Thought Bubble, Britain's finest comic convention, is all change for 2017. New month! New location! New... everything! Bleeding Cool once told you that
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In a series of annuals published in March, DC Comics will see their comic books uperheroes crossover with the recreated versions of the Hanna-Barbera
Alan Brennert posted to Facebook on Saturday, 10th December 2016, My friend Richard Kyle passed away this morning, after the latest in a long series of
This weekend, comic book artist and colourist Peter Doherty found himself on the Official Angouleme List, courtesy of his work on Jupiter's Legacy. It's a
Lying In The Gutters on a Sunday? What is going on? Change my dear and not a moment too soon. So what have you been reading this week? Top Twenty Traffic
Marco Lopez writes, Generally, for Bleeding Cool I have been covering unknown comic talent, indie creators and with Nerd Fight tackling serious and not so
Another hot rumour reaches Bleeding Cool, that Joe Books - the Canadian publisher headed up by ex-Speakeasy publisher Adam Fortier, with a strong line in
Lion Forge announced one of the most exciting announcements at New York Comic Con. For me, at least, That Joe Illidge was the launch something called
Okay, doing a little number crunching, and looking at December's solicitations... I think we have the top ten selling comic books of 2016, sold through
Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, the top 100 selling comic books and graphic novels in the North American direct market in November 2016, as bought
This month, Marvel easily won the marketshare battle in the North American direct market, with a massive gap opening up between Marvel and DC Comics. A
This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what
There's a few hours left on the clock. But the Kickstarter for Dave Sim's Cerebus Archive reproduction of original Cerebus art pages, this time from the
Olly MacNamee writes Now I love booze and I love comics, but which is better? Well, on this occasion, there isn’t only one way to find out - to paraphrase
The comic book store direct sales market is a hard beast to wrestle with. Sales numbers are never released, reporters are forced to make estimates. Entire
Nick Marino writes, The deadly FOC looms over Cougar and Cub #1! Our delectable duo are set to make their debut courtesy of Action Lab in January 2017.
Jamie Me writes, My name is Jamie Me, and I am a comic creator born in Yorkshire. My local area, the west of the county, is a utopia of character. If you
A couple of Fried Pie-aligned exclusive retailer variant covers... the Rocket Raccoon #1 Fried Pie Variant by Ian McGinty, above. And the Dungeons &
This week's Batgirl And The Birds Of Prey #5 by Julia Benson, Shawna Benson and Claire Roe introduces the new Oracle. Because it turns out in the
That's the word on the street. That, spinning out of the current Clone Conspiracy series, we will be getting a new Scarlet Spider series written by Peter
It's not like DC Comics' Green Arrow has never shied away from politics. He has the kind of politics that in most of the world would make him a centrist
A long time ago, when comic book creators handed their artwork into comic book companies, they never got it back. Some of it was stolen, some of it was
Wednesday saw the release of Bleeding Cool Magazine #24, with the fourth annual Top 100 Power List Every year Bleeding Cool Magazine runs its Top 100
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
In an incredible reversal of fortunes, Marvel Comics has turned marketshare around so it looks closer to early 2016, than after DC's fortune with the
R. L. Stine, the author of the Goosebumps novels is, at the age of 83, writing his first Marvel comic book. A new Man-Thing mini-series for Marvel Comics
We've been following and reporting on the Wizard World Vs Stephen Shamus case being going through the courts. With pop culture comic convention organiser
A few more slips 'twixt solicitation and publication... Deadpool #27 will now be drawn by Sean Izaakse, instead of the previously solicited Scott Hepburn.
Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran an appeal by Detroit retailer Dennis Barger, lamenting that the comics industry doesn't support comic stores in trouble in
Panini is a French magazine publisher, most active in Europe and South America. Amongst many licenses are Marvel Comics which lets them republish any