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At their presentation this morning, Titan Comics announced that as well as their current Assassin's Creed and Assassins Creed: Templars comic book series,

Announcing at ComicsPRO, all direct market retailers are to receive an exclusive time capsule from Valiant that can't be opened until 4001 AD - or rather,

DC Comics were in Portland to tell retailers about Rebirth. But retailers had some other things they wanted to talk to DC Comics about. As marketshare and

DC Comics gave details at ComicsPRO for some of the Hanna Barbara titles launching in May. And rather than going for supernatural threats explained by

Ethan Van Sciver is one of the artists on the 80 page DC Comics Rebirth $2.99 special launching the Rebirth event for DC Comics. Which means that

https://twitter.com/mr_oberts/status/700758215588360192 That's how it used to be. Themed crossovers for groups that - wouldn't crossover that much, if at

Marvel PR has given the PR to themselves for the artwork for Civil War II drawn by David Marquez shown off at ComicsPRO in Portland  today. All-New

Photo from Escape Velocity. Announcing at ComicsPRO in Portland today, Marvel Comics have announced a comic book adaptation of Star Wars: The Force

https://twitter.com/mr_oberts/status/700757221261479936 There we go. Marvel gave the official PR to ComicBook. Announcing at ComicsPRO that Deadpool vs.

Paul Stock is a Canadian comic book retailer, running the store Librairie Astro in Montreal. And he has a plan to tackle the thorny issue of gun control

Okay, I know yesterday's debacle with The Super Man and Superworman news-that-wasn't may throw some doubt in some people's minds over this piece. But I am

Inspired by classic pulp novels, old-time radio broadcasts and Saturday morning cartoons, the first volume of David Gallaher and Steve Ellis comic The

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

Last year, Comedy Central cancelled the animated sitcom, Brickleberry. The show followed a group of park rangers as they work through their daily lives in

At ComicsPRO, Titan Comics - as well as announcing Warhammer 40,000 comics and Sherlock manga, also announced a line of comics using the Hammer Films

Last year Bleeding Cool reported that the sales of the Japanese manga based on the BBC TV show Sherlock has been banned from the USA. We theorised that

Next month, you won't find DC Comics in Diamond's Previews catalogue. Instead you will find them, like Marvel, in their own separate catalogue. However,

The organisers of Free Comic Book Day have announced that there have been 6 million comic books ordered by comic book stores for Free Comic Book Day this

CBR are reporting that Titan Comics has announced Warhammer 40,000 comics starting in September, at ComicsPRO. They haven't actually announced it yet,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA1LOiqjVBA Twisted Dark is a dark thriller comic book anthology written by Neil Gibson from his publisher TPub Comics.

The C-3PO comic book from Marvel intended to reveal the true story behind the droid's new red arm, as seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens - and that has

Marvel Comics have made a big thing of upping their second printing programme in the wake of All-New All-Different Marvel. But for some reason (presumably

Kevin Gunstone writes, In 2013 I attended the London Super Comic Con. It was my first comic convention in a number of years and I was there to find a

This is Faceache. A comic book character created by Ken Reid, he first appeared in the UK weekly kids comic Jet. A boy who could change the appearance of

So what kind of swag have retailers at the ComicsPRO event in Portland been able to pick up? Here are some reports... And it started with ashcans for The

No one knows how to advertise to their customers - or potential customers - than local comic stores. But also no one wants to pay to advertise. Well, at

Deadpool Comic Books, All Over The Freeway (Diamond UPDATE)

It was reported on the news as a matter of curiosity, with copies of Deadpool trade paperbacks littering the freeway. But the traffic accident that

We've seen the list. Green Lantern becomes Green Lanterns (bi-weekly - Bleeding Cool expects Power Ring to be one of those Green Lanterns) and Green

UPDATE: I may have been stung my e-mail on the details on Superwoman and The Super Man... an old retailer friend sent some details they found on a CBR