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KevinWatch: Everyone's talking Archie! The Daily Mail, Huffington, Tim, Fox News... it's going to get busy! MooreWatch: Alan Moore on sexism in comics in

Here's a look at the vouchers being sent out right now by Marvel to those who bought a digital comic yesterday. Like me. And I chose one of Bleeding

What is a creator to do when faced with the piracy of his work? Enter into expensive legislation that may only target the symptom rather than the cause,

Thanks to BuzzComics poster SJ for collecting these references to Swamp Thing's creative past in the new Swamp Thing series from DC. Currently spotting

Are you a Brian Bolland collector? Do you have this piece of work in your collection? Brian Bolland writes; I don't think I've posted this one already. No

Following up from How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales, Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool If you are an American like me, you’ve been

We've spoken about the casting announcement for Fandom Rising, a new planned reality TV show with a geek focus from the producers of Jersey Shore for MTV.

Hulk Season One is a new original graphic novel coming out from Marvel this year by Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler. And how will the Hulk or, say, General

In an interview with Vaneta Rogers at Newsarama, Senior DC VPs Bob Wayne and John Rood announced that both Batman and Detective Comics would become $3.99

Comic retailers got the full news last night. And today it's official, buy any comic on the Marvel digital app until midnight ET/9pm PT and get a $5

ConWatch: The Amazing Arizona Comic Con with an all star cast is kicking off now. Keep a visual eye on it here... LarsenWatch: The cover to Supreme 63 by

Bleeding Cool people are very excited about the new bi-weekly ongoing Crossed: Badlands series from Avatar, and that Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows are

Marvel has received considerable criticism for being seen to support the SOPA legislation aimed at tackling piracy, but also with string freedom of speech

It has been said that some superhero comics offer nothing but fight scenes. It's not meant to be a good thing. Today, Marvel have announced a new comic,

Yesterday, comic creator and reader Darin Wagner wrote a piece for Bleeding Cool entitled How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales. I thought it was

Of late, Marvel has been giving away free digital downloads of their comics in certain select $3.99 titles. To keep the digital code for each copy secure,

As in 2010 and 2011, Diamond Comic Distributors is holding its annual Retailer Summit at the Chicago McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago in the

Bleeding Cool has been reporting this story for a while, but now Marvel have made it official. And it's happening this weekend. Buy a Marvel digital comic

A number of publishers have moved to day-and-date digital comic books, releasing comics digitally on the same day that they are available in the major

Some people refer to the Kapow convention in London as MillarCon. Funded by Titan who publish Mark Millar's CLiNT, it was run by his partner, and featured

I have been asked by a company who wishes to be nameless for now, who are looking for Batman-related cosplayers who would be available in Birmingham,UK on

LapinWatch: Yosagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai will be appearing at the world's laregst comic convention, Angouleme, at the end of the month. ShadeWatch:

Bleeding Cool columnist George Peter Gatsis is on a mission to make comic creators work available in digital formats, including Apps, without having to

Firstly Mandi Odoerfer of CSICON noticed that alien language text used in a number of DC New 52 comics... were the same alien language. DC may have

It's not just American comic stores that are under strain. Canada and Australia are also feeling the bite. Dragon Lady Comics of Toronto, a shop that has

Bleeding Cool previously reported the rumour that Rob Liefeld may be writing Deathstroke in the near future - but also underlined that's all it was. Well,

Darin Wagner writes for Bleeding Cool. If you are a conservative like me, you’ve been reading fewer and fewer comic books over the last 12 years. For

It's the Oscar of comics. The Tony of comics. The Presidential pardon of comics. It's the award everyone wants. Well, now the Eisner Awards are now

For the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D in France and Belgium this coming March, burger chain Quick has come up with a number of Star Wars

Okay, this is quite funny. Bleeding Cool has previously reported on the European comic book situation regarding the licensing of Marvel titles. Panini has