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Today sees the publication of Rocket Raccoon #1 and The Legendary Star-Lord #1, both spinoffs from The Guardians Of The Galaxy. But there is something

This is the Week Of Howard Chaykin... a look through the days comics. Issue by issue, Moon Knight seems to be increasing in popularity, as a new

So, the script for the Flash pilot from February 2014 was pretty similar to the filmed-and-leaked version. A few things got jiggled around, rewritten and

Running in today's DC Comics, ahead of San Diego Comic Con, launch (or relaunch) ads for their new series. It feels like this might be the publisher's

Only one Original Sin comic book today, but it happens to be Original Sin #5 and has one hell of a revelation about Nick Fury. So, you know, spoilers and

There are very many cool things in today's Superman Unchained. The new Superman costume. The fleet of Batmobiles. But there's one bit for me that stands

We know in the upcoming Time Runs Out event in Avengers that the storyline about incursions of parallel worlds into ours, with one having to be be

The British newspapers have pretty much only one story to report. Which makes it an ever more intriguing time to sell these cartoons. From 1992, a series

Comic book creator Gustavo Duarte has been showing off the process of working on the Guardians Of The Galaxy 100th Anniversary comic, looking at the cast

Donny Cates, an ex-Bleeding Cool writer, is a rising star in the comic book scene right now, with Dark Horse having published his recent superhero series

Mark Waid has announced that, after a parting ways with Boom! after his stint as Editor-in-Chief there in 2010, he is returning to the project with a new

From the Licensing Expo last week... Based on the fictional brand in The Simpsons cartoon, Duff Beer has been brewed both officially and unofficially.

So, Time Runs Out, coming from the mind of Jonathan Hickman (and first seen online on Bleeding Cool) to a comic store near you in September, as Avengers

A couple of months ago, we told you that Amazon was looking to buy ComiXology. Three weeks later they did just that. And then brought it under its

It was the Wildstorm comic created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and J Scott Campbell in 1993 that would top the charts, feature the first ongoing lesbian

Some people will look to the lack of smoking as the Big Change To John Constantine in the new TV series from NBC. But that's not the one for me. Anyway,

In 2010, French cartoonist Plantu drew a cartoon picturing the Pope having sex with a baby. Which means the Pope portrayed wasn't this Pope, it was the

Consider this an irregular feature looking at comic books that have gone to second prints or more. Now, it is worth remembering that some publishers plan

"Make them nice and tight love." "Believe it or not, I came here voluntarily. My name is John Constantine. And I'm an exorcist. In my line of work there

  There have been many comic book pitches for kids/teenage reinventions of DC Comics characters at school. And they all seem to have fallen at the

Okay, so not enough people watch it on network TV. But everyone watched it online. Which is why there was a scramble for the rights to Community Season

It's taken some time. Thirty years or more. And now, finally, we have Groo Vs. Conan by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés and Thomas Yeates. Today is the last

It's nice when a plan comes together. I hope you all remember this from February 25th of this year. David Finch To Take Over DC’s Wonder Woman Monthly

Often when Marvel relaunches a prominent book, they run a retailer promotion called a "party", to get a little audience participation going on. Well, that

Rolf Harris, one of the world's most famous cartoonists, thanks to his work in Australian and British TV over fifty years, his musical career and being

It feels a match made in heaven. Peter David and Deadpool. Why has it taken so long? And with Scott Koblish, Marvel will be giving us a reworking of Sun

He has written a comic about a magic boy and his magic dog, Journey Into Mystery. He has written a comic about music and magic, Phonogram. He is writing a

To celebrate the 115th anniversary of the Portguese mineral water, Agua Castello commissioned new look bottles in a very distinctive manner. The

Jim Steranko loves The Shadow. He produced a good number of Shadow covers for Pyramid reprints in the '70's. He was going to be involved with DC's Shadow

I don't think anyone is going to accuse this comic of being overly politically correct. But t does seem to have been popular. After a successful relaunch