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How much would it cost for movie writer/director Kevin Smith to write you a comic? How much for him to sit his ass down in front of that keyboard and tap

Okay, okay, it's just a typo. And it's hardly like I'm in any position to throw stones when it comes to this sort of thing. But in the back of the new

After years of coasting on a She-Hulk here and a Spider-Woman there, Marvel seems to be in the business of feminising their output of superhero comic

As the Nick Simmons case over swiping Bleach, Hellsing and DeviantArt pages for his Incarnate comic hits the headlines, a similar case is kicking off in

Okay, I know, these "Toldjas" could get a little annoying, but let's hear this one out at least. I'm on a roll, humour me for a bit, okay? In a Newsarama

This is the kind of news that should make the DC High Five squirm. The Boys was the Garth Ennis/Darick Robertson comic book that was initially published

Millarwatch: Mark Millar tells STV, the Scottish independent TV station that, despite Angelina Jolie pulling out and necessitating a complete rewrite,

I ran a review piece on the final issue of Garth Ennis and Jacen' Burrows not-really-zombie epic a few weeks ago. And now you get to have a glimpse too.

What's it called? Green Hornet Who's it by? Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, Jonathan Lau, Ivn Nunes And it's on time? And it's on time. Being based on Kevin

The tweeting of Neil Gaiman to Amanda Palmer and vice versa is generally one of those very life affirming aspects that justifies the existence of the

Diamond have been given this teaser image to release with the following solicitation for the previously solicited-with-no-information upcoming Siege

Robin Ince is a British standup comedian and writer, best known right now for organising and presenting the televised Christmas show, Nine Lessons and

Boom! Studios sent out an embargoed press release this morning announcing that the Stan's Back advertising campaign online and in print is a joint project

Here is a model of the city of Minas Trith from Lord Of The Rings, built over two years out of matchsticks. I have not the words. Have you the words? I

It's a sweet idea. Stephanie Leonidas (Mirrormask) is performing the lead role of the Cursed Pirate Girl in an audio adaptation of the comic book of the

Rantz Hoseley has announced that not only is a new version of Longbox, the much lauded comics reader-and-collector-and-social-networking software, to go

GNWatch: Teen Titans: Games by Marv Wolfman and George Perez gets an Amazon listing... SwipeWatch: Nick Simmons gives a non-apology apology for his

The comic book industry, and indeed this very site, have been accused of crimes of sexism. The exploitation and cheapening of the female form for high

Because some things just need to be read. Read online. And read now. No, I mean now. I don't care if there's someone on the phone, if your job depends on

Trying something different with Lying In the Gutters. Mostly cos I was so busy with stories, I missed doing last week's column. So this week I'm listing a

Yeah, yeah, I just can’t resist the alliteration. Nothing like a plagiarism bomb going off in comics to get my snark on, and the case of Nick Simmons’

Classical Comics, who specialise in adapting Shakespeare plays as graphic novels, in three different levels of text for educationanal purposes, have hired

Bleeding Cool ran a piece on the Little White Lies competition as part of their Kick-Ass issue, in which people were asked to retell a favourite film in a

AwardWatch: Graphic novel Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan has won the Premier Award at the Adelaide Literary Festival, as well as the children's

So how do comic books get pirated? I mean apart from the scan, filter, fix and upload aspects. There are two main methods of distribution. Fileshare,

Yesterday, I ran a story about how a man who stalked a woman before shooting him, has left behind a disturbing graphic novel. Today there's news about how

We've covered American and European propaganda through comic books - now it seems the eye is on Korea. American-Korean literature professor at the State

Quote of The Day: "Last year I got to kill Batman, which was kind of fun. Everybody should kill Batman once." - Neil Gaiman, Naperville Reads 2010.

I understand contracts were signed last week for Neal Adams, one of the most influential comic book creators in superhero comics, to work on a new

This new graphic novel scheduled for May from Oni Press, is a collection of Brazilian mini-comics, originally PowerTrio, Overdose, Cabaret, Encore and a