instagram stories on […]

Frontier Developments is finally giving us the Jurassic World Evolution content we want with the “Return To Jurassic Park” DLC. The DLC will take place after the first film and will bring back the original location and all of the “fun” things you remember before escaping. What’s more, Sam Neill and Laura Dern return to reprise […]

Fantastic Four 2099 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Karla Pacheco, Steven Cummings, Chris Sotomayor, and Travis Lanham. Tying into the 2099 super-mega-crossover event for very important reasons (so that Marvel can make more money), this one-shot introduces a new Fantastic Four 2099 team. The previous Fantastic Four 2099 team were copies […]

Disney deserves credit, where it’s due releasing past content contemporary audiences may find objectionable on their streaming platform Disney Plus. With films like Dumbo (1941), the synopsis includes the disclaimer. “This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depiction.” The specific scene in question involves a group of crows depicted as […]

Late last night, Capcom announced a brand new version of Street Fighter V is coming as we’re getting Street Fighter V: Champion Edition. The game is basically everything from the original released and the Arcade Edition, with some exceptions when it comes to skins.  We also get the latest character addition to the game as […]

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are known as the “Wednesday Warriors”, those who can’t wait till the weekend to get this week’s comics. And this week, the mutant titles continue to take the […]

Nicholas Cage is set to star in a new film titled The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. It may in fact be the most difficult role he has ever played: himself. The meta-film would see Cage playing Nicholas Cage, down on his luck, taking a offer of $1 million to appear at a Mexican billionaires […]

XSEED Games had some cool news this week as the game Heroland will be launching on December 3rd and will come out on PC as well. The game had already been lined up for both the PS4 and Nintendo Switch as you play a classic RPG through what is essentially an RPG theme park. Now […]

Hannah Blumenreich is the Ignatz award winner for Outstanding Online Comic, Full Court Crush, about a girl helping the basketball player she likes with her homework. She has also written and drawn for Regular Show from Boom, Spider-Gwen and Amazing Spider-Man from Marvel,  She is also the author of IDW’s Big Hero 6 comic book, […]

Fans of Adult Swim‘s Rick and Morty had been counting down the months and days until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland‘s animated mayhem returned to their screens once more. That wait ended on Sunday, November 10, with season premiere “Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat” (which we reviewed here). So with four more episodes set for […]

If you know anything about Colin Furze, you know he likes to build crazy stuff. And if there’s ever a game with crazy stuff, it’s the weapons in Overwatch. I mean, really, try explaining to anyone how Symmetra’s weapon works in the game on a real-life physical level. You can’t. But apparently, you can explain […]

Avengers #26 is in stores on Wednesday, by all but one of Jason Aaron, Dale Keown, Andrea Sorrentino, Joe Weems, Cam Smith, Craig Yeung, Jason Keith, Erick Arciniega, Jay David Ramos, Cory Petit, and Ted McGinley. We’ve got a preview below, in which we learn the secret origin of the original Starbrand. No, not that […]

There are buried gems beyond The Mandalorian and the MCU on Disney+. Looking back at some of the older material, all of which was probably handpicked to test the appetite of subscribers for older programs, is well worth the time. Among the gems are episodes of older Disney television shows. For instance, the 1966 episode […]

11 Bit Studios have released a brand new update for This War Of Mine: Final Cut, making the game’s fifth anniversary with a free gift. You can download the update totally free as we speak, as the devs put a bow on what they are referring to the “crowning version” of the game. Along with […]

Strikeforce #3 is in stores from Marvel Comics this week as Marvel has finally given fans the grim and gritty heroes team-up they haven’t seen since… well, there’s Savage Avengers too. Anyway, we’ve got a preview below of the new issue by Tini Howard, German Peralta, Marco Rudy, Guru-eFX, and presumably a letterer who didn’t […]

In Supergirl this week, all of the conflicts we’ve been building towards all season will come to a head. After last week’s revelations about Lena (Katie McGrath) and Andrea (Julie Gonzalo), Kara (Melissa Benoist) is on a collision course with Leviathan that apparently takes her to the Fortress of Solitude, and a fight with an […]

Gameforge has officially launched Kingdom Under Fire II, and with it comes a new cinematic trailer for you to enjoy before jumping in. That latest entry in the series dropped last week, but not before the devs decided to show it off in glorious fashion. You can check out the trailer below along with a […]

Gosh Comics of London has released their Best Of The Year and has allowed Bleeding Cool to share them. And they have a list for adults. We begin with the grown-ups, in alphabetical order – and restricted to books which are stand-alone books or the first volume in a series. All the titles here are […]

Ford V Ferrari was tops at the box office domestically this weekend, taking in $31 million in its opening frame. This was at the higher end of expectations, but a smart advertising campaign and great reviews led to elevated box office. With awards season in full swing, expect this one to linger around. It also […]

