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Gene Maddaus at Variety reports that Chris Fenton has filed a $30 million suit against DMG Entertainment, the Chinese investors behind Valiant

Lots of people sell variant covers of comic books on eBay. But every occasionally eBay gets one of its own. Such as with Captain Marvel: Braver &

In the last issue of Shazam, Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham revealed a seventh powered letter in that name, represented by the exclamation point. So

Nomad Comics is a new comic book store opening in Jonesboro, Arkansas. That's about all I know. Their website is here, their Facebook page is here, where

Most comic books sold in most English speaking comic book stores are solicited and distributed through Diamond Comic Distributors. Bigger stores are more

ComicBooks For Kids! is a not for profit organization that provides comic books to children in hospitals and cancer centres across North America. You may

When DC Comics began the Walmart Giant-Sized line, they changed their paper stock for the whole line, something Bleeding Cool reported on at the time but

We've seen some of what Heroes In Crisis #6 brings to the Flash tomorrow. Now we get to see what the Flash brings to Heroes in Crisis in Flash #65, part

The new Tom King, Clay Mann and Mitch Gerads issue of Heroes In Crisis is out tomorrow. And philosophy is in the air, with former caveman and Titan,

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And if you are deep-deep into the intricacies of

Brian Azzarello is one of the top-selling writers in comics. Even before the fuss, Batman: Damned with Lee Bermejo was a prestige format comic selling

Heavy Metal Magazine seems to hit a schedule bump last year. Well, Heavy Metal Magazine #294 has had its orders cancelled and is up for resolicitation on

It’s Monday, so there must be more news on Detective Comics #1000 exclusive retailer covers. To follow the ones we

Two launches for Scout Comics in May... Princess Revolution #1 by Elaine Tipping, part of Scout Comics' new publishing initiative where they publish a

Matthew Snyder writes, Hello, BC Community. It’s Matthew Snyder, regular commenter and writer of the weekly Comixology best seller list. I come to you

What is it about ice cream men and horror. Image Comics's Ice Cream Man heads into that territory, Spawn's Billy Kincaid was an ice cream man, and there

This Saturday, Marvel Comics honoured Roy Thomas in his hometown of Jackson, Missouri with Roy Thomas Day. His friend and manager John Cimino videoed the

Planning permission has been sought for a new restaurant in London's Soho intended to reflect the DC Multiverse. Soho has been a central restaurant area

Not everyone lives near a Walmart. I'm several thousand miles away from one for a start. Last month's Giant-Size Superman #7, exclusive to Walmart (for

Leah Williams' Writer's Commentary on Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #2 from Dynamite Entertainment this past week. THOUGHTS ON THE BARBARELLA/DEJAH MINISERIES

First there as what DC co-publisher Dan DiDio said in the meeting at ComicsPRO, confirmed by a number of other sources, including that the DC direct

Tonight sees the return of Alan Partridge to the BBC. Steve Coogan's sports reporter-turned-chatshow host character was first created for BBC Radio 4's On

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 to End Their

So Olivia Colman, Oscar winner, and a big one too, Best Actress for The Favourite. She was already lining up to be our new National Treasure, this has now

Co-creator of Deadly Class, Rick Remender, let the news slip late last week. A new Deadly Class story from Image Comics, Deadly Class: 1989 DEADLY CLASS:

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

We ran a batch of these yesterday, here's some more comic books picked up by comic book retailers at ComicsPRO in Charlotte, North Carolina, being flipped

Barcodes on comic books used to mostly be seen on newsstand editions of comic books from the seventies, but not for comic store direct market editions.

Tim Fuller has a new series from Source Point Press in May, that appears to be the kind of thing Jude Terror does with comic book unlettered previews,

We haven’t done one of these for a while. But with the observation that DC Comics have reduced the number of titles they are publishing of late, we