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You can see me come across a couple of pages of Gary Frank's original art for Doomsday Clock in Pulp Comics in this video, as I wandered through Rue Dante

Back in Blighty... normal service has been resumed. Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top

Scott Duvall has his Writer’s Commentary on Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep #3, on sale now from Dynamite. Welcome back to another thrilling edition of Army

Comic book creator and cover artist Francesco Mattina has been the receiver of considerable critique and criticism over the influences on his work. Words

You may have noticed that I've been in Paris last week. Attending the title launch of the new Asterix comic book. Well I'm back now. And I brought things

As well as all the other comics announcements at Star Wars Celebration, we also got the news that Marvel has a new series, Target Vader by Robbie Thompson

Star Wars Celebration has announced a bunch of new Star Wars comic books from Marvel Comics. And thankfully retailer Dennis Barger was able to film the

The case of IDW Senior Advisor Chris Fenton filing a $30 million lawsuit against Valiant owners DMG, continues to unfold in court. As DMG countersue for

Yesterday, on the John Byrne Forum, the legendary comic book creator was asked, did Todd or any of the Image founders try to "recruit" you inbetween

This is Mindless Speculation. Nothing more. DC Comics was to have been republishing, recutting and re-collecting the full Hitman series by Garth Ennis and

I’m heading home from Paris to London today, I've been here for the press launch of the new Asterix volume…  Until then, welcome to the mostly-daily Lying

You may have first heard the words City Of Bane on Bleeding Cool - and that Tony S Daniel was drawing this Batman arc that leads to the finale of Tom

That silhouette gets around you know. It’s all part of the way of teasing, suggesting, tantalising, playing the game, encouraging speculation before

DC Comics July solicitations launch the White Knight sequel series, Curse Of The White Knight by Sean Murphy, the new Bendis led titles, Jimmy Olsen and

Bleeding Cool ran the news about Asterix And The Chieftain's Daughter, a couple of times, actually. Here's the video presentation from Parc Asterix we

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of

Bleeding Cool has got the tipoff from a superior source that we are to expect a second volume of the comic book series that crossed over the world of

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

Corey Hart, Director of Sales at Image Comics has been talking to retailers about their current and upcoming promotions for Image titles. And they've got

We mentioned that a certain Angel #0 was to be surprise-published on Wednesday. Retailers are also being given codes from which they can order the

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

Archie Comics look like they are running another round of trademarks of late, and maybe giving away upcoming plans for the publishing line - or for

I'm taking a wee break in Paris for the press launch of the new Asterix volume... so any Parisiens feel free to give me a shout. Until then, welcome to

Comic book retailers have been told by Marvel Comics that they have delayed the release of War Of The Realms: Journey Into Mystery #2 and #3 to allow

Marvel is shipping free Mothering Sunday or Mother's Day promotional material to comic book stores, arriving for the second week of May. Stores will

We looked at one bunch of Marvel Comics titles that had gone to second printings earlier this week, but it looks like they have sent back another batch,

A few changes between solicitation and publication from Marvel Comics ahead of the FOC cutoff... Amazing Spider-Man #22 is listed as being drawn by Ryan

Yesterday I went to Parc Asterix with the family for the announcement of the new Asterix album, Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter. And ended up having

An hour ago, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Peter Milligan and Mike Allred were bringing back the comic book superhero team X-Statix, for Marvel Comics,

Once upon a time, in July 2001, Peter Milligan and Mike Allred revamped the comic book series X-Force in a way that had never been seen before for a