2014 Archives

2000AD's Kek-W and Bulletproof Coffin's Shaky Kane have a new Image comic book on the way in July. An homage to the classic comics, CAP’N DINOSAUR pulls

Straight from the mouth of Kelly Sue DeConnick, at her panel at Wondercon (and emailed me straight from the fingers of Bleeding Cool Editor-In-Chief

Ryan Burton and John Bivens have a new dark fantasy action ongoing series launching from Image in July. Dark Engine. Sent to the distant past, Sym must

  Bingo. Here is your first teasery look at Spread, a new Image comic book from Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm to be published in July. And thanks to

Princess Bethany–ruler of Evanfar, the largest and most prominent kingdom, finds herself at the center of a vast conspiracy that could not only threaten her kingdom—but also her life! Journey to a place where magic is abundant, unicorns and ferrets can command armies, and five women struggle to find balance—and power–in an ever-changing fairy tale[...]

Let's have a look at some upcoming Free Comic Book Day titles, today from Dark Horse Comics who have two offerings, the first in all stores, the second in

We'll get more stats later, but for now here's the top fifty sales of comics and graphic novels in March 2014 As we noted, DC grabbing the top four spots hasn't happened for some time, but Marvel dominated marketshare in both sales of comics and in dollars received, with twelve of the top twenty and[...]

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, 15 issues a year each. Here are the solicits… as well as the covers! DOCTOR WHO: THE TENTH DOCTOR #1 WRITER: NICK ABADZIS ARTIST: ELENA CASAGRANDE COLORIST: ARIANNA FLOREAN LETTERER: COMICRAFT PAGE COUNT: 32PP FULL COLOR, B&W, OR PARTIAL COLOR: FC COVER DIMENSIONS: 6.625 X 10.25 RETAIL PRICE: $3.99 ON SALE DATE: 23 JULY 2014 THE[...]

Now welcome to the DC Comics Solicitations for June 2014 We'll update as DC Comics does… so yes, there's a confirmation of the last issue of Larfleeze But we also get the return of Tiny Titans! Another set of New 52 and DC Vertigo solicits to go… And Scott Lobdell returns to Red Hood And The[...]

We ran the Top Ten comics and marketshare for Diamond Comic Distribution's operations in North America in February 2014 last Friday But it's what's happening outside the Top Ten that's of interest today Basically, female focused solo titles in the top twenty-five Joker's Daughter and Ms Marvel one shots to start, but Harley Quinn continues[...]

You'll often see news of a comic store closure on Bleeding Cool. But what's the big picture? At last year's ComicsPRO retailer summit, Diamond Comic

WAR?! • Captain Marvel forges towards the final frontier—and is thrown into the frontlines of battle. • Can this half-alien survive in an all alien-world? • The breakout hit of 2012 makes a glorious return! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 MOON KNIGHT #2 WARREN ELLIS (W) • Declan Shalvey (A/C) Variant cover by Phil Noto • The best new comic of 2014 continues[...]

Yesterday, we ran some rumours about upcoming DC Comics titles. Some were well sourced, others... less so. But the original rundown from Tako seemed

This does appear to be an article stub from DC Comics, indicating an Aquaman And The Others series from DC for 2014. That and other potential April delights have been running around the messageboards for the last couple of days. Such as this run down from our good friend Tako. Aquaman and the Others #1 Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman[...]

The features include new top Graphic Novel lists, Tips and Tricks for growing your collection, and a guide to your friendly neighborhood comic shop! This perfect entry point into Bleeding Cool Magazine is ideal for giving readers tons of extra FCBD content and to introduce our hot comics, speculation, and unique brand of entertainment to[...]

Free Comic Book Day is on it's way. And this year, as every year, there will be some shops complaining. Who won't do it because it costs too much, doesn't

APril will also bring us Dexter's Laboratory and Rocky And Bullwinkle comics too. That's confirmed by the following IDW 2014 preview, as well as a first look at the crossover X-Files: Conspiracy, Judge Dredd in Mega City 2 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… Star Mage was a new comic book series by novelist JC De La[...]

Overall it's down from November to November – but for the year as a whole, 2014, has still outperformed 2013 by 7-10% TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 29.97% DC COMICS 29.24% IMAGE COMICS 8.67% IDW PUBLISHING 6.68% DARK HORSE COMICS 6.11% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.20% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.90% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.86% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT 1.58% VIZ MEDIA 1.19% OTHER NON-TOP 10 9.59% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 33.65% DC COMICS 31.90% IMAGE COMICS 9.77% IDW PUBLISHING 6.26% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.91% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.00% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.92% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT 1.74% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.91% ARCHIE COMIC[...]

It was probably the surprise hit from the New 52 relaunch, from a character that had never hit the sales highlights and whose critical light had dimmed

Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely will be collecting all of these along with his covers for All Star Superman and Batman And Robin as well as his Big Book stories, and DC will also put the new Flex Mentallo collection into paperback. It's just one of almost two hundred of DC's graphic[...]

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool noticed how stacks of Guardians Of The Galaxy trademarks were being snapped up, and speculated that this means Guardians would be named the next big Marvel movie? Well Latino Review are calling it as Guardians for 2014, and naming it as their big exclusive and all the other big film[...]