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Matthew Snyder writes, Welcome to the ComiXology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll

It is officially the world's oldest comic store that has stayed in business continually until today. Or rather, it was. Fantask in Copenhagen opened in

You may have read on Bleeding Cool a wee while ago about an upcoming 60th Anniversary of Asterix project. The the current publisher of Asterix, Editions

Batman: Damned #3 has had all its orders cancelled and has been delayed until May. At least, We'll see what the solicitations say. This is believed to be

Back in December, Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel Comics was to publish ‘secret’ white-bagged variant covers of their then-upcoming Age Of X-Man series

We wouldn't normally report on a small schedule slippage like this. But the title of this comic compels us. We mentioned before that Uncanny X-Men:

Third time's the charm. Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting a trilogy finale in May from DC Comics and IDW. “I still remember the e-mail

Boom launched a comic book reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer last month which went down rather well. There were a few updates for the 21st century -

If you look on Google Maps on Wells Street in London's West End, you'll see the Cartoon Museum listed. A jewel in the crown of the comic art scene, with

The War Of The Realms. Marvel's upcoming series. If you just want the main story, you can buy the series, and probably Avengers and Thir, alsowritten by

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories read yesterday: DC Comics Cancels

Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel is giving promotional items to comic stores to help sell the launch of the upcoming War Of The Realms event comic,

A fair few solicitation changes are coming to Marvel's upcoming titles. Some big names jumping about, Gerardo Sandoval off Cosmic Ghost Rider with issue 2

As Marvel Comics create more and more variant covers, so the demand for each one becomes less and less. So, to make the numbers up, they have to add more

Image Comics are sending two of their recent bestsellers back to the printers. Skottie Young and Jorge Corona's Middlewest is getting a third printing for

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

Naturally, DC Comics are promoting their Midnight Releases at comic shops for Detective Comics #1000 on Tuesday, March 26th. Those participating can also

DC Comics seems to have been running a bulldozer through their Big Books schedules of late. At least these Big Books having their orders cancelled will be

It’s Thursday, so you know what that means? Another delay to Doomsday Clock #9, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank,

When DC Comics published Batman Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, the launch title for the mature-readers superhero prestige Black Label

I can't help but feel this is partially my fault. Last August, Bleeding Cool interviewed the amazing Mark Russell about a work in progress, Second Coming

Writer Zack Kaplan, of Eclipse and Port of Earth is to be the new co-writer of DC Comics' Nightwing series, replacing Eric M Esquivel as

Is there anything Batman can't do? No, of course there isn't. Batman is the best there is at what he does and what he does okay that's the other guy. But

Skottie Young is a real favourite internally at Marvel Comics. Naturally, his cartoon skills opened up a whole new market for the publisher, as well as

As described by the FBI in a press release last month describing recent such incidents, Swatting is “the action or practice of harassing a victim by

Of late, Bleeding Cool has been hearing the rumour that Marvel Comics is moving to the West Coast. Going cheek-by-jowl in West Hollywood with the rest of

Here at Bleeding Cool, we are a prudish lot. We avert our eyes at every Frank Cho cover, cover the table legs of chairs lest they inflame lustful thoughts

The second printings have only just arrived. But it seems that Conan The Barbarian from Marvel Comics is seeing its first and second issues from Jason

Kevin Smith is a well-known writer, director, producer, actor, reality show host, podcaster and stand-up comedian. Today, he has a new comic book out,

For a little while, Bleeding Cool has been trying to point out that Superman, knowing all he does, really shouldn't have let his