2013 Archives

Here you go folks, the April solicitations in full for both Boom! and Dynamite for April 2013.  From Dynamite's Miss Fury to Boom!'s Regular Show and Polarity, there's lot's of comics new and old… but mostly new. Let's start with Dynamite… MISS FURY #1 Rob WIlliams (w) Jack Herbert (a) J Scott Campbell (50%), Alex Ross[...]

Here are the comics Marvel will be selling you come April. AGE OF ULTRON #4 (OF 10) Publisher: (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Bryan Hitch • The impossible has happened! • The Earth has been taken by Ultron…what few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive. • And it is Luke Cage who discovers the secret behind Ultron's[...]

Two multidimensional comics are meeting their end in April, as part of the X-Termination crossover, David Lapham and Roberto De La Torre's Age Of

DC Universe Doesn't Present, it seems. DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #19 Written by TONY BEDARD Art by JESUS SAIZ Fold-out cover by JESUS MERINO On sale APRIL 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE • In this final issue, what time displaced-hero has arrived on our world—and is the destruction he brings the herald to a[...]

2013… the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who The 50th anniversary of The Avengers, X-Men, Metal Men, Doom Patrol, Nick Fury and the Amazing Spider-Man comic, the 75th anniversary of Superman The twenty fifth anniversary of Red Dwarf. And the year in which Uncanny X-Men #141 and #142, Days Of Future Past, took place And they're making[...]

Thanks to Gotham Spoilers who have done some fine URL farming, here are a number of covers for DC Comics in April. Except each looks like the first half

The Eisner Awards 2013 have opened nominations for this year's awards, to be presented at San Diego Comic Con. The tentative categories include best short story, best single issue, best continuing comic book series (at least two issues must have been published in 2012), best limited series (at least half of the series must have been[...]

Here's how their March 2013 offerings are looking… CROSSED: BADLANDS #25 Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: Garth Ennis Cover and Art: Raulo Caceres MR, Color, 32 pages, bi-weekly ***In stores March 13, 2013*** Crossed C-Day 2013 is here! Crossed creator Garth Ennis returns to his stark vision of horror for[...]

And the villainous Coach Carnage is on the recruit for his interstellar team "The Visitors," and it's up to the Guardians, with the help of previous draft picks, to stop him from ruining the draft and taking this year's recruiting class. ALTERNA COMICS FUBAR FCBD 2013 SPECIAL (W) Jeff McClelland, Shawn Aldridge (A) Jeff McComsey, Steve Becker The[...]

We've seen the Gold-level books for Free Comic Book Day 2013, we've seen Dark Horse and IDW's Silver books, and now we have Dynamite's two comics – Grimm and Damsels. FCBD 2013 GRIMM Covers: Whilce Portacio Writer: David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf Art: Jose Malaga Discover the characters, creatures and inspiration behind the storyline of NBC's hit-series, Grimm!  From the[...]

For Free Comic Book Day 2013, that is, its twelfth year. So yes, there's a Star Wars comic There's also a mystery Superman comic, a mystery Marvel comic, The Walking Dead and more Fifty-three of them this year But here are the Gold titles, twelve this year, available to all retailers Including Ape finally bring out[...]

Well now, here's a thing. Section 203 of the 1978 US Copyright Act allows authors to cut away any contract after 35 years. Which is in 2013 Funny how that suddenly caught up with us? That doesn't affect contracts signed before then It also doesn't (yet) affect any contracts signed after that, including those that amend the original[...]

The record for the highest issue number (or most editions, as it is termed in the book) is claimed by a Mexican publication called Pepin, which published 7,561 editions, many of them on a daily basis, until it ceased publication on 23 October 1956. Of course, I'm not going to tell you the whole story of[...]

They're not the Ghostbusters. They're not the Real Ghostbusters. They're the New Ghostbusters. Coming in February from IDW. Written by Erik Burnham, drawn

Explosive crime noir as written by a master of the genre, Eisner Award-winner David Lapham!   CROSSED: BADLANDS #21 Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: David Lapham Cover & Art: Miguel Garrido MR, Color, 32 pages, bi-weekly ***In stores January 16, 2013*** Amanda returns as David Lapham unleashes a punishing tale of misery at the hands[...]

Wimpy in a Story of Hunger and Desert Madness Entitled 'Food! Food!' or 'May I Borrow Your Duck Mister?'" A big AHOY and thank you to retailers, reviewers and fans to the fantastic, enthusiastic response to this series! $3.99   STAR TREK COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS #1 (W) Mike Johnson (A/CA) David Messina, Photo The countdown to the motion[...]

There's something about a new issue one from Image Comics. It could simply be anything. While a new book from Marvel or DC is likely to feature existing

With the response to the expo being 'overwhelmingly positive' he intends to make it an annual event. Other things learned at panels over the weekend: The character most affected by the events of AVX was Marvel editor Tom Breevort. Ben Grimm once wore a Beatles wig (it's true). As it's not currently under the 'Marvel Now' banner, Matt Fraction[...]

For the last couple of months, Bleeding Cool has been reporting that DC Comics may be cancelling a bunch of titles and launching new books in January, as

And also that he wasn't going to be writing Action Comics (we know this, it's Andy Diggle.) But what is going on? Well, in light of the Bleeding Cool story about Jim Lee leaving Justice League around about issue 16, it was tempted to line that up with rumours of WildCATS relaunching under his helm. But instead,[...]

Joshua Stone wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con; This last weekend advance tickets went on sale for the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, and for the first time in five years, I do not already have tickets to the next year's Con by August As I covered the event as press for Bleeding[...]

See you in San Diego Just pre-registered for 2013 San Diego Comic Con! wow That was the fastest I have ever purchased San Diego Comic Con Tickets! I have to say good Job Epic Registration! San Diego Comic Con 2013 Tickets confirmed!!!!!! SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2013 HERE WE COME! 4 Day w Preview Night! Even now the queue for[...]

But people are starting to receive notification that pre-registration for San Diego Comic Con 2013 will begin this Saturday at 8am PT That's 11am ET And 4pm in the UK. This is just for people who already bought a ticket for Comic Con 2012 There were no on-site sales for 2013 this year Sales to everyone[...]

As a result, from February, they are planning to launch five new books and relaunch five books, Ten For Ten, once each month in 2013. It's a bit like DC's New 52, just New 10, and over ten months instead of one… Alex Wilson reported the following Aspen Wrap Up from San Diego for Bleeding Cool; There are[...]

See what the game has in store for you January 15, 2013 It's time to "Face Your Demons." Room 24ABC Tags:  Action/Adventure | Games | Horror and Suspense 12:45-1:45 DC Comics: Before Watchmen— It's not the end of the world It's the beginning! You don't want to miss this panel about the most talked about comic book series[...]

We're starting to hear lots of rumours about what will be happening with various Marvel comics in October, November and December - and with whom - but

And then… well nothing for a while. Now the collected stories of the officer who tracks down superheroes – and who claims he hasn't met one yet – is confirmed from author Pat Mills as scheduled for Spring 2013, two years after we first reported it The Marshal Law Omnibus will collect all the character's solo[...]