Yesterday, we looked at DC Comics' confirmation of comic books that would be returnable through Diamond Comic Distributors, as part of arrangements regarding the impact of the global pandemic. Today, Dynamite Entertainment has announced an extension of their returnability of all stock to retailers through August. This enables retailers to order in confidence, whatever may […]
In a letter to employees, vendors, and retailers, owner and founder of Diamond Comic Distributors, Steve Geppi, announced that he is resuming the role of President, Geppi Family Enterprises (GFE), in addition to his Chairman and CEO role. He writes; "Today I am announcing an organizational change that will help us lean even further into […]
A number of comic book retailers, including Brian Hibbs of Comix Experience in San Francisco have put a document together. It has the aim of remaking the direct market of comic book retailers, when the industry returns to printing, publishing and distribution. Hibbs was notably opposed to the ComicHub plan to provide digital versions of […]
Here is the list of all titles being published for Thursday, December 26th. It's a small list. There are no ongoing DC Comics titles. But there is the East Of West finale. The Fight Club 3 finale. The Incoming Marvel one-shot. And the launch of Venom Island, Kill Lock and Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme. Oh […]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool looked at the Doom Signal sent out by Lex Luthor to indicate that Doom has won the public vote over Justice, signifying the beginning of the Hostile Takeover part of DC's Year of The Villain, Scott Snyder's take on the dangers of populism. And running through all ongoing DC Comics this month, […]
The City University of London is launching a new module for their English Master Of Arts degree, which will allow students to make more choices by looking at refugee comics as well as traditional texts and novels. The Image and Text module which is led by Dr Dominic Davies, Lecturer in English, will focus on […]
Iron Man 2020 begins with a new #1 in January 2020 from Marvel Comics, with Arno Stark in the titular costume. But in months to come there are more series tying in, making this the first comic book event of the year. February 2020 will see the launch of two mini-series to accompany Iron Man […]
Solicited as an ongoing series, and originally listed on Amazon as 'Volume 1', Doom Patrol: Weight Of The Worlds will have its final issue in January with #7 and its Amazon listing for the collection has had the volume number stripped off it. DOOM PATROL: WEIGHT OF THE WORLDS #7 written by GERARD WAY and […]
At the beginning of the week, Marvel Comics hosted a big Stan Lee Memorial event at the New Amsterdam theatre in Manhattan. With plenty of comic book creators still in town for New York Comic Con, it became a big thing with the likes of Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox, Ming-Na Wen, Joe Quesada, Bob Layton, […]
DC Comics was founded as National Alliance Publications in 1934. And just as Marvel Comics has been rewriting and reconsolidating its past, present and future with Marvel Comics #1000, the History Of The Marvel Universe and House/Powers Of X, we have seen in recent days that DC Comics is doing something similar as well as […]
Stuart Immonen may just have had his Marvel Monograph cancelled. But he's got more news to celebrate. He is the artist of Joe Hill's new comic book for the Hill Horror Comics imprint of DC Comics Black Label, Plunge. Best known for his exceptional work on Nextwave, Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers, Dear Itself, Superman, […]
Berger Books, Karen Berger's imprint from Dark Horse Comics is publishing a new Peter Milligan comic book, Tomorrow, a new five-issue series for February, drawn by Jesús Hervas with colours by James Devlin. In the wake of devastation, musical prodigy Oscar Fuentes is separated from his twin sister Cira. Without the support of each other […]
At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast being held at New York Comic Con, London-based comic book publisher Titan Comics announced a title rather close to home. An official graphic novel adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom Of The Opera, planned for June 2020. By Cavan Scott and José María Beroy And indeed, it was […]
Batman Creature Of The Night is a prestige mini-series that has been a long time coming from Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon. The first issue came out in late November 2017, intended to be a companion piece to Batman: Secret Identity. Young Bruce Wainwright lost his parents in a violent crime…and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save […]
Joe Hill's new comic book series Basketful Of Heads (and it is all I have in me not to add a double L on the end of that first word) is the lead book in his pop-up imprint for DC Comics dubbed Hill House Comics. Drawn by Leomacs, with covers from Reiko Muramaki, as well […]
The Flash By Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol 1 is getting a new cover and new contents in a new printing, being rush-solicited through for FOC in a couple of weeks. The previous edition collected The Flash #164-176, plus The Flash: Our Worlds at War #1, The Flash: Iron Heights #1, and The Flash Secret Files #3, with this cover. This […]
DC Comics is looking to make more titles returnable for retailers, something they have made standard policy of late, despite the added costs and knocks to the official statistics that it brings. But rather than make this available to lower-profile titles that other publishers have focused on, DC Comics are doing it to their bigger […]
Jeremy Whitely, creator of Princeless Bride and Raven: Pirate Princess, was at SPX this weekend. When some rather unfortunate news went wide. Bleeding Cool reported the word coming out of a recent Marvel summit, that the Future Foundation title written by Jeremy was to be cancelled. That the decision had been made just after the […]
Doomsday Clock #12, the final issue of the unauthorised comic book sequel to Watchmen by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, published by DC Comics, will be out on the penultimate Wednesday of 2019. Just in time for Christmas Day. And in the wake of the unauthorised TV sequel on HBO. So, yes, that will continue […]
It's been a long wait. But, yes, as we noted, DC Comics' December 2019 solicitations indicate that Doomsday Clock #12 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank will be out before the end of the year. And given that issue 11 came out a couple of weeks ago, and given the many delays, that's probably a […]
