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Diamond Comics has allowed all retailers to sell tomorrow's comic books today. Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported that Image Comics had made all FOC

AfterShock Comics have revealed their June 2020 solicitation ahead of Friday's Diamond Day. And it begins with an original graphic novel by Steve Orlando,

This news arrived a little too late for the British shops, which have all closed by now. But Diamond Comic Distributors has informed American comic book

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on comic book retailer Brian Hibbs, who informed fellow retailers that Image Comics - and only Image Comics - were

Comic book artist and cover artist extraordinaire, Mark Brooks, was to attend La Mole Comic Con, the biggest comic con in Mexico, and one of the biggest

Deborah Marcero of Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and author of the picture book In a Jar, is

Erik Burnham provides a Writer’s Commentary on last week's Chastity #5 And here it is, the fifth and final issue of CHASTITY. Erik Burnham here; I

Alison Wilgus and Rii Abrego are currently working on a new middle-grade family sci-fi graphic novel Grace Needs Space! in which Grace is excited to spend

Comic book writer/editor/retailer/publisher Mark Waid, in his role as publisher of Humanoids, and channelling a recent history as a rather comic store

Monster Locker is a new middle-grade graphic novel series written by The Arcadia Project series: Giants Beware!; Dragons Beware!; Monsters Beware! author

Brian Hibbs, one of the leading comic book retailers in the direct market, co-founder of ComicsPRO and the man who created the Final Order Cut-Off system

Emi Gennis' is creating a graphic nonfiction book with a title that would be perfectly timed if published now. But sadly, will have to to wait until 2024.

I went last year. And the year before. And had booked my Airbnb on the coast already for May. Time to apply for a refund. Because Portsmouth Comic Con was

Husband and wife creative team Keith Marantz and Larissa Marantz are creating a new middle-grade sci-fi graphic novel Blake Laser for release in the

Ashlyn Anstee of Are We There Yeti? is creating a new graphic novel series Shelby & Watts about a fox and a badger who are neighbours and best

Shannon Hale is the co-author of DC Comics' best-selling OGN Diana: Princess Of The Amazons, as well as winning the Newbery Honor with Princess Academy,

As Manhattan reaches levels of post-apocalyptic zombie movies, Forbidden Planet NYC issued the following statement to their customers. Dear Friends of

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This weekend saw a bit of a social media explosion. Billy Tucci, comic book creator of Shi, posted the following on Facebook, PUBLIC POST for those

As the United States joins the list of countries entering country-wide shutdowns of many businesses and more people staying indoors, many folks in the

Cliff Biggers is one of the most influential comic book retailers in the direct market. And he wanted to share with us what he is telling his staff about

Bleeding Cool has the first look at Hero Collector solicitations for June 2020, DC graphic novels and Marvel Movie figurines... HERO COLLECTOR GRAPHIC

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's Monthly 'Per Capita' List. The usual comics industry marketshare shows how much share of the overall market a comics publisher

Bleeding Cool has been of late not just reporting Diamond's Top 500 ordered comics and graphic novels by North American comic book stores, but also

Here's the big list, the top 500 most-ordered comics and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors in North American comic book stores in October

Ram V first announced Blue In Green as a jazz noir horror original graphic novel in October last year at MCM London Comic Con. And now it has gone all

Marvel is sending a few more books to second printings, out on April 15th. So we will be getting new runs of X-Men #8, Cable #1, Amazing Spider-Man #41

So I popped by Orbital Comics in London yesterday, hoping to get a glimpse of this vegan dessert late-night cafe we mentioned last week. Orbital Comics

Marvel Comics may be pushing fourteen retailer exclusive variant covers for May. But in June, DC Comics is doing just one. As a result of the original

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