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Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston There has been all sorts of fuss over the announcement, then retraction that Orson Scott Card was to write a Superman story for DC Comics After the initial protests, and subsequent withdrawal by artist Chris Sprouse from the project, I was told by a senior DC source that they[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine, with its Free Comic Book Day special edition Including, and I'm expecting this will annoy and delight in equal measures, a Free Comic Book Day price guide, looking at past FCBD publications that are now worth money. But I've also written a list of comics that could change your life, and great comics[...]

And every article has a unique URL that gives its own message board thread on the website. As ever, the material in Bleeding Cool Magazine is only available in print, from your local comic store Consider it a $4.99 Bleeding Cool tax for reading this website every day And you get a free magazine! Yup, out[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston People understand Hollywood feuds exist, but find it strange similar behaviour might be exhibited in a field as lowly as that of, say, the comic book industry But people are people, human nature remains, it's just there's less money in comics Which often makes the behaviour worse, not better[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine #2 – Arriving in Jan 2013 – OCT120867 This Wednesday, Bleeding Cool Magazine #2 is out There's a stack of stuff in it, as always, but my big piece is a collection of comic book industry feuds, old and new, from some of your favourite names in comic books. Who hates who, why, and[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjrWtr1eUkg Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! Saga #9 is out! I love this book so much I'll be giving away the second print

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston I often run blind items, usually to protect me from legal action With Bill Jemas however, there's no problem, there is nothing you can say about him that he wouldn't clutch to his bosom with joy. Bill Jemas was a sports executive who was appointed as President by the Marvel[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine #2 – Arriving in Jan 2013 – OCT120867 Next week sees the publication of Bleeding Cool Magazine #2 – officially the best selling magazine in comic shops of 2012 And since there's no Walking Dead Magazine out in January, we may get the top spot for January 2013 as well. But apparently there are[...]

Attention all Publishers, Retailers and Advertisers… Bleeding Cool Magazine – the comic industry's long-overdue answer to a magazine fully dedicated to the hobby – wants to cover your product in upcoming issues! If you publish, sell or distribute comic books, or simply want to reach the sophisticated pop-culture consumer, there is no better place to reach your[...]

