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Today I received my delayed-by-Her Majesty's Customs comp copies of the Avengefuls trade paperback I wrote. Clearly they thought there were secrets

In November, Image is publishing The Art of Millarworld, featuring every Mark Millar creator owned title cover, regardless of publisher. In the ‘40s, it

A few days ago, Tom Brevoort tweeted this page from the upcoming Mighty Avengers #1 by Al Ewing and Greg Land. People tweeted back. @tombrevoort Greg

So this week saw the final issue of The Legion Of Superheroes. In an epilogue, it featured this panel, with Bouncing Boy talking to Triplicate Girl.

From this week's Nova, if you put your little Marvel AR app over it, then you get... The New Warriors, then? For Marvel Now Two? Here's a look at some

I noted the other day how the latest episode of New Tricks used a number of comic book creator names. But who did "Skinner" refer to? Well, could be

Available right now at Toronto Fan Expo, is the Crossed: Badlands Patient Zero Ashcan, a preview of next year's return to the series from Garth Ennis,

Okay, I'm going to give this a go. I think it's what Amy Chu and Steve Morris are expecting from me. Avatar are publishing a number of exclusive cover

Something we managed to miss a whole month ago. TV, comic and novel writer Paul Cornell wrote a blog post about his upcoming final Doctor Who comic book

So I found myself involved in a little back and forth on Twitter yesterday. Heidi MacDonald on The Beat, posted a piece criticising Avatar's covers for

It's been a while since we've heard from Nancy Silberkleit, the co-CEO of Archie Comics, after her legal fight with the rest of the company, with suits

Si Spurrier reminds us that there’s a 2000AD-esque signing at Forbidden Planet and London today, 6-7pm. Rob Williams, Al Ewing and Si Spurrier,

From Tom Brevoort's Tumblr; If you could get five writers currently at DC, who would you get to write for Marvel? And what would you want them to write?

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

Writer Julian Simpson is at it again. From yesterday's episode of New Tricks on BBC1. Maybe not as obviously as before. But we have a new character,

Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New York Correspondent for Bleeding Cool writes; I’m at Conquest Comics in New Jersey today, my local shop, to check out some

Zero is the comic from Ales Kot and a bunch of artists - the first issue headlining Michael Walsh. I hear orders are high. They may be higher with the

by Chris Thompson Hot on the heels of last week’s interview with rising star Joshua Williamson (which you can find here), I chat with another burgeoning

  On the 18th of August, Mark Waid posted in response to Ron Marz; @ronmarz I wouldn’t worry for him. At least he’s writing Superman. — Mark Waid

December brings the comic industry its favourite things. Big, heavy collections of big heavy comic books, aimed at the Christmas market. But, instead, it

Noe there's a thing. You are an actor, you are trying to film a scene from a TV show with a large crowd of adoring fans penned in tweeting your every twitch. But there is something you want to say. And they may provide you with just the opportunity.

Senior #Setlock Correspondent, Lizzie Holmes, gave us a lovely serious of shots from this afternoon's filming on Holmes series three, in London. Outside a certain flat...

"We, uh, we spent five grand on lawyers' fees. They sent letters. We were very keen to discuss it and we've never heard back from them. All I can say is

It's Wednesday! Lots of comics came out today! Here are a few thoughts about a few of them. Mostly (but not totally) ones I haven't talked about already

There's using tact. And then there's Darwin in today's X-Factor, addressing a certain Monet. You know this can only lead in one direction, right?  

So Avengers gives us some major Infinity continuity tie-ins, as the biggest galactic Alliance go toe-to-toe with The Builders. And you get some truly

At the end of the last issue of Superior Spider-Man, Daily Bugle photographer Phil Urich was named as the secret identity of the new Hobgoblin by the

From today's issue of Nova. Ex-members of the New Warriors, Justice and Speedball, knocking back a burger and a beer Pepsi. Of late, there have been a few

Spoilers and stuff... Bleeding Cool was the first to cover the news that Batwoman, Kate Kane, had proposed to her girlfriend and police officer Maggie

Superman comics (and the recent Man Of Steel movie) have, every now and then, shown Superman at odds with a military figure or two, though usually it all