2013 Archives

The CIA forces him onto a task force where he uncovers a chilling conspiracy. Robert Langdon has appeared in five Brown novels: Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), and Origin (2017) The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno were adapted to the big screen by[...]

But what's the big picture? At last year's ComicsPRO retailer summit, Diamond Comic Distributors stated that comics sales in 2012 increased 16% from 2011′s figures, graphic novels increased 13%, merchandise increased 9% and total sales were up, a total increase of 14%. Oh and that comic book direct market stores increased in number by 1%, similar to[...]

We tried to work out the top ten comics for 2013 sold to North America through Diamond Comic Distributors… and we got it fairly close A few in the wrong order in the middle Here's the official chart below. Sales were up in 2013 on 2012, 9.04% in total, split between a rise of 10.22% in[...]

What happens if you take a bunch of Best Of Comics 2013 Lists from Amazon.com, Uproxx, Washington Post, Salon, Wired, AV Club, Time, Paste Magazine, CBR, Vice, io9, News OK, Digital Spy, Crave Online, Filth + Fabulations, Village Voice, Hollywood Reporter, Good Reads, Serial Optimist, Comics Alliance, What Culture, Newsarama and even Bleeding Cool? Then give[...]

Image courtesy of The Outhousers. It's midnight here in the UK, where Head Comics Writer Rich Johnston and Head Film Writer Brendon Connelly are toasting

Lucky for some. Unlucky for everyone else. Okay, it's another year, it's another chance to nominate your favourites for the various different Rumour

Courtesy of Endymion Mageto, the Senior Cosplay Correspondent for Bleeding Cool, sixty-three cosplay shots from New York Comic Con 2013 day one Do you recognise yourself? A friend? Tell us! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ [...]

We've already heard that Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato have left Flash for Detective Comics. And John Layman and Jay Fabok have moved on to...

So what have we learned from Marvel's solicitations? Scarlet Spider ending so soon after Venom? Both titles had decent sales... something's up. New

This year will be the first of SPX's official sponsorship which will bring the inimitable Los Bros Hernandez, Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez, to the festival. SPX 2013 will be held September 14th and 15th at the Mariott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center in Bethesda Maryland Tickets to SPX are only available at the door both[...]

In June 2013, DC released 70 new comic books with 607 credited creators, 535 men and 72 women Here are their stats: A loss of of 0.1% from last month overall isn't great, but on the bright side it is the least they could fall Cover artists, colorists, and editors all rose nicely, the latter two[...]

I am a big fan of Sam Kieth's The Maxx and I am so happy that it's coming back from IDW. But it's not just old stuff made anew that's caught me eye this

Just saying. Oh and yes, Unity #1. Here are Valiant's full subscriptions for November 2013. UNITY #1 Written by MATT KINDT Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE Pullbox Exclusive Variants by BRYAN HITCH, J.G JONES, TRAVEL FOREMAN, PAOLO RIVERA and CLAYTON CRAIN 8-Bit Evolution Variant by DONOVAN SANTIAGO Valiant Signature Series Variant by BART SEARS Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS B&W Sketch Variant by NEAL[...]

"Stan Lee grew up reading Superman and Batman comics, but he didn't say, "When I get into comics, I've got the ultimate Batman story I want to write one

(No, not THAT one!) Is it bedtime for all of Gotham City? Will the Dynamic Duo wake up in time to put out his lights? Don't miss this issue's story illustrated by 2013 Eisner Award-winner Colleen Coover! BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED #20 Written by KAREN TRAVISS Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE and BENI LOBEL Cover by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN On sale NOVEMBER 13[...]

But still… DC Comics Grant Morrison To Write For Vertigo Again DC All Access: Masterminding Forever Evil, Shazam Monthly On The Way In 2014, And Maybe Doom Patrol Harley Quinn Beats Up Lobo In Injustice Gods Among Us Annual In November Vampire Diaries, A New Weekly Digital Comic FromDC Comics A Teen Titans Go Digital Comic In December Asking About Stephanie Brown[...]

Selected highlights from the end of the Eisner Awards held at San Diego Comic Con 2013. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGWiF126IF4[/youtube] And this is how it played out last decade…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIDTTKdxbT0[/youtube] They did it again… but this time with a twist[...]

But this is for a charitable cause, so can everyone do a little reTweeting, Redditing, Diggiting, Farking, Faceposting, Pinteresting, whatever you can do to help? The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2013: Tales Of Bleed And Courage, published in October by Image Comics, will raise money and awareness for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, fighting censorship and[...]

Here are IDW's solicitations for October 2013, with a new Samurai Jack comic, the end of Locke & Key and Half Past Danger, with Dave Sim's variant cover for the former above… a new superhero series from John Byrne that spins out of Trio, Triple Helix, the new series  Memory Collector from mentorn3, Zombie War[...]

As she pieces together the clues, she discovers the "future" she calls home – an alternate reality version of 2013 – shouldn't exist at all! Blast off with the new ongoing series by BRANDON MONTCLARE (Halloween Eve) and Eisner Award nominee AMY REEDER (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu). THREE #1 story KIERON GILLEN art / cover RYAN KELLY & JORDIE BELLAIRE historical consultant[...]

At the beginning of 2012, Matt Kindt was considered a minor comic book creator, with some critical hits to his name such as the ten year old, Pistolwhip

Michael Costa is best known for his War Of Warcraft comics. Possibly his Transformers and GI Joe comics. Maybe his Jack Hawksmoor comic if you can

We ran rumours of this the other week. But sadly it's true, Astonishng X-Men, the comic that gave us Joss Whedon and John Cassaday on X-Men and later the

Let's have a solicitation from Marvel for October. CATACLYSM #0.1 CLASSIFIED! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 Okay, and another. Hunger #4 (of 4) JOSHUA HALE

Marvel has told Newsarama that they are relaunching the Marvel Knights imprint, for new mini-series Spider-Man by Matt Kindt and Marco Rudy in October,

Here are a bunch of exclusives available from Arcana at San Diego Comic Con... next week? Next week? I really need to buy some a) dollars b) spare socks

Justice League 3000 #1 seems to be using the classic Teen Titans #1 pose. is that a hint? Could they feature Donna and Wally? Cloned? The Superboy on the

We're getting Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny as well as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and more… That and full details on the new comics, Coffin Hill, The Hinterkind and The Witching Hour, here are Vertigo's solicitations for October 2013. THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 Written by NEIL GAIMAN Art by J.H WILLIAMS III Cover A by J.H[...]

The launch of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and KISS Kids, the penultimate issue of Locke And Key FOREVER, the Joe Kubert's TOR Artists Edition, The X-Files

I had to duck out of the London Super Comic Convention due to being all sick and stuff. And Bleeding Cool proprietor William Christensen basically