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Ahoy Comics announced that they would delay the publication of two of their upcoming titles in light of the coronavirus pandemic affecting businesses

Boom Studios today announced the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program, a comprehensive set of initiatives effective immediately to aid comic book shops

This is only the first day the kids of Great Britain have had off from school. September seems a very long way away. They were up at 7am, determined to

Back in 2019, Bleeding Cool has highlighted a new comic book, Supermom: Expecting Trouble, written by Gordon Mclean. On the 16th of December, Mclean wrote

A newly Americanized translation of Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Asterix, which celebrated its 60th birthday yesterday, was to have begun in May with

Peter Simeti, publisher of Alterna Comics has issues the following statement about their upcoming production schedule, in light of the current coronavirus

Bleeding Cool understands from a number of senior figures across the comic book industry that the bigger publishers are reining back their planned July

Landry Walker has a Writer’s Commentary on A Clash of Kings #2, out now from Dynamite Page 1, panels 2 and 3. Good positioning here on Cersei and Varys.

On Saturday, Gosh Comics of London announced it was reducing hours and putting staff onto furlough, with the UK government paying 80% of their wages. But

Viz Comic is still one of the most-read English language comic books in the world. Sold mostly through UK (and Commonwealth) newsagarents and

Normally, British comic book stores receive their weekly comic book delivery from the USA on Tuesdays, to be sold on Wednesdays. This week, I am told,

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

Okay, so, I think there are going to be a lot of late comic books soon. The words is out that a number of publishers will be reducing their schedule for

It's Joker's ex, Harley Quinn, vs Joker's current lass Punchline in next month's Batman #93, the second to last chapter of Their Dark Designs, before the

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Brian Hibbs of Comix Experience in San Francisco, California, has been one of the comic industry go-to guys for comment during the coronavirus pandemic.

Bloom is a new comic book from a new publisher, launching in June 2020. That is the plan anyway. By Ted Sikora and Butch Mapa, it will be launching in

Once upon a time, artist Eric J drew a Doctor Who comic book I had written for IDW. Of course, he has moved on to greater things, but I will always love

In 2009, Asylum Press published Steve Mannion's Fearless Dawn, a wartime zombie fighting masterpiece. And it seems that Mike Mignola was quite a fan. And

Villains Seeking Hero is a new series by Louis Southard and Ben Matsuya, launching from Action Lab Entertainment in June - that's the current plan. Here

Blackbox Comics has a new launch title planned for June 2020. From Dimitrios Zaharakis, Ramel Hill and Frederico Sabbatini, Bigs And Tiny is a new comedy

Jason Martin and Marco Maccagni's 'badgirl' comic Vampblade is to come to an end in June from Action Lab Entertainment - or taht is currently the plan at

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

Ryan Higgins of Comics Conspiracy in Sunnyvale, California has informed customers that he will only be ordering for subscriptions and special orders from

There follows an Open Letter to Comic Readers from over forty comic book stores and chains. Signatories appear below. We’d like to take a moment to speak

Some people are still reeling from the news that the Conservative Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has implented what some see as the most

The coronavirus pandemic crisis is causing a massive disruption to comic book shops. With the need for social distancing and the increasing number of city

We're not entirely sure what demand there is going to be for second printings of recently sold out Marvel Comics titles. But nevertheless, April the 22nd

From That Mitchell & Webb Look, the third and fourth series from BBC 2 in 2008 and 2009. How innocent and naive we all were... hello, good evening and

We've mentioned the Comix Experience Graphic Novel Club of San Francisco a number of times before, an exercise started by the store's Brian Hibbs to help