There have been a lot of delays to comic book deliveries of late, with current weather issues hitting all manner of aspects of the industry. Both Diamond Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution have faced delays to comic book stores and we now have the latest. Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that "Diamond Comic Distributor's Olive […]
Free Comic Book Day was a bit of a damp squib in 2020. When FCBD was cancelled, the books had already been printed, and when it was rearranged for a month-long promotion, it didn't have the impact the original would have done, with many stores operating social distancing or being closed entirely. As a result, […]
Bleeding Cool has been covering the effects of Donald Trump on the comic book world and industry. On his final day in the role of President Of The United States, we take a look back at both the lead-up to the election, his Presidency, the cultural reflection and refraction, the actions of Marvel chair, personal […]
Thank FOC It's Friday – Planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off at Diamond Comic Distributors. And no Lunar as well. Not UCS anymore, though. Of course, in these times, so much of this is up in the air. There's a lot of product coming through that needs adjusting. Because […]
Here are the 101 most-read stories on Bleeding Cool of the year. The numbers don't lie. Our May scoop that DC comic book series Lucifer was cancelled mid-run and would conclude as an original graphic novel is now coming to fruition and will be published in February 2021. The full list runs below; the numbers […]
92Y and Archie Comics are collaborating on a new, online comic book class for kids, "Create Your Own Comic Book," featuring longstanding Archie writer/artist, Dan Parent, as the instructor. In the four-week class, kids ages 9-13 will learn to draw, write, and create their own comic book— and explore Archie Comics' iconic characters, Archie, Jughead, […]
Nancy Silberkleit, co-CEO of Archie Comics, writes for Bleeding Cool: As Co-CEO of Archie Comics, I hear from people around the world how they had massive collections of comics as a child but, like Mr. Lodge kicking Archie out of the mansion, those boxes got unceremoniously tossed out. If only everyone understood the importance and dignity […]
We have Archie Comics' January 2021 solicitations, beginning with a one-shot for Riverdale's Southside Serpents, their own attempt at glamorising gang culture in modern society…. everyone gets a tattoo! RIVERDALE PRESENTS: SOUTHSIDE SERPENTS ONE-SHOT FP Jones is worried for the future of the Southside Serpents. The biker gang is getting old and finding it hard […]
South Side Serpents #1 is a new one-shot comic book launching from Archie Comics in January, written by David Barnett, drawn by Richard Ortiz, with colours by Matt Herms, letters by Jack Morelli and a variant cover by Tyler Boss. Working as an Archie/Riverdale prequel it will focus on SD Jones passing the mantle of […]
Is this the future? Archie Comics is the first major comic book publisher to release its titles in print and digital, on the same day they also make them available as part of a streaming service. Marvel waits six months, as does DC Comics. But with Archie, the day the comic is published, it can […]
Sabrina The Teenage Witch finally finishes her five-issue mini-series in November, alongside the rest of Archie Comics' November 2020 solicitations being released… SABRINA: SOMETHING WICKED #5 (of 5) The thrilling conclusion of Sabrina: Something Wicked is here, and it's going to put our magical teen heroine face-to-face in a battle against someone unexpected—will everything Sabrina's […]
Archie fans have no shortage of collecting focuses. Ice cream covers, beach covers, Jughead eating hamburgers, car covers. There seems to be no end to all of the cool variations you can narrow it down too, and many collectors choose to do that over just collecting huge runs of the book. One cool subject I […]
At the beginning of 2018, Bleeding Cool noted a potential trademark clash. We noted that Li'l Jinx, created by Joe Edwards for Archie Comics in 1947 was depicted as a lovable but mischievous little girl, engaged in a comical battle of wills with her long-suffering father. And in 2012, Archie Comics decided to publish stories […]
In a lesson that the publisher somehow didn't learn in 2010, Archie Comics has opened themselves up for torture via internet yesterday. The company, responsible for decades of comics about a red-headed teenager and the two girls he never ends up with, took to Twitter to put a stop to a certain kind of comment […]
Archie's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is getting a devilish companion comic this Halloween. As comics publishers across the industry plan for their post-lockdown return to slinging floppies, it seems that many have set their sights on October, celebrating both the Spooky Season and, appropriately, a terrifyingly uncertain return to (somewhat) normalcy. With IDW planning to scare […]
Last week, we revealed how you could live sleep a king in a Wakandan bedroom paradise with Marvel and Pottery Barn's Black Panther Collection. Now, Archie Comics announces a plan to break out of comic shops and the grocery store checkout section and into your purse. Archie Comics has announced the Betty and Veronica Collection, a new […]
Time for another edition of Comics & Complication. In the first article, we dug into JLA: The Nail and the concept of heroism and in the second we looked at World War Hulk and the idea of anger. This week, we're looking at how propaganda in comics can be used to influence social movements. Superman […]
For the past few decades, Archie Comics has not shied away from inclusiveness. Since they introduced Chuck Clayton, Archie Comics has made great strides in trying to create an equal and just world within the safe pages of the Archie Comic Universe. As of late, Archie has been going above and beyond with showing the […]
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, American's. With the unofficial start of summer here, it's time we took a peek as to what's coming to us this summer from Archie Comics via Previews. Now these books won't be out until August, but you can get your orders in now with your favorite local comic book shop. Archie […]
We were wondering where the Diamond Comic Distributors March 2020 marketshare statistics might have got to. Well, it has been a peculiar month. Rather than the usual Friday/Monday release, we are getting the marketshare and top tens today followed by the full stats tomorrow. So here we go, Spider-Woman and all. As it stands comic […]
