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ObamaCare, explained in comic book form by Greg Farrell, previously of the Strand Bookstore Labor Dispute Comic… ObamaCare, explained in comic book form by Greg Farrell, previously of the Strand Bookstore Labor Dispute Comic… ObamaCare, explained in comic book form by Greg Farrell, previously of the Strand Bookstore Labor Dispute Comic… ObamaCare, explained in comic[...]

And here's what you might be doing… 9:30-10:20 ComicsPRO "Fresh Start"— Your day at Comic-Con gets off to a friendly and professional start with ComicsPRO, the retailer trade association Retailers, publishers, and distributors are welcome to kick off their convention day with colleagues, coffee, bagels, and conversation Bring your business card! Room 19 Tags:  Retailer Programming 10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-To:[...]

Another Thursday, another weekly chapter of Crossed: Wish You Were Here by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. Or rather another interlude. Slow

It's a problem that once comic conventions never thought they'd have to face Too much success. This weekend, the Calgary Comic And Entertainment Expo (at which Avatar are appearing) did their best impression of the first year of New York Comic Con, with fire marshalls denying access to the show due to overcrowding and fears of[...]

There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic from Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine out right now. You know, around this time last year, I was getting Gary Erskine to draw the royal wedding biography of Prince William It's funny how a year can change things… There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were[...]

OKay, so slightly late to the party, due to a little manic time management, an exclusive extended preview of today's A Game Of Thrones comic, and a batch of not-extended-at-all previews of Dynamite titles out today. GEORGE R.R MARTIN'S A GAME OF THRONES #7 32 pages FC •  $3.99  • Teen + Written by GEORGE R.R[...]

Here's the Near Mint issue of Avengers #1 that was rescued from being thrown in the dumpster by Steve Eyre of World Of Superheroes in Sheffield, and

When is a comic book store the hippest, happening place in the world? When it's in a video for Rhyme O'Clock by Word Burglar Say hello to a new look for the Silver Snail in Toronto. Along with ES 209, the Millenium Falcon, Rorschach and a Venom T-shirt, with mentions of Spock, Loki, Red Skull and[...]

[Laughter]  And I'm glad you brought up your beliefs, because digging deeper into Fables, it's clear that your personal worldview is innately tied to the series.  Now, I don't know if you follow Bleeding Cool, and have seen some of the recent discussions — From time to time. Oh, great.  I don't know if you've seen the[...]

Given the way the final episode of the second series of The Walking Dead ended, coupled with her origin being briefly told in this month's Playboy, there's a sudden demand for anything related to Michonne, the mysterious warrior woman with a penchant for sword slinging. A copy of her first appearance in the comic, issue 19,[...]

Quest New R/R thread starts on Sunday! Si Spurrier's new Crossed webcomic went live today... Si's Instructions: I want you to imagine you're stuck in Beverly Hills during the first 48 hours of the Crossed outbreak I want you to draw me the Crossed actor, musician, or worthless celebrity skinwaste of your choice I want to see Charlie[...]

As the week's controversial Doonesbury strips get leaked in full (find it in colour here), a number of newspapers have been reconsidering their reaction to drop the strip this week. The Des Moines Register reports; This week's series of Doonesbury comic strips — they deal with a woman's visit to a Texas abortion clinic — will appear[...]

Gnu Books, a twenty-seven year old comic and used book store of Ajax, Ontario is shutting down Its lease has been terminated for being behind on the rent Comics and books remaining in the store are being cleaned out for a dollar each. The store's other outley in Oshawa location is still open and the owner[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcuNYmjHog[/youtube] Josh Viola of Leviathan Games has created The Bane Of Yoto, a digital comic for the iPhone 4 and iPads, using tilt controls to alter the way you see different levels on the page The background and foreground of the panel turn as you twist the page. It basically gives the illustration a three dimensionality in[...]

Juliet Landau, who played Drusilla in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel TV series is to write a Buffy Season 9 spinoff comic, featuring her acting alter ego This is one of two such spinoff series promised by editor Scott Allie to accompany the ongoing Buffy and Angel & Faith. It is also the first[...]

Viz is Britain's best selling comic, selling to adults, from the top shelf of many a newsstand It's a heady mix of social satire and sexual parodies of classic children's comics, with a series of Onion-like parodies of modern newspapers and the kind of feature stories they run, with little journalistic merit It's also very[...]

As in 2010 and 2011, Diamond Comic Distributors is holding its annual Retailer Summit at the Chicago McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago in the days before, and in the same building as, C2E2. But rather than the one day of programming, talks and presentations on the Thursday and a retailer breakfast on the Friday, this[...]

This is a teaser trailer for a preview of a comic book I think that's correct. A prelude Supercrooks story by Mark Millar (and, by absentia, not Leinil Yu) will appear in March's copy of CLiNT magazine and, apparently, won't appear anywhere else. Though I'll bet you it will appear in the eventual trade paperback. Just not in[...]

After Becky Cloonan stepped down from drawing the upcoming Image comic series MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet, based on the classic TV series and written by Tony Lee and show creator Lee David Zlotoff, the pair went on a bit of a talent hunt Bleeding Cool even got involved. The winer is Irish artist Will Sliney, who has[...]

Yesterday, Image Comics published Mudman, a new superhero comic book by Paul Grist. And I thought it was out of this world In a very in-this-world sort of way. Oh sure there is a super power involved, there is fantasy, there are dream sequences that seem to predict the future, or a future, there are costumes and[...]

I do love a good comic book parody. Yesterday I was asked by a comic book publisher to write an upcoming parody comic book and it got me thinking as to my favourite comic parodies.I've had a go at a few myself, principally X-Flies, Civil Wardrobe and Watchmensch, but I don't think I'll ever be able[...]

So DC and Warners may be tieing The Big Bang Theory and the DC New 52 Relaunch together. But Disney has beaten them to it with Marvel and Castle on ABC.

John Belushi was originally cast to play Dr Peter Venkman in the movie Ghostbusters, alongside his comedy colleague on Saturday Night Live and spinoff The

We never got it in Britain, the toys or the cartoons, I know there's something about a robot lion involved but that is the limit of my knowledge. Anyway, Dynamite are making a comic book of it in December, written by Brandon Thomas, drawn by Ariel Padilla with covers from Alex Ross, Sean Chen and Wagner[...]

And with Pocket God selling millions more copies of its comic than, say, SDC has sold Justice League #1, is such an official product so far away? Welcome to Angry Birds, The Motion Comic Part Two (Unofficially) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLVMwbqf8c[/youtube] Yes it's a fan film But it's an ever so entertaining a fan film[...]

But there are two others going on of note apart from the DC folk. From Dark Horse we have the first issue of the new Buffy Season Nine comic, Angel And Faith And from Marvel we have the final issue of The Incredible Hulks before the relaunch with Jason Aaron and Marc Silvestri. More than ever Angel[...]

This video teaser for the Evelyn Evelyn twin volume graphic novel for Dark Horse by Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley and Cynthia Von Buhler, co-stars Amanda's

Finally, a Rob Liefeld cover that even the hardened yellow hat-wearing anti-Liefeld hater can enjoy. Note the continuing lack of feet.

In the new Charmed comic from Zenescope, issue 12 (you can tell it from the other Zenescope comics on the stand in that has realistic looking women on the cover) there is the return of a classic character to the series. Prue, played by Shannon Doherty appeared in every episode of the first three seasons of[...]

DC Comics are giving an extra stack of Flashpoint #5 to retailers who increase their orders for the book If they order a quarter more than they originally did of Flashpoint #1, then DC will add another quarter on top So you get 150% for the price of 125%. Looks like there may be a lot[...]