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 […]
Rebellion, the publisher of 2000AD comics, has announced that The Handmaid's Tale and Shakespeare in Love star Joseph Fiennes will star as the legendary future lawman Judge Dredd in the new series of audiobook adaptations from Penguin Random House and 2000 AD. The Underground Railroad's Sheila Atim will play the lead in the adaptation of The Ballad of Halo Jones, […]
Bleeding Cool already ran a list of all the graphic novels and collections that Rebellion, publisher of 2000AD and Judge Dredd, were putting out in 2021. Now we have word of three "specials" sold through newsagents, supermarkets and subscription. And I will use this to remind me to put them on my Tesco order when […]
2000AD should repurpose the sign for the old Windmill Theatre strip club in Soho, "We Never Closed", used after they stayed open and running through the Second World War and the Blitz. Because while all manner of comic book companies stopped publishing comics during the shutdown, Rebellion kept publishing 2000AD every week, and Judge Dredd […]
I always like to apologise to Rich Johnson for having a name far too similar to my own. Former VP Book Trade Sales for DC Comics at a time when DC was establishing graphic novels in the bookstore and library markets in a way we take for granted, he was the co-founder and co-publishing Director […]
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 […]
2000 AD announced Future Shock Radio, a new series of half-hour audio dramas based on classic Future Shock stories to be available exclusively to 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine subscribers. Konnie Huq, Rufus Hound, Al Murray, and Janet Ellis are just some of the celebrity voices behind Future Shocks Radio – a brand new series of audio adaptations of […]
The exclusive distributor of DC Comics, Dark Horse and IDW graphic novels to bookstores, Penguin Random House has just bought the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press and Rebellion to US bookstores, Simon & Schuster. Obviously, there are other factors involved as well, but that's the comic book relevance right there. Because ViacomCBS has […]
Rebellion announced that the all-ages 2000 AD Regened will be back in 2021 – with four more issues to be published throughout the year. The all-age issues have been some of the best-selling issues of 2000 AD of the year, and Rebellion plans to build on their success with another quartet of bumper all-age issues. […]
In 2013, British book publisher REBCA published Al Ewing's novel, The Fictional Man, simultaneously published by Solaris in the USA. Since then, Ewing has become a bigger and bigger name in comic books, currently writing Guardians Of The Galaxy, Immortal Hulk, SWORD and We Only Find Them When They're Dead, as well as continuing work […]
Earlier this year, Barnes & Noble Inc. laid off a number of employees at its New York head office, included senior staffers and buyers for specific categories of books. That includes sci-fi/fantasy and graphics novel buyer Jim Killen, who had been with Barnes & Noble for over forty years. Regularly featured on the Bleeding Cool Top […]
John Sanders was the editorial director at British comic and magazine publisher IPC/Fleetway in the seventies and eighties, publishing a tonne of British weekly comic books, including 2000AD. He was also the editor of Action, the controversial and early-cancelled comic book that directly paved the way for 2000AD. He hired many famous British comic book […]
In a Tharg Thriller short-story in this week's upcoming 2000 AD Prog 2198, out on 9th Sept, there is one very familiar figure striking a very familiar pose. Compare and contrast… Jacob William Rees-Mogg is a British politician, Conservative MP for North East Somerset. During the premiership of David Cameron, Rees-Mogg was one of the parliamentary Conservative […]
Vintage comics fans, prepare yourselves for a treat. 2000AD and Rebellion Publishing have announced the forthcoming release of a classic from the archives: The Spider's Syndicate of Crime. The British series from the 1960s will be printed in archival quality in April 2021, along with a limited edition hardcover with a cover by Chris Weston on […]
We mentioned over the weekend that Rebellion was soliciting a Battle Of Britain 2020 special, reviving the pre-2000AD comic book, Battle, with an all-star cast. Well, it looks like they are continuing that newly-revived brand name and publishing history, with the very first collection of the early (mid) adventures of iconic British war comics character, […]
Promised last year, now coming to fruition, a Battle Of Britain Special with Garth Ennis, Keith Burns, Alex De Campi, Glenn Fabry, Staz Johnson, PJ Holden, Alan Grant, Alan Hebden, Dan Abnett, Rob Williams and many more, celebrating the classic British war comic, Battle, that very much set the space for 2000AD. Here's a look […]
Rebellion, the publisher of 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, announced America: Lost & Found – The Rediscovered Scripts. The book will be a new edition of the classic Judge Dredd serial "America", which kicked the series into an explicitly adult political tone. For decades the series skirted the teen market with its language and satire, […]
2000 AD Regened is back! The all-ages takeover boasts 52-pages chock full of nonstop action and adventure, including new stories with Cadet Dredd, Finder & Keeper, Anderson, Psi Division, Future Shocks, and Strontium Dog. Creators in this jam-packed issue include Davide Tinto (Marvel Action: Spider-Man), Cavan Scott (Doctor Who), Laura Bailey (Demarco), Andrea Mutti (Port of Earth), and more. This full-color […]
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 […]
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 […]
