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Bleeding Cool was the first to break the Bad Idea news that last week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors included a brand new and exclusive comic book strip from Bad Idea Comics, The First Supper by Mark Waid and David Lapham And we have a good chunk of it reproduced below. What we didn't know[...]

storyline that relaunched that particular identity. So a major reference to the Mark Waid/Howard Porter Justice League story that interrupted the Grant Morrison/Howard Porter JLA run, twenty-three years ago is right up his street too. Tower of Babel has the Justice League view Batman as a traitor after he kept hidden records detailing strengths and weaknesses of[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the June edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally today, would feature a new Bad Idea comic book, The First Supper, by Mark Waid and David Lapham, as an eight-page comic book printed in the catalogue itself, from page 485 onwards[...]

But next week's catalogue will feature a new Bad Idea comic book, The First Supper, by Mark Waid and David Lapham, as an eight-page comic book in the catalogue itself, from page 485. Might this be Bad Idea Part Two? Publishing comic books to comic stores, not actually distributed to them through Diamond but actually inside[...]

Joining Tucci on The Rocketeer: Pavlichenko is colourist Brian Miller and designer/letterer Mindy Lopkin. Other contributors include Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson doing a new Astro City story, John Layman and Rob Guillory doing a new Chew story, Walter Simonson doing a new Star Slammers story, Howard Chaykin doing a new American Flagg story, Stan Sakai doing a new Usagi Yojimbo story, Matt Wagner doing a new Grendel story, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier doing[...]

Light's place in Crisis on Infinite Earths that rocks the future of the DCU! Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 will be written by Mark Waid, Dennis Culver and Delilah S Dawson featuring a main cover by Gleb Melnikov and variant covers by Werther Dell'Edera and Taj Tenfold. Dark Crisis: War Zone #1 is an on-the-ground[...]

Since we last covered Boom Studios' The Complete Irredeemable Deluxe Edition Library pre-order campaign on Kickstarter, has done two things – blasted past $200,000 in less than a week and proved Bleeding Cool right (again) by announcing a new Irredeemable series from creators Mark Waid and Peter Krause will drop in 2023. The six-figure sum, primarily[...]

Yesterday, publisher Boom Studios dropped a pre-San Diego Comic-Con teaser proclaiming Mark Waid was still evil – a clear call back to the successful marketing campaign that launched Irredeemable back in 2009 Bleeding Cool worked out what the teaser could be for, and it looks like one of our predictions has already come true, because[...]

San Diego Comic-Con is less than two weeks away, and the publisher press releases are already flying – with Boom Studios kicking off the week with what looks to be big news… Mark Waid to Announce New Irredeemable from Boom at SDCC 2022 Hot off a fully-fledged, runaway hit at DC with World's Finest, could writer Mark[...]

World's Finest writer Mark Waid will naturally be overfamiliar with the long history of merged Superman and Batman in one form or another Composite Superman, a shapeshifter with a grudge, being the most prominent, who first appeared in  World's Finest Comics #142 in 1964 and recurred through the years in various forms World's Finest, a[...]

At press time, stories will be created by a virtual who's who of writers and artists, including Brent Anderson, Sergio Aragones, June Brigman, Kurt Busiek, Howard Chaykin, Joshua Dysart, Mark Evanier, Emil Ferris, Dave Gibbons, Rob Guillory, John Layman, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stan Sakai, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Jill Thompson, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid,[...]

Irredeemable is a comic book series written by Mark Waid, drawn by Peter Krause and Diego Barreto, and published by Boom! Studios The series follows the fall of the world's greatest superhero, the Plutonian, as he begins slaughtering the population of Earth His former allies, the superhero group The Paradigm, attempt to find a way[...]

His longstanding colleague and friend, Mark Waid posted the tragic news on Facebook, reposted here with permission; This one really hurts: Brian Augustyn, rest in peace. The Augustyn family has asked me to let Brian's friends and fans know that Brian passed away today after suffering a sudden, severe stroke over the weekend I have spent a[...]

"This new INCAL UNIVERSE project, to which Alejandro Jodorowsky has given his blessing, will open the door for a new generation of readers to discover all new adventures featuring John Difool, the Metabaron, Kill Wolfhead, and The Incal." "The world of The Incal, the Matterverse, is full of strange technology, astonishing worlds, and extraordinary creations,"[...]

And now he has something new, Page Three, another  collection of original comic book scripts for published titles, something that fans of the work and the authors can enjoy, and budding comic book writers can learn from, And follows Panel One and Panel Two, a decade on, now with Mark Waid, Barbara Randall Kesel, Kim[...]

