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Ms America, America Chavez, was created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta in the comic book series Vengeance, back in 2011. She gained greater popularity

IDW Publishing has solicited a new series, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Blind Prophet - but today has cancelled all three solicited issues of the series,

Image Comics/Millarworld have been publishing a number of Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl series on late, based on Mark Millar and John Romita 's Marvel comic book,

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, formerly of megahit band The Beautiful South, have a new album out together, Manchester Calling. It's already number 1 in

Here's IDW Publishing's full line-up for June 2020... thought expect a little cutback for July... but we begin with some Rob Liefeld. SNAKE EYES DEADGAME

The April edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly Previews catalog arrives in comic shops and digitally on Wednesday, March 25th (Thursday in the

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

Dollhouse Family #6 has slipped just one week from the 8th of April to the 15th April. And Far Sector #6 has slipped from the 22nd of April to the 28th/

As anticipation for "The Joker War builds toward its opening chapter in Batman #95 (for those who can get into a comic shop), DC Comics announces that

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

Today, I have been talking to comic book retailers, publishers and distributors alike, looking at the effect that the coronavirus pandemic is having on

Comingfrom Dark Horse in July 2020 solicitations... You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy #1 from Gerard Way and Shaun Simon of the True

Titan Comics June 2020 Solicitations have no Doctor Who - a new series/arc will be launching in July. But they have plenty more. Blade Runner 2019 #9

Boom Studios CEO and co-founder Ross Richie has issued the following statement - bold highlights are ours. To Our Retail Partners, This is the moment

Marvel's Politically Correct Woke Comic Insults Long-Time Readers

On Monday, retailers place their FOC orders for Boom Studios’ second “Must-Read” series of the year in Brian Azzarello & Maria Llovet’s Faithless II

Christopher Butcher, Artistic Director of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival writes to say, We're sorry to announce that The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2020

The Anniversary titles that DC Comics has been publishing of late have, since Wonder Woman #750, been laying out the new DC Comics Timeline. Even as it is

Boom Studios and Dynamite Entertainment are the leading proponent of what is known as the FOC cover, releasing cover images just before the Final Order

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

Earlier today, the word got out that Free Comic Book was being turned by Diamond Comic Distributors into Free Comic Book May. So rather than have one

Spectacular Spider-Man #176 and #177 from 1991, remember them? no reason you should. Written by Kurt Busiek, and drawn by Sal Buscema, it featured Peter

Eric Stephenson, CCO and Publisher of Image Comics writes, Dear Colleagues, When you’re younger, you don’t think about being old enough to tell “I

A few years ago, Boom CEO & Founder Ross Richie urged the comic book industry to #boostyourLCS. The hashtag caught on quickly and still sees use, but

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool ran an account by Mark Brooks, who pulled out of attending la Mole Comic Con this past weekend at the last minute, over

Okay, time for some light coronavirus reading. Twilight of the Superheroes was a series proposal for DC Comics by Alan Moore, written around 1985 and

Marvel Comics is confident that we all have a summer. And in June that means lots of Marvel Annuals. And a crossover storyline running through a bunch of

Comic Odyssey, the comic book chain with multiple stores across the island of Manila, has announced that it is closing all its stores on the island in

Two days ago, Lee's Comics of Mountain View, California, chose to close temporarily, for three weeks in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.

As San Franciscan comic book retailer Brian Hibbs pointed out on Bleeding Cool the other day, comic book stores have been ordering non-returnable product