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Hector Bala writes, The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been both a critical and commercial success that has made billions of dollars worldwide on the backs

Erik Burnham's Writer’s Commentary on Red Sonja #22, published recently from Dynamite Entertainment. Red Sonja #22 already? Where does the time go? Erik

These are the kind of numbers that would make Amazon Glitchwatch weep. But Marvel Comics is making a stack of their hardcover collections available to

Marvel Comics are sending a bunch more books back to the printing presses. Which, as What If: Ghost Rider showed us this week, look like this... Getting

Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories yesterday New Teaser for 'Vikings' Season 5b

A new Marvel Comics series called Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man was first rumoured by Bleeding Cool when we thought it might have been what Nick

Return Of Wolverine #3 by Charles Soule and Declan Shalvey is slipping a little, from the scheduled 21st of November to the 28th November. No biggie.

Vault Of Spiders #1 was solicited as written by Cullen Bunn and Jed MacKay, with artists Javier Pulido and Sheldon Vella. But before publication, they

We noted that Sara Pichelli wasn't drawing the big wedding issue of Fantastic Four #5. Or #6 for that matter, Aaron Kuder on art for both issues. We now

Ironheart is the new series from Marvel Comics starring Riri Williams, but it may have a few teething problems. Ironheart #1 will have art by Luciano

Okay, so... Return Of Wolverine #1 went to a second printing. We mentioned it a few weeks ago. It comes out on Wednesday. However, it will be coming with

The VA are declining to give Congress documents related to accusations that Ike Perlmutter and others are unduly influencing policy.

Landry Walker writes a commentary on his recent A Clash Of Kings #13, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment. SPOILERS! Today we’re here to talk about

Dinesh Shamdasani may have been forced out of Valiant Entertainment by the Chinese investors DMG who bought the company. But he's still part of 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

Rob Liefeld may be better known for his work on Supreme, a violent hot-headed version of Superman that was later transformed by Alan Moore and Chris

Patrick Kindlon writes and shares with Bleeding Cool. You can sign up to his mailing list here. Ok, so if you're not up on this stuff, two novelists were

Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories read yesterday: Gun Media Discusses the

It was announced in a blaze of glory at San Diego Comic-Con this summer. Titan Comics and Blizzard Entertainment announced a comic book series set in the

JH Williams III hasn't had that much luck with DC Comics of late. There was the thing with the Batwoman marriage. There was the thing with the Sideways

This morning, Bleeding Cool ran the solicitations for IDW's comics coming out in January 2019, including this particular one: Magic: The Gathering:

I love a good parody comic. I may have written a few mediocre ones too. Sometimes you can utterly be led by the wordplay, as I was on Watchmensch. But the

Sarah Kuhn and Alitha Martinez appear to be returning to Barbie comic books, with a new ongoing series in the Papercutz January 2019 solicitations. Let's

Bless Dave Sim. He still thinks the Overstreet Price Guide is still a thing. The creator of Cerebus has a new comic book for 2019, Giant-Size Jingles #1.

Aspen has a handful of new comics out for January 2019 and that includes a What If/Elseworlds approach to some of their characetrs with their first in a

Null Faeries is the new series from Action Lab by Chad Cicconi, Eddy Swan and Adam Wollett, out in January. Take a look at this new violent magical

We know that Damian Wayne is now thirteen. Well, it seems that he's reached that age when he starts to notice girls. Even when they are ancient

Man, the preparations for Free Comic Book Day come around earlier every year, don't they? We're still 6 months out but merchandise being sold on that day

Artist on Black Mask's There's Nothing There and Heartbreaker II, comic book illustrator Maria Llovet is going solo in January, writing and drawing a new

Oni Press brings Sarah Graley's webcomic Our Super Adventure to print with first volume, Press Start To Begin, solicited for January 2019, bt actually out