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Andrew Goletz writes for Bleeding Cool. I’m going to take a one column break from retelling the history of my self-published comic The Gathering to talk

A few people reading the first issue of Fear Itself found them suffering a little deja vu when seeing the sea dragon demony serpent things that Sin

MooreWatch: The new issue of Strange Attractor features the full Alan Moore text for the never completed no-longer Gorillaz operette about the occultist

I have to admire the man's chutzpah. Last month, Bleeding Cool broke a series of stories about the activities of artist Rob Granito, misrepresenting his

Currently on eBay at $344, from the classic comics industry satirist, Spider-Man about to be attacked by all the Ditko co-created villains. Fred drew a

Currently James Peaty is the writer of Supergirl after Nick Spencer's abortive half issue run on the title, which he blames on a clash with editorial that

So what happens to DC after Flashpoint then? While Marvel have found success periodically renumbering their comics from #1s again, reverting to the larger

This is a copy of the Batman And Robin collection from DC Comics, bought by my Watchmensch collaborator Simon Rohrmuller, back and front. But there's

Kapow is only a few days away and, yes, I'm excited. I'm hoping having a table may save me from the crush though... The North London convention only

This is Bleeding Cool's first "Exclusive" content from Boom! Studios. I mean, we've had exclusive content before but I think this is the first time it's

Vertigo is probably my favourite comic book publisher, in that I buy more of a percentage of their published titles than any other. But here I find myself

One is a comic steeped in decades of Marvel continuity. The other is something very new indeed. Fear Itself is the beginning of the big Marvel crossover.

From Marvel books this week, a brief look at Fear Itself #2 by Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen.

TweetWatch: Ted Brandt: Curses! My comic shop has already sold out of Nonplayer! There better be a second print run! MyComicWatch: Oh look I was on CBS

Okay, so there's the return of someone special in Brightest Day #23 at DC. And then Fear Itself begins at Marvel. But in Britain, it's all about Image.

So this is a big week for the boys of A Comic Shop in Florida. A lot of Fear Itself and Fear Itself Home Front, and its similarity to Blackest Night, the

Nate Simpson is the creator of upcoming comic book smash Nonplayer that Bleeding Cool has sunk all its frankly spurious credibility into. In an attempt to

I warned you. After all, DC are not like Marvel. They don't like to spoil their big comics news stories in the local rags a few days previously, they like

It is my favourite Vertigo book by far. And I like Vertigo books. DMZ by Brian Wood and a number of artists, the tale of an America divided and at war

Oh it's on. Kapow finally release the final details of their show happening this weekend in Islington, London. And suddenly MCM London Expo in the

On Saturday, a copy of Butcher Baker The Righteous Maker #1 by Joe Casey and Mike Huddleston from Image Comics sold for $26 on eBay, three days after it

Captain America got shot and killed. Batman got shot and killed. Batman's partner a long time ago, Robin, now Nightwing, took over the role of Batman

Bleeding Cool has catalogued a number of the woes of French alternative comics publisher , as it has seen mainstream publishers take over the kind of

Clicky for biggy. So I'll be at table 86, feel free to pop by and say hi, or just grab me as I run past. Bleeding Cool's Brendon Connelly will also be

Yesterday, NEC Biglobe launched digital bookstores for manga in Japan and the USA, for download onto smartphones and tablets using Android apps. Right now

ConspiracyWatch: Is that a Killraven Martian in the World War II flashback in Secret Avengers? StoreWatch: Phoenix Comics in its seventeeth year, gets

Peter S. Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool Boom Studio's Director of Marketing Chip Mosher and Editor in Chief Matt Gagnon held court at Wondercon for a

They're gods. They're brothers. Step-brothers even. It was always going to end this way. Available on iTunes, Xbox LIVE, and PlayStation Network this

These are the stories you hear in the Irish sport bars of Manhattan or the hotel bars at conventions. That are spread freely with little or no thought for

Peter S. Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool Neil Gaiman, actor Mark Sheppard, and director Toby Haynes were the surprise guests at the Doctor Who Panel at