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Bob Wayne was once a comic book retailer. Then, poacher-turned-gamekeeper, he began working for DC Comics, working with other comic store owners. I have
The Facebook page of Junky Comics of Brisbane in Queensland, gave out the bad news. But there is a silver lining as well. Heya pals! 👋🏽 With a heavy heart
We told you earlier that BOOM! Studios had some big news planned at ComicsPRO and Filip Sablik, their President of Publishing and Marketing, just
Check out these upcoming DC Comics covers for January and February 2019 shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them – but you won’t have seen
Bleeding Cool previously reported on Austin Books & Comics closing their discount comics store Sidekick Comics, in Austin, Texas. We also reported on
Marvel Comics has informed retailers that they have one more week to make their War Of The Realms #1 orders. That they have extended the final Order
Okay, this is going to get really meta, really fast. Kevin Eastman is the co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He made millions off it. He lived
Comic-Plicity is a British online-only comic book store, selling on Facebook, Amazon, eBay and their own website. But it looks like the world wide web is
It's like he just loves it when people kick off. But will anyone notice? Dave Sim has another new #1 Cerebus for May 2019, using more cut-and-pastes of
We mentioned some art changes to Marvel titles last week, including that Amazing Spider-Man #18.HU will be drawn by Ken Lashley instead of the previously
Marvel Comics was January's top publisher, leading in both the dollar share (39.24%) and unit share (41.29%) categories. DC was second, with a dollar
It doesn't happen a lot. Green Arrow after DC Rebirth was one. Immortal Hulk has been another. Thanos too. A couple of the Ahoy Comics titles of late. A
From Terry Moore's Abstract Studios in May - a crossover that has been decades in the making. But only called Five Years... crossing over all his
Bleeding Cool readers will recognise Graham Crackers Comics from the weekly Bleeding Cool Bestseller Lists, contributing sales data from their twelve
Secret Life Of Pets was a successful movie in 2016. Now it's getting a sequel. And, in May 2019, it's also getting a comic book, from Titan Comics,
Dynamite Entertainment's May 2019 solicitations begin with an unlikely - though considering Riverdale and Archie's Horror line, more and more likely -
Boom Studios will be up to speak at ComicsPRO later today. But we also get to see what they are planning for their May 2019 solicitations, with a
When DC Comics solicited Justice League #19 and #20 for April, beginning the Sixth Dimension arc, they listed the first of two covers by Jorge Jimenez
DC Comics’ Dan Didio made some news in Charlotte, North Carolina at ComicsPRO in front of some of the biggest comic shop retailers. While Marvel Comics
Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. As ComicsPRO continues in North Carolina, there is
The front cover of Diamond's Previews out next week features Khary Randolph and Brandon Thomas’ new fantasy series from Image, Excellence, in which a teen
Launching from IDW's May 2018 is They Called Us Enemy, a graphic biographical comic by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker,
The Mister Miracle trade paperback, collecting Tom King and Mitch Gerads' latest masterpiece for DC Comics, came out last week. When I was in Orbital
Brave New World of Santa Clarita, California, has this collection of DC Comics swag already at ComicsPRO, the comics retailer advocacy meeting taking
May 2019 brings Image Comics a couple of debuts, Excellence #1 by Brandon Thomas, Emilio Lopez and Khary Randolph, and Gogor #1 by Planetoid'sKen Garing .
I thought Naomi #1 was a DC Comics version of Damage Control. Naomi #2 is more of Lifetime movie of a comic. So much happened in the first issue. The
Who says comic book movies don't help sell comics? Alita: Battle Angel seems to have more legs than expected at the movie box office. Cyborg legs with
There's bound to be a lot more to spin-out from Marvel Comics' presentation at ComicsPRO. But here are three things that popped through, from what I'm
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