Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Happy Thanksgiving, all, and we have a lot to be thankful for. Including a welcome back to Rod Lamberti's 25 Hot Comics. There are a lot of hot comics out there. I was surprised at what I learned researching […]

With production currently underway on the 13th series of BBC's Doctor Who, attention has been sonic screwdriver-focused on the upcoming festive special, "Revolution of the Daleks." This adventure finds the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) locked away in a space prison, leaving Captain Jack (John Barrowman) to team up with the Doctor's TARDIS fam of Yaz (Mandip […]

No Gravity Games revealed this week that their game Picklock has officially been released onto the Nintendo Switch. This game is actually pretty awesome as you play a thief living your best life, of sorts, making a living breaking into places and stealing awesome goods in hopes of making a ton of cash off of […]

Lebanese comics artist and teacher Fouad Mezher has a new debut YA graphic novel, Suraya, for publication in 2024 from Dana Chidiac at Dial, acquired at auction,  Suraya is set in post-pandemic Beirut, with a 16-year-old physics prodigy and YouTube star dreaming of becoming a rocket scientist, only for her dreams to be interrupted when […]

With the new year right around the corner, BBC America continues introducing viewers to the who's who of The Watch, the network's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld." Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America), and Ed […]

Neowiz revealed a number of changes will be coming to the PC version of Bless Unleashed when the game eventually releases. The devs have released some details of the changes that will be implemented after they ran a beta this month. However, even though we know about these changes, they still haven't attached a release […]

Stillwater #3 by writer Chip Zdarsky, artist Ramon K. Perez, colorist Mike Spicer, and letter Rus Wooton continues the story of Daniel, a man who happens into a town where people can't die. In the best issue of Stillwater yet, Chip Zdarsky gives the comics industry a master class on how to dole out exposition. After two […]

HBO Max has picked up the U.S. streaming rights for the BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler. The miniseries tells the true story of "The Profumo Affair" in 1963, one of the biggest sex scandals to rock the British government. As reported by Variety, the show premieres on HBO Max on December 9th […]

The Ghost is back as Good Smile Company finally unveils their long-awaited fimga. Jin Sakai is back and better than ever with this smooth and beautifully articulated figure. Pulled straight from the hit PlayStation exclusive game, Jin Sakai is ready for any Hun that he comes across. His face and iconic Ghost mask are recreated […]

Superstar comic book writer and former(?) CIA operative Tom King has weighed in on what may be the most important question of the next week, or maybe even the next year. Screw it, this is the most important question of most of our lifetimes: do Batman and Catwoman fuck in the upcoming Batman/Catwoman #1. According […]

I'm going to be bold with my opinions here and make a statement contrary to what most other critics say: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an under-appreciated gem. So much so that unless you were paying attention to the 2006-2007 primetime lineup or happen to be an Aaron Sorkin groupie, you probably haven't […]

Heritage Auctions, a collectibles-specialized auction house based in Dallas, TX, has done it again. In an auction they held just a week ago, Heritage has officially sold a sealed booster box of Base Set from the Pokémon Trading Card Game for a staggering $360,000, breaking any record set previously for an item of this kind. Incidentally, […]

Legendary comic book writer Chris Claremont recently appeared on Reddit's /r/comicbooks community for an AMA. He answered questions from X-Men fans and, in doing so, inadvertently provided Bleeding Cool with essentially our entire Thanksgiving weekend's worth of comic book clickbait. To be honest, we're not sure why we love Chris Claremont more: because he created […]

With a little less than three weeks to go until the opening chapter of CBS All Access' adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand is unleashed across streaming screens (and that whole Ezra Miller/Marilyn Manson matter has been put to rest), we have two new updates we thought viewers would want to know about. First up, […]

A new datamine has revealed some interesting features that may soon be coming to Pokémon GO. Let's take a look at everything found and what it may mean for the upcoming Season of Celebration in Pokémon GO. The datamine started with some Generation Six info, which comes after Pokémon GO began promoting upcoming Kalos-region species on their Twitter. […]

Franklin Richards has been one of the Marvel Universe's most powerful mutants, since his birth to Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four. Approaching godhood with reality-bending powers, his abilities were suppressed by his father as a young child, though they began to leak out. He created universes as his playthings, and in Secret Wars, remade […]

Between what we've seen of what lies ahead for Alexa Mansour's Hope, Nicolas Cantu's Elton, Hal Cumpston's Silas, Aliyah Royale's Iris, and Nico Tortorella's Felix and now knowing that Huck's (Annet Mahendru) been pulling the strings all along on behalf of Elizabeth (Julia Ormond) and CRM's "greater good," to say that we're expecting things to […]

