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By Jen King, owner of Eisner nominated Space Cadets Collection Collection near Houston, TX Morpheus Do you believe in fate, Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus: Why

Today's Observer newspaper has run a 101 article for the recent rise of a number of comic books mostly from Image Comics arising from a certain scene. It

Thanks to Marvel Comics for slipping these out a little early... AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 Writer: Dan Slott Penciller: Giuseppe Camuncoli • POWER PLAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOSrZ6NSWzk Someone dressed as Batman robbed a pair of dollar stores in East Orange County earlier this week. The suspect

A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication... Extraordinary X-Men #8 is no longer drawn by Ken Lashley, but by Humberto Ramos. Spider-Woman #6 is

In the red corner... It's The Walking Dead: All Out War Miniatures Game on Kickstarter. 2,034 backers $244,069 pledged of $50,000 goal With 24 days to go

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on comic con promoter Scott Roush, who seemed to be stating he represented large amounts of talent for such shows

Greg Anderson-Elysee writes, A couple of weeks ago, I launched the Kickstarter for my first comic, Is’nana the Were-Spider. I was surprised at the

Johnny Cupcakes is a T-shirt brand with retail outlets designed to resembles bakeries. As you do. A popuar brand using their distinctive logos... They've

Young Adult Library Services Association has released their Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2016 list, recommended for those ages 12-18... beginning with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCivz_0fJNQ Check out the very relaxed and chilled Bob Harras. And a happy sighting of Mark Gruenwald...  

Looks like we're getting second prints for Spider-Man #1, All-New All-Different Avengers #3, Carnage #4, Doctor Strange #5, Guardians Of The Galaxy #4,

We mentioned that Dr Pepper was running promotional comic books for the Batman V Superman movie, by Daredevil Netflix writer Christos Gage and Joe

So, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0 went to second print before all the orders came in. Boom Studios thought they might need an additional 5000 copies, so

With Hillary Clinton running for President, her association with convicted drug dealer and fraudster Peter F Paul and Stan Lee Media may well hit the

They really are pulling all the stops out, aren't they? I'm seeing the film on Monday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qK0bAEazQk I don't know, on past

When Marvel translated Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo into English, they also coloured the black-and-white originals, employing Steve Oliff for the task. Well,

Marvel Comics was January's top publisher with a 44.38% dollar share and a 48.17% unit share. DC Entertainment was the month's number two publisher with a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxDdUWJ4mv0 I remember Brian K Vaughan talking about concerns expressed by Eric Stephenson of Image Comics about this

Last night saw the opening of Comix Creatix - 100 Women Making Comics, a new exhibition at the King's Cross House Of Illustration. The great and the good

900 backers. $30.853 raised. 25 days still to go. Now accepting physical orders to certain foreign countries like Canada and the UK. Black, the superhero

We pointed out that Joe Books had extended its Disney license to publishing original Marvel novels based on movie characters. Well, to follow Thor, we are

Let us begin by expecting the answer to this question to be "No." Amazon list all manner of advance information about upcoming comic books, some of it is

Well, ABC are owned by Disney... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yCttmYcMLA America's No.1 morning news show, so I'm told...  

In one week, the launch of Kings Road, Batman And Harley Quinn, Dark And Bloody, Insufferable On The Road, House Of Montresor, Second Sight, Jonesy,

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

You remember those presumably-ridiculous rumours about the nature of Civil War II? Looks like the cover to one of the Marvel Free Comic Book Day titles

Can you feel the chill? The Coldest City is a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart, published in 2013 by Oni Press and intended to be the first

The Fix is the new comic from Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber, the team behind the much-admired Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, to be published by Image Comics

I.D. is a comic by Emma Rios, that's been serialised in the Island anthology, published through Image Comics. A dystopian tale that analyzes the conflict