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It's a brilliant plan, if Marvel's goal is simply to look good in quarterly sales reports, which all evidence of the past decades seems to indicate is the case. But no more! Er… maybe. Asked at their presentation at the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 if Marvel would eliminate this practice, which entices retailers to order extra[...]

In recent weeks, Bleeding Cool has covered the propensity for Marvel Comics to offer brand-new collections on ComiXology for under a buck. It was the first question asked of Marvel Comics at the Diamond Retailer Summit held in Chicago today, and apparently, it's a mystery to Marvel as well.

Cebulski revealed the news at Marvel's presentation during the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today According to Cebulski, starting with Avengers #1 and running throughout all of Marvel's fresh, shiny #1 issues, Marvel will introduce a new trade dress featuring the dual numbering Cebulski specifically called out the move as geared toward collectors The trade[...]

Spilling out from the Diamond Retail Summit in Chicago today, Marvel Comics has made an announcement regarding their relationship with retailers. They are still not doing any returnability, but they will implement delayed and extended billing for certain key titles.

At the Diamond Retail Summit in Chicago today, Marvel Comics showed off a new preview of Ed McGuinness's art from the upcoming Avengers #1, written by Jason Aaron.

At the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today, Marvel's presentation was set to happen after lunch, with DC's presentation happening before that Marvel had some big news about the sales numbers for their landmark Amazing Spider-Man #800 — the comic has sold almost 300,000 copies to retailers so far That's a big accomplishment, even if it's less[...]

During their lunchtime presentation at the summit before C2E2, international book publisher Dorling Kindersley (DK) revealed a slate of books that mostly consisted of visual dictionaries. They've got the Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary, the Star Wars Complete Visual Dictionary, and even a Lego DC Super Heroes Visual Dictionary Other offerings included a book about The Rock's pro[...]

Quirk Books came to the Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago today, bringing a tonne of books to look at. More of a traditional book publisher, they do nevertheless have a line that could be described as comics-adjacent.

At the Diamond Retail Summit today, taking place in Chicago ahead of C2E2, DC Comics Publisher Dan DiDio had plenty to say He spoke about upcoming DC Comic books, what was launching, what was selling what was being delayed, that kind of thing But he also had time to mention that he thought Lobo's newly[...]

DC Comics may have announced 1 million sales for the first issue of DC Nation Zero, but at the Diamond retailer summit at Chicago happening right now they also gave a little sneak peek at issues one and two coming later this year -- and also how many copies retailers should expect to receive.

Following reports yesterday that website League of Comic Geeks would launch a competing pull list service for retailers, with both a free and $30/month tier, Diamond announced today at the Retailer Summit ahead of C2E2 that their own pull list service, Pullbox, will be free for all retailers for more than a year In addition,[...]

John Layman, off of Chew, will be debuting an ashcan edition of his new comic book Leviathan #1 at C2E2 — and a poster too He'll be showing the ashcans off at the Diamond Retailer Summit starting today but will have only a hundred of each for the show. He tells us that the Leviathan crew are doing a[...]

Bleeding Cool noted that C2E2 would have a debut from Source Point Press and Comic Experience, The Family Graves. A new four-issue mini-series by Tim Bach, Brian Atkins, Dijjo Lima, and Marco Della Verde. Phil Graves is an alchemical engineer who has recently turned into an unpredictably shifting werewolf He and his dysfunctional, mismatched family of monsters must race[...]

The entire Shattered Grid event seems to be driving interest in both Power Rangers series, with Go Go Power Rangers #8 selling out quickly on the heels of introducing a new dark Pink Ranger, aka the Ranger Slayer. But now BOOM! Studios is rather fortuitously arriving at the C2E2 Diamond Retailer Summit with a one-per-retailer variant cover by Marc Laming to Mighty[...]

C2E2 is coming in Chicago next week, and there will be plenty of exclusive and debut comic books there from publishers and creators alike Here are 66 we found Many more to come, no doubt… feel free to tell us about them at richjohnston@gmail.com. UPDATE: C2E2 themselves will be selling a Rick & Morty variant by Sean[...]