Bandai Namco released a new trailer recently showing off two new Jump Force DLC characters on the way as well as a brand new stage to fight on. This time around they show off Madara Uchiha and Toshiro Hitsugaya from Naruto and Bleach, respectfully. While the trailer itself may not be terribly long, you do […]

The Immortal Hulk #27 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and more. We’ve got a preview below. In which we follow a Roxxon corporate meeting, Bruce Banner’s latest revolutionary plans, and Roxxon’s elite B.E.R.S.E.R.K.E.R. Unit guards. Roxxon CEO Dario Agger, who has gone full Minotaur, is exploring Roxxon’s […]

Combine our professional obsession with uber-creative genius Ryan Murphy (Glee, Pose, 9-1-1, Feud, and a billion more) with our love for 80’s horror/slasher film, and it’s easy to understand why we were so excited for FX‘s American Horror Story: 1984. In fact, executive producer Tim Minear only confirmed our excitement when he said this about […]

Rising Star Games announced this week that Decay Of Logos will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch on November 28th. Now you can explore the wilderness with your mystical elk companion as you seek revenge upon those who destroyed your village and took away your home. All from the comfort of the handheld […]

Everyone in comic books has to start somewhere. Ram V has been talking about how he broke into comic books. At the end of 2016 armed with copies of Black Mumba, I pitched a book to Eric Stephenson at Thoughtbubble – which was the second comic convention I ever attended. That book was PARADISO which […]

With season 14 currently underway (and running strong – check out our reviews below), FXX‘s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is now tied with ABC’s The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the longest-running live-action comedy series. Now that’s a title Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank (Danny […]

Yomuneco Inc. announced this past week that Swords Of Gargantua will be getting a fresh new update called the Tesseract Abyss. The update will give you a brand new adventure mode as well as different ways to level up and expand your character for greater challenges. You can check out more details on the VR […]

Captain America #16 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bob Quinn, Matt Milla, and Joe Caramagna. We’ve got a preview below.   Steve and the Daughters of Liberty are hunting down the latest person to use the name Scourge, who has killed some NYC cops. Steve and Misty seem to […]

As we draw inexorably closer to the end of the decade, it’s time to take stock of where we’ve been. And while a lot of sites and critics will offer a countdown list of the “best” of the year and best of the decade, it’s also important to remember those films who flew under the […]

Star Wars Queen Amidala was an interesting storyline in the prequel series. I personally loved Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and it is easily one of my favorite Star Wars films. I loved what George Lucas did to all these new characters and as derivative as it sounds all the politics of at all. To celebrate the […]

When she’s not murdering the Avengers in her solo series, Captain Marvel likes to tie-in with a good super-mega-crossover event, and with Absolute Carnage ending this week, it’s her last chance to tie into the current one (that is, until Absolute Carnage 2: This Time It’s The Carnagest comes out in a few years). And […]

Some fans in the northeast seem to think that the convention season ends in October with New York Comic Con (NYCC), but there are a number of folks who would push back on that. Count LeftField Media as one of them, taking over the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center this weekend for Anime NYC 2019. […]

Breaking news from Google this evening as the company announces Google Stadia will now launch this week with 22 games to its name. The company appears to be making some last-minute deals to get as many titles as it can available to those who purchase it. Not to mention bonus games for those who buy […]

Bill Williams is the co-creator of Antarctic Press series Punchline, But how did he get there? And what did he do wrong? He writes, Big movie studios gather people together in small groups so that they can share their content and get feedback before a project is released to the general public. These focus groups […]

Batwoman is back this week, and we’re meeting new friends and going deeper with old ones. It sounds like Kate (Ruby Rose) and Sophie (Meagan Tandy) will be front and center, with their prior relationship being explored more fully, especially as Sophie grapples with how to protect Kate and her identity as Batwoman from the […]

Falcom and NIS America have released a new accolades trailer for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III now that it’s out. Mainly the trailer is here to show off the praise the game received over the past few weeks, not much else here aside from a better look at it if you […]

Two comic books going to a second printing this weekend… Nick Cagnetti‘s Pink Lemonade #1 from It’s Alive Comics, out on the 18th of December and X-Men #2 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu from Marvel Comics, out on January 8th. The second printing to X-Men #1 had Marvel get Giuseppe Camuncoli to redraw a […]

Now that we’re supposedly getting another Scream film after several years of silence, the internet has blown up with comments, suggestions, and ideas about what they hope to see from the film. Despite not knowing the direction they will take the next installment, we have compiled a few ideas that we hope to see in […]

In what is currently the cutest esports promotion of the year, Hello Kitty has joined Team Fnatic, and will be releasing special drops featuring the character. It’s probably also the weirdest one of the year as well, as they will be dropping some special gear and other promotional stuff. The Fnatic X Hello Kitty promotion […]