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Keanu Reeves arrives for the John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' L.A. Special Screening on May 15, 2019 in Hollywood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com
Running over three days next week, the $35 ticket will include featured speakers, including Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Warren, and a certain Keanu Reeves. Who has a certain graphic novel to talk about, BRZRKR from Boom Studios And he will be joined by co-writer Matt Kindt, and artist Ron Garney His launch issue set records in comic[...]
Venom, BRZRKR and Invincible Top Advance Reorder Comics
Strong performances with Cullen Bunn's new Basilisk from Boom, and Out Of Body from Aftershock. Venom, BRZRKR and Invincible Top Advance Reorders By Comic Shops Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their advance reorders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected,[...]
Marvel Comics June 2021 Solicitations And Solicits
Last year, Alessandro Vitti was all ready to be the artist on Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt's comic book BRZRKR #1 But a month before the comic book was due to launch, suddenly he wasn't anymore, replaced by Ron Garney. Even the variant cover that he'd done was replaced by one by Mark Brooks[...]
Boom To Launch 1:250 and 1:200 Foil Covers For BRZRKR #3 and #4
So people seem to like the BRZRKR limited edition foil covers With the BRZRKR #1 third printing foil cover going for up to $400 on eBay, and the second printing foil cover going for up to $300, and the first printing foil covers for up to $50. BRZRKR #2 got a couple of foil covers too[...]
Going BRZRKR For Keanu Reeves
Last week saw the release of Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #2 with actual-writer Matt Kindt and actual-artist Ron Garney, with FOC numbers for #3 being fixed next week. Despite its massive print runs, BRZRKR continues to be a favorite among collectors and speculators, with YouTubers like Tom Garcia and Russ Bright of ComicTom101 show declaring BRZRKR one[...]
BRZRKR #2 Tops Advance Reorders
BRZRKR #2 second printing dominated advance reorders this week, with Star Wars 5th printings and Geiger 3rd printings But for unreleased titles, the Immortal Hulk one-shot got a lot more interest as retailers started to realise that it might just matter. Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase[...]
BRZRKR #2 Gets Red Stripe And Anti-Red Strips Surprise Variants
Retailers report to Bleeding Cool that tomorrow's delayed release of Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt and Ron Garney's BRZRKR #2 from Boom Studios has gained a little surprise. The main cover to issue  2 by Rafael Grampa has been split into three, including two 1:20  Black & White Surprise Variants (with Red Stripe and Without Red Stripe)[...]
PrintWatch: BRZRKR, Laila Starr, Nocterra, Silk, Beta Ray Bill
As we informed you last week, Keanu Reeves' record-setting BRZRKR #1, with co-writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney, has gone to a fourth printing featuring a brand new cover by Rafael Grampa It's also a full foil cover, just like the second and third printings, but this time publisher Boom Studios has opted for[...]
PrintWatch: BRZRKR Gets 4th Printing, Also Webhead, Laila Starr, Silk
PrintWatch: BRZRKR #1 is going to a fourth printing with a new full foil cover version of Rafael Grampa's cover To be published on the 19th of May 2021. PrintWatch: BRZRKR Gets 4th Printing   PrintWatch:  Nocterra #2, second printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 5th "We're sincerely blown away by the enthusiasm[...]
BRZRKR #1 Foil Cover Third Printing Allocated To 10,000 Copies
BRZRKR continues to top the Advance Reorders charts, even though its third printing was allocated to just 10,000 copies And there's a strong follow-up performance from Silk after the success of the debut issue The long-delayed The Marvels also gets an order bump, and Alien and Geiger battle it out over second printings Plenty of[...]
The New Second Printing Boom
But the foil covers aren't the only thing heating up over at Boom… second printings are doing the same thing. Leading the pack is BRZRKR #1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney with its foil second printing cover fetching prices at and above $100 on the aftermarket No doubt this is in part because[...]
BRZRKR #1 Foil Cover Third Printing Allocated To 10,000 Copies
BRZRKR, the new comic book by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney and Bill Crabtree has been a monster hit for comic book stores this year, with a massive 615,000+ first print orders, a hundred thousand more for the second printing and now getting a third printing – but Boom studios will be limiting the[...]
BRZRKR 1:1000 Signed By Jonboy Meyers Rarer Than Those By Keanu Reeves
Jonboy Meyers gets in touch to tell me that he had a few copies of the 1:1000 BRZRKR #1 covers that are not signed by Keanu Reeves but instead are signed by him He is auctioning them off, with the proceeds going to charity. It turns out that Keanu Reeves signed 670 500 copies of[...]
A Look At Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #2
Here's a first look at next month's second issue of BRZRKR #2, the twelve-issue limited series from Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Bill Crabtree, and Clem Robins, available in a month on the 28th of April, 2021 And it takes the immortal demi-god back to his days as a caveman again. Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #2 BRZRKR[...]
Something Is BRZRKR-ing The Children
Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors. Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #2 Dominates Advance Reorders And it is Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney and Bill[...]
