On the 3rd of May, 2019, Marvel EIC C.B. Cebulski tweeted out "The last comic to sell a million copies was Star Wars #1, which was almost five years ago. I feel it's about time we publish another title that sells over seven figures. And I think I have an idea…" I understand that this […]
Akira Yoshida made his return to comics Friday, though not in the triumphant manner you might be expecting. Yoshida was the alias of current Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski, who only admitted to it after being named to the top Marvel editorial job. It's a story we often recount here on Bleeding Cool, and today […]
Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski once wrote comics for Marvel and Dark Horse under the pseudonym Akira Yoshida, with Marvel promoting those books at the time as authentically Japanese due to Yoshida's supposed heritage. Cebulski admitted it when he was promoted to Editor-in-Chief, calling it "all old news that has been dealt with." Marvel exec Sana […]
Marvel Comics has unveiled three connecting Spider-Man variants by Chinese artist Jie Yuan, the first of a series of variants celebrating Chinese New Year. The artist was chosen as part of a talent search conducted by Marvel and Wacom last year and has produced covers for Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality #3, Amazing Spider-Man #39, and […]
Last year, C.B. Cebulski's rich uncle, Rupert Horn, passed away and left his entire estate, consisting of $300 million dollars, to Cebulski, under one condition: in order to obtain the money, Cebulski had to publish 30 million Conan the Barbarian comics in two years. Cebulski took the challenge, and Marvel's Conan publishing strategy was born. […]
Earlier this month, Marvel Comics released a trailer for their next big super-mega-crossover event. Called Empyre (with a Y), the event was billed as "Marvel's most Earth-shattering event of 2020," which is really saying something considering Marvel puts out an average of fifteen Earth-shattering events every year. Unfortunately, all of the details of this event […]
In the cutthroat world of comics "journalism," reporters can't just sit around and wait for the news to happen. We have to make the news happen, whatever the cost. And in an internet click economy that incentivizes quantity over quality, there's nothing more important than having a few good sources that are always good for […]
Fan-favorite horse-alien character Beta Ray Bill is returning in the pages of Thor #3 in February, Marvel's solicitations revealed today for the third issue of the sure-to-be historic Thor run by The Bad Boy of Comics Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein. But Bill isn't returning as Thor's friend, according to the solicit, but as […]
Marvel has released a trailer for Thor #1, the upcoming relaunch from global entertainment superstar and fashion icon Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein. In the trailer, Cates promises to break all of the gods in the Marvel Universe. "If you've read anything that I've ever done, you know that I like to dive deep […]
Back in July, after Marvel unveiled the lineup for Marauders, one of the X-Books launching as part of the Dawn of X following Jonathan Hickman's line-wide X-Men relaunch, writer Sina Grace acknowledged that the book's roster appeared very similar to the cast of his Iceman comics. This came just one month after Grace opened up […]
Chris Claremont sat down with Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski for the Marvel Fanfare panel at New York Comic Con. Bleeding Cool had ace reporter Jemal Flores on the scene, ready to strike with the most important in the history of comic book journalism: will Marvel let Chris Claremont write an ongoing series? It's a question […]
For years, Marvel has paid legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont to remain Marvel exclusive, but since the end of 2014's Nightcrawler series, the House of Ideas hasn't had an idea for Claremont to write anything other than the occasional one-shot or short story in an anthology. Why would the biggest superhero comic book publisher in […]
With Final Order Cutoff approaching on Monday, Marvel Comics has released a trailer for the upcoming Ghost Rider #1, the relaunch focusing on Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch by writer Ed Brisson and artist Aaron Kuder, set to hit stores on October 2nd. "We could not be more excited about Ghost Rider #1," says Marvel […]
A lot of things could be said about Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski — and many of them have been — but one thing you can't say is that ol' Chester lacks confidence. Cebulski gave an interview to Newarama this week, and the website wanted to know what he thought Marvel could be doing better for […]
Because it's not like he has any better venue to offer this sort of criticism or anything, Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski took to Twitter on Saturday to call out "a lot of new writers" for trying to cram in too much story into their comics due to not knowing "how long it will last." I […]
Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski took to Twitter Tuesday to call out comic book website Newsarama for daring to guess which upcoming comic book Cebulski claimed would sell a million copies. @Newsarama I don't believe I ever said which comic I thought would sell a million copies. Please don't assume and put words in my mouth. […]
Two days ago, Marvel set the comic book world alight with speculation by posting a teaser image featuring the number 4 made out of spider webs, prompting speculation that the House of Ideas was either teasing a Spider-Man/Fanastic Four crossover or a comic book adaptation of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 script. #MarvelComics pic.twitter.com/tqeAGUaEVl — Marvel […]
Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski is taking cues from a friend of his boss, Ike Perlmutter, by calling on comic book creators to retaliate against the media. Cebulski took to Twitter to deride recent clickbait headlines about his appearance at a Swedish comic book convention which have originated at ComicBook.com and spread to other shameless, click-thirsty […]
Marvel doesn't have a lot of tricks up its sleeve when it comes to selling comic books. While "The House of Ideas" is technically an accurate moniker, Marvel could more precisely be described as "The House of Exactly Four Ideas." Those comic-selling ideas are, in no particular order: Super-Mega-Crossover event that will shake the Marvel […]
When Marvel Comics began teasing creative teams for what Bleeding Cool has told you is a Marvel #1000 anthology, C.B. Cebulski's master plan to sell a million comics in August, there was a very glaring problem that was difficult to ignore. Marvel is a publisher that claims to reflect "the world outside your window," but […]
