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Forty Best Comics and Best Graphic Novels lists for 2015. Everyone mentioned gets a tick. So who gets the most ticks? Which comics are the Best of the

IDW Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier puts the word out. https://twitter.com/sdunbier/status/818559911583809536 At IDW, Dunbier has specialised in

In the early nineties, Topps began publishing comic books, based on their lines of cards and licenses they picked up. They created a Kirbyverse based on

Michael Davis writes, This is a much-expanded version of Seduction of the not so innocent that ran in Comicmix. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its

Bleeding Cool has been covering the increase in overships from Marvel to comic stores in depth of late. Ostensibly, they encourage retailers to find the

The latest Marvel teaser for the Cap-centric event Secret Empire shows X-Men, Guardians, Avengers and Captains America and Marvel, and even an Inhuman -

Christopher Dennis, a professional lookalike for Christopher Reeve, and famous for posing as Superman on Hollywood Boulevard as Superman for 25 years, was

Image Comics is going to run Image 25th Anniversary variant covers through February. And here are eleven of the fifteen... Available in stores on

https://twitter.com/RyanHigginsRyan/status/818602863656058880 Karnak has been telling the story of the Inhuman who never underwent Terrigenesis of the

Coming to a comic store near you on the 15th of February... Two second prints, one for Clone Conspiracy #3 from Marvel Comics. And another for God Country

We were first to tell you that new New York comics publisher Black Box Comics had scored a coup with a new comic written and drawn by legendary Daredevil

Of late, Marvel Comics has been offering seven titles available for exclusive retailer variant covers, every month, more than any other publisher. Indeed,

Compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from the comics they have supplied to comic stores, conventions and subscription boxes in North America, across

Today, Orbital Comics in London launches a new exhibition in its gallery, Moonage Daydreams, for what would have been Bowie's seventieth birthday and a

For the last couple of years, comics (and now film/TV) writer Tony Lee has been touting a film in development with UK based Production company BoxFly

To be fair, even with Brexit and the slump in the pound, that's not far off how things usually go. The Nintendo Switch will be £279.99 alongside the US'

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

It appears that all manner of comic stores got a few early shipments this week. We already looked at early sales of next week's Mighty Morphin Power

We just got hit with a bevy of Secret Empire teases that promise who will be involved with the new Captain America event that seems to be focused on

The Emerald Empress is hunting Saturn Girl. Justice League Vs Suicide Squad told us that plotline will continue in Supergirl. We also know that Saturn

Image Comics isn't the only publisher celebrating 25 years in 2017. Valiant is as well. Though admittedly, there was a bit of a gap. Ayway Valiant is

Lion Forge is launching Catalyst Prime with Free Comic Book Day, a new superhero line with a diverse cast of characters - and creators - that in many ways

Plenty of scenes in the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailers didn't actually make it to the film. There were reshoots, rediting and changes along the

They could have waited a month, for Valentine's Day. But maybe they couldn't wait. According to this preview of next week's Batman #15 by Tom King and

Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #1 topped the direct market charts from Diamond Comic Distributors in December, covering North American sales to comic

The retailer exclusive cover, pioneered by IDW with Godzilla #1 (with a few proto-stabs at it by retailers creating their own covers to put on top of

    To be a bastard. To not know even your father. Or your artist.   We know it's out for the summer. We know what it's about, Jimmy Regent

From yesterday's Red Hood And the Outlaws... the rather haphazard and knock together information dump on a wall... And from Before Watchmen: Rorschach.

(UPDATE: Now up to 755,000)Image Comics has sent out a PR release promoting the announced pre-orders of the 25 cent Walking Dead #163 as 730,000. And

Archie Comics originally announced that its silver title for Free Comic Book Day in May 2017 would be as Sonic: Genesis of a Hero. (W) Ian Flynn (A) Tracy