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Two of Brazil's comic book stars in the US have worked together on this Batman/Joker mashup poster image for CCXP, Comic Con Experience, the Sao Paulo

From Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film, Inherent Vice....  

There are many thing to enjoy about the new DC comic Gotham Academy. But one is, momentarily, the return of Aunt Harriet to the DC after thirty-five

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

UPDATE: Viala has removed her website, Twitter ID and Facebook page. The original article follows below. This is Canadian artist Chantella Viala working

Quicksilver - I'm sorry, Pietro Maximoff - will appear in the new movie, Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Which means that, yes, he will be joining the Avengers

Speedball, created by Steve Ditko, ran in his own series for ten issues in 1988 until it was cancelled. Robbie Baldwin, teenager, transformed into a

Well, X-Files Year Zero, I just bought some comic books. Let's see what's going on? Well, we seem to have another confluence between Marvel and DC, with

The already-solicited issues of Batman #35-37, beginning the Endgame storyline, are increasing in size. To thirty pages of story each issue. And, as a

Today, Marvel Comics publish Thor #1 and Captain America #25. The later has the following cover. Which may be surprising if you hadn't watched the Colbert

We have left the September Futures End month behind us, but last week's New 52: Futures End, Booster Gold and especially Superman: Doomed #2 all lead into

I think I should just run the press release. Seriously, it's by far the best way to do this. This November, Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, creators of

A shirt can say an awful lot about you. As identifying markers, there's little to beat them. They are the equivalent of your own personal thought bubbles

  From the Brian Bendis interview at CBR... with art by Andrea Sorrentino. Don't they look familiar? We've been seeing them in the future of the

We mentioned Nicole Perlman as the new writer of a new Gamora comic book from Marvel, earlier today. But she's not the only woman being tapped to work on

Scott Snyder and Jock's Wytches is launching from Image Comics - and it comes with such an array of exclusive comic book covers... we're trying to work

Kitty Pryde was the X-Man who just walked through the Danger Room.   With the power to phase herself out of synch with reality, she could alk through

Jason Latour talked about the future of the Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman who seems to have made quite an impact after her appearance in the Edge Of Spiderverse

Lance Fensterman is a busy guy right now. Group Vice President of Reed Exhibitions, the New York Comic Con has been his baby from the beginning. And this

All we have is the name. Imperium. And the publisher. Valiant. And that Valiant will be publishing something called Imperium. Latin for the power to

I reader asks about the status of the Image comic book Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth. Love your work ! Just wondering if you know what's happened with

Bleeding Cool has reported how the character of Gamora has been relegated by licensing folk keen to push the boys appeal of Guardians Of The Galaxy.

I got a good glimpse of this at San Diego Comic Con (before my hotel room was flooded, washing it away...) The Musical Monsters Of Turkey Hollow, adapted

Recently Bleeding Cool pointed out that the Amazon solicitation for the Spider-Man: Spider-Verse crossover collection was a bargain, 620 pages in

Adi Tantimedh writes: My old friend, the musician Simon Boswell got back in touch with me recently to tell me he was holding a concert in London this

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

So this is what you've been reading this week... Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week Denise Dorman Asks – Is Cosplay Killing Comic Con? How Superman: Doomed #2

Do let us know more party events from Super Week and New York Comic Con and we'll add them to the list! But for now... here's the Party List for New York

I am told that just over a week ago, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson sent out an e-mail sent to New York DC Comics staffers. Telling them that

It can't be Comic Con without vinyl toys these days its seems. Lumps of plastic with a new shiny veneer to fill that shiny shiny hole in your heart. So