Today, on the anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001, it's a day of quiet reflection for Americans and also for non-Americans around the world. One of those non-Americans is legendary Italian comic book artist Milo Manara. The Chadster doesn't often get to cover comic books here at Bleeding Cool, […]
Mark Bagley and Brian Michael Bendis on Ultimate Spider-Man is one of the modern epics of comics. For over 100 issues, they reshaped the Spider-Man mythos for the modern-day and inspired one of the last youth reading movements in comics. It was a superb read, and on ComicConnect right now, you can celebrate said run […]
A great art page featuring The Dark Knight himself drawn by iconic artist Bernie Wrightson is up for auction right now on ComicConnect. This is part of Event Auction #43, which is currently running. This particular page is from Batman/Aliens #1 from 1997 and is page #35. This is the preliminary drawing, so a lot […]
One of the more modern keys, NYX #3, was where the world was introduced to X-23. She is easily one of the most important mutants introduced in the last 20 years, fast becoming one of the most popular mutants as well. She even became Wolverine for a little while there. Without NYX #3, though, none […]
Batman #1 is one of the most commanding books in the comic book universe. While it isn't the first appearance of Batman — that honor goes to Detective 27 — this is the first appearance of both The Joker and Catwoman. This beautiful book boasts a bright yellow cover with the dynamic duo flying over […]
Cheryl Blossom became an overnight fan favorite thanks to becoming one of the main five in Riverdale. But did you know the vivacious red-head made her first appearance in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #320? In 1982 Dan DeCarlo unleashed Cheryl into the world, only for Archie Comics to quickly put her on a semi-hiatus […]
Harley Quinn has been on a roll since she first appeared in Batman Adventures #12. The clown princess of crime was initially introduced as the Joker's girlfriend and found legions of fans thanks to the popular Batman: The Animated Series show. In a mere three years, DC fans will be celebrating 30 years of Harley, […]
Jack Kirby collectors take note, two of the iconic artist's pages from issue #14 of DC Comics series Mister Miracle is up for auction right now on Comic Connect. Set to end on Monday, May 18, the pages are number 8, which is selling for $1870 as of this posting, and page 18, which is […]
Deadpool art has had an interesting roller coaster these last couple of years. Like all comic art, the market has been booming as of late, with the art of the Merc With a Mouth shooting up in value as well. This extends to covers as well, like the one being offered in a ComicConnect auction […]
Spider-Man fans, an opportunity is here that if you have a bunch of free money right now should not be passed up. Up for auction on ComicConnect right now is an unused page of original artwork by legendary artist John Romita from Amazing Spider-Man #40. That's right, unused. As in it has not appeared anywhere […]
Rob Liefeld is auctioning off original art and sketches to help benefit struggling comic book stores. Today is the third day, with all of the money being directly paid to comic shops when the auctions close. Rob is offering to draw comics characters, anime characters, and taking requests for the sketches, which has led to […]
Veteran comics editor Joe Illidge (Milestone, Valiant, A Wave Blue World) and writer Hannibal Tabu (2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt, 2019 City of Los Angeles Cultural Trailblazer) joined together to create a journey through a formative time in American musical history. Publisher's Weekly revealed some details about a new original graphic novel from Humanoids called […]
(IDW Publishing, creative team: Jim McCann, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Silvia Califano, Sebastian Cheng, Neil Uyetake) First up, there are some wild, intriguing new ideas as the newly-met gender-fluid sentient who helped the crew escape the Tholian Web brings the Enterprise home to meet the family. The science fiction setting of the watery world I'qos […]
A classic part of the Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) experience is walking around the Gaslamp District looking at all of the art, advertisements, and installations that have popped up around the Convention Center. While most of the new art can be found on signs, buses, trains, or the side of buildings, San Diego's art […]
As a collector of vintage comics, other old paper, and original art myself, I've often said that there's a lot that even a very good scan can't tell you about the historical paper object in question. The quality and nature of the ink, the texture of the paper, and often even the smell of the […]
Comic Connect has a wonderful comic auction going on right now with the kinds of books and original art that will make your head spin. Whenever they have one of these type auctions over there, it not only is fun to sift through all of the listings, but to see how much the auctions end […]
After making original comic art auction history just last month with the $5.4 million sale of Frank Frazetta's cover painting for Eerie #23, the famous "Egyptian Queen" painting, Heritage Auctions has one heck of a follow-up on their hands with this week's European Comic Art Signature Auction. The headline piece of the auction, Hergé's very […]
Chad Hardin teamed up with Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti in 2013 to re-invent Harley Quinn for DC Comics, and provided interior art for a good chunk of that series' run, as well as covers for some of the biggest titles in the DC Universe. Chad took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to […]
Rather tantalizingly captioned "For Your Personal Collection" in the upper left corner, this double page spread from Our Fighting Forces #155 by Jack Kirby and inker D. Bruce Berry is an interesting combination of two things that Kirby is well-known for: "Kirby Machines" and World War II. Our Fighting Forces #155 was published by DC […]
Edgar Church — of the famous Edgar Church Collection of comics — was an excellent commercial artist. Creating countless print ads for a number of companies, Church would look to other forms of media for inspiration in his drawings. Comics were obviously a big part of that, and we have gone into his game-changing collection […]
