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It's Alive publisher Drew Ford is to publish the popular sci-fi webcomic Dose by Sean Ellis and John Gebbia. “As a true comic book geek, I’ve been an

Ethan Sacks has his writer's commentary on Kiss: Zombies #3, on sale now from Dynamite, to share. If you have one to share, why not send it to

This weekend saw the arrival of a new DC 100-Page Giant, From Beyond The Unknown. It won't be in comic book stores for about five weeks, but here's a

James Tynion IV came to Batman following a long run from Tom King that divided fandom, rather. I was on the 'YAY' side. But I am also enjoying Tynion's

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

Copies of Batman #89, out this Wednesday, has already sold copies on eBay for $35 raw and $130 in CGC 9.8. And all because it has the first appearance of

As Black Mask make their switch to original graphic novels and collection - apart from those rare moments when they go mad - here are Black Mask’s May

Marry Me is the upcoming Jennifer Lopez movie based on comic book of the same name. Directed by Kat Coiro, written by John Rogers, Tami Sagher and Harper

Copies of Batman #89, out this Wednesday, has already sold copies on eBay for $35 raw and $130 in CGC 9.8. And all because it has the first appearance of

Marvel Comics will announce their full May 2020 solicitations this week, but as ever, we just can’t wait, so have Frankensteined a few of them together,

So Marvel Comics has an Eternals movie coming out this year. And while we haven't seen much sign of this in the monthly offers from MArvel Comics -unless

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 it's one of the most famous nights of literature revisited by the Doctor... we've all just seen it in the UK, spoilers for those who haven't...

Got to love that title - Ascension of the Cybermen - feels very eighties Doctor Who. But this iteration of the Borg-inspirers looks anything but,

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

These are the 100 most-ordered comics and graphic novels in the North American direct market serviced by Diamond Comic Distributors in all of 2019,

In recent years, principally through the Harley Quinn stories of Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Yardin, Harley and Poison Ivy have been written

In December, Supergirl #37 got a new creative team of Jody Houser and Rachael Stott, replacing Marc Andreyko, Eduardo Pansica and Julio Ferreira but went

Bleeding Cool looked at the recent Immortal Hulk #31 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett and the backstory of one Dr Charlene McGowan, a scientist working for

Over Christmas towards the end of 2015, Britain suffered big floods, including Hebden Bridge, home to 2-Tone Comics. The store experienced total

Kapow - The Art Of Superheroes And Villains is a new exhibition being held at, of all places, the Potteries & Art Museum in Stoke-On-Trent, England.

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 Taming Of The Shrew is one of those Shakespeare plays that has the reputation of being 'difficult'. As with Othello or Merchant Of Venice, four

Bleeding Cool has repeatedly covered the legal case between Comicsgate comic book creator and publisher Richard Meyer and comic book writer, editor and

Year Of The Rabbit was a bit of a smash hit for Channel 4 last year. A comedy thriller parodying seventies cop shows, but set in Victorian London, it

Philip Mucci writes, How I gave birth to my psychedelic horror love child, Professor Dario Bava, via sorcery and immaculate invention Sure, I’d dabbled in

Given that a) it's named after an animal and b) a political movement, I'm surprised that Marvel Comics' extensive trademarking of the term hasn't been

Years ago, when I used to write for what is now called Comics Bulletin, I write a comics gossip column called All the Rage. Eventually I left to write

We all know what happened to Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3. Not yet published, they are already going for stupid money on eBay in advance. Well at least

Dave Johns, star of I, Daniel Blake, went on Richard Herring's podcast RHLSTP last month, which I'm only just catching up with, talking about his surprise