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#NotComics... So, Brexit is upon us and this weekend, Britain left the European Union after voting in the referendum of 2016. I mean, yeah but no, but

Horror podcast The Horror Show from comics creator Brian Keene, just celebrated its 250th episode, with guest Joe Hill. Hill is a famous horror novelist,

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. From a place no longer in the European Union.

Just seen the new Doctor Who - Praxeus sorry for the delay, I was travelling a bit. As ever, some spoilers going in but nothing like last week, obviously.

Collectors Corner is to close its Baltimore City/Mount Vernon four years after opening at the end of February - and a year after running a premature

We've just seen the sixth episode of the current Doctor Who, Praxeus over on BBC One. I'm still collating my ten thoughts together, May be a little later

The Culinerdy Cruzer is a food truck operating in Sacramento for the past seven years, that is about to go all bricks'n'mortar currently coming to

John Roshell's typefaces and lettering has appeared worldwide, on grocery store shelves, in Pixar movies and on billboards across the US. They include the

Jean-Marc Lainé and Thierry Olivier has created a new graphic novel, Fredric, William et l'Amazon. It tells the two interconnecting stories of Wonder

Novelist Ray Hecht writes, After I published my first novel a couple of years ago — the Asia-based South China Morning Blues — I wasn’t sure what to do

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

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. From a place no longer in the European Union.

Benjamin John Fodor is best known as Phoenix Jones, a real-life superhero vigilante on the streets of Seattle, whose career has been widely reported by

Silenn Thomas is the CEO of Frank Miller Ink, the production company owned by Frank Miller. And anyone who has read even her open posts on Facebook will

Jed McPherson writes, Where do you get your ideas? Its a question that every creator dreads. ‘Cause let’s be honest there’s never a satisfying answer.

Comic book collector Matt Hilton has come up with a fun way to store his Dawn Of X X-Men comic books. His other comic books are alphabetical, but his Dawn

Today is the grand opening of a new comic book shop in Somerset, Kentucky, Lemonjuice McGee's Comic Cavalcade. And it looks as great as it sounds. The new

I was just discussing this comic in the pub last night. See if I can remember what I said. So Cinema Purgatorio by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is about a

Eric M Esquivel and Eddie Berganza are launching a new comics line which seems doesn't seem like the best idea for everyone involved.

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. From a place no longer in the European Union.

Just in time for the release of the new movie, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, DC has announced they will be running

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