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Seeing the success that Marvel has gained expanding their Avengers line, DC are planning two regular JLA titles.I remember being a big fan of Justice

The Archie Wedding Panel kicks of at San Diego on Thursday, July 23rd in Room 4 from 11.30-12.30, not only will there be news about the wedding that will

Credit crunch? Recession? Depression? Nonsense, there's always money to spend on stuff. Who needs clothes, food, healthcare or paying the rent? Not when

Bleeding Cool has covered the current distribution woes for the Tripwire Annual a couple of times, and now that Diamond have definitely dropped this

Bluewater Productions are rush soliciting a Michael Jackson Tribute biographical comic book for October. Here are a couple of wrap covers. Bluewater came

One of my favourite moments in last year's Iron Man movie was the moment that Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark passed by Stan Lee and referred to him as

Heard about Dave Sim's Glamourpuss? Interested in all the photorealist comic strip historical information as Dave Sim recreates his way through Alex

Age: 40. Height 6'4''. Weight: 275 lbs. BMI: Not a fucking clue. I'm not a writer, but I play one on the internet. I've had a disturbing obsession with

The creator of the likes of Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke is coming to the San Diego Comic Con this year, his first visit,

Japanese newspaper Mainichi reports on a novel way that one small Tokyo comic seller is using to combat declining sales and the increasing shift of manga

Today is Rick Olney's 55th birthday. Before Josh Hoopes, before Pat Lee. before Wowio, Rick was the poster boy for not paying comic book creators. And,

So what are Warner Bros doing for San Diego Comic Con? Let's find out! Thursday July 23rd 3.30pm - 4.30pm: The Final Destination 3D Showcase Presentation.

I recently ran a story showing how people have been selling tickets to San Diego Comic Con for over $600 on eBay. It looks like Comic Con have stepped up

Yes, there is a Transformer in the new movie with testicles. Big swinging ones. And yes, thanks to militarised quick thinking John Tuturro, they become a

Retailers, if you're thinking of increasing your orders of Chew #2 in light of unprecedented demand for such a low profile title, you're out of luck. The

Earlier this month I ran an exclusive preview of the screenplay for Paul, a currently-shooting film written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, directed by Greg

  So, what reports have there been from comic shops in the field this week, dealing with the largest shipping week for over a decade, mostly down to

One vaguely mainstream press notification of the publication of Detective Comics #854 and its notable relevance is in today's Dallas Voice, a gay

Co-writers of Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and Dracula comics, Leah Moore and John Reppion are proud to announce that Leah is five months with child.

A comics scamp not involving Josh Hoopes? It feels wrong, doesn't it? Right now a man calling himself JP Silva is working his way through the comic store

Rick Marshall of Splashpage MTV has just reminded me of that plan for Michael Jackson to buy Marvel Comics, himself a long term comic book fan, as part of

A few minutes ago, I Twinterviewed Rantz Hoseley, the inventor of Longbox. Set to transform the way we read comics, with deals with all sorts of

How hard can it be go sell "Lesbian Batman" to the mass media? A few years ago, I broke the story that the new Batwoman in the DC Comics line of Batman

Frank Quitely's cover for All Star Superman #1. Darick Robertson's cover for The Boys #34, already in trouble at Diamond. A nice "swipe" here, clearly a

I've managed to tie up two strands from differing Josh Hoopes scams together. One is that of Joe Pruett of Desperado, one of a number of well known

IDW have just confirmed it. As Comic Con International: San Diego starts to groan into existence, on Wednesday, July 22nd, so my first Doctor Who comic

Predators In Iraq During American Occupation. That's your high concept for this comic, and a rather effective one it is as well. Okay, the countries have

Thor has been one of Marvel's surprise performing titles over the last couple of years, ascribed principally to the writing of Babylon 5, Changeling and

It's been a while since I read Usagi Yojimbo. It always struck me as a kind of Groo-lite, just not as funny or inventive. And why buy Usagi when there was

Heidi MacDonald: Gareb Shamus just bought Toronto Comicon? Marv Wolfman: and another one bites the dust. Neil Gaiman: Good morning, Universe. Looking