Man, I loved Frank Sidebottom. A stage character created, and lived, by computer games programmer, cartoonist and musician Chris Sievey in the eighties,
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What would the Year of the Villain be without The Joker returning to the pages of Batman comics? It would still be a super-mega-crossover conglomerate
West Coast Avengers is ending with West Coast Avengers #10, in stores this week, by Kelly Thompson and Moy R. And it's ending far too soon, without a
When "The Great One" Brian Bendis came to DC Comics and took over the Superman books, beginning with the Man of Steel mini-series that introduced an
Howard the Duck was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik, first appearing in 1973's Adventure into Fear #19. It's a simple concept: first name, Howard.
UPDATE: Larry Hama posts: The original story runs below: This is not the first time I have heard this kind of story. It will not be the last. But you
In July, DC Comics is running a promotion for their Year Of The Villain event in which a bunch of titles get special cardstock covers. And comic book
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
Year of the Villain is a celebration of DC's bad villains, one which sees each of the villains' headshots commemorated on $4.99 cardstock variant covers.
Age of X-Man: Amazing Nightcrawler #3 is in stores this week, from writer Seanan McGuire (whose name PreviewsWorld will one day get right in their
It looks like "The Great One" Brian Bendis, Ivan Reis, and Joe Prado have some major plans for July's Superman #13. Revealed in the DC solicits on Friday,
Wolverine isn't known for being very responsible. There's the whole berserker rage thing, of course, and the fact that's he's murdered his own children on
Thanks to Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics in Detroit, Michigan, we have the full video from the Star Wars Celebration Marvel Comics panel. Watch the
You can see me come across a couple of pages of Gary Frank's original art for Doomsday Clock in Pulp Comics in this video, as I wandered through Rue Dante
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Old Man Quill may be an ultimately meaningless maxi-series set in an alternate future Wastelands, but that just means there's more leeway to produce
Scott Duvall has his Writer’s Commentary on Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep #3, on sale now from Dynamite. Welcome back to another thrilling edition of Army
Fans of writer Bryan Hill's story in Detective Comics last year were excited to learn that Hill and Dexter Soy would continue the tale of Black Lightning
Marvel Executive Tom Brevoort was expecting a very nice page of Aaron Kuder artwork for his collection, but his local postal service had other ideas in
Comic book creator and cover artist Francesco Mattina has been the receiver of considerable critique and criticism over the influences on his work. Words
You may have noticed that I've been in Paris last week. Attending the title launch of the new Asterix comic book. Well I'm back now. And I brought things
As well as all the other comics announcements at Star Wars Celebration, we also got the news that Marvel has a new series, Target Vader by Robbie Thompson
Star Wars Celebration has announced a bunch of new Star Wars comic books from Marvel Comics. And thankfully retailer Dennis Barger was able to film the
The case of IDW Senior Advisor Chris Fenton filing a $30 million lawsuit against Valiant owners DMG, continues to unfold in court. As DMG countersue for
In The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1, Kamala Khan was surprised to learn that her father had become aware of her secret identity as a teen superhero... and
Yesterday, on the John Byrne Forum, the legendary comic book creator was asked, did Todd or any of the Image founders try to "recruit" you inbetween
Uncanny X-Men writer Matthew Rosenberg has quit and rejoined his award-winning Twitter account so many times we've lost count, but the X-scribe returned
This is Mindless Speculation. Nothing more. DC Comics was to have been republishing, recutting and re-collecting the full Hitman series by Garth Ennis and
Poor Tim Drake. The guy has a lot of trouble figuring out who he is. First, he was Robin. Pretty simple. Then he naturally progressed to being Red Robin.
In Daredevil #4 by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto, The Punisher has rescued Daredevil from a beatdown by... the cops?! And now the Punisher seems to