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  Breaking out of Emerald City Comicon today, Valiant has announced via CBR first word on “Massacre” – a much-teased new story arc beginning in

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mother Entropy by Jim Starlin and Alan Davis is a five issue series all coming out in May alongside the release of the new

If it only seems two weeks since Diamond released the data for January's marketshare, it is. Marvel did have a number of promotional pushes in February

Jock has talked about the new All-Star Batman #9 that he is a part of - and shows off some art. Announced last night at #ECCC - I'm helping out with an

An old friend sends in a look at Emerald City Comicon 2017... wish I was there! And yes the Pusheen with the cake/candle does look a bit on the weird

It was an educated guess. And it appears to have paid out. I am told, spinning out of ECCC, that as part of Marvel's upcoming "Make Mine Marvel" relaunch

Thanks to Alyssa Pack, shooting shots from Emerald City Comicon For Bleeding Cool...

Alyssa Pack reports from ECCC for Bleeding Cool, She Changed Comics is the history of women who changed free expression in comics.  In a mostly male-ruled

UPDATE: This is now a ticketed event. This year is Image Comics' 25th Anniversary. They had their Image Comics Day back in February. Yesterday they had a

Thanks to Bleeding Cool reporter Ian Melton, and other friends of Bleeding Cool, we are off. Image Expo 2018 is announced for 1st February 2018 - the

Announced by Image Comics at ECCC, a new series by X-Factor's Pablo Raimondi and Dark Knight Returns' Klaus Janson, Sacred Creatures. Klaus talked to me

Announced by Image Comics at ECCC 2017... Mage: The Hero Denied by Matt Wagner. Thirty-four years after the first Mage chapter comes the conclusion. Or

Thanks to Joseph Rojas from the DC Rebirth panel at ECCC 2017, who stayed for the Q&A session, DC Comics has confirmed, as he put it, that "a Justice

Joseph Rojas reports from the front row of the DC Comics panel at Emerald City Comicon. He writes, he shoots, we post... Scott Snyder (on the left) says

In the latest issue of Previews, DC Comics' listings show where their "buy physical, get digital" inclusion of digital codes for Rebirth ongoing series

We asked. They answered. Edge Of Venomverse is a new mini-series spinning out of the Venom series, with a Marvel Universe all symbioted up. Using

Grindhouse, Mayday and No Mercy writer Alex de Campi, Milestone and Captain Marvel artist ChrisCross and colourist Snakebite have a new comic book for

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, or CBLDF has joined the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and the American Society of News Editors (ASNE),

To accompany the release of the new Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 movie, Marvel Mastercard's credit card is going to be offering a Mixtape edition of the

And Jim Lee draws a Wonder Woman Vs Taz cover... as Tom King achieves his career dream of writing Elmer Fudd vs Batman. Here are the full solicits for

Pancakes have been eaten, Lent has begun and I'm going on a sugar-free forty days. The biggest girl is giving up gaming. It's quite a thing. And comic

Expect lots of these previously-unseen covers to be shown off at ECCC by DC Comics. But if you can't go and want a sneak peek... Justice League Of America

  Unveiled this morning at The Washington Post, Valiant is kicking off the weekend’s Emerald City Comicon announcements with a big one – first word

Yesterday's Walking Dead #165 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, published by Image Comics, was full of surprises, action, and the thrill of survival -

Look forward to these being shown off by DC Comics at ECCC. Covers for the penultimate issue of Dark Knight III: The Master Race, by Frank Miller, Bill

DC Comics solicited a bunch of Annuals for March, crossing over DC Comics characters with Hanna-Barbera characters. Well, they have decided that they are

KRS Comics is just one retailer (honest), with a few Wondercon Exclusive Variants to show off. Yes, I know it isn't even ECCC yet. This is called being

Make this our third collection of ECCC exclusives for Emerald City Comicon 2017, starting this week... what will you be grabbing? Catch our previous three

In the previous issue of Justice League #15, Superman went for a little fly about to meet an old friend...   Only to find Lois Lane and Jonathan Kent

The concept of "punching down" was the to make a joke at the expense of a less powerful or more oppressed group than the person making the comment