Bleeding Cool would like to say "Thank You!" to all retailers who are carrying Bleeding Cool Magazine in their stores The first issue, featuring over 100 pages of in-depth articles, interviews, previews and insider gossip – including the Top 100 list of the most powerful people in comics – is out today Go visit your favorite local[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston. It's a standard trope that movies don't affect the sales of comics, but I don't know if that's so true anymore We may not get the level of Batmania of the late eighties, but the likes of Watchmen, Walking Dead and Scott Pilgrim did very well indeed as a[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by William A Christensen & Mark Seifert. But a comic from the 1930s is a very different thing than an early issue of Newsweek or any other vintage magazine (though many vintage magazines can be quite cool in their own right) Comics are not perishable information like news, and what's more, comics[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Brendon Connelly. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie is clearly a very personal film Made in his new hometown of London, it's set in a fictionalised, miniaturised, stop-motion version of his native Burbank. Like Burton himself, the lead character, Victor Frankenstein, tragically loses his pet dog at a young age And also like Burton, he[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston. Welcome to the first Top 100 Power List for comics Its aim is to list the top 100 most powerful people in the English speaking comics industry. But how do you define power in the comics industry? The ability to hire and fire? The ability to commission a comic –[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Keith Davidsen It's hard to believe that Aspen Comics, the company founded by the late and beloved creator Michael Turner, is turning ten this coming January That's ten years of inspired artwork, ten years of action and adventure, ten years of fantastic new worlds that leap off the page! In celebration of[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Gavin Lees In the mid-twentieth century, Britain began to build upwards In place of the rubble and desolation caused by World War II, tower blocks were erected as quick solutions to house a booming population They offered futuristic monuments to post-war progress and reassurance in the vision of government It was[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston. Before Watchmen Sandman Zero DC Comics is going back to the past, revisiting the holy of holies to uncover new riches With or without the original creators But after these two monuments, what could be next? Well I've been sent a rather spurious document that may shed some light[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rick Verbanas. Veteran comic writers Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett have been playing in the cosmic playground for years Whether taking on the Legion of Super Heroes for DC Comics or Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel, this writing duo is known for entertaining tales which span worlds, galaxies and beyond[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Keith Davidsen Writer Tyler James wants to kill the Justice League, but he'll settle for The Alliance, a heroic team created for The Red Ten Illustrated by Cesar Feliciano, this ten-issue series is a cape-and-cowl revision of Agatha Christie's cherished whodunit, And Then There Were None The premise sees ten heroes[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Kate Kotler. This past January, Dark Horse announced the first reappearance of Ghost – a CGW character which hadn't been seen since 1998 – in issue 13 of Dark Horse Presents To many industry insiders, this seemed reason to speculate that Richardson and Dark Horse might be getting ready to take a shot at becoming[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Adi Tantimedh. Herbert Philips Lovecraft is arguably the most influential horror writer in the history of English Literature Virtually every horror writer and filmmaker from Stephen King to John Carpenter to Ramsay Campbell to Neil Gaiman to Guillermo Del Toro cite his work as a major influence on their own[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric. This summer, Top Cow did something somewhat revolutionary for one of the top comic publishers They decided to launch a campaign to bring back Marc Silvestri's Cyber Force in a way that makes the old Coke or Pepsi taste tests pale in comparison Through a Kickstarter campaign, they were[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Keith Davidsen When Valiant resurrected its pantheon of heroes this summer, one of its most beloved characters was noticeably absent: Jack Boniface, the supernatural champion known as Shadowman By the light of day, Boniface celebrated the cultural history of New Orleans as an aspiring jazz musician… but by night, he was[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric. "The Hulk would smash Superman." "Ashley J Williams would send Jason Voorhees back to momma in pieces." "Batman would make Chuck Norris' beard look like shredded cheese in a fight." We've all heard it These random conversations in the comic shop or convention where fans throw their theoretical versus challenges down and[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston So many comic book rumours and gossip revolve around comic book writers and artists But there's so much more dirt to be found in the lives of editors and publishers So welcome to this issue's blind items of industry gossip. Which editor once entered the executive area at the comics[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston. November! The nights are drawing in Americans are thankful for their country, celebrating with turkey, fireworks, and family Brits are thankful a Catholic terrorist didn't blow up Parliament and burn his effigy on a bonfire It's pretty much the same thing. One thing that won't be on that bonfire are[...]

Avatar, Boom, Dynamite and IDW, publishers with a similar bent… from Simon Spurrier's new Crossed Badlands Annual to Boom's serialisation of Fairy Quest, to Dynamite's launch of Garth Ennis' Red Team, to IDW's second My Little Pony comic, it's all go in February! And a third issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine. You know the first one[...]

   Attention all Publishers, Creators and Advertisers! Bleeding Cool Magazine – the comic industry's long-overdue answer to a magazine fully dedicated to the hobby – wants to cover your product in upcoming issues! Interested in being featured in an article or placing an advertisement? Contact Jim Kuhoric, Vice President of Publishing for Avatar Press, at jimkuhoric@bleedingcool.com[...]

This December, BLEEDING COOL #2 will hit the shelves, featuring a special All Ages Comics issue! Catch a glimpse of the cover here before anywhere else!   And, just for the heck of it, here is a copy of what BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #1 will look like, on sale in October Have you already reserved your copy?   [...]

This is not a Kickstarter for Bleeding Cool Magazine #1 But maybe you could treat it as one There are incentives! Look! Pledge $4.99 or more A copy of the first issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine sent to your local store for you to pick up in person. Est delivery: Oct 2012 Pledge $50 or more Retailer offer including Diamond[...]