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Nailbiter, out from Image in May, is one of those comics that inspires an unhealthy delight in the reader, recognizing a kind of condensed obsession with the whole history and cultural fascination with the origin, motivation, and operation of serial killers But you'll be too caught up to question your fascination until the comic starts[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have very kindly agreed to send me the full wodge of Free Comic Book Day 2014 comics for review – with the proviso that they are to be embargoed until, the 28th April Which, I think, is very fair and I was happy to agree. DC Comics however did not agree to include[...]

Back in 2007, Matt Hawes of Comics Unlimited posted a video parody about Archie Andrews, the beloved all-American teenager, supposedly being killed off in the comics, as a publicity stunt The video was meant as a satire on how the comic book industry kills off characters for cheap publicity stunts and he made it in[...]

Let's have a look at some upcoming Free Comic Book Day titles, today all about the robots from IDW and Red 5, the first in all stores, the second in some.

Marvel is undergoing a creative summit, where editors and creators from all over the world gather to pitch, share, collaborate and work out where Marvel Comics will be going in, well, 2016 The difference between the Marvel and the DC Summits? The Marvel ones let participants tweet about it. My arrival at the Marvel retreat: http://t.co/dLl2RBmCYe —[...]

This is a scene from the recent first issue of Real Heroes, by Bryan Hitch, from Image Comics. And that mention of Josh Trank, is because Bryan Hitch, artist for The Ultimates, The Authority, America's Got Powers – and at one point, Fantastic Four, is currently working as  designer on the new Fox movie. Which, yes, is[...]

It's that time again, time for a preview of  2000AD for Wednesday, April 9th in the UK in print, available the same day digitally, and a little behind in

This is going to push that over 40 million oretty damn soon… ASTROGOOGLE Osamu Tezuka is the first manga creator to have his work archived as part of the Google Cultural Institute's historical archives. The collection was added on April 7 to the "Cultural Figures" section of the search engine giant's online resource, which contains historical materials of[...]

DC Comics is doing it again, another BlackMilk swimsuit giveaway This one is between now at 10 AM PST tomorrow and the prize is one of five Wonder Woman Cape Suits… this whole swimsuit with a cape thing, this isn't going to take off right? And again there are only size Medium. Here are the rules: 1[...]

If you missed it, DC Collectibles got in on the April Fools fun by announcing 8 new toys that would be very interesting to see on comic shop shelves

By Ian Mageto In this episode Bleeding Cool's Senior Cosplay Correspondent and Comics and Cosplay host Ian Mageto reviews Marvel Studio's latest film Captain America: The Winter Soldier Warning: this video covers numerous spoiler from the movie about the plot and ending For the non-spoiler costume-review episode, you can find that here. You can follow Comics and[...]

Comic book writer and novelist, Peter David, has signed on to write the screenplay for Seven, a new Canadian animated movie to be directed by Ben Jones,

And so they begin… solicitations for comics out in July And we begin with Aspen Comics… DAMSELS IN EXCESS #1 Vince Hernandez – Story / Mirka Andolfo – Art Five realms Five princesses Zero men. In the land of the Five Realms, the existence of men has long since been evaporated from the hearts and minds of women[...]

The second day of MoCCA Fest in New York this weekend was a little less breathlessly packed in terms of attendees than the first, but the exuberant atmosphere really did remain as well as some very serious indie comics hunting from all sides The thing about indie comics is that it has its own language[...]

Ex-DC and Disney comics editor, Janelle Asselin, has written six strips entitled Don't Be A Dick, each drawn by a different artist for Bitch Magazine, about the vagaries of the comic book industry around gender and racial politics. Here is but a small clip of the new strip, drawn by Sarah Benkin based on comics marketing, encompassing *that* Image[...]

Strangely, it has never occurred to me to ask the question, "What exactly do panels hope to accomplish for attendees? What's their purpose?" Maybe it seemed an obvious point that panels provide a massive educational resource for comics fans, often bringing in elements of history and process that would be very hard to research and[...]

