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 […]
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 […]
Tomorrow, Steve Geppi will return to Dan Shahin's Comic Book New YouTube channel to talk about what's happening with the comic book industry and comics distribution right now. He will be joined by a number of publishers, including Gary Groth of Fantagraphics with whom Geppi had quite the turbulent relationship with back in the days […]
All major comic book publishers have pulled digital comics versions of new titles out this week, as they are still unable to publish them in print. There are exceptions for Archie's general market titles, collections already sold into the book market, and original graphic novels such as DC's Alt-Hero out today. Smaller publishers are less […]
I have been writing this article for almost twenty-four hours. Been talking to senior comic book industry figure after another. The problem is, the second I get a hold of what might actually be going on, the situation changes from under me. But everyone is agreeing that this current coronavirus pandemic, and the reaction to […]
Today, I have been talking to comic book retailers, publishers and distributors alike, looking at the effect that the coronavirus pandemic is having on comic book stores and the comics industry as a whole, and it is not looking good. To the extent that this could mean the end of the direct market as we […]
Welcome to Bleeding Cool's Monthly 'Per Capita' List. The usual comics industry marketshare shows how much share of the overall market a comics publisher has. But the Per Capita list takes that figure and divides it by the number of new titles they publish in that month. We've already looked at publisher marketshare in the […]
Post-Apocalypto is the name of the first Tenacious D graphic novel, following on from the Jack Black and Kyle Gass YouTube show Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto and album Post-Apocalypto. And unlike some bands who get other people to write, or at least draw, their comics, the Tenacious DC will see Jack Black draw the entire […]
I normally wait until the New Year is a little closer. Or even been. But I'm taking the kids ice skating today, and then going to a carol service, so you'll have to behave. Here are the top 100 most-read stories on Bleeding Cool over the past year. Some may be surprising. Others less so. […]
We only head the names, publishers and assorted details for the Silver Free Comic Book Day 2020 titles the other day. now we have them all. So… what will you be picking up, come the first Saturday in May? GOLD TITLES: FCBD 2020 ARCHIE BLUE RIBBON PRESENTS ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS (W) Micol Ostow, Jamie L […]
We saw the Free Comic Book Day 2020 Gold titles a couple of days ago – and we'll run those ten below. But first here are the 37 Silver titles which retailers don't have to order to participate in Free Comic Book Day – but most will anyway. SILVER TITLES Dark Ark: Instinct by Cullen […]
In October's Diamond marketshare figures, the numbers were pretty much level pegging for September when it came to Marvel marketshare, with Marvel on 39.51% dollar share and 45.2% unit share. DC upped their numbers with a 31.67% dollar share and a 32.02% unit share, gaining from Image Comics which dropped to a 7.59% dollar share […]
Here's the big list, the top 500 most-ordered comics and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors in North American comic book stores in May 2019. We already did a little examination with the Top 10 and Top 100 but this doubles down. DCeased #1 sold over twice as many copies as Doomsday Clock #10, which […]
It is a classic of the comic book form, and appreciated around the world. It has won Eisners, Harvey and Ignatzes. Nevertheless, it's undeniable that Charles Burns' Black Hole has a certain niche appeal. A combination of the horrific and the mundane, heavy blacks arrely mizing with the whites and using a cute form of […]
Today's Free Comic Book Day offerings were pretty diverse, with a lot of cool comic samplings from across the spectrum of genre, format, and style. One of the coolest books I was able to get my hands on was Our Favorite Thing is My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris. This is a unique, […]
Fantagraphics has a batch of new books for November, from a batch of comic cook creators that are pretty much more diverse than anything else out there. Well, they are Fantagraphics… EC GRAHAM INGELS DOCTOR OF HORROR HC SEP181778 EC horror comics are famous for their gleefully ghoulish stories and their outrageous twist endings – […]
Fantagraphics continue their archival collections of Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck strips for Mickey's 90th birthday – and then follows that with Kramer's Ergot and the latest from Dash Shaw, Noah Van Sciver and the Hernandez brothers. No other publisher has quite the spread that Fantagraphics does… DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE HC GREATEST ADVENTURES AUG181935 […]
Fantagraphics has not one but two comics featuring Noah Van Sciver's work in September. The new issue of his series Blammo and also contributions to their anthology, NOW. As well as plenty more Peanuts, Donald Duck, Max de Radigues's Bastard, Drawn To Berlin, and Paco Roca's Twists Of Fate. NOW #4 NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY FEB188143 This […]
