Free Comic Book Day was meant to be the first Saturday in May and would have included the Image Comics title Fire Power #1 from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Black Widow/Captain America artist Chris Samnee. That was meant to come out just after the original graphic novel, Fire Power: The Prelude at […]
Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment are currently offering, until May 20th, 2020, what looks like all of The Walking Dead comics on the Humble Bundle platform. The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is the charity which Image and Skybound chose to support with the profits from the bundle. Ignoring the value proposition of 30 plus trades […]
Here you go folks, in full, the Top 100 Power List of Comics, 2019 Edition. Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the English-speaking comic book industry, weighted towards the direct market. It is judged by all manner of attributes, the ability to influence what comics exist and sell, […]
Another month, another Cerebus In Hell one-shot from Dave Sim and friends, using the clip art of Gustave Dore and in March 2020, parodying The Walking Dead comic book as The Varking Dead. Almost a year after it finished. What great timing… and with this, it's official, Robert Kirkman has made it. VARKING DEAD #1 […]
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 […]
As the Holiday season kicks into full gear, and the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, most everyone has some extra time off to spend with family … and when you get tired of that, well there are options. You can continue to refresh Bleeding Cool and see what new content we've got up, and we will […]
Local Comic Shop Day 2019, on Saturday, November 23rd is the opposite of Free Comic Book Day. There's a bunch of stuff available, only to participating stores, of a limited nature, and you pay more than the usual price for what's on offer. Bricks and mortar only – no online dealers. It can lead to […]
Take a look at all that Image Comics has to offer in December 2019 and beyond. We already talked about a very special Christmas present from Mark Millar, but there is much more besides. Might be worth breaking one or two out… DIE #10 December 4, 2019 OCT190197 Age Rating: M $3.99 "SPLIT THE PARTY," […]
One of the most popular items available at SDCC 2019, Skybound sold-out on Saturday morning, was The Walking Dead Mystery Box. The box had a cost of $50, but was chock full of various goodies, including one random issue of The Walking Dead, graded and slabbed by CGC, with a guaranteed grade of 9.8. Beyond that […]
I was lucky enough to attend the annual Skybound Insiders Meetup, a thank you from the fine folk at Skybound to some of its most rabid fans. Taking place at the Harbor House Restaurant on the Friday of SDCC 2019, Skybound provided food and drinks for all in attendance. The event was hosted by Brian […]
Skybound will have a lot of focus on them this San Diego Comic-Con, as they have done something rather naughty with The Walking Dead #193. But there will be plenty of exclusive merchandise to buy at their San Diego Booth #1915, including Walking Dead – and more. And you can check out other SDCC exclusives […]
Matthew Snyder compiles the best-selling ComiXology titles this week, both old and new. And there's one very predictable best-seller, which brings a number of back issues with it… Welcome to the ComiXology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll post the ranking of every new […]
That The Walking Dead has been a consistent top-seller in both comics and collections and its absence will be felt in the comic book industry. But how much further will it go? Here's a little Bleeding Cool impact study of the degree that just one comic book may change things. Firstly, the comic books remain […]
Yesterday we got to read Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson on The Walking Dead #193 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. Today we get to hear him talk even more at length about The Walking Dead #1 by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. He writes, When was the last time you read The Walking Dead #1? […]
Bleeding Cool pointed out that yesterday The Walking Dead #193 had sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors despite a very generous overprint and retailers encouraged to up their initial orders by Image Comics/Skybound making every issue fully returnable if the retailer wished. Well, that won't be the case with the second printing, planned for the […]
How have you read The Walking Dead? It may change your take on one particular scene in The Walking Dead #193. If you have read the collections, you will be rather familiar with a certain phrase that appears on the back of most of then, defining the series. In today's The Walking Dead #193 – […]
The Walking Dead #194 was solicited with the first appearance of a new character who had a similar look to Rick Grimes, one Sheriff Kapoor. And we know how people get about first appearances in The Walking Dead of significant characters. Well, we can tell you that he will be appearing prominently in The Walking […]
Up until last night, I am informed that comic book retailers were still able to order copies of The Walking Dead #193 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. But as of today, that is no longer the case, that any orders have gone 'to back order'- and that more copies are not expected to be […]
Robert Kirkman lies. We all know this. His solicitations rarely bear any relation to the comic book that eventually arrives, he runs around the direct market solicitation practice like Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Here are a few things he has said about The Walking Dead in the light of the big spoilery news… […]
Spoilers warnings are on, folks, spoiler warnings are on. This morning, as well as revealing that this week's The Walking Dead #193 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard would be a square-bound comic with a 71-page story, for the same $3.99 price, we also revealed something major about the comic that would change The Walking […]
