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I had a bunch of interesting Marvel rumours earlier this week. Usually when I pass things past Marvel folk I don't hear anything. This time I was asked if

By Panel 2 Panel Bleeding Cool welcomes back the Panel 2 Panel podcast team joined by Wayward Raven Studios.  They say: This week the crew is joined by

With the success of The Lego Movie, it's not surprising that the toy line would be doing well. But now we get word that the graphic novels published by

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode84.mp3] After last week's chat with Rick Remender (which you can still listen to here), this time I catch up with writer/artist/all-round-creator-and-good-guy Kaare Andrews (The Incredible Hulk, A + X, Spider-Man: Reign) to talk about his run on Iron Fist which begins this week from Marvel Comics. Kaare & I talk about everything from auteur[...]

  My feeling on the whole issue can be summed up by Negan very succinctly. So only one more issue to go in All Out War, start taking your bets on who lives and who dies because I have to believe if Negan is going down, he's taking someone down with him.  Right now I feel like[...]

Though the discussion was highly informative, explaining the process of creating the three book series as well as previewing Friedman's upcoming book Heroes of the Comics, it seemed nothing was taken too seriously and everything has a punchline. That is not to say that a single joke was out of place or even unrelated With TV[...]

We ran this story three weeks ago, back in March. Now, three weeks later, ComiXology has confirmed it publicly. SEATTLE—April 10, 2014—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, the company that revolutionized the digital comics reading experience with their immersive Guided View technology and makes discovering, buying, and reading comic books[...]

It's a story of human deprivation and predation, a psychological tale steeped in Biblical and mythic tones. Editor-in-Chief at Dark Horse Comics and co-writer on the comic, Scott Allie, spoke with us here at Bleeding Cool about what makes issue #12 so unusual and the ways in which it sets up a new arc that will[...]

This is your first look at the new Wally West, making his appearance, five years later, in next week's Flash #30. It's not the only familiar character

By Abdulkareem Baba Aminu Title: Magneto #2 Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Gabriel Hernandez Walta Publisher: Marvel Comics As Cullen Bunn and Gabriel Hernandez's Magneto continues from an excellent debut, the comic book flows smoothly into sophomore territory The story, and the way it flashes back to explain the present, is deftly told with beautifully atmospheric art[...]

There is a change coming to Image's One Hit Wonder. Due to his schedule, Ariel Olivetti has had to step away from the book he co-created with Fabrice

We ran this a couple of days ago, but yesterday Marvel Comics sent out a press release about Deadpool #27 getting the Guinness World Record for the most number of characters in a comic book cover. And at first glance that's exactly what they'd got 236 characters… But there's another comic that also had 236 characters on[...]

  Bingo. Here is your first teasery look at Spread, a new Image comic book from Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm to be published in July. And thanks to

Do you live and work in the comics industry on the East Coast of the USA and in sudden need of new employment in the near future? It could happen Well, here are a couple of options, courtesy of New Jersey-based Dynamite Comics. Sales Summary of Position: Dynamite is currently seeking an experienced salesperson familiar with comic book[...]

CBR originally said that Nemesis Returns, the sequel to Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis series from 2010 for Marvel Comics, would be published in September 2012. It wasn't It was then promised for January 2013. Again, nothing. But I understand that the sequel to Nemesis, Nemesis Returns is back on the cards Soonish. Steve McNiven got busy at Marvel[...]

James Brian Hellwig, the wrestler otherwise known as Warrior or Ultimate Warrior died earlier this month. But a few years ago, he also had a comic book. A

Check it out here. New Comic Book Releases for the week of April 9, 2014: Books reviewed in this episode include: Image Comics: Shotgun Wedding #2 Marvel Comics: Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #1 Marvel: Nightcrawler #1 DC: Superman/Wonder Woman #7 BOOM! Studios: Lumberjanes #1 Marvel: Deadpool #27 Image Comics: Shutter #1 DC: Batman Eternal #1 Marvel: All-New Doop #1 Image Comics: Three TP Image Comics: East Of[...]

Marvel Entertainment has joined up with GraphicAudio to produce The Ultimates: Against All Enemies by Alex Irvine. In this latest full-cast recording, the

My friend Janelle Asselin has been playing a role in that conversation for a while, and I agree with her and a number of others that comics as a whole benefit from a diverse audience reading a number of different genres or subject matter I think it's essential for long-term sustainability Of course, it's important[...]

Fans of the TV series Charmed are going to get more of the magical sisters starting this Fall from Zenescope Entertainment. The publisher put out the

The coastal New Jersey town of Asbury Park was hit pretty hard by the hurricane, but that didn't prevent the con last year, and this year under substantial growth (and Convention Hall's rennovation), the con will be held this weekend, April 12th and 13th, at the Berkeley Hotel, from 10AM-6PM both days. What you need to[...]

MoCCA Fest last weekend in New York, of course, brought out a new high watermark in the level of artistic skill and personal vision as a show dedicated to small press and indie comics These are the 25 comics, 6 postcards, 2 prints, 2 buttons, and 1 poster that managed to find me at MoCCA[...]

Joker's Daughter Riot? But also it looks as if DC Comics has taken a leaf out Marvel's relaunch book, even after they knocked down such an approach eighteen months ago Remember that Newsarama interview with Bob Wayne and John Cunningham? Nrama: I do notice though, and obviously, in the media, we try to look at trends in the[...]

Vigilantism and the ethics thereof. Animal rights protestors who just can't seem to bring about change, or at least not quickly enough. Since the Black

Maybe as some kind of extra someday. -Angela: Some things will be happening with her in Original Sin. -He very much did not enjoy the failed Wonder Woman pilot. – There will be a Guardians Annual with Frank Cho in August. -Magneto's new 'do is a big deal; he has gotten more mail about Magneto shaving his head than[...]

It's not just DC Comics in America that is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Batman. In France, DC licensor Urban Comics (Dargaud) is going to publish five classic Batman comics in black and white And in French, obviously. Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Dark Victory, Hush and Court of the Owls will all be published in full[...]

Kick-Ass had Dave Lizewski, Nemesis had Blake Morrow and Superior had Simon Pooni. And now Starlight by Mark Millar and Gorlan Parlov could have... you?

The rough pencils of a page of Tintin in Tibet by Herge, has been auctioned by Christie's for €289,500  ($400,000) almost double its estimated price while

Marvel's All-New Marvel NOW! relaunch programme has pretty much been a success, giving lesser Marvel characters a real shot in the arm, both Silver

Even, it seems, when you learn from history, you are still doomed to repeat it… So, what have you picked up this week? Time to tell me your thoughts… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. About to host an underground event hosted by a collection of the UK's most promising emerging comic creators: Owen Michael Johnson, P M Buchan, Mark Penman, Jon Lock, Nich[...]