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Boy Maximortal is the new chapter of Rick Veitch's King Hell Heroica, the superhero series that has intended to kill the superhero.

It's October and the Loot Crate drought is over. We haven't seena  Loot Crate in months and suddenly one arrives, for October 2017... it's been so long I

Liam Sharp, who recently concluded a run on the Wonder Woman rebirth title for DC Comics (and got an exhibition out if it at Derby Museum and Gallery and

Du Lac & Fey: Dance Of Death is a new game being launches at MCM London Comic Con by Guildford independent developers Salix Games. In which one joins

The BBC's Gunpowder debuted this weekend, offering viewers a violent context for activist Guy Fawkes's foiled Gunpowder Plot.

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran the hot rumour that ReedPOP, a subsidiary of the massive Reed Expo, and organiser of dozens of comic con and comic

Mark Gatiss is directing a radio production of the unmade Hammer Horror movie The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula, airing this Friday on BBC Radio 4.

The Unwritten was a DC/Vertigo comic created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross inspired by the son of A.A. Milne, Christopher Milne.

It's been established that the magical spell that prevented people from working out that Spider-Man is Peter Parker is off the boil. And of late, a number

Marvel Comics loves a fictional country. While it prides itself on using real American cities, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles rather than DC's

It's at times like this that it suddenly feels worthwhile reviving Sequential Tart's Bizarre Breasts column. The issue has been reduced in recent years,

This is the Top 10 Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are

The promo for the Marvel Legacy not-a-relaunch for Doctor Strange, now by Donny Cates and Gabriel Walta, has seen Loki, somehow become Sorceror Supreme of

Rob Liefeld is publishing comics again. Or, at least he is trying to. He posted in frustration, publically to Facebook, Diamond Comic Distributors is the

John Stanisci is a comic book artist having worked on Spider-Man, Batman, Constantine, Justice League Dark, Judge Dredd, X Files and many more in his

Pat Shand & Ryan Fassett write… Have you ever sat in the back of an Uber or Lyft, trying to keep calm as you wonder why your driver is taking you down

Steve Lafler writes, When I moved to Oaxaca, Mexico in the Fall of 2007, I was looking for adventure. This remote highland city has it all. An art scene

As ever there are always a few changes twixt solicitation and publication. Royals #11 will now have art by Javier Rodriguez and Kevin Libranda, instead of

Next weekend sees MCM London Expo, Britain's largest comic convention by quite a way. The organisation has been running shows, including MCM London, for

Valiant is publishing Quantum And Woody! #0.0001½ – a special, digital-first and entirely free introduction to the new ongoing Q&W series by Daniel

Before New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics holds a writers retreat where traditionally, Marvel exclusive-signed writers and editorial staff sit around the

The Black Eyed Peas had a new graphic novel out from Marvel Comics this summer, written by will.i.am and drawn by Damion Scott. Masters of the Sun – The

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

ICv2 has reported from the New York Comic Con Insider Sessions it sponsored at the recent show, and specifically on Kristen McLean of NPD BookScan's break

God Complex #1 by Paul Jenkins, Bryan Lie and Hendry Prasetya goes to second print on the 22nd November. And Maestros #1 by Steve Skroce, Family Trade #1

In April, we ran the story that vendors at C2E2 had been approached by organisers of the Fan Expo HQ shows telling them that the company has purchased

There’s buzz online for BOOM! Studios’ upcoming comic Fence, the same kind of buzz I heard before Lumberjanes debuted, and shortly after Giant Days

It saw its unofficial debut at Thought Bubble and its official debut at the Lakes Comic Art Festival. The Spirit Of Eisner newspaper was commissioned to

Rick Veitch's series of comics known as the King Hell Heroica, currently Bratpack and Maximortal are the third part of the triangle of Watchmen and Dark

Ménage À 3 is one of the most popular and longest-running webcomics, publishing for almost ten years now, a slice-of-life sex comedy about three