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Comic book retailers Patrick Brower of Challengers Comics, Chicago and Jenn Haines of The Dragon in Ontario were elected to the ComicsPRO Board of

Frank Cho has come to the end of his current Marvel Comics contract and is wondering what to focus on next. He may have finished his final pages on

Oops... thanks to the folk at the All The Cool Stuff store who filmed this for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h98lc0Bmipk&feature=youtu.be

On the last of #BlackComicsMonth - they get an extra day this year thanks to the mysteries of cosmology - we have eleven free comic books, by black

It's about that time of year when Bleeding Cool finds itself with a few pilot screenplays to read. Last year we gave you first read reactions to Fear The

Lots of celebration of Mad Max: Fury Road the film. Which helps everyone forget the reaction to the comic... Last weekend saw four major comic book events

Bleeding Cool reported that there had been six million orders for comic books from retailers for this year's Free Comic Book Day, shared by the fifty

As well as the Captain America: Sam Wilson #7 cover (left), both Avengers Standoff: Assault On Pleasant Hill Omega #1 and Captain America: Steve Rogers #1

Some of you know that a few weeks ago, I received a burner phone as part of a promotional campaign for the second season of Better Call Saul. It's been

So the Oscars happened last night. And some people in and around comic books watched it... https://twitter.com/FaithErinHicks/status/704141507423375365

We've already mentioned that Chris Eliopoulos will be adding back-up strips to the new Star Wars: Poe Dameron comic from Marvel. Even if Chris is keeping

Daniel Brodie writes, I remember the day very clearly in 2014. I was strolling through the streets of Amsterdam, enjoying the sights (read in a

Ask Me About Polyamory is the first print collection of the webcomic Kimchi Cuddles by polyactivist Tikva Wolf that got an Indiegogo boost last year and

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

Earlier this year, American comic book creator of works such as Artbabe, Jessica Abel had her comic book Trish Trash: Rollergirl Of Mars translated into

Mark Landry writes, In May of 2013, Bleeding Cool was the first comics news outlet to notice a remote Kickstarter campaign for a creator-owned miniseries

Scott Wilke writes, I love the Old West. I grew up on films like Once Upon a Time in the West, Magnificent Seven, and A Fistful of Dollars. I loved to

It is one of my favourite comic books of all time. Originally published by Tundra, it famously cost more to print than it did to buy and the more

Courtesy of Anthony Mackie on The Daily Show and Captain America: The Winter Soldier - this was, apparently, The Falcon calling off his attack birds from

It has been repeatedly teased over the last year, but this week the big press releases for new digital comic book publisher Stēla went live, joining the

“Of course! When I talk about inclusivity it’s not excluding gay characters. It’s about inclusivity. So of course I would love it. To me, the fun of Star

Bill Sienkiewicz had his art stolen in transit to France. Bleeding Cool regular contributor Michael Davis has had some experience with that. He writes...

The Art Of Jock was an exhibition at last year's Lakes Comic Art Festival in Kendle, profiling the work of the artist for comics including The Losers,

Aristotle Piemash writes, The Cult Classic film The Toxic Avenger, is hitting the London stage in Musical form this April. The titular hero 'Toxie' (first

Jamie Me writes, I’m writing a superhero girl meets boy story, with art by Toni Doya and colours by Sean Callahan, that I’ve recently taken to

These are Diamond's nominees for the Spring Retail Best Practices Award for comic book retailers, to be voted on by retailers... is your local store

Bruce Zick writes in the third person. Think of him like The Hulk. In 1992 The Zone Continuum, by Bruce Zick, was published by Caliber Press.  Though it

Building 7 was a 47-story skyscraper and was part of the World Trade Center complex. It collapsed at 5:20 pm on September 11, 2001. It was not hit by

The stereotype of a fat, friendless comic book reader sitting alone reading comics while eating Doritos has been ingrained over the years. And just as we

Ah, so that's why Marvel registered the trademark for Timely Comics last year. It wasn't just to do with 1872, it was this year's 75th anniversary of the