Super7 recently shipped their first wrestling figure, an Ultimate edition of The Eighth Wonder Of The World, Andre The Giant. This is a classic 70's look for the big guy, and while most may think of him first in his black singlet he wore in the WWF, this is how others remember him: as the […]

The Worst Ronin is a brand new graphic novel being written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. A YA graphic novel, it will be drawn by the background artist of Netflix and Matt Groening's Disenchantment, Faith Schaffer. The Worst Ronin tells the story of Tatsuo and Chihiro, two women samurai, one running from the grief of her past, […]

The card for next week's special episode of AEW Dynamite, dubbed Winter is Coming, is beginning to shape up. Following last night's episode of Dynamite, there are now five big matches booked for the show, including an AEW World Championship match and a second Dynamite Diamond battle royale. The special card will take place on […]

The new Catch Cup has gone live in Pokémon GO. This is the last leg of GO Battle League Season Five, the shortest season in the game's history. With a three-month Season Six about to launch, this is going to be the last chance many players have to hit Rank 10 before the ranks are fully […]

Scout Comics is certainly ramping up in February 2021, continuing their Presidential Election thriller Recount, which is even more topical right now than they could ever have dreamed of, as well as launching three comic book titles, two beginning with the word "Black". Which won't be confusing at all – Black Friday, Black Cotton, By […]

On last night's episode of WWE NXT, the card for the upcoming NXT Takeover WarGames card began to solidify. The PPV takes place in two weeks on December 6th, and it looks to feature two WarGames matches, one for the men and one for the women. In addition, there's a North American Championship triple threat […]

Niantic switched things up a bit with their Harry Potter: Wizards Unite announcement. Instead of laying out the whole month of events as usual, the mobile developed instead announced the details for just the next Brilliant Event, which will kick off a month of in-game holiday celebration. Here's the newly announced details of the Hogwarts for the […]

Thank FOC It's Friday –  Planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off at Diamond Comic Distributors. And now UCS and Lunar as well. Of course, in these times, so much of this is up in the air.  There's a lot of product coming through that needs adjusting. After all, it's […]

Disney is giving us another holiday film this year. Godmothered, starring Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, June Squibb, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Artemis Pebdani, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Stephnie Weir, it is centered around a fairy godmother in training setting out to prove to the world they still need them. It is […]

The Mandalorian season two is back, and that means more adorableness from The Child. The Child is one of the biggest characters to come out of the live-action Star Wars series besides the Mandalorian himself. With fans going crazy for the lovable creature, he is the perfect character to bless family and friends with this […]

CIMMERIAN FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER #3 CVR A DAN PANOSIAN (MR) ABLAZE DEC201084 (W) Robert E. Howard, Robin Recht (A) Robin Recht (CA) Dan Panosian Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! After pursuing Atali, who has been mercilessly taunting […]

Good news for wrestling fans worried that they might not know what to think about politics without the wit and wisdom of Dave Bautista to inform them on Twitter can rest easy. Though The Animal defeated his nemesis, fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump, by tweeting day and night about him until Joe Biden won […]

Black Widow was sadly shuffled a year to a 2021 release date. However, her collectible game is still strong, with the newest one coming from Good Smile Company. This is the deluxe version, which is loaded out with accessories and even comes with two heads and bodies. This will allow collectors to display not one […]

Here are a bunch of Black Friday Sales from 35 comic book stores across the USA, Canada and UK. Is there one near you? What deals will you get? Do let us know. And if you have any more offers going down, feel free to post them in the comments. Black Friday UK Orbital Space […]

Netflix has released the full trailer for Ryan Murphy's The Prom. Newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman plays the lead role of Emma, who is told she cannot bring her girlfriend to the dance. Four theater stars, played by Meryl Streep, James Cordon, Nicole Kidman, and Andrew Rannells, come to her town to help her, trying to resurrect their own careers after their […]

Bandai is collaborating with the hit anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion to bring something truly unique to fans. Evangelion and Tamagotchi are crossing paths to give fans the Evatich Device, which will allow fans to raise their own Angel. The Evatch will be available in three different colors, capturing the three main characters' color schemes […]

Welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but there are highlights. At Bleeding Cool you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies and more. From Pokémon GO to Green Lantern's Ring – The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run […]

Only four episodes into the second season of Disney's The Mandalorian and viewers have a lot to process. First off, we have Mando (Pedro Pascal) and The Child continuing along their epic quest to get "Baby Yoda" back to his people. Along the way, we've caught up with Gina Carano's Cara Dune, and Carl Weathers's Greef […]

Niantic has offered an update on their Local Business Recovery Initiative, which seeks to promote small businesses as entrepreneurs struggle with the uncertainties presented by 2020. The mobile developer responsible for the AR games Pokémon GO, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress offers this update ahead of Small Business Saturday which will take place November 28th, 2020, […]