Venom in October, the introduction to Redcoat in November, Superman Black Label next year with Mark Waid inked by Kevin Nowlan (yeah, spoilers), Redcoat series and something truly massive I'm not even mentioning But it's HUGE Yeah, I've been busy this year Each new project from Venom onwards is more challenging and exciting than anything[...]

Donators in the last few hours have included Tom Mason, Walter Simonson, Jim Lee, Micheline Pitt, Rey Armenteros, Chris Ferguson, Kelley Jones, Dave Johnson, Jimmy Palmiotti, Ford Gilmore, Don Cameron, Dennis Calero, David Hahn, George Pratt, Bryan O'Malley, Daniel Zalkus, Dustin Nguyen, Sam Humphries, David Brittingham, Schannan E Rose, David Harper, Paul Reinwand, Jeff Parker,[...]

Bleeding Cool had been closely following the lawsuit filed by Richard Meyer against Mark Waid since its original court filing on September 19, 2018, regarding allegations of libel and tortious interference over the publication of his Jawbreakers comic book However, on December 22nd, 2020, Richard Meyer voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit. Both parties raised significant sums via crowdfunding to pay toward their legal fees[...]

Yesterday, we learned that the long-running legal case raised against comic book writer/publisher Mark Waid by comic book writer/publisher Richard Meyer had been voluntarily dismissed A joint statement declared that "upon consideration of all the circumstances, the parties have jointly decided that it is in the best interests of all concerned, and the comic book[...]

Bleeding Cool has closely followed the lawsuit filed by Richard Meyer against Mark Waid since its original court filing on September 19, 2018.  Carefully watched by industry observers in the interim, the case has generated much commentary from the comics community at large in the over two years since it was filed.  But it appears[...]

In which he stated his displeasure that he is no longer getting paid for designs and character concepts he and Mark Waid created for Kingdom Come and other ideas they've used on the CW TV shows based on DC Comics titles He states; "Well, the thing is they were borrowing my Superman costume but it was[...]

We speculated that Mark Waid may be taking Superman from Brian Bendis, but we have also told he has been offered Green Lantern after the end of Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp's run, and Waid and Morrison go back to the Doom Patrol days together. James Tynion IV's run on Batman was at a lower rate[...]

All it took was the departure of publisher Dan DiDio and Editor-In-Chief Bob Harras, but Mark Waid is back at DC Comics in December We suggested this may be happening last month, and it's just a short mention in December's 2020 solicitations, but alongside the reprints of one of his old Batman comic books, the[...]

Fantastic Four: Antithesis is an oddity as a Marvel comic published in 2020 that is meant to feel like it is, per the inside front cover, "from a classic era." Writer Mark Waid, one of the indisputable giants of the superhero genre, is joined by artist Neal Adams, the living legend who said earlier this year that he[...]

Bleeding Cool has repeatedly covered the legal case between Comicsgate comic book creator and publisher Richard Meyer and comic book writer, editor and publisher Mark Waid. Charges of defamation, both online and at a comic convention in Houston and regarding tortious interference over Antarctic Press' decision to drop the publication of Meyers' Jawbreakers graphic novel were made against Meyer by Waid, and[...]

But a tweeted-then-deleted post on Instagram may suggest he may have some new work for DC Comics. Gossip: Could Alex Ross Be Coming to DC Comics? What About MArk Waid? That is, of course, Starfire of the Teen Titans Could this be available as an Alex Ross lithograph from DC Comics? Could this breaking news have broken[...]

And as Doctor Strange embarks on his next chapter, we want to say thank you to everyone who Joined us on this Journey: Writer Mark Waid writes; Most of the great Marvel heroes have one thing in common: they were born from the unique combination of trauma and arrogance Iron Mani, Spider-Man, Mr Fantastic, Hulk, Ant-Man, Hawkeye…the[...]

So, as well as the creative team, Donny Cates states that "our story editor on the book is a young upstart young man named Mark Waid because a book of this magnitude I had to call in for some backup I needed someone that I could call and be, like, hey am I losing my[...]

Strange #5 cover published by Marvel Comics with the creative team of Mark Waid, Kev Walker, Java Tartaglia, and Cory Petit.   The plot moves from the ancestral home of the dwarves to a bustling New York hospital to an interdimensional auction house with urgency and drive Unfortunately, this leaves little room for nuance — there are[...]

Now, as restrictions ease and COVID-19… well, continues to spread horrifically, publishers have decided it's time to look toward the future. Mark Waid, comics guru and internet personality, has important news for Humanoids, where he works as Publisher First up, the company has signed Ibrahim Moustafa to a three-book deal The Eisner-nominated writer/artist is known for his[...]