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Last night, science fiction author and comic book writer Chris Roberson tweeted; Having an afternoon cocktail to celebrate the end of my time at DC. Aside

AvengersWatch: Taking the wife to the premiere of Avengers Assemble tonight. Am reminded of the time I went to the Iron Man premiere and took some very

Here's a pinup for Raff Ienco's upcoming Image comic Epic Kill, by Viktor Bogdanovic. I hear sales have been, relatively, rather large on this upcoming

Hypernaturals is the new Boom series from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, that's getting a Free Comic Book Day bump and then launching proper in June. The

Taylor Ramsey sat down for Bleeding Cool this weekend at C2E2 to speak with Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari of IDW's MONOCYTE to discuss the series, the

I was having a conversation with a retail clerk today, who expressed the opinion that DC Comics were defending comic stores while Marvel were trying to

   Taylor Ramsey writes for Bleeding Cool. I made sure to sit down with another great artist at C2E2 this year and find out what ever I could about his

Well that got commented on rather quickly. Trinity War, as first mentioned on Bleeding Cool yesterday... "has probably something to do with the Trinity of

The original art deal of the century took place last night. Here's how it went down. Catherine Garmon‏: Someone should bring me a Dr Pepper from Sonic and

Today, Dynamite published a new Shadow comic today, by Garth Ennis and Aaron Campbell. Visually it's rather faithful to earlier versions, while the

You know how last week I said that The Justice League was now the same as The Authority? I still hold to that. But today's issues sees them also pretty

I rarely run proper spoilers on Bleeding Cool. When I do, it's usually because there's some wider point to be made, a new realisation, something that goes

Today, we get the second issue of Avengers Vs X-Men. We've had the jaw jaw. Now it's time for the war war. And all the horrors that war brings. The

Aaron and Tom from A Comic Shop in Florida look through the week's comics. From their own personal bat cave, in preparation... and here's Uncanny X-Force,

Shadow, Red Sonja, Vampirella previews below. But we we start with an extended preview of... DANGER GIRL AND THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #5 32 pages FC • $3.99 •

SuperWatch: Variety reports that US appeal courts have ruled that Warner Bros can use documents stolen from Marc Toberoff in their case against him over

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool; This week the two categories I’ll be taking a look at are Best Continuing Series and Best Limited Series. Right

I understand that DC Comics are planning an "event" next year, entitled The Trinity War. Presumably referring to Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.

Let us connect some dots. Video game company THQ used to be worth $2 billion. It now dips just below $35 million. Quite a fall. If it was overvalued

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jz-WmlQyA Avengers vs X-Men has debuted Issue 1 and Issue 2, so host Grace Randolph shares her thoughts on this crossover

This is the latest weekly list of comics getting high advance reorders and post-sale reorders, continues to show what comics are heating up on the front

He's checking it once, he's checking it twice. He's going to find out if your comic book retailer has been naughty or nice. It appears that, just as in

Phoenix Jones is the world most famous real life superhero, from Seattle. Purple Reign, is, well, another one, not quite so well known, but also from

Matthew Diener attending C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. He wrote; Dynamite Entertainment President and Publisher Nick Barrucci led a packed panel of his bullpen

We told you about Diamond's Best Practice Awards, handed out at the Chicago Retailer Summit last week. But it wasn't the only competition retailers could

FrontierWatch: From the New Frontiersman, a new image of The Comedian from Before Watchmen. This is called viral marketing. Funny, I thought that's what I

I love how American towns stake "nicknames". And vote on them and everything. Just like how Greensboro City Council of North Carolina have just voted

Anne Rice Vs Joe Quesada. Who'll win? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies,

Bleeding Cool does not condone comic book piracy. I do find the thought processes behind those that facilitate it fascinating, however. We ran a piece

Peter G writes for Bleeding Cool from Chicago; Well, here we are in Chicago, Illinois, home of great food, bad sports teams, and dead people who somehow