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In this edition of Separated at Birth we look at artist Francesco Mattina and the similarities between his art and a bunch of others.

Man, we were only talking about Superman: Red Son the other day, how the Millarworld Netflix press release said that it was the best-selling Superman

This is a post by Kyle Willis. It is dated 2015. This is "Pouches". Pouches was born from the illustrative style of comic royalty Rob Liefeld. What he

Frank A Kadar is an artist who has worked on Marvel's sketch card line. Tejay Henson is an artist who creates prints and sells them. And Frank is accusing

Here's an upcoming cover to Ninja-K #10 by Giuseppe Camuncoli. But Todd Seavey, author of Libertarianism for Beginners, found it rather familiar... As he

Red is a play written by John Logan about the painter Mark Rothko. Premiering in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse in London starring Alfred Molina as Rothko

Recently announced as part of DC Comics' new Black Label imprint was a Batman comic, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, Batman: Last Knight on Earth.

Suicide Squad #37 is out this week, with a cover by Jorge Jimenez. But the positioning of the characters looks awfully familiar to another cover from some time ago...

This is a design by Paulina Ganacheau. You can see more of her work here.  Paulina is a comic book creator and illustrator and you may have seen her name

The upcoming issue of Tom King and Joelle Jones's Batman #39 is much anticipated, following on from the very well-received double date at the fair, Batman

Yesterday saw the release of DC Comics' solicitations for March 2018 — including one for Red Hood and the Outlaws that seemed a little familiar to some...

Those of you who were reading comic books in 2012 may recognise this scene from an issue of Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja, Clint Barton's modesty

We mentioned the oddly specific success that the Christmas TV ad for the John Lewis chain has had, and its effect on people flipping night lights on

Italian comic book artist Francesco Mattina has taken some inspiration from Daniel Bel for his Venomized variant covers for Marvel.

Separated At Birth: Lee JeeHyung's Mary Jane Watson... And Francesco Mattina's Mary Jane Watson

It looks like Mars Chocolates has appropriated a quite recognizable and quite spooky villain for their Halloween-themed candy.

In 1988, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who would be later known as the band KLF published The Manual, a low print run guide on how to game the UK music

Scott Snyder revealed a Cliff Chiang variant cover for Dark Nights: Metal, Snyder's super-mega-crossover event with Greg Capullo from DC Comics.

BOOM! Studios has released the covers for WWE #10, including one of Roman Reigns looking very strong. Reigns is mid-air, delivering his famous Superman

In August, Dark Nights: Metal will hit stores from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, featuring this recently revealed first issue cover: The cover is one

There are major final page spoilers for today's Action Comics, Dark Days: The Forge - and, I suppose, for episodes of this year's Doctor Who. All

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth," said Professor Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. "They infest the

Herald: Lovecraft And Tesla is a comic by John Reilly and Tom Rogers with Dexter Weeks, published by Action Lab, Teaming up, well, HP Lovecraft and Tesla.

This is the Venomized Phoenix cover by Francesco Mattina, an exclusive variant for Unknown Comics, for Jean Grey #1 out this month.

Recently revealed in a shocking announcement, Marvel's controversial Secret Empire super-mega-crossover event series is getting an extra issue in August.

From Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Asterix. And from me, for Guido Fawkes, this morning. Guilty as charged... In Swipe File we present two or more images

Call it the zeitgeist. Call it idea space. Call it parallel evolution. But the comic industry has history of simultaneous similar creation, the British

This article contains spoilers about Secret Empire Free Comic Book Day Special and other fascist imagery. Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you what happens

Amazing Spider-Man #25 recently gave us a new, rejuvenated Otto Octavius. Using a proto-clone body, stabilised using his own science, and transferring his

It would be understandable if you missed it, because we were all pretty obsessed with Star Wars over the past few days, but Warner Bros released a new