Charlamagne Tha God is an American radio host and television presenter, co-host of radio show The Breakfast Club along with DJ Envy, and hosted the late-night talk show Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God on Comedy Central. And he is now putting his name to a new conspiracy thriller comic book series, Illuminati […]
AWA launches a new series, with female black vigilantes targeting white supremacists in They Chose Violence #1 by Sheldon Allen and Mauricio Campetella in their June 2025 solicits and solicitations. While The Purpose Project by Danny Hogan and Felipe Cunha looks at what happens when jobs are obsolete. THEY CHOOSE VIOLENCE #1 (OF 5) CVR […]
I've been continuing to dive into the Diamond Comic Distributors filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. And have come out of the pool, shaken, stirred, and plenty of numbers and statistics stuffed in every orifice. While we knew there was $31 million in debts to the top thirty accounts, the total unsecured claims are north of […]
Dan Baillie and Tim Bradstreet have a new illustrated novel called Look Out in AWA's May 2025 solicits and solicitations, traditionally a comic book publisher. It is their only title for May. Dan Baillie is a Glasgow policeman who posted a story on Reddit that caught the attention of Roy Lee at Vertigo Entertainment, who […]
Futurific Studios is a production company founded by Kathryn Murdoch and Ari Wallach, to "bring together storytellers, technologists, artists, and scientists to create realistic, thriving worlds and societies that can exist across multiple platforms. We believe that if we can imagine better worlds, we can build them." Ari Wallach is a professional futurist and starts in […]
Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported on delays from Diamond Comic Distributors as a result of closing the Plattsburgh distribution centre on the New York/Canada border. Yesterday, Bleeding Cool writer and comic store employee Jeremy Konrad shared how he was losing sleep at night as a retailer as a result of Diamond Comic Distributor delays. […]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool looked at potential fears for the comic book industry regarding promised tariffs and taxes being levelled against Canada, Mexico and China. And a few more people with knowledge of the situation have been having their say. Anne Trubek is an author, founder, and director of Belt Magazine, the writer of The History and Uncertain Future […]
There is some irony that America is celebrating Thanksgiving at a time when they are also planning new trade taxes on importers when the American Revolution was classically started over the rejection of tariffs over tea and a certain Botany Bay. But I am a Brit, so what do I know? Well, I am a […]
AWA have decided it might be a good idea to publish a new comic book again, even if it is just the one. A CamGirl one-shot by Sarah J Cho and CP Smith, followed by a director's cut collection of Frank Cho's Fight Girls in AWA's February 2025 solicits and solicitations. CAMGIRL #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR […]
Atom Freeman, formerly of Valiant Entertainment and Bad Idea, launched Prana: Direct Market Solutions as a vehicle for consulting and sales services for publishers and other brands looking to grow in the Direct Market comics shops. He also gave a big presentation to comic book retailers at New York Comic Con today for Retailers Day […]
As ever, Bleeding Cool is putting together a San Diego Comic-Con Party List for 2024… and here's the first draft. There will be another to come. Thanks to Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, SDCC Unofficial Blog, Facebook, The Wrap, my bulging inbox, and a little Google and some indiscrete comic book industry leaks… what to do after San Diego […]
As we predicted, the GI Joe Compendium has crossed the three million dollar mark, making it the most successful comic book Kickstarter ever. It will reprint the original Marvel Comics titles written and sometimes drawn by comic book legend Larry Hama. And licensed from Hasbro by the Walking Dead producer Skybound Entertainment, publishing through the […]
Like Vault Comics, and Scout Comics before it, AWA has rather shrunk its solicitations of late, including for September 2024 having just one title and it's a collection of Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha's Little Black Book. With Joe Michael Straczynski seemingly moving to Dark Horse, and Garth Ennis to Ahoy Comics, is AWA undergoing […]
It's not just Vault Comics that's having a quiet July. AWA also only has one new comic, the final issue of U & I #6 by J Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi, in their July 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as a collection of Red Light by Sara Cho and Priscilla Petreites. Come on […]
Bleeding Cool gets the word on a number of major comic book industry hiring moves coming that may change the face of the direct market for comic books as it currently stands. That's basically it, by the way. But there are all manner of dots and crosses to be added, entire departments to be informed […]
J. Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi's U & I #5, and Little Black Book #4 by Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha, make up all of AWA's June 2024 solicits and solicitations. Which, yes, is a tad fewer than one might have expected from the Murdoch backed, Axel Alonso-headed, Bill Jemas-removed comic book publisher based in […]
AWA and Garth Ennis partner to bring you an expanded edition of Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal, available exclusively through Kickstarter. This new edition features a wraparound cover by Amanda Conner, a new full-length Marjorie Finnegan time travel adventure by Garth Ennis and Goran Sudžuka, never-before-seen back matter, so much more. Marjorie Finnegan's Temporal Criminal is written by two-time Eisner award-winning writer Garth […]
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced an expanded partnership with Archie Comics as Archie moves into the Deluxe Tier of publishers. This means Archie will be exclusive with Diamond but also gain greater prominence within Previews. But is it a poison chalice? Archie Comics will be joining AfterShock Comics, Ablaze Publishing, Frank Miller Presents, Opus Comics, […]
Death Ratio'd is a one-shot by Mark Russell, Laci and Marco Lesko, a sci-fi comic about the deadly aspects of getting thumbs down on social media in the future… "enough clicks and the collar around your neck explodes", and part of AWA's May 2024 solicits and solicitations. It is accompanied by the latest issue of […]
Rumpus Room by Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas gets a collection in AWA's April 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as new issues for Jeff McComsey and Felipe Cunha's Little Black Book and Joe Michael Straczynski and Mike Choi's U & I. RUMPUS ROOM TPB Written by Mark Russell Illustrated by Ramon […]