Getting a head start on C2E2 announcements a week and a half before the convention starts, Dark Horse has announced the next comic in the Black Hammer universe: The Quantum Age From the creative team of Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres, Dave Stewart, and Nate Piekos, and featuring a cover by Torres and a variant by[...]

Diamond Comic Distributor founder, President, CEO, and sole owner Steve Geppi will give the Keynote Speech during Diamond's 2018 Retailer Summit, on April 6th at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, before C2E2. Geppi's address will focus on "The Past, Present and Future of the Comics Industry" and take place at the closing breakfast. "I'm looking forward[...]

Marvel's C2E2 schedule has been revealed, and it looks like attendees to the show in April could get their first real picture of the plans of new Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B Cebulski Cebulski, who started in the job after 2017's major convention season had ended, will be on hand at C2E2 for several panels, including a[...]

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Credit: (left) ReedPOP / (right) Syfy Wire ReedPOP and Syfy Wire are set to give fans who can't make it out to Chicago, Seattle or New York City this year the next best thing to being there, with the editorial arm of NBCUniversal's Syfy cable network striking a deal with the event producer to be the exclusive[...]

Tickets are on sale today for C2E2, ReedPop's Chicago comic convention that's become one of the biggest shows of the year And it just got bigger by about 290 pounds of bulging muscle, because pro wrestling superstar and star of such films as Blade Runner 2049 and Guardians of the Galaxy, Dave Bautista, has been[...]

Back at C2E2, Rich Henn and I got to interview Mage creator Matt Wagner With Mage: The Hero Denied out now at comic shops, it seems only appropriate to finally get this episode up for the world. Rich and Wagner are actually friends, so I let Rich take over the interview this time Wagner is a[...]

On the first day of C2E2, Henn and I had a pretty good day Henn admits he prefers to physically read, and smell, comics, while I'm a little more hesitant about that (but yes, I know a lot of people do it) but if they smell of leaves that happen to be celebrated on 4:20, all[...]

Cosplayers coming to C2E2 brought their A game last weekend with their cosplay! From superheroes, to Disney, to very creative mash ups (Jedi Rapunzel!) there was a little bit of everything. As someone who once cosplayed at every con (I've since stopped because I'm lazy) I always appreciate the effort put out by every single cosplayer[...]

This past weekend at C2E2, Valiant Comics released their newest limited edition beer, the XO Manowar beer! The party was held at the Cobra Lounge, a rather awesome place that I'd likely make my hangout spot all the time if I was a local. The XO beer was surprisingly good, but I'm partial to a good[...]

Tana Ford, courtesy of Greg Baldino Bleeding Cool had eyes and ears at C2E2, and reporter Greg Baldino roamed the floors today, and has landed us this interview. Check it out! It's day three of C2E2 and my brain feels like a piñata in a hurricane so let's jump right in with Silk artist Tana Ford! Greg: (after restarting[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Secret Empire Free Comic Book Day special, which will be in stores on May 6. At the Secret Empire panel at C2E2 last night, a few lucky fans were invited onstage to read Secret Empire FCBD early… @TheRyanMacLean You're gonna be so salty about the Free Comic Book Day issue of[...]

Earlier today while waiting in line for Jason Aaron, a Marvel rep came around shouting at the line that no window bags, mylars with holes cut out for

Here's another one. But according to Spencer, the difference between Twitter and "real life" is "unreal." The evidence? A Marvel fan panel at C2E2 for Secret Empire, which as we all know, is an accurately distributed representation of the opinions of all comic fans in real life, unlike Twitter, which is all just biased haters. https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/855887670215671808 https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/855890431678324736 Even people from[...]

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool told you how Canadian artist and cartoonist Gisele Lagace was turned away at the US border, as she was driving down to Chicago for C2E2, thanks to some unfinished sketches in the back of the car, which she told US customs officials she would be working on while she was[...]