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Can headlines be far behind? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, Currently running the Cult exhibition… It appears that, once more, Batwoman is to enter the headlines over the cultural and social mores of our time Not only have we had the first mainstream lead gay character in comic books, as well as the first ongoing[...]

But it took me right back to that disagreement between Stan and Steve, something I think will have been very intentional. It's also reminiscent of John Byrne's rewriting of the origin of Doctor Doom to take into account both Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's preferred visions for the face behind the mask. But I think folk are[...]

Just a slight mental blip… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, Currently running the Cult exhibition… I had a rather strange experience reading the new Sinestro #1, out today A beautiful comic it is as well with Dale Eaglesham on full force. People reading in digital may not get quite the same effect But reading the following[...]

In a recent Bleeding Cool interview, Brian Bendis slightly despaired that no matter what complex drama he might write, it would always be the shipping that would get the attention. From today's Uncanny X-Men… … he seems like he might just be turning that up a notch… with the telepathic Stepford Cuckoos on hand, and Maria Hill[...]

After all, for Bruce Wayne, and the rest of Gotham, it's a New Year…  They plan it well, do Snyder and Capullo. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, Currently running the Cult exhibition…     Seven young friends You might remember Duke Thomas, as seen above in a page from today's Batman #30, in a previous issue, the beginning of[...]

Straight from Twitter... When my friend texted me saying he just saw the Batman logo in his sons front teeth I was skeptical. @bonniegrrl

Some folks have had trouble getting to grips with what Dan Slott wrote at the end of Superior Spider-Man #30. So, with #31 out tomorrow, what better time

When first announced, Justice League Of America was to change its name to Justice League Canada, after the events of Forever Evil that will see Lex Luthor

We've got not one... not two... but three extended previews for you fine folks this evening. Dynamite Entertainment has sent over a nice sampling of

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's me, Aaron, with a stack of New Comics Now! I have a stack of my favorite DC, Marvel, and creator owned comics that I want to talk about Batman, Spider-Man, Sex Criminals, and more! First up, Batman #30 was where this "Zero Year" story[...]

Fans of Valiant looking to get their hands on Rai #1 can do so a few days early if they get to C2E2 April 25th-27th. The publisher will be offering up

Looking for something different to pick up at the shop tomorrow… here we have two previews from DC Comics that might interest you. First up is Supergirl #30 by Tony Bedard and art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Yildiray Cinar, Diogenes Neves, Ray McCarthy and Marc Deering This is the second of the three-part Red Daughter Of Krypton story. The[...]

|t is a sad trend across human history for female achievers to be shoved aside by history in favour of their white male contemporaries, and that is as prevalent in the world of comics and animation as anywhere else. Pond is all-too-familiar with invisibility, and demonstrates it well in her draughtsmanship, reducing herself to a dashed-line[...]

Williams III in April, it took me approximately three seconds to reply, and the first two seconds were spent re-reading the e-mail assuming I must have misunderstood somehow what he was asking. Then, a fair amount of terror set in since, like many of you, my personal fandom for Williams' work is such that it feels[...]

I am struggling to think of a single character even alluded to as being LGBT, or being (annoyingly) presented as LGBT as the punchline to a joke (which is sadly common on TV and film).* When it was announced, to some fanfare in the comics news circles, that Saffron Burrows would be playing Hand in the[...]

In 2010, there was an attempt by a mother in Minnesota to get the all-ages comic Bone banned in state-run libraries due to scenes of smoking and drinking.

This is the solicitation for Nightwing #30. NIGHTWING #30 Written by JAMES TYNION IV Art by MEGHAN HETRICK Cover by EDDY BARROWS 1:25 MAD Variant cover On

  We mentioned the earlier New 52 version of Wonder Woman that was planned by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang, but in the new TwoMorrows magazine

Of Love And Rockets, of March Book One and Bluffton: My Summers with Buster. And of Fantagraphics and Image Comics ruling the roost… Who wins of course, well, that's for the night of the show… Best Short Story "Go Owls," by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #13 (Drawn & Quarterly) "Mars to Stay," by Brett Lewis and Cliff Chiang, in Witching Hour (DC) "Seaside Home," by[...]

In July, DC Comics will be relaunching Teen Titans and Suicide Squad, with Nightwing relaunched as Grayson. We've recently described this as All New DC Now, after Marvel's All New Marvel NOW, the second wave of relaunching comic books in recent years, with Fantastic Four and Wolverine as the comics that got relaunched twice[...]

That's when CULT, their week long underground comics exhibition will launch It's based at Orbital Comics and the plan is to 'fuse comics and music together for an occult-inspired comics showcase.' There are prints available exclusively at the exhibition and a signing and lock-in party from 2pm on Saturday the 19th I talked to the[...]

Titan Comics are arranging a boatload of Doctor Who customizable covers for the launch of their two new series, Tenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor. Retailers have to commit to buying five hundred issues of one or the other (or both). Here's the mock up of he kind of thing they'll be going with. Retailers will be able to choose from the monsters[...]

Ryan Burton and John Bivens have a new dark fantasy action ongoing series launching from Image in July. Dark Engine. Sent to the distant past, Sym must

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the fourth And this time its from that stalwart of defenders of free speech, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with two, count them, two comics for FCBD 2014… Defend Comics (W) Mark Evanier & Various (A) Sergio Aragones & Various[...]

A few ch-ch-ch-changes from Marvel's solicitations. Wolverine #9 will have art by Kris Anka rather than Gerardo Enrique Sandoval Perez. Savage Wolverine

This week it's another double-bill, with 2000AD's Prog #1877 and Judge Dredd Megazine #347 both being released in print on Wednesday in the UK and

Posted by DC during the blood moon eclipse last night... Anyone care to Fisk this image?

left with an empty warehouse any picking up their pink slips? Sean Williamson asks the question…. WHEN WOMEN CRITIQUE COMICS Janelle Asselin writes about her experiences after criticising the cover for Teen Titans #1 for featuring what appeared to be a teenage Wonder Girl with breast implants. At first I wasn't going to talk about the rape threats[...]

We told you they wouldn't kill off Nightwing. Then they cancelled his series. But we told you he would return as Grayson. And now DC Comics have told USA Today. Batman's former sidekick embarks on a new life as an undercover superspy in the comic book Grayson, an action-adventure series premiering July 2 fromDC Comics[...]

Fred Van Lente writes a lovely little writer’s commentary on the recent relaunch from Dynamite, Magnus Robot Fighter #2… read his issue 1 commentary here