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I’ll say two things before I get into the review proper: 1) I could easily double the length of this review by talking about the historical inaccuracies

ESQUIVEL: When last we spoke, I believe I was snarkily taking shots at your enthusiasm for webcomics via Twitter. You insinuated that Modern Print

Yesterday I ran a very unfortunate piece regarding Gene Colan and his wife, Adrienne Colan. It was, quite deliberately unsourced. As a result, despite a

As part of Mumbai's Cyber Safety Week, a comic book on anti-piracy was launched yesterday with government and police support. The comic was produced by

Of the forty-two books from the DC Universe solicited for August, twenty-eight are $2.99, thirteen are $3.99 and one is $4.99 All three Cartoon Network

This April, it is estimated that Diamond Comics Distributors sold 5,567,648 of the top 300 comic books to American comic stores. The previous April, it is

During a medical bar crawl in 2007, Doctor Raymond Adamcik was arrested for groping a woman, while dressed as Captain America, with a burrito down the

StarWatch: When AT-ATs mate at Wondercon 2010... IronWatch: This Iron Man Bearbrick mashup... is it me or is it more like a new Disney/Marvel icon? I

UPDATE: I understand that Insomnia editor Matt Gibbs has now also resigned. Best known to Bleeding Cool readers for his Pond Life columns, Martin Conaghan

Film site Collider has just run a report on writer/director/professional comics fan Armando Iannucci (Day Today, Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, In The

Some people who've never looked the word up in the dictionary believe that "censorship" can only come from the government or a state body. Not from a

From IDW, a teaser of.. something upcoming in August.  After The Fire. And a quick check of Amazon brings you; And the description; Detective Shane

It's been a pretty depressing day on the Cool, for obvious reasons to anyone who has been reading. But nevertheless it's time for Lying In The Gutters and

So I bought a copy of RED DEAD REDEMPTION just to see what it would be like to play a Western video game. Games in the genre are few and far between, in

There have been a number of rumours, counter-rumours, briefings, deleted posts and whisperings regarding the state of Gene Colan, 83, his health and

This weekend was full of the developing story of the presumed murder of Steve Perry, comic book and animation writer, best known for ThunderCats and

One of the big bits of gossip at Bristol between certain British comics professionals was the fate of Insomnia Productions. British independent graphic

Amazon pre-orders for the upcoming XBox 360, Playstation 3 and PC  game Singularity get an exclusive free graphic novel by David Atchison, Christopher

ToyWatch: Here's a San Diego Comic Con exclusive Bioshock 2 figure, Eleanor (with Saved Little Sister) ModelWatch: Isobella Jade is turning her Model

The Eagle Awards nominations have been been announced and voting is now open. First reactions are - how many different ways are there to vote for Tony

It's the sunniest, hottest weekend of the year so far. And a bunch of sweaty comic book fans are gathered, some in stormtrooper uniforms, in a large

Thundercats writer and co-creator of comics such as the Avatar-influencing Timespirits, Steve Perry, is at the centre of an investigation in Zephyrhills,

1. Take one standard Avengers #1. Costs $3.99 2. Take one of the Avengers "prints" sold to retailers to give away as part of an Avengers promotion. Maybe

Bleeding Cool has reported on Kaare Andrews' directing of the supernatural thriller, Altitude, for a while now. Well, the good news is that the aerial

Lisa Edelstein, best known for TV show House. Señora Piernas from X-Factor #203 In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to

Superman: The Last Family of New Krypton, 2010 Kingdom Come, 1996. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree.

Power Girl #15, for August 2010. Excalibur #3 for December 1988 In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They

A new strip by Tim Buckley for Ctrl-Alt-Del... The fourth search result for "punk girl" on Google Images. In Swipe File we present two or more images that

This was probably as good a time to sell as any. The original art for the cover to Daredevil #188 by Frank Miller, featuring Daredevil caught in a web

Here are the Fringe alternate universe covers alongside the real life covers, as seen in last night's episode in the US. The one I really want to know