Comics

Bleeding Cool recently ran a spoilery piece for Free Comic Book Day as far as the DC Absolute Universe is concerned. And mentioned that DC Comics loves a blackboard. A whiteboard. A chalkboard. Usually with Rip Hunter behind the chalk, behind the pen, jotting down notes from the future. But this time, for Free Comic […]

Previously, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Alien Books, publisher of Valiant Entertainment books, was going to have to cut back plans for publishing their Valiant Beyond launch in the wake of the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and threatened tariffs. As well as having difficulty getting distribution outside of Diamond, too small […]

Today — September 27, 2021 — is apparently the final order cut off day for the huge new title from Second Sight Publishing and Legends Press Comics, Project Wildfire #1. The solicitations text for the issue is as follows … Project Wildfire #1 SEP211760 (W) Hannibal Tabu (A/CA) Quinn McGowan "Enter Project Torrent," Part One. […]

Ben Grimm has always been a solid team player, be it with his family in The Fantastic Four or his other Marvel buddies in The Avengers.  But starting this Fall, it's all about The Thing as he stars in a new self-titled comic series from acclaimed novelist and writer Walter Mosley (Devil In A Blue Dress, Maximum Fantastic Four) […]

Always busy creating, Rick Remender last week got impatient about sharing news with fans asking on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Remender/status/1275111405125947392?s=20 With a quick, enthusiastic thumbs up from many fans. Remender tweeted out his announcement of his new book coming out near the end of October, The Scumbag.  Staring a throwback to "a bygone era", Remender's new character […]

Planning ahead, as comics will start to get back into the hands of the fans at the end of this month, Oni Press announced Friday that September 16th, 2020, will bring us a brand new complete original graphic novel, Dead Dudes. Continuing their trend of publishing interesting, different, and fun creator-owned ideas, Oni will be […]

As the comic industry remains shut down with very few new comics in sight, readers are turning to older comics to get their fill of superhero action. For that purpose, it's hard to go wrong with Marvel Unlimited, which offers access to a back catalog of more than 27,000 Marvel Comics, with more added each […]

Mark Waid, Publisher of Humanoids, has released another letter to fans as the company once again adjusts its release schedule. Waid says that Humanoids remains committed to delivering previously announced projects and continues to sign new projects as well. However, Humanoids' slate of releases has been delayed until December, according to a new schedule posted […]

A new round of free Dynamite first issues hits the web this week. An industry-wide shutdown has halted most comic book publishing in the direct market, though collections continue to be published in bookstores and comic book retailers that remain open. The entire industry, and its community of fans, however, are stuck in a state […]

Humanoids has released a preview of Little Josephine, the graphic memoir written by Valérie Villieu with art by Raphaël Sarfati, in bookstores now. Much of the comic book industry is currently in a state of shutdown, but distribution through the bookstore market continues. While this situation is unpleasant in a lot of ways, it does […]

Dark Horse Comics has revealed four pages from a brand new Baltimore story. Many comic book retailers are currently shut down, and the ones that remain open don't have new single-issue comics to sell thanks to an industry-wide shutdown. The bookstore distribution market remains open, however, which means that bookstores and comic ships that are […]

Villains Seeking Hero is the latest Action Lab release to hit ComiXology this week, and it's coming in one binge-readable chunk. The comics industry is shutdown for at least the rest of the month, if not longer. This is a tough situation for retailers, but it's also hard for fans, separated from their usual weekly […]