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When Bad Idea announced their Kickstarter for Megalith, an opulently produced OGN from Matt Kindt, Lewis LaRosa, Laura Martin, Taylor Esposito, and Rico Renzi, I wanted details from co-CEO Dinesh Shamdasani Why a cost-prohibitively expensive printer? Why ultra-deluxe single issues for an OGN? Why an OGN from a comic company that doesn't do collections? My real[...]

But I think Bad Idea Comics may have just had a… good idea They are to sponsor a tour of Dallas comic book stores for retailers attending the Diamond Comic Distributors Retailer Summit, being held in Dallas, Texas, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, from the 7th to the 9th of June. Bad Idea[...]

Bad Idea Comics has been hyping Megalith by Matt Kindt and Lewis LaRosa since they first announced the existence of the company in 2021, and it has been in development since 2018 Basically, it has taken a long time to draw and you can see why below They are currently planning to launch a Kickstarter[...]

Well, one bad idea deserves another, and that's what Bad Idea Comics are all about. Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital, variants, and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital, variants, and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names and some very silly promotional ideas. They are at it again[...]

Last April Fool's Day, Bad Idea Comics, when they were pretending not to be publishing comics any more, set up a donut stand at South Carolina Comic Con, in which they sold doughnuts and gave away copies of an exclusive comic book, Bad Idea Donuts Presents: Bunsen Beaver And His Pal Tree. Which features "two brand-new[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names This has seen them continue to launch PR stunts to a) get attention and b) raise money by exploiting[...]

Bleeding Cool already ran the leaked Bad Idea ComicsPRO video presentation to retailers, but there is more besides. Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names[...]

Okay, so Bad Idea Comics has just made their presentation at the ComicsPRO Retailer Summit 2023 And they just ran this video It is… a little on the meta side So bear with it while it begins, and imagine you are in a room full of retailers who have just been through twenty such videos,[...]

Announcing at the ComicsPRO Summit today, Bad Idea Comics has hired Peter Stern as their new Managing Editor Like a number of those at Bad Idea, Peter Stern was part of Valiant Entertainment for the last decade and more Hired as Operations Coordinator imn 2012, he was promoted to Operations Manager the following year, was[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital, variants, and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names But instead they have launch a Bad Idea Weekly Fan Cup promotion[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Bad Idea Comics were pretending that "copies of an unauthorized and incomplete version of TREE TWO (planned as the accompaniment to the upcoming BUNSEN BEAVER sequel) are currently circulating within the convention circuit and fan communities." And that they stated that "this bootleg edition is made up of material from[...]

Bad Idea Comics have followed their unlikely attempt to try and persuade Jim Lee and Todd McFarlane to do covers for their comic books, by pretending that "copies of an unauthorized and incomplete version of TREE TWO (planned as the accompaniment to the upcoming BUNSEN BEAVER sequel) are currently circulating within the convention circuit and[...]

Bad Idea is the relatively-new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names But now they are trying to crowdfund their own extinction That includes getting what they have dubbed "the first[...]

Bad Idea published the series, which means it's only available in single issues and must contend with the publisher's contentious PR. Bad Idea teaser, various artists Depending on your kindness to Bad Idea, contentious can be replaced with effective or exasperating Or "probably illegal," depending on how serious they were about selling "jobs" at the company[...]

Last year Joe Quesada, former Marvel Comics CCO and Editor-in-Chief announced he was creating a new cover for Bad Idea Comics Or Stop Bad Idea as they were insisting on calling themselves for their latest crowdfunding venture, contributing a cover exclusively to the Stop Bad Idea Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign It would appear on the Hero Trade[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names The new rebranding has seen them, continue to launch PR stunts to a) get attention and b) raise money by[...]

Burning Man #1, the new comic out today from Bad Idea in their select stores is a choose-your-own-adventure story by Peter Milligan and Juan Jose Ryp However, it appears that it goes beyond the comic book on offer Those Bad Idea fans who got the "All-In" sticker when they preordered the slate of Bad Idea[...]

Just earlier this week, we were asking: What's next for Oni Press? Well, in a major shake-up for the industry (and Bleeding Cool Power List if I ever do another one), Oni Press/Lion Forge has just named comics publishing veteran Hunter Gorinson to the role of President & Publisher, putting the former Boom!, Valiant and Bad[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names Partly this included not going through comic book distributors (except in the UK) and going direct to a select 200-plus[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names The new rebranding has seen them, continue to launch PR stunts to a) get attention and b) raise money by[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names The new rebranding has seen them, continue to launch PR stunts to a) get attention and b) raise money by[...]

Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big comic book names The new rebranding of Bad Idea Comics as Bad Idea Two: Part One goes on wide general[...]

Bad Idea Comics has decided to exhibit at Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend as This Is Not Bad Idea, at Booth #2013 Because, of course, they are fighting to Stop Bad Idea, so there is no way they can actually be at the show Even though they are. Two Bad Idea Comics, Only 146 Copies Of Each,[...]

Joe Quesada, former Marvel Comics CCO and Editor-in-Chief announced he is creating a new cover for Bad Idea comics Or Stop Bad Idea as they now insist on calling themselves After recently announcing that he is returning to DC Comics for a series of high-profile Batman covers, as well as rumours that he is doing[...]

Bleeding Cool previously reported Bad Idea Comics was promising to close up shop entirely if they raise $2.6 million on Kickstarter, as well as funding a new graphic novel and hardcover volume.  And that they were using New York Comic-Con to try and get themselves shut down in the process, rebranding itself as Stop Bad[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Bad Idea Comics PR LITG: Stop Bad Idea in the Top Ten stories yesterday Raise $2.6 Million On Kickstarter To Close Down Bad Idea Comics Kim Jung Gi Dies, Aged 47, On His Way To New York Comic Con DC Reveals New Superman Family Members & Outfits – No Capes? Alan[...]

Stop Bad Idea Protest Placards STOP BAD IDEA will be exhibiting at booth 3419 and will have two hundred picket signs available for those who are committed to protest against them, and protestors who comply will get two free totally exclusive comic books Not just covers, comic books In the past, these kind of comics have[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. LITG: Stop Bad Idea in the Top Ten stories yesterday Raise $2.6 Million On Kickstarter To Close Down Bad Idea Comics J Michael Straczynski on Babylon 5 Reboot/The CW: "We Ain't Dead Yet" DC Comics Has… Two Jokers Now? BatSpoilers All Round Two New Looks For A Superman In Dark[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Bad Idea Comics was promising to close up shop entirely if they raise $2.6 million on Kickstarter, as well as funding a new graphic novel and hardcover volume Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comic publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Joshua Johns, Karl Bollers, and Anthony Militano[...]