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The "I'm A Marvel, I'm A DC" toy parodies of the Apple ads that have gained a life of their own celebrated their 100th epidode with a belter of a musical

TypoWatch: We did enjoy this panel from Teen Titans #83. "Makes it harder" wasn't it meant to be? PecWatch: The Daily Mail drool over a photo of James

This week’s column is a slight change to what readers have been used to seeing here. Last weekend it was the annual Bristol International Comic Expo, held

I am sans iPad, iTouch or iPhone. So naturally I'm all sassenfrassenrassen about this upcoming Scott Pilgrim App. Read the whole of Scott Pilgrim on it by

The Walking Dead begins filming in Atlanta on June 2nd in the Fairlie-Poplar District of the city. Scenes from the pilot and the second episode will be

From last night's Aardwolf Publishing launch of Whorehouse Madrigals by Clifford Meth... looks like Gene Colan was able to make it after all. Here he is

Okay, I have to admit it, this is kind of a cool idea. The Eagle Awards which launched their nominations for voting last week (including a certain

Time Warner recently posted PDFs from their Investor Day meetings. Among announcements such as HBO on demand via the web was a presentation by one Barry

I have a lovely invite to see the premiere of the new Marvel 4D exhibition at Madame Tussauds tomorrow at 10.30am, before even the rest of the press, the

IDW have been one of the few comic book print publishers to make really bold strides online, being ahead of the pack and launching stand alone apps on the

It's no secret that I loved the No Heroics TV series. British sitcom along the lines of Nathan Barley, Pulling and Ideal, it focused on the off-duty

PirateWatch: Yesterday's tip top  Robert Kirkman interview at Ain't It Cool was full of all sorts of interesting stuff about the comic and its move to AMC

Jimmy Jay, well known Californian comics dealer and publisher of a number of Rob Liefeld projects, is launching his own comics convention next year in

Last weekend, Bleeding Cool showed you how you could make your own Avengers Gatefold Variant Cover selling for $65 for around $5, by combining a

Congratulations to Kaare and Nicole Andrews. married two days ago. And with an army of fellow comic book creators on hand to share best man duties. That's

Kurt Busiek is writing a new Dracula series for Boom! Dracula: The Company Of Monsters with Daryl Gregory and with art from Scott Godlewski. Describing

Kieron Gillen (Phonogram), Jamie McKelvie (Phonogram) and Becky Cloonan (Demo) are holding a signing at Gosh! Comics in London on Saturday, the 5th June

Talking of Jamie Hewlett... Space Hijackers, the anti-globalism activism group are selling their tank. Licenced and registered for UK roads, this Saracen

With U2 pulling out over  Bono's bad back, Gorillaz have stepped up to headline the UK's biggest music festival, Glastonbury. The animated band formed by

Is this Moonstone and Phantom all over again? Until yesterday Ardden Entertainment believed that they had the Flash Gordon licence for comic books. Then

So, we've covered getting your comic an endorsement, the importance of getting the right logo and I've also looked at the fundamentals of writing and

Founded in 1990 by Dez Skinn, and originally distributed through comic shops for free, Comics International was the UK equivalent of Wizard though it bore

CapWatch: Hayley Atwell confirms that Tommy Lee Jones will be in the Captain America movie. Thanks Hayley! CubicleWatch: Pajiba report that Ken Kwapis

Platinum Studios has been accused of burning and burning investment cash over the last couple of decades - with occasional skirmishes, scams, missed

Clifford Meth's  has a new anthology out from Aardwolf Press, The Whorehouse Madrigals, under the punk pseudonym Hank Magitz, with illustrations from Mike

Blimey, it seems an age since we ran one of these. Anyway, here's a preview of the new issue of Warren Ellis' Wolfskin, out from Avatar today in the

Looks like this was the gameplan for quite some time. Bleeding Cool reported recently on the Dynamite aquisition and Glee-like cover for The Phantom.

Tim Buckley of CTRL-Alt-DEL has responded to Swipe File allegations. He writes; As I'm sure you'll notice, Abby's clothing has changed. When drawing new

In the spirit of a certain hands-on Blackest Night cover, here comes John Constantine on the cover of Hellblazer #267. Now, is that a line of lights

Tim Pilcher writes for Bleeding Cool: Last night I went and saw Dan Clowes and Chris Ware in conversation with Paul Gravett at the Brighton Dome. The trio