They made an early jump to animated series and that, too, was a success as well as generating coloring books, stuffed animals, and several Nintendo DS games. The series has the potential to take off in all-ages comics like My Little Pony Though Littlest Pet Shop is a newer concept than Ponies, its longevity and multi-media[...]

Poster? What The Hell, Sitwell? (Winter Soldier And SHIELD SPOILERS) FOOL: Marvel To Relaunch Miracleman For Marvel NOW!  Here's That Futures End Panel From Today's Aquaman And The Others Spoilery Photos From The Set Of Arrow Lindsay Lohan Thinks Her Manager Cost Her A Role In The Avengers Marvel Have Pencilled In Movie Plans Until 2028, Have Guardians Spinoffs In Mind  Superman[...]

His current project for Marvel Comics is Deadpool: The Gauntlet, a 13 part series with writers Gerry Dugan and Brian Posehn His comic Saint George with Fred Van Lente also currently features in Dark Horse Presents Mike Federali: How is it different for you working on a digital first comic vs a print first comic? Reilly[...]

The Comics Code was administered by the Comics Magazine Association of America For decades, when it came to comics, they saw everything Everything. But now? We see nothing The files of the Comics Magazine Association of America have been lost. Three years ago, Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story issued the following appeal, Unfortunately, as the Comic Magazine Association[...]

Original Sin #0 by Mark Waid and Jim Cheung. Published by Marvel on 16th April. Original Sin #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato. Published by Marvel on

Let's have a look at some upcoming Free Comic Book Day titles, today from Dark Horse Comics who have two offerings, the first in all stores, the second in some First Saturday of May, remember! I think I'll be bringing a bevy of children to London's stores with me… Avatar/Hellboy/Juice Squeezers By Gene Luen Yang, Faith Erin[...]

And the reason the old Nick Fury is being revived for the Original Sin series. Because, the rumour spinning out of the current Marvel Editorial Retreat is that Marvel Comics are planning for Nick Fury to be killed off Leaving his son, Nick Fury Jr as… Nick Fury Who also happens to look a little more[...]

Unless you know of any… the fanzine in question also contains, Stan Nicholls, Wonder Woman, Western Comics, Steve Moore, Heroes Unlimited & other fanzines, Pre-decimal comic adverts including "This Month's Special Feature: Blackhawk", Ron Bennett etc Front & back covers by Alan Hunter Let the hunt begin… Alan Moore's bibilography is clear His first published work was in Embryo #5,[...]

We'll get more stats later, but for now here's the top fifty sales of comics and graphic novels in March 2014 As we noted, DC grabbing the top four spots hasn't happened for some time, but Marvel dominated marketshare in both sales of comics and in dollars received, with twelve of the top twenty and[...]

There is a scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier that features Jenny Agutter, reprising her Security Council role from The Avengers. But she gets a

Every user has his or her own reasons for seeking chemical escape, but all soon learn the high price of "soul swapping." The first chapter of the Utopiates graphic novel can be read free online HERE. The Kickstarter is for an audio drama produced by AudioComics and starring Denise Poirier, best known as the voice of MTV's Æon Flux[...]

This will be limited to only 500 copies. There will also be a Valiant panel on Saturday, April 19th at 11:30 AM in room #203 called Valiant Comics: Inside Valiant First.  All summer long, Valiant will be rocketing to the top of your read pile with VALIANT FIRST – an all-new initiative unleashing a major #1 issue[...]

I first started reading these fine comics at about the same time that I discovered H P Lovecraft and his bizarre alien cosmology Synergy was bound to happen and I saw Cthulhu as merely  another in this pantheon of gargantuas, (not to mention War of The Gargantuas). There's a natural love/fear that children seem to have[...]

Here's what you call an under-the-radar release of some new Captain America art by Alex Ross. As part of a fictional breakfast blog from Steve Rogers,