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By Erich Onzik Imagine, a world where every person around you is probably hallucinating.  A vanity fair of massive proportions within a music festival

Charlie Stickney writes, I haven’t always been a risk taker. I drive a Volvo. I like vanilla ice cream. I was on Team Summers over Team Logan. So why am I

Marc Jackson writes, This Summer sees the return of the one-day comic art festival in my hometown of Macclesfield, in Cheshire on Saturday 1st of July

Imagine Nightcrawler wasn't a human mutant but a cat mutant instead. Not homo superior but felis superior. Still called Wagner of course. And, of all

Edward Russell is the Senior Brand Executive for BBC Wales productions Doctor Who and its spinoffs. DoctorsTrainers is the Twitter name for someone who

Shelly Bond has opened a virtual HQ for her new Black Crown imprint at IDW Entertainment. And it's a pub. Which is pretty close to a certain theory an old

In February Bleeding Cool broke what now seems to be an even bigger story than it did at the time. That Marvel was to put an end to comic book

So. That thing happened last week. And it still seems to be happening. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/books/marvel-comics-diversity-thor-hulk.html And

Given how tumultuous the recent Marvel retailer summit was, as it caused a media meltdown for Marvel Comics, the all-publisher one for April 19th to the

I've been reading a lot of comments today about how President Trump's actions in Syria prove that America is strong again. And how this is such a good

It may not have been as epidemic as some feared. But reports of closing comic stores continue. Black Medicine Comics of Des Moines, Iowa is closing its

Secret Empire #1 was solicited from Marvel as $4.99 for 48 pages. You would expect around 32 of those pages to be story content. Well, maybe it's a few

Both in April and May, Marvel Comics is offering nine exclusive retailer variant covers, specific cover variants exclusive to each participating comic

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

As well as X-Men Prime, Captain America #15 and America #2, Marvel have more books hitting the second printing mill (which doesn't actually exist but I

Time to look at the figures from March 2017, of comics books ordered by comic stores in North America through the direct market served by Diamond Comic

It's out next week. And, yes, it's gorgeous. I was able to prise it away from Kieron Gillen's firm grip in the pub last night. I was immediately struck by

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI6m0axcFbg Robert Kirkman, creator of the Walking Dead is turning his attention to other Skybound properties with their

You run one story about Amazing Spider-Man #25 topping the March 2017 North American comic store charts and another about DC beating Marvel on sales

You run one story about Amazing Spider-Man #25 topping the March 2017 North American comic store charts and suddenly everyone wants to tell me things. The

In the now-infamous series of articles by ICV2's Milton Griepp surrounding the Marvel Comics retailer summit, last week, Marvel SVP Sales and Marketing

Titan Comics' Hammer Horror: Captain Kronos comic is debuting in Septmber. It's about that time... Based on 1974's Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, the

  Emilie Badaboom wrote from WonderCon, With the next DC movie fast approaching, Wonder Woman has taken front and center at WonderCon and news

Arsenic Lullabies creator Douglas Paszkiewicz has announced on his mailing list, not only a new Tick comic book series from New england Comics but alos

Hallo my Breetish chums! Paul Paul Gautier has created a line of Superman and Wonder Woman branded products, alongside other cartoon brands.   But

Currently, subscribers to Marvel's Insider loyalty programme can get 200 points for each Marvel digital code they redeem, to a maximum of 2000 points for

I am spending the day reading the WildStorm Oral History published independently and unofficially to coincide with WildStorm's 25th anniversary. It's

  Lion Forge is the latest comic book publisher to join Diamond's Final Order Cut-Off scheme, in which retailers can adjust their orders up or down,

I've stated why, by logic alone, Olivia Colman could be frontrunner to play The Doctor after Peter Capaldi steps away from the role. But logic and casting

I am spending the day reading the WildStorm Oral History published independently and unofficially to coincide with WildStorm's 25th anniversary. It's