(Top Cow/Image Comics, creative team: Matt Hawkins, Colleen Doran, Bryan Valenza, Troy Peteri) The sneaky thing about this work — and some other near future science fiction cautionary tales from writer Matt Hawkins, like Wildfire, — is that this is actually a horror story. Instead of jump scares and bloody blades wielded by relentless psychopaths, […]
This Wednesday sees the release of The Clock #1 by Matt Hawkins and Colleen Doran, from Top Cow/Image Comics. We ran this preview before. But that's enough of a reason to run them again, right? CLOCK #1 (W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Colleen Doran MINISERIES PREMIERE Within three weeks, hundreds of millions of healthy people worldwide contract various forms of […]
We mentioned that it had been a long time coming. But now we have pages, and a date. The Clock #1 by Matt Hawkins and Colleen Doran, for January 2020, from Top Cow/Image Comics. CLOCK #1 (W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Colleen Doran MINISERIES PREMIERE Within three weeks, hundreds of millions of healthy people worldwide contract […]
Back in 2016, Top Cow Publisher and President Matt Hawkins posted; What would happen if people started dying around the world in record numbers from cancer? It appears to be spreading like a virus and it's fast. By the time it's diagnosed it's too late… An eugenics conspiracy thriller about overpopulation, scarce resources and survival […]
Do you know WEBTOON? They publish digital comics through a phone app and the web. The company would certainly love it if you have. They are the most-read digital publisher in the world. They are the most-read comics publisher on the planet. WEBTOON originally launched in South Korea in 2004 and launched in the US […]
Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The 10 most-read stories yesterday Tuk The Caveboy Responsible For The X-Men? Franklin Richards as the New Galactus? Two Histories Of The Marvel Universe, Tomorrow… […]
Dark Horse Comics has announced a comic book adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples, a retelling of the Snow White fairytale coming to comic stores in August by Colleen Doran. A press release contains details of the adaptation: Neil Gaiman's chilling retelling of the Snow White fairytale, Snow, Glass, Apples has been gloriously adapted […]
Much has been written about social media service Tumblr's recent decision to ban porn from its site, and we're not going to rehash it here. All we'll say is that the writing was probably on the wall the moment Yahoo, a company we assure you does in fact still exist for some reason, purchased the […]
With the Justice League movie fast approaching and the buzz for the recent Wonder Woman film still going, I was giving an opportunity to chat with some of the guests at next weekends New Jersey Comic Expo (Nov 18th-19th). One of the guest is comic artist/writer Colleen Doran who has worked on the character as […]
Colleen Doran will take her place amongst legends like Sir Robert Liefeld, Trina Robbins, and Jeff Smith as a recipient of the highest of Wizard World honors. Wizard World launched its Hall of Legends back in may, inducting superstar artist and comics luminary Rob Liefeld as its inaugural member. Since then, Trina Robbins, Jeff Smith, […]
Comics are a rewarding pursuit followed by passionate individuals. But sometimes: One of the many, many, many (many) reasons that comics may break your heart is that, often, they don't pay very well. The notion of the "starving artist" isn't just a metaphor when it comes to comics. We all recall the Peoria Comic Con incident […]
On Twitter, superstar writer Gail Simone and superstar artist Colleen Doran have entered into what is practically a legally binding agreement to respectively write and draw more comics featuring Star-Blossom, the character they jointly created for last year's Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special, effective starting tomorrow. Last night, Simone tweeted: I would write more Star-Blossom tomorrow, […]
A lot has been said on Twitter in the wake of Axel Alonso's comments about artists' ability to move the needle. Bleeding Cool has collected some of that into a handy article that you can click right now. Not necessarily in direct response to Alonso's comments, Colleen Doran had some thoughts on the importance of art […]
By Joe Glass After just two months, Wonder Woman has lost her position at the UN as an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. And frankly, that is an utter shame. What seem to be the main reasons for those protesting, petitioning and ultimately seeing the fictional character removed from the position […]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on an outraged mom from Washington who wants a book banned from the high school library in her hometown of Issaquah. The trouble started when she found what she described as "erotica" and "naked and sexual" images in the hands of her fourteen-year-old son, and the book in question is Mangaman, a […]
A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication… Superman/Wonder Woman #27 was solicited with art by Doug Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza but will be by Cliff Richards. Cyborg #8 was solicited with art by Felipe Watanabe, but Daniel HDR and Julio Ferreira were added. Flash #49 was solicited with art by Jesus Merino but is actually by Philippe Briones Justice League 3001 […]
It was the Alan Moore spinoff that could. A new kind of digital comic book envisioned for his planned movie, The Show, that became real. And, with arts funding, saw the publication of a number of short comics in that format created by well known writers and artists, and a generator so that anyone could have […]
Three years ago, it was revealed that Colleen Doran was collaborating with Neil Gaiman on an adaptation of one of his short stories for Dark Horse Comics. Today we discover which one. His classic story Troll Bridge, being adapted as part of a series of graphic novels from Dark Horse, and published in September 2016. […]
At the ElectriComics panel at Thought Bubble this morning, the panel were asked if any of their digital comics (free on the iOS App) would appear in print. Mitch Jenkins, the man who helped get the funding for the project and longtime Alan Moore collaborator had an answer. He said that they have been talking to […]
The Electricomics app launched on September 2nd, 2015, and when it did, it represented the culmination of many months of research, documentation, development, and comic creation for a rather large number of dedicated people. The participants ranged from the software development team for the app, Ocasta Studios, to the funding body that granted development resources […]
