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Last week saw the publication of the Megadeth: Death By Design graphic novel. A hardcover monster of a book, published by Heavy Metal Magazine, it is full

James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera's Something Is Killing The Children horror comic from Boom Studios, has now jumped from a mini-series to an ongoing

Shawn Kittelsen (Mortal Kombat 11) and Eric Zawadzki (The Dregs, Eternal) are launching Heart Attack, a new series from Image Comics/Skybound

Jeff Parker's Writer’s Commentary on the Finale of James Bond: Origin #12, on sale now from Dynamite. Here we go, agents, the last issue of Bond’s first

The new Loki series written by Daniel Kibblesmith and spinning out of the recent War Of The Realms is well-timed with a new Loki TV series in the works

Transformers #12 was solicited as being drawn by Kei Zama. Indeed, with a cover by Alez Milne, the solicitation promised 'The return of both Alex Milne

Twelve years ago, One More Day by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada, was one of the more controversial Spider-Man stories of all time. Concluding

Ian Melton has been very helpfully scanning in and looking at the final-page teases of all the Walmart 100-Page Giant DC Comics titles on the shelves this

The upcoming Miles Morales: Spider-Man #10 marks the 250th comic book starring Miles Morales as Spider-Man. In-story, it's also the character's birthday

Presented at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin last night, the annual Hugo Awards, as voted on by the attendees and supporters of the

Ben Wheatley as a writer and director is best known for his work in the thriller and horror genres, including the psychological horror films Kill List and

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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

Bleeding Cool gets the word that Valiant Entertainment is to publish two new series - or at least a series and an event. One is called Dead@21, the other

Jan Strnad writes; I learned two things early on in the comics writing business. 1. It's an artists' medium. 2. But not if you're a really great writer

The Harvey Awards have revealed the nominees for their annual comics industry awards in the following six categories, which will be voted on by

Announced at the Image Comics panel at WorldCon in Dublin, earlier today, an original graphic novel Bog Bodies, written by Declan Shalvey (Injection,

Jim Calafiore writes; Not that I wasn't going there already. There's plenty of people who figure my ticket's pretty much punched at this point. But the

Justin Moorhouse is a British comedian who has a new stand-up comedy routine he's touring at the moment. And he sees his children's choice of comic book -

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The end of Jason Aaron's run on Thor is upon us, even as his Jane Foster story with Russel Dauterman makes it to the big screen. But before that, it's

Last week, DC Comics demanded that retailers who received scheduled copies of Superman #14 and Supergirl #33 destroy them. Many didn't get the chance, as

Marvel Comics is offering the following titles to retailers as retailer exclusive variant covers in October. Ten of them. Looks like the numbers are

Marcelo Ventura describes himself as a frustrated artist. But on the basis of responses to his most recent creations, he shouldn't be frustrated for much

House Of X #2 may have been one of the most well-received superhero comics this year. But with every issue of the HOXPOX series having upended everything

It may be too late for FOC but Todd McFarlane has finally shown off his cover for Spawn #300 on Instagram, getting a bevvy of likes from the likes of Jim

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Art Spiegelman had his introduction to the upcoming Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 published by Folio Editions

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Ike Perlmutter, chair of Marvel Comics, and his wife Laura Perlmutter, are two of Donald Trump's biggest donors. Ike is a member of Trump's Mar-A-Lago

People who were invested in Star, the new Marvel superhero character appearing in Captain Marvel #8 were all hyped up for the following issue - but were a