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It's a big day for swipe files on Bleeding Cool it seems... This is an Olly Moss exhibition of paper cut silhouettes of characters from pop culture from

All the DC weeklies end today, as one begins. Add Wolverines into the mix and that's five weekly titles from Marvel and DC out today... And in today's

I've forgotten Bleeding Cool is the best at giving April Fool jokes. — DP (@Dragonpiece) April 1, 2015 It is Noon PST. So it is the time, as is tradition,

Star Wars #1 goes to a fifth printing, chasing Ms Marvel #1 there... out for May 6th. May The Sixth Be With You. Yeah, doesn't really work. But order

Bleeding Cool understands that the latest in Dynamite's line of licensed comic books will be one based on internet meme and very real feline, Grumpy Cat.

It's an all-bit-forgotten piece of Stan Lee's back catalogue. Solarman was written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jim Mooney and Mike Zeck, in 1989. Part of a

Once upon a time, Dark Horse Comics published Star Wars. Then they didn't anymore and Marvel did. Not that Dark Horse are bitter. Much. They have

 This poster for Naples Comicon by Milo Manara references the early character The Yellow Kid. Will anyone choose to recreate this image with cosplay?

It seems like comic book convention season starts earlier and earlier each year. And gets fuller and fuller. It seems like it will never end. Well, that's

Bleeding Cool likes to keep an eye on which comic books are being registered for trademarks. That, for example, is how we came across Mark Millar and

This was the cover to Coffin Hill #15 from Vertigo Comics. The first title edited by Ellie Pyle who moved from Marvel to DC/Vertigo - someone willing to

There are so many news stories happening today. So here are 26 that didn't make it to the front page on their own. New 52: Futures End Concludes With A

I'd heard the rumours, but today I saw the evidence. With Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman original graphic novel scheduled for November, it was just the

We know that there is a unrebooted Marvel after Secret Wars. CB Cebulski was able to circumnavigate the Tom Brevoort teasing to give it to people

Bleeding Cool understands that the head honcho at Wizard World, John Macaluso, took meetings last week in London at the O2 dome, often known as the

Once upon a time, you could buy Harley Quinn vibrators on Etsy. Just the black and red diamond pattern, not an actual Harley or anything. Anyway, judging

Teenage Mutant NInja Turtles #44 has sold out if its second print before shipping, so here comes a third print even though, as we all know, Donatello

Eric Orchard is well known as a meek, mild illustrator of comics and children's books such as Maddy Kettle. But yesterday things took a very nasty turn.

The second swipe file of the day - but it's a goodie. Here is one of Jock's desgns for the IMAX poster for Iron Man 3. And here is a proposed IMAX

Consider this your Imminent Spoiler Warning! Imminent Spoiler Warning! Of late Marvel's original graphic novels have been out-of-continuity comics aimed

Early this month, Fantagraphics announced their new ten book library of the work of Italian comics creator Guido Crepax.: Fantagraphics Books is proud to

From the new Titan Comics previews... they will be publishing the Nikpol trilogy by Enki Bilal,       The central plot of the trilogy, set

Negasonic Teenage Warhead is an X-Men character, also known as Ellie Phimister. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, as a telepathic precog, her

The original French title will be Le Papyrus Du César, directly translating as Caesar's Papyrus, or Caesar's Scrolls. But as such, Asterix And The Missing

My Guido Fawkes cartoon from January... Today's cartoon in the Daily Telegraph... Okay, admittedly, Ad's is better drawn.... In Swipe File we present two

Helen Slater appeared in the eighties movie Supergirl in the lead. CBS have made a new TV series starring the character. But what role will she play in

Newsarama get the Marvel PR for a new Secret Wars series Siege written by Kieron Gillen, with art from Filipe Andrade and James Stokoe. Weve already seen

A year ago, we told you that the Fantastic Four comic would be cancelled by Marvel. A casualty of the failed Fox/Marvel Studios negotiations, Marvel CEO

From Titans previews, the news that Italian comic creator Max Bertolini, famed for his work on Nathan Never, has created a new series for Titan Comic,

Hayley Campbell has led a life steeped in comics. Daughter of writer/artist Eddie Campbell, she worked at Gosh Comics in London for years and recently