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Birgitta Jónsdóttir is the Icelandic politician at the center of the latest Wikileaks controversy involving the US Dept of Justice trying to force Twitter

UK digital TV channel, More4, has dropped The Daily Show from it's daily schedule, opting instead to just show the week-late Daily Show Global Edition

SwapWatch: Publisher Microcosm is offering to trade in your Kindle in return for comics, books and fanzines. “Why let fad technology kill print when you

I mean if the stereotype wasn't so true, it would be kinda insulting. But it is pretty much true, isn't it? San Diego City Council President Tony Young

We all know that the Joss Whedon showrun comic Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight is coming to a close, and that Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine

It's an hour. It's live. And it's topical political and media satire. Britain used to rule the world at this kind of thing. From That Was The Week That

Both Marvel and DC license their characters for all types of products. Joe Quesada once told me his occasional frustration about certain licenses that

Newly official Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Axel Alonson gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal. As you do. During which he was asked; Should comic

Jeff is trying to create the ultimate comic book crossover. Him. In as many comic books as possible. He's just scored an appearance in the latest issue of

For the movie Paul, the production team recreated San Diego Comic Con in New Mexico to begin the movie. At the end of San Diego 2009, a number of

That's the Walking Dead #80 variant restricted to the first 1000 attendees fo the Amazing Arizona Comic Con taking place this weekend. Guests include

The headline seems to be that DC built sales slowly while Marvel flooded the market with 3.99 miniseries that sat on the shelf. As the end of the year

This is the new international quad poster for Green Hornet. I don't know what an international quad is. It sounds like some kind of cross-continental

Is there anything Jim Lee cannot turn his hand to? Well in this case, he is an expert. On eBay, the Australian new seller borntobefreaky listed a Jim Lee

If you're wondering if you have to uninstall your DCU Online beta program before installing the new version - and exactly how to do that, or if you're

SpeechWatch: MTVGeek has more money than sense, commissioning these not-that-funny comic book covers based on other speeches, as some kind of counterpoint

In France, clothes shop Celio is licensing a number of DC images for a series of T-shirts, that come in reproduction comic boxes. The T-shirts have a

Greg Horn is a Marvel comics artist, best known for his painted work. But did you also know he's a Christmas tree designer? Here's his work from his

Last night, Scalped and Spider-Man/Wolverine writer Jason Aaron posted a piece on Comic Book Resources entitled "The Year I Stopped Caring About Alan

You know what San Diego? Why not issue a list of comic book creators who aren't going to Con this year? It may well be shorter. The new guest list is

A rogue group of police officers known as "The Punishers". Wearing black gloves and caps with white skull emblems on them. Some even with Punisher tattoos

Mimoco are launching a new series of DC Comics-styled USB Flash Drives. Here we have Batman (black and blue), Robin, Joker and Catwoman, limited editions

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Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; The DC UNIVERSE ONLINE beta ended on Wednesday evening with a heavily promoted (to the gaming press and MMO

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I

There's nothing quite like the Little Bleeders of Bleeding Cool to crowdsource a comic analysis. Take Neonomicon #3 by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows. I'd

Pennsylvania comic shop Comics And More is closing in 9 days time, due to construction at the King Of Prussia shopping mall where they are based, set to

Little Bleeder Alexa writes; Over on Tumblr, many of the female-oriented comics blogs have been holding tournaments for the best DC and Marvel

There's one thing anyone who has ever worked with Brian Blessed will tell you. That he will happily say "Gordon's Alive?" or "Diiiiiiive!!!" at the drop

So. Alex Alonso promoted to Editor-In-Chief of Marvel, Joe Quesada concentrated on being Chief Creative Officer and Tom Brevoort now VP Publishing. What