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Marvel's promotion for a series of less-than-A-list characters getting a relaunch in 2011, using gunsight imagery... Marvel's promotion for a series of

This is the cover to Outsiders #26, published this week. Bold, striking and powerful. And then you open the comic and on the very inside cover... You

Yesterday, the comics internet woke up to a series of images sent under the headline "Stan Lee Lies" from a junk gmail account called Truth Teller. This

This is the trailer to the X-Men: Destiny video game. Very pretty, nice use of silhouettes... but wait. What was that around the 30 second mark? And from

This is Supergirl. A TV Movie in Indonesia showing from today on MNC TV and made by Soraya Intercine Film, that bears no relation to the DC Comics

I don't think I need to show the original here, do I? The wraparound cover to issue 3 of the Night Of The Living Dead: Death Valley comic drawn by the

The Tony Lee/Dan Boultwood comic book, The Gloom, has gotten a revamp for MTV Comics. This we know. Being redrawn by the original artist, as the original

From Nikki Finke: Warner Bros is closing a deal to acquire Harker, a spec script by Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy for a re-imagining of Bram Stoker's

The new design for Venom does bear a little resemblance to the costume of Appleseed Ex Machina's Briareos Hecatonchires, no? In Swipe File we present two

I have had two major comics publishers just contact me about this, their mouths agape. Marvel have just run a teaser for a new comic, The Mystery Men,

Comics Alliance recently ran/possibly-even-created (still not sure on that) a car insurance infographic feature that purported to show the original

In the left hand corner, we have Man Of Steel #2, the retold origin of Superman by John Byrne. In the right hand corner we have Superior #4, Mark Millar

Here is an advert for Ben 10 merchandise in Brazil. And here is Scott Pilgrim. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to

The last few days have seen the Spanish blogosphere go doolally over accomplished and prominent illustrator Elisabeth Nogales being caught out for blatant

On the left, the specially released Amazing Spider-Man #655 page, put out by Marvel on New Year's Day. On the right, a page from Frank Quitely and Grant

The first image is from Simon Dark #12, published by DC Comics a wee while ago. And this is from Hellboy: The Sleeping And The Dead #1 just now. Clearly a

Illustrator Elisabeth Nogales is under considerable criticism for her work and... its similarity to other work, often by people without the sources of

Okay there are always some non-swipes in Bleeding Cool's swipe file, sometimes  mere coincidences, sometimes just funny juxtapositions. But what were the

Felix Ruiz is an artist who owes a fair bit to the work of Bill Sienkiewicz. For example, this from Uranian. Quite Bill-ish, yes? But he won't leave it

From Infinite Vacation by Nick Spencer and Christian Ward, out this week. From Hope Falls by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood, out in 2008. In Swipe File we

The latest Action Comics Annual, exploring the early adult life of Lex Luthor has been a critical hit, both writing and art. But does artist Marco Rudy

Whaddaya think? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations,

First of course there was the singer Taylor Swift making her signature heart shape with her hands... Was it reflected in this Brian Bolland Zatanna cover

From the trailer to I Am Number 4, upcoming movie about an alien hiding in high school. And the cover to Ultimate X by Art Adams, one of the more

Peep Show. A very successful British sitcom, now into its seventh year and an eighth expected, witten by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. About the self

Thanks for Stu West for pointing out the physical comparison. Yesterday, Mark Millar announced the Kapow Comic Con London. This is the latest move

On the left, Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov, producing a werewolves-on-the-moon thriller. On the right, Full Moon Fever, also a werewolves-on-the-moon

From the upcoming Hulk #28 by Jeff Parker, Gabriel Hardman and Mark Robinson for December 2010. And from the just published Darkstars & The Winter Guard

Synopsis for Faster, the new Dwayne Johnson movie, out this week; After 10 years in prison, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has a singular focus - to avenge the

Beware folks. There be spoilers for children's fantasy series The Sisters Grimm by Mark Buckley within. And if there are also spoilers for not-children's