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Cebulski will be there to pass it on to David Gabriel. Flickr: /Jiuguang Wang  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Companies planning to attend will include 2000 AD/Rebellion Publising, A Wave Blue World, Anomaly Productions, Bad Idea Comics, Battle Quest Comics, BCW Supplies, BINC, Book County Clearance House, Boom Studios, CEX Publishing, Comic Shop Assistant, Comic Hub, DC,[...]

Something that representatives of new comic book publisher Bad Idea Comics had been showing to comic collectors at comic book conventions in the USA, and that they had apparently received four-figure sum offers Well, we now know what it is.  A "comic book" that is perhaps as conceptual as its title implies It has been[...]

Bad Idea Corp is the new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman, Warren Simons, and Joshua Johns. A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing

Friday morning, Bleeding Cool reported that Bad Idea Comics were trying to get people to pay $14 for a used Final Five sticker in the vague expectation of getting something collectible in return And using reverse psychology to do so And also throwing in the news that other people who had sent in nice things[...]

Bad Idea Comics has been running all manner of promotions to both excite and enrage comic book collectors, as long as people talk about them Such as suggesting that for Black Friday, people might want to spend $14 to get a redeemed, unusable "Final Five" sticker from a previous promotion And even though it can't[...]

Bad Idea Comics has issued First Customer Pins at comic book stores for the first person to buy a launch issue of a comic book at every store that stocks the books With vague half-promises that they might be worth something at some point, if traded in for the right thing at the right time[...]

Another Bad Idea… Bleeding Cool has been reporting on issues hitting the comic book industry regarding paper stock, printing, and distribution issues including information from Bad Idea, DC Comics and from Marvel Comics, while there is still a "manga drought" from East Asia and the news from our printing sources that, and I quote,"there is simply not enough paper[...]

Bad Idea Comics has previously banned retailers who broke its rules about selling comics for over cover price, or multiple copies Now it is banning its own readers, for sending in forged First Customer Pins given to the first person who buys the first issue of one of their comic books at each store These[...]

Back in 2018, we called former Valiant Marketing VP Hunter Gorinson "one of the industry's smartest and most highly valued PR and marketing pros." Boom

Refuse x Last Resorts is one of the not-Final Five comics from Bad Idea Corp, with new comics by Matt Kindt and Marguerite Sauvage, and Mark Russell and

Today, we'd like to announce the very first BAD IDEA First Customer Pin opportunity: TWO BRAND-NEW, ALL-ORIGINAL BAD IDEA COMICS – WEREWOLF and RETIREMENT PLAN. WEREWOLF Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by ROBERT GILL *** WEREWOLF *** Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by ROBERT GILL Colors by ANDREW DALHOUSE Cover by LEWIS LAROSA with DIEGO RODRIGUEZ BELLY-BURSTING ONE SHOT | 48 PGS. | NO ADS EXCLUSIVELY[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news yesterday that Bad Idea's Hero Trade Passive/Aggressive by Matt Kindt and David Lapham published yesterday was actually one

And now today the first of the final five bad idea comics arrives in stores – Hero Trade: Passive/Aggressive by Matt Kindt and David Lapham, including a back-up strip by Matt Kindt and Klaus Janson. Bad Idea has been coy about this release, only showing a handful of pages Now we know why Hero Trade: Passive/Aggressive[...]

Today marks the launch of Bad Idea's Final Five comic book series - which will not be the final five, but there you go. The launch of The Hero Trade:

No one believes Bad Idea Comics is coming to an end at the end of the year, but nevertheless, they are kicking off the final Five with the return of Hero Trade, the series they kicked Bad Idea off with back in the day… here are their August 2021 solicitations. *** HERO TRADE: PASSIVE / AGGRESSIVE[...]

Will Enchantress do what Carol asksin this preview of Captain Marvel #29? Seems like it. Will it backfire horrifically? Almost certainly.

Bad Idea are putting out a weekly book over five issues, Odinn's Eye by Joshua Dysart and Tomas Giorello. If they are to be believed, this will be the

Initially, Hero Trade by Matt Kindt and David Lapham was a hidden comic book., sent out to retailers without any indication it was the first published Bad

Pyrate Queen is the new comic book by Peter Milligan and Adam Pollina from Bad Idea Comics, one of their Final Five, published in September Which means that, as things come to a supposed "end", Bad Idea has expanded their line to three comics a month September will see Bad Idea publish The Lot #3 and[...]

Click on this link to see all the released titles so far. Refuse X Last Resorts by Matt Kindt, Marguerite Sauvage, Marc Russell and Adam Pollina, one of Bad Idea Comics' Final Five for November 2021 REFUSE Written by MATT KINDT Art & Cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE LAST RESORTS Written by MARK RUSSELL Art & Cover by ADAM POLLINA A PLANET-SIZED DOUBLE-SHOT $9.99  |[...]

Monster Kill Squad is the new comic book by Christos Gage and Tomas Giorello from Bad Idea Comics, one of the Final Five, published in September Bad Idea is the new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Hunter Gorinson, Atom Freeman, Warren Simons, and Joshua Johns A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour[...]

Bleeding Cool remains as sceptical as we can be regarding Bad Idea Comics' statement that they are closing at the end of the year – especially given a statement made on a podcast a month ago when they thought they were off the air But either way, today they have announced an even worse idea[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Bad Idea Comics was announcing they were closing at the end of the year The new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Hunter Gorinson, Atom Freeman, Warren Simons, and Joshua Johns A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of one-cover one-per-person comic book sales from big[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Bad Idea Comics were announcing they were closing at the end of the year And we really, really didn't believe them, and said as much This was only bolstered by the reaction from Bad Idea comic book creator Ramon Villalobos who replied to the news saying "In[...]

Bad Idea Comics has just posted the following on their social media And we think they are a bunch of liars You may recall that Bad Idea is the new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Hunter Gorinson, Atom Freeman, Warren Simons, and Joshua Johns A direct-to-retailer publisher, eschewing digital and trade paperbacks in favour of[...]

On May 12, 2021, Bad Idea, a new comics publisher who recently blacklisted another store, published Hank Howard: Pizza Detective In “Caligula’s Safe”, one

And there are rules as to what retailers are allowed to do, in order to sell their comic books. Rule #1: Limit one per customer.  Rule #2: Must be sold for no more than cover price for 30 day from street date. Rule #3: Bad Idea comics can be offered for pre-order but cannot be shipped to anyone[...]

Bad Idea has released their solicitations for comic books publishing in July 2021. Two launch titles, The Lot from Marguerite Bennett and Renato Guedes,

Bad Idea Comics claim that this is not an April Fool's Day joke But that they are about to publish a new comic book, Hank Howard, Pizza Detective In Caligula's Safe by Robert Vendetti and David Lapham for $1 and for one day only. What a Pizza Detective is, we are not told, but I am[...]

On Wednesday, Bad Idea Comics were promoting their comic book launch Eniac #1 in all manner of fashions The first official publication from the new comic book publisher set up by the people pushed out from Valiant entertainment when DMG bought it up With all manner of ways to differentiate themselves in the market –[...]