Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Karla Pacheco was to be the new writer of Dynamite's Bettie Page comic book. But before that, she will be joining Pere Perez launching a new Spider-Woman comic book from Marvel. And from this cover by Junggeun Yoon, Jessica Drew has certainly lost the baby weight. Here's a […]
In a great example of nominative determinism, Mark Fearing, creator of Giant Pants, The Great Thanksgiving Escape, Earthling and Dilly Dally Daisy, is creating a new middle-grade graphic novel horror series. Each anthology takes place in the same spooky small town, where kids disappear on playground slides, Cub Scout leaders don't return from overnight camps, […]
Maxwell Eaton III is an author and illustrator of dozens of books for children, including The Truth About… animals series. He has created a new graphic novel series Survival Scout, a nonfiction middle-grade graphic novel series in which a girl repeatedly (and somehow humorously) escapes natural and human-caused disasters with carefully detailed survival skills, a […]
Kay Davault – better known as Kay D – has seen her debut graphic novel, Journey to Stars, picked up by Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic for publication in three years time. The comic will be about a young frog prince named Tad and his task of returning the fallen Star King back to space. Her agent, […]
Marvel is launching a new Werewolf By Night series in April, courtesy of the Black-Eyed Peas' Taboo, Benjamin Jackendoff and Scot Eaton. WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #1 (OF 4) VEREGGE VAR (W) Taboo, Benjamin Jackendoff (A) Scot Eaton (CA) Jeffrey Veregge THE HOUR OF THE WOLF! A new Werewolf by Night is prowling the Southwest, […]
Jonah Newman is a comics writer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York, after studying comics at the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. The author of many self-published short comics, and the historical fiction webcomic Empire On Edge. And now Newman has had his debut graphic novel bought at […]
Lots of comic shops choose to open their doors for the first time on Free Comic Book Day. I think last year we counted eleven, all told. Well, it's still two months away but Superscript Comics and Games of Lakewood, Ohio, is the first for 2020 to put their head above the parapet. Owners Elliott […]
Yesterday. Bleeding Cool broke the news that Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3 were getting third printings – we have the artwork below now. But we also pointed out that Nightwing #90 was also getting a second printing ahead of going on sale this coming Wednesday, and that this was rare for DC Comics – […]
Okay, so. We know from Iron Man 2020 that Arno Stark is preparing for a major alien threat coming to Earth, and he need to get the robot revolution under control in time for that. Then there's also the Great Symbiote God Knull on his way to kill everyone. Two should be enough but we […]
We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new original artwork lot. Well, there are plenty more from some of the biggest names in North American comic books, and […]
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, Alan Moore wrote and drew a cartoon strip called Maxwell The Magic Cat for his local newspaper Northants Post under the pseudonym Jill de Ray. An inventive, surreal and innovative strip, he had to stop when his career really took off, and a few years later, […]
Ghost of Tsushima has officially been dated for PlayStation 4 and will hit the system on June 26. That may feel like a long way off, until you think about all the other games coming out between now and then. It looks like it's going to be a good time, though. In fact, it looks […]
But it's not just Marvel Comics bumping up the printing count this week. Image Comics has an unusual bevvy of second printings too. Mercy #1 by Mirka Andolfo is going back for a second printing for April 1st. Same with On The Stump #1 by Chuck Brown and Prenzy, And Outer Darkness/Chew #1 by John […]
There is often a change 'twixt solicitation and publication… Captain America has seen Jason Masters and Bob Quinn, on-again-off-again art credits. But with #21. looks like Jason Masters is more off again, with Bob taking over pencilling duties on #21, as well as #22, #20 – and after sharing recent duties with Jason on #19. […]
CBS All Access' 10-episode limited series adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand is dealing with one of those moments when fiction and reality start to overlap a little too much. With production currently underway in Vancouver, British Columbia, the cast and crew find themselves adapting a novel about "Captain Trips", a virus that kills a […]
We like to keep an eye on Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics USA line, European comics mostly written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, translated into English and distributed solely through his website, Amazon page or at conventions. Selling enough copies to make it more than worthwhile, as well as making certain comics available to a wider English speaking audience. Retailers can purchase […]
DC Comics has decided to cancel all retailer orders for the trade paperback of Six Days: The Incredible Story Of D-Day's Lost Chapter, the original graphic novel by Kevin Maurer, Robert Venditti and Andrea Mutti published last year in May. Orders will not be resolicited, it turns out they still have plenty of hardcovers left […]
Melissa Benoist took to Instagram on Wednesday to drop a serious personal "spoiler": the Supergirl star is expecting her first child with husband Chris Wood (ABC's thirtysomething sequel series). Benoist and Wood married back in September 2019, and Wood returned to his role as Mon-El for the 100th Supergirl episode. No word yet from either […]
McFarlane Toys has had a great release with all of there newest DC Comics figures. With multiple Batman and Superman it was odd to see the Amazonia Princess missing in that first line up and now we are not just getting one but two. I'm surprised we aren't getting a normal figure release here but […]
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