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Archie Comics Double Digest #281 Review: Meet Uncle Roy
This time we're taking a look at Archie Comics Double Digest #281. The first thing to note about this particular digest is that it includes the new story, "It's All Relative" focusing on Archie's uncle Roy It's a fun, short little romp with Archie's extended family though the plot is nothing special That being said it's[...]
Wynonna Earp: Season Zero #1 Review: Delving into the Past
Character design between the TV series and this run of comics matches well, too Even without the sometimes-ridiculous garb each character sports, there's never a question as to who is who. Altogether, despite being rather wordy, it's a strong first issue There's a burst of excitement in the middle that makes up for the drag in[...]
Announcing The Winners Of The 2017 Diamond 'Best Practice Awards' For Comic Retailers
At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, retailers were able to see the nominated candidates for the Summer's Best Practice Awards, a retailer award set up by Diamond Comic Distributors to reward and acknowledge comic stores individual efforts They made theuir judgment, cast their votes, the numbers counted and the winners[...]
Roller Derby Comic, Slam! To Be Cancelled And Resolicited By Boom! Studios
It launched with a bang! But Slam, the roller derby-themed comic by Pamela Ribon and Veronica Fish has been getting later and later. Issue 4 came out in February but nothing since. Now issues 5, 6.7 and 8 have all been cancelled by the publisher, Boom! Studios, with the promise that they will return at some date. Honest. Here's[...]
Travis Hanson's Life Of The Party: The Realities Of A RPG'er – A Classy Affair
The book is comprised of every comic from Hanson's daily online strip It's softbound and has 90 pages of comics plus extras. //credit Travis Hanson It allows me to play on my love of fantasy, lord of the rings, rugs, even Diablo. The book looks at these worlds of fantasy from the players character's point-of-view, sometimes breaking the[...]
Into The Woods With Ninjak, His Unlikely Allies And An Enchanted Sword
As the Ninjak series hits its 25th episode, Matt Kindt and Stephen Segovia are telling one of the most twisted stories I've seen in comics in a long time The character of Colin King was a MI6 agent who fell in love with his handler, and then she was killed He then trained to be[...]
ECCC Exclusive: Definitive Guide To Ghost In The Shell Coming From Kodansha
Judd Morse is reporting from ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Kodansha Comics gave Emerald City Comicon attendees an exclusive look at their new, definitive guide book to all things Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell README: 1995-2017. Ben Applegate, Associate Director of Publishing Services for Penguin said that the book will be "the definitive guide to the anime[...]
Schneider And Sutter Team For Pathfinder: Runescars
Sutter, will be co-writing the next comic series from Dynamite entertainment: Pathfinder: Runescars Joining them will be artist Ediano Silva (Grimm Fairy Tales). The new series starts when the Pathfinder heroes receive a desperate plea to unmask a killer stalking the chaos-gripped city of Korvosa A new queen has ascended the city's Crimson Throne, and now deadly[...]
Neil Gaiman's American Gods Comic From Dark Horse Not Sold In The UK? (UPDATE)
UPDATE: The piece below ran early UK time today, based on reports from UK retailers and senior management at chain stores, sourced from the UK side of the comics industry Since then, I have been made aware that the US side may have a contradictory take I am awaiting further clarification on this. I'm not sure[...]
Be A University Lecturer In Comics In The North Of England?
Winter is coming… Teesside University, in the North East of England, requires a second lecturer in Comics, Graphic Novels & Sequential Art as part of a Bachelors & Arts Degree. You can apply here, at a senior or junior level. Teesside University – School of Design, Culture and the Arts Location: Middlesbrough Salary: £29,847 to £47,801 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 29th July 2016 Closes: 10th August[...]
Last Ride Into The Sunset
After four years in the making, Pariah, Missouri, the occult western graphic novel series will be concluding with book 3: Stone Age Pagans.  The self-published book, by Andres Salazar and Jose Pescador have launched three Kickstarters and toured the west coast of comic book conventions and the entire saga and is now available on their[...]
Is Marvel's Spring Event For 2017 A Little Bit Of Meta-Commentary?
Marvel Comics teased this quote at San Diego Comic-Con – though only Bleeding Cool seems to have reported it – for their Spring 2017 event. We initially thought this might have been Inhumans Vs X-Men – but that was announced elsewhere for the winter. Will it deal with the Marvel heroes divisions since Civil War, Avengers Vs[...]
131 Shots Of Mancunian Cosplay At Manchester MCM Comic-Con
Thanks to Darren McCabe for these wonderful shots of cosplay from MCM Manchester Comic Con this year, attended as well by Bleeding Cool's Joe Glass. See the She Hulk cosplayer up top? She's a twin and her sister got the front page with her Harley Quinn last year and it's been an issue ever since[...]
Civil War II #1 Sold Over 425,000 To Comic Book Shops
Star Wars #1 may have sold a million copies for Marvel Comics a year-and-a-half ago. But that included a close-to-half-a-million copies of a Loot Crate variant copy. The final numbers of the $4.99 Civil War II #1 were announced by Marvel during the Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con at 425,000, while they distributed half a million[...]
Love And Rockets Becomes A Monthly Comic (NOT), From September
They had a very successful Free Comic Book Day. Fantagraphics originally published Love And Rockets in the eighties as an ongoing not-monthly magazine, the schedule of which became more erratic, before moving to separate mini-series and graphic novels. But in September, it is becoming a monthly comic book, in the standard US comic book size. Volume 4 of[...]
Star Vs The Forces Of Evil Gets A Comic By The Show's Zach Marcus And Devin Taylor
Daron Nefcy, creator of the hit animated series Star Vs The Forces of Evil. She announced on her website, This is the 1st cover of the new Star original comic series "Deep Trouble." The eight original comics will roll out monthly in stores beginning September 2016! These comics are great! They are written by one of Star Crew's board[...]
Corinna Bechko Compares Miss Fury To Doctor Fate
I felt like something extra could be revealed about Marla if she had an interesting job, so I made that fact central to my story (in my take she designs ships) but I kept the high society aspects in the form of her closest friend and confidant as well as the setting of the last[...]