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In 2015, HBO canned the David Fincher-planned remake of the 2013 Channel 4 TV drama Utopia, a remarkable pharma-thriller with a graphic novel holding a

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

Champions #6 by Mark Waid, Humberto Ramos and Victor Olazaba, in which the team go up against their political counter-opposites, the Freelancers, has sold

Sina Grace was editor of The Walking Dead, Super Dinosaur, Thief Of Thieves and Invincible comic books. He was the artist on Li'l Depressed Boy,

This was the solicitation for Ghost Rider #5 from Marvel Comics for March. GHOST RIDER #5 (W) Felipe Smith (A) Danilo Beyruth (CA) Felipe Smith FOUR ON

There are plenty of big books coming through the DC Comics system for late 2017 and early 2018. Here's a look at some of them... Omnibuses Jack Kirby's

In October 2017, DC Comics collects the Grayson run from Tom King, Tim Seeley and Mikel Janin that gave us scenes like this. And this. And this. The

She may not look twenty-five. But she definitely is. And DC Comics are lining up the big books to celebrate it. Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years 19

In 2003, DC Comics collected the first volume of Rick Veitch's Aquaman comic book, Waterbearer, with the first six issues of that year's Aquaman comic.

We've seen the new Kamandi exquisite corpse of a comic book. We know there's a Fourth World Omnibus - possibly the biggest book DC Comics has ever

Image Comics is announcing a sequel Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare one-shot by David Hine and Shaky Kane, for June. And it's all rather meta.

2017 isn't just Image Comics' 25th Anniversary. It's also the anniversary of WildCATS, Jim Lee's first Wildstorm imprint comic book. Or so it would later

Originally announced at last year's Image Expo for the winter just gone, Howard Chaykin's The Divided States Of Hysteria has now been scheduled for June,

Winnebago Graveyard was announced back in April last year at Image Expo. Written by Steve Niles and drawn by Alison Sampson, it promises to take readers

We have news of the latest DC Super Hero Girls original graphic novel by Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat in time for Christmas, Out Of The Bottle. The fifth

In 1983, Alan Moore was hired to write The Saga Of Swamp Thing from #19 by the character's co-creator, now editor, Len Wein at DC Comics. And everything

"Justice League Detroit" was the mocking name given to a certain era of the Justice League Of America when it was filled with what were regarded as

  Did you buy the DC Universe Rebirth Omnibus? Featuring all of the DC Rebirth issues of all the relaunched comics? All 21 comics and 568 pages of

The Invisibles Omnibus from DC Comics collected 55 issues of the series. Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus is out for 12th December for a mere $150,

Leslie S. Klinger has been putting together The Annotated Watchmen for DC Comics. He writes, This came about because, when we were wrapping Annotated

I'm not sure if Peter David will faint at the news of this. But finally, after three decades of requests, DC Comics is to collect The Atlantic Chronicles,

DC Universe by John Byrne will collect much of the uncollected. Out on 19th December, this $39.99 hardcover will contain Untold Legend Of Batman #1, New

His legacy may have been besmirched on the character in the last two years. But DC Comics look to be reviving the appeal. Hence the collection planned for

This was a scene from yesterday's Batman by Tom King and David Finch. A "war of jokes and riddles" shared between the Riddler and Batman and the idea that

I've had four hours sleep. I'm chugging some supermarket own brand energy drink called "Blue Spark" which tastes like bubblegum-infused battery acid. And

As it stands, the Kickstarter for Femme Magnifique, the comic book anthology edited by Shelly Bond celebrating women's lives is at $99, 667. That's $333

From Dark Horse in June 1997 solicitations. Briggs Land: Lone Wolves #1 - Brian Wood's series returns for the next chapter. Go Team Venture! The Art and

I'll give it to Natasha Alterici and her comic book Heathen from Vault Comics, they're never afraid of getting attention. Heathen #1 will get a second

You may have seen some of these. You may not. But here’s a bunch of DC variant covers for April 2017…. Wonder Woman #20 by Jenny Frison Titans #10 by Nick

Angela was created by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane for the comic book Spawn. Part of a long-standing lawsuit between the two, she was eventually