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By Jared Cornelius It'd been a long time since I'd heard of the Dark Horse Comics character X  I was aware the character existed, I remember whispers of him in the 90's as a dark brooding vigilante when such things were as common as air, but I never had the urge to find out more about him.  I would[...]

UPDATE: Two more!   Original article below:  CBR have been allowed to announce the scheduling of Grant Morrison's Multiversity series that has been

It was a sunny, warm, if slightly windy day on the coast of New Jersey for the Asbury Park Comic Con on Saturday, and I made my way to report on the "Graphic Novels and the Indie Perspective" panel at the con only to be conscripted into hosting the panel for Bleeding Cool and I[...]

From the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles, this weekend, reflecting the portraying of gay characters and gay themes in pop culture, Marvel scored a win. Outstanding Comic Book:  Young Avengers, written by Kieron Gillen (Marvel Comics) It was also drawn by Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton with colorist Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles and a whole bunch of other folk for the[...]

Skybound is the studio created by Robert Kirkman and published through Image Comics Best known for the best selling The Walking Dead comic (and this week, the barnstorming Invincible) it has a president, JJ Didde, credited on all their books. Didde is described by the studio as "a business partner" His Facebook entry lists a series of moustachioed gentlemen[...]

Michael Davis is the co-founder of Milestone Comics and a current graphic novelist He runs The Black Panel at San Diego Comic Con And he now writes a weekly column for Bleeding Cool. Sorry for the long delay. Within the last six weeks, a seemingly never-ending series of calamities, each far worse than the previous, have rained down[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, There's a lot of admirable scholarship on the history of British comics that's been done, but still not enough of British Girl's comics Back in the Sixties all the way to the Eighties, weekly girls' comics were plentiful alongside the Beano, Dandy, Topper, 2000AD and various war and action comics before dying the[...]

There are those that wait for DC's solicitations to be posted on their site befeore they'll believe anything. But the true word for the wise, is reserved

Email RSVP@societyillustrators.org or call 212.838.2560 to reserve a spot! Course Description: "The basis of all comics—regardless of style—is visualizing and drawing consistent and credible characters Through drawing exercises with live models and slide presentations with anatomical and cartoon imagery, this class will help you apply real-life inspiration and principles into your pictures". Tuesday, April 15th The eighty-second meeting of[...]

And this is what has piqued your interest this week… Top Twenty Traffic Tales Of The Week First Look: DC Comics' Futures End #0 (BIG TIME SPOILER) And Now America's Typical Teenage Girl Is Gay, Thanks To Archie Comics Rape And The Modern Superhero Comic – Invincible #110  Welcome, America, To Your New Wally West RUMOUR: After The Death Of Wolverine…[...]

I think Nailbiter is going to be a massive hit from Image Comics Mostly down to everyone freaking out when ever they hear Josh Williamson or Mike Henderson explain the concept Like we did here in an extensive interview with Williamson recently. Buckaroo, Oregon has given birth to sixteen of the vilest serial killers in the[...]

Image Comics releases 64 page graphic novel Genesis this week and amid Image's trademark swath of very individualistic books, Genesis stands apart for a number of reasons It may well be the most visually unorthodox Image book I've read in terms of panel layouts, and morphing, stream-of-consciousness spreads, and it's also a book that handles[...]

Last week, we heard from retailer Dennis L Barger prophesising doom and gloom over Amazon buying ComiXology (as well as all those print pull list customer details that ComiXology has been harvesting all these years.) But not everyone is so much of a Negative Nancy. Ryan Liebowitz of Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles has a very[...]

Another nail in the coffin for the Marvel $2.99 comic book, as three already-solicited issues of Hawkeye, issues 19, 20 and 21, get retroactively

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the fourth Both from Udon Entertainment, but miles apart in terms of culture and art – Street Fighter and Les Miserables. Les Miserables: Fall Of Fantine (W) Victor Hugo (A/CA) Sunmei Lee 18th Century France-REVOLUTION! The Monarchy has been overthrown, society has[...]

That's what Red Giant Entertainment are giving away on Free Comic Book Day, on Saturday, May the fourth – four full size comics bundles into one package. Here's a five page preview of Darchon #0, from one of the comics, Giant-Size Thrills #0. DARCHON is a horror series written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated horror novelist Mort Castle, illustrated[...]

What happens when two dimwitted teenagers gain super powers and accidentally frame legendary superheroes for their misdeeds? They become famous of course!

Coming directly off of The Trail Of Jean Grey, we get the new Cyclops #1 by Eisner Award winner writer Greg Rucka and artist Russel Dauterman. After

And in case you're wondering; yes, I will most certainly be spiking the orange juice. Comics are for everybody, y'all And thanks for your help! The Black Wraith Kickstarter can be found here – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/556628777/the-black-wraith-volume-1 You can read issue one, along with many other Monkey Pipe Studios titles (including previews of The Hero Code) here – http://www.monkeypipestudios.com (original link[...]

Here is the second part of the Top Cow covers we got this weekend. This time we get to see some form Tales Of Honor, Witchblade and the new series

Scotlynd Xing Xin-Bedford: Creator, Writer,Artist, Inks, Flat Colors & Color Direction, Character designer. Digital Colors by Endro Gatotkaca, Dennis

But before he was apprenticed into animation Paul's first love was, and remains, comics. Barry Devlin (co-writer) – a film & TV writer of note ("A Man of No Importance", "The Darlings Buds of May"), Director of several documentaries on U2 (yes, the famous music band!) as well as directing many of their music videos, and[...]

It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion. Almost every store reports Batman Eternal as their top seller of the week, with Walking Dead a close second And do note that East[...]

So far, this has been a true testament to Kickstarters ability to introduce comics to a world where it's hard to get noticed, with a rich selection of creator-owned books just waiting to be published Without further adieu, allow me to introduce my project: What is the PopApocalypse? It's been ten years since World War 3, better[...]

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the fourth And one of the biggest giveaways, the 96 page Archie Comics Digest, and the Simpsons offerings from Bongo Comics. Archie Comic Digest FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) George Gladir, Various (A) Fernando Ruiz, Various (CA) Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski, Rosario "Tito"[...]

Valerie D'Orazio was an Assistant Editor at DC Comics working on, amongst other things, the Identity Crisis series, published ten years ago However she came to prominence after she left the publisher and wrote about her treatment at the hands of the comics industry, from comic store owners to editors to the human resources department,[...]

Asbury Park Comic Con, now in its third year, has always been groovy, but the exceedingly fine weather this weekend in a seaside town only added to the

I remember picking up the first Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and feeling like this was a whole new Marvel for my generation. Now there's a chance for other

Do you remember where you were when you first read Miracleman #15? By Alan Moore and John Totleben, published by Eclipse Comics, it portrayed a superhero/supervillain fight through a populated city that started with people having been tortured and eviscerated to get Miracleman's attention and the death count just started to raise through the roof[...]

If you grew up in the age of disco and loved comics, the odd were you had some Mego figures… I know I did… and you have the fond memories to go with them FTC is offering up a series of new figures in two-packs for a little more than I remember paying as a[...]