Something Is BRZRKR-ing The Children
As we first informed you, Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #1 with Matt Kindt and Ron Garney is the highest ordered comic  book in comic shops in almost 30 years at 625,000+ copies And just yesterday, 134,000 new first printings of BRZRKR #1 arrived in comic shops in the form of two foil covers already causing quite[...]
Something Is BRZRKRing The Children
Yesterday saw the delayed release of the foil cover version of Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney ++Bill Crabtree's comic book, BRZRKR #1 With another 175,000 copies dropping onto the market just as the news of the inevitable film/TV adaptation starring Keanu hits But alongside the comic book, is an offer for BRZRKR fans to[...]
BRZRKR
Fans of the BOOM! Studios comic book series BRZRKR co-written by Keanu Reeves is going to hear what Netflix has to say On Monday, the streaming service announced that the comics would be making the leap to the big and small screens Reeves is set to executive produce and star in a film adaptation of the[...]
BRZRKR #2’s “Surprise Incentive” May See It Top The Charts Again
This coming Wednesday sees the release of the two full foil covers for BRZRKR #1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney, which at over 615,000 copies is the highest ordered series in almost 30 years. But with fresh first printings arriving Wednesday, why did Boom rush to a second print? Not only did reorder[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday 19th March
Returnable for stores who order 10 or more. Canto returns with City Of The Giants #1 and a 1:10 and 1:25 variant. BRZRKR #2 is up with 1:256, 1:50 1:100, 1:150 and 1:250 covers. Home #1 by Julio Anta and Anna Wieszczyk is launching from Image Comics, returnable to registered retailers. Jules Verne's Lighthouse #1 by David Hine and[...]
Marvel Comics June 2021 Solicitations And Solicits
Last year, Alessandro Vitti was all ready to be the artist on Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt's comic book BRZRKR #1 But a month before the comic book was due to launch, suddenly he wasn't any more, replaced by Ron Garney Even the variant cover that he'd done was replaced by one by Mark Brooks[...]
Comparing Alessandro Vitti To Ron Garney On Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR
Last year, Alessandro Vitti was all ready to be the artist on Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt's comic book BRZRKR #1 But a month before the comic book was due to launch, suddenly he wasn't any more, replaced by Ron Garney Even the variant cover that he'd done was replaced by one by Mark Brooks[...]
PrintWatch: Ron Garney's BRZRKR Second Printing Cover For Keanu Reeves
This morning, Bleeding Cool let you know that, despite having a whopping order of 615,000 copies of the first issue from comic book stores, BRZRKR #1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Bill Crabtree and Clem Robin was going back to a second printing We didn't have the cover then, but we do now,[...]
PrintWatch: Keanu Reeves BRZRKR Gets 2nd Print, And More
PrintWatch: The highest-ordered standard-priced comic by comic book shops in almost thirty years – BRZRKR #1 – has sold out at the distributor level and a second printing is imminent How many more copies beyond the 615,000 already ordered will retailers need to satiate demand for Keanu Reeves in their stores? Well, that probably depends[...]
Keanu Reeve's BRZRKR is Comic Book Casserole
Keanu Reeves makes his comic writing debut via Kickstarter campaign, teaming up with a formidable and established crew of hard-hitting talent in the industry; co-writer Matt Kindt (Justice League of America), artist Ron Garney (Wolverine), and colorist Bill Crabtree (BPRD).  Crabtree specifically shines in BRZRKR with his rapid changing scenes of warm to cool tone[...]
Out First Look At New Batman Villain, Simon Saint (Spoilers)
Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Batman #106 – Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Batman is usually the week's Bestseller List top-seller when it is out, but it had some seriously strong competition this week[...]
BRZRKR Review
BRZRKR time… As we've well covered, this is the biggest week in comics in quite some time DC launched their newest event with Infinite Frontier #0, Image rolled out the hotly anticipated Nocterra by former DC headliners Scott Snyder and Tony Daniel, Marvel dropped the first series written and drawn by Peach Momoko – X-Men:[...]
BRZRKR Review
It's BRZRKR time… The comic book world is full of celebrities, actors, screenwriters, musicians, who fancy a go at doing comic books And comic book publishers are happy to take them on, hoping they might bring a section of their undiscerning fanbase along Some, like Gerard Way, Eve L Ewing, Max Bemis, Joss Whedon, Darryl[...]
BRZRKR Review
Keanu Reeves has co-created his first comic book, BRZRKR #1 with Matt Kindt and Ron Garney, to be published by Boom Studios next Wednesday You can read Bleeding Cool's first review right here. "Violence I'm cursed and compelled by it An undying harbinger of death After centuries of bloodshed,  I'm finally close to an answer[...]
Next Week Will Be A Monster Week In Comics - If They All Arrive
I reviewed back here, I think it may explode. Boom Studios has BRZRKR, the Keanu Reeves comic, with 2/3 of a million pre-orders. IDW has the second issue of Star Wars Adventures: High Republic. Marvel Comics has Peach Momoko's first superhero comics with Demon Days: X-Men launching And the third issue of Star Wars: High Republic[...]