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We noted some of the Dave Sim and Mike Allred original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new original artwork lot. Well,

David Avallone has a Writer’s Commentary on Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark #12, on sale now from Dynamite. He writes, Have you read all your Elvira comics?

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

At C2E2 in Chicago last weekend, DC Comics sent a crew to calm people's nerves about DC's future. DC Publisher Jim Lee took point at his spotlight panel,

I was in the pub last night with Kieron Gillen and friends. He said something very funny about his upcoming series from Image Comics, Ludocrats, but I

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran a piece in which Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel blamed DC Comics and its publisher Jim Lee for his friend Sean

Emerald City Comic Con cancelled? So why does anyone think WonderCon in Anaheim is going to be any different? There will be more infection, many more

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

DC Comics are offering a new Punchline variant cover for Batman #92, restricted to one copy for every 25 standard copies of the comic retailers order. And

Bleeding Cool teased that John Layman was about to announce a new chapter in the world of gourmet law enforcers Chew - or the Chewniverse. But that it

Sean Gordon Murphy, who recently announced plans to launch a curated label at DC Comics for his White Knight universe, has announced that he will pull his

There are many calls on Reed POP to cancel ECCC in a week's time over coronavirus fears - often it seems from people who would like to be able to apply

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

Right now, comic book retailers receive their backlist orders - orders for already published comic books and collections - as part of their weekly

But it's not just Marvel Comics bumping up the printing count this week. Image Comics has an unusual bevvy of second printings too. Mercy #1 by Mirka

There is often a change 'twixt solicitation and publication... Captain America has seen Jason Masters and Bob Quinn, on-again-off-again art credits. But

Okay, so this is a bit weird. Comic book retailers are able to increase, or decrease their orders without penalty for A4: Empyre #1, the new event comic

In other Marvel printing news, Marvel Comics are taking Star Wars #3 back for a second printing, while Star Wars: The Rise Of Kylo Ren #1 goes to an

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

Vault Comics has announced they will not be exhibiting at Emerald City Comic Con 2020, over continuing fears about the coronavirus, which has especially

In an upcoming issue of Black Cat, it transpired that she steals her new costume from a certain Tony Stark. Which explains the Iron Cat teaser from a few

While sketching on panel at C2E2 last weekend, DC Publisher Jim Lee asked the crowd 'heard any good rumours lately?' He was initially talking about

Heavy Metal Magazine has named David Erwin as Publisher and Chief Creative Overlord. Formerly, David served as Hasbro’s Transformers Creative Lead on

Nicnevin And The Bloody Queen is new horror graphic novel from debut graphic novelist Helen Mullane, artists Dom Reardon and Matthew Dow Smith, and

We like to keep an eye on Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics USA line, European comics mostly written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, translated into English

Regular readers of Bleeding Cool look forward to our coverage of Diamond retailer breakfasts, held in conjunction with specific comic book convention and

DC have listed the details of Swamp Thing Giant #4 and Wonder Woman Giant #4, in mass market stores this month and in comic stores in April. Swamp Thing

The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 planned for the end of April will be following the pattern set by the other anniversary books,

Slow Death was an underground comix anthology published by Last Gasp in 1970, their first publication. Conceived as an ecologically themed comics

Midtown Comics’ New York's most prominent comic book store, is opening a new one this weekend, which they are dubbing 'Perhaps the first-ever comic book