Next week will be a monster week in comics – that's if all the comic books arrive. Weather and pandemic have seen many delays, especially from Diamond Comic Distributors, but if all goes to plan, there are a LOT of big books coming out next week. First is Infinite Frontier #0, the big DC Comics […]
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 […]
This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what is known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait till the weekend to get this week's comics. Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too. If any other […]
Star Wars Adventures: Weapon of a Jedi #1 and an adaptation of The Phantom Menace sees Star Wars top IDW Publishing's solicitations for May 2021. This is followed by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's Comic Book History Of Animation, a collection of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tempest, Kim Dwinell's […]
PrintWatch: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #2 is still to be published – the first print is planned for next Wednesday. But it is already getting a second printing from IDW. As are two launch issues from Image Comics, Deep Water #1 and Radiant Black #1, both selling out and getting second print […]
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, […]
IDW Entertainment has their April 2021 solicitations up early, and Bleeding Cool is up to the task. A new Canto series, a new Godzilla series, Transformers/My Little Pony gets a sequel, Star Wars: The High Republic keeps rolling, and we have a brand new graphic novel of note, The Delicacy. Here's the rest of what […]
It was one of the most unexpected Hasbro brand mashups from IDW, My Little Pony/Transformers. And it's getting a sequel in April 2021. While using a modified Spacebridge to bring magic to Cybertron, the Decepticons end up unleashing a more powerful evil from Equestria than they ever could've imagined. Two worlds collide in the return […]
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 […]
Set just before the opening shots of the Cybertronian Civil War, stalwart warrior Ultra Magnus has a laser focus on rescuing his mentor Alpha Trion. Once again, the straight-laced Magnus shows fierce determination in the face of overwhelming odds as he struggles with the unknown. Writer Brandon M. Easton throws everything, including the kitchen sink, […]
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 […]
Scorpion Comics has announced an exclusive variant cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto for the upcoming comic book from IDW and Disney Comics, Uncle Scrooge #1. Except it seems that IDW hasn't actually announced such a comic book, and it's not in their March 2021 solicitations. The cover credits seem to suggest that it will be written […]
Advance reorders time – 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 demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to […]
Whenever you have a large cast and a huge fictional continuity, there are always tales between the tales we know. These small frame moments provide context to the larger sweeping plot elements we consider on an ordinary basis. This issue takes aim at the aftermath of a Cobra invasion of G.I. Joe's desert headquarters and […]
In the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin, just after the events of the first Star Wars movie, Princess Leia convinces Han Solo to take on a dangerous mission vital to the Rebellion. The only problem is a hyper-competent Imperial Security Bureau agent with a cybernetic eye called Commander Beck, who's after the same objective. […]
And now it's time for the IDW Publishing March 2021 solicitations, with new Godzilla, a new Disney OGN with the classic characters, and all the Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Star Trek and more. GODZILLA UNNATURAL DISASTERS TP IDW PUBLISHING JAN210426 (W) Chris Mowry, Ulises Farinas The King of the Monsters is […]
The debut issue of the TMNT miniseries, The Last Ronin, sold 180,000 copies in various printings. Now, IDW is going to get them to pay for it all again with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 Director's Cut 64-page special, due to hit stores in March 2021. Featuring never-before-seen layouts from Kevin Eastman, […]
We have details of more comic book multiple printings, as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 gets a third printing, Crossover #2 gets a second – and so to Scout Comics titles The Recount #1, Yasmeen #2, It Eats What Feeds It #3, and White Ash #4. Here's a better look and when […]
Diamond chart time. And a special congratulations to former Bleeding Cool columnist Alex De Campi and Erica Henderson, whose graphic novel Dracula Motherf**ker from Image Comics was the best-selling graphic novel in the Diamond direct market in October this year, beating out the collection of Marvel's summer event, Empyre. Someone at DC's Black Label should […]
