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The most prestigious award in all of comic books, the Grand Prix d'Angoulême for 2020, has been awarded to 56-year-old Emmanuel Guibert, creator of the

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the

Kapow Comics, Gaming & Toys in Cumming, Georgia posted the following on Facebook this week, "We have some sad news for everyone. We will be closing

What's the latest with DC Comics scheduling? Inferior Five continues to slip down the schedules. Inferior Five #5 has now slipped two months from the 1st

Zenescope istaking two of their rejigged fantasy reworkings, Belle from The Beauty And The Beast-turned-monster hunter, and The Black Knight, with Dave

We looked at a bunch of Omnibuses planned by Marvel Comics for the end of 2020 and 2021. We've now got a few titles for Epic and Complete Collection trade

Vault Comics has a new launch in April 2020, Hundred Wolves #1 by Myke Cole and Tony Akins, alongside more Heathen and more Vagrant Queen... HUNDRED

Last week, Bleeding Cool highlighted the financial issue of comic book colourist Peter Pantazis and an appeal to help him save his home, after facing

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

This is how Avengers #31 was solicited AVENGERS #31 (W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Gerardo Zaffino THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY STARK! Special Oversized Issue!

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

The Spider-Man mini-series by JJ Abrams, Henry Abrams and Sara Pichelli has been a little on the late side. But here is the latest news on the fate of the

Family Tree #3 by Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester just came out last week from Image Comics, now it and Family Tree #2 have gone to second printings. And it

Marvel Comics, as ever, is putting a few of their comics through second printings. But their first Rise Of Kylo Ren issue is getting more. It's true,

Brian Garside is the founder of Manage Comics, subscription pull list software for comic shops, and he’s dedicated his life to helping comic stores grow,

Bon Alimagno was a Senior UX Program Manager in Core Shopping (CXT-Design) at Amazon for five years. But ten years ago, he was Talent Co-ordinator at

DC Comics has decided to let folk know what they are planning for Superman 100-Page Giant #2  - and we learnt something more about the From Beyond The

They say you can never go back home. That is not true, it seems, for comic book store Seidr’s Den, in Caspar, Wyoming, owned by Steve Howe. It is moving

Ahead of Final Order Cut-Off dates, a number of publishers release new covers, sometimes tiered to orders of other comics or cover to help boost their

Comic book writer Gail Simone first wrote the Birds Of Prey title in 2003 with #56 at a time when the series was planned to be cancelled. Featuring

Batgirl #44 was originally solicited as a City Of Bane aftermath comic book. But it looks as if DC Comics has decided to junk all memories of that

This is how Wonder Woman #86 was originally solicited, before Wonder Woman #84 became #750. WONDER WOMAN #86 (W) Steve Orlando (A) Max Raynor (CA) Guillem

Once & Future #1 by Doctor Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora has just made a jump - to an eighth printing. Which has to be a modern-day record. I mean, it

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

I didn't go to the London premiere of Birds Of Prey (And The Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) last night. But I did walk above it, held as it was at the

Last summer, Jonathan Hickman oversaw the rejuvenation of Marvel’s X-books with the immensely popular House Of X and Powers Of X miniseries, spawning a

I have taken much delight in my home having both Alexa and Google Nest speakers in my home since Christmas. Especially the function where, through my

Marvel Comics has published memorials for Tom Lyle and Gerry Alanguilan in today's comics. It is particularly poignant in X-Men #5, as Gerry Alanguilan

Avengers #28 was out for Christmas. And it seems that the Three Wise Heralds of Galactus had a message for us all, for a cosmic nativity. Following yonder

Last month's issue did pretty much exactly what it said on the tin. I mean, half-ish. Two of this pretty lot. Magpie, off-panel. ...and Cavalier, very