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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,

DC Comics has been collecting early stories of Deadman from a variety of DC publications, and is now onto volume 5. That collects stories from Deadman #1-4, Secret Origins #15 and Challengers Of The Unknown #85-87. Unfortunately, it appears to have missed out the first part of that Challengers Of The Unknown story in issue #84. Which even had Deadman[...]

Firefly) and I guess that was where my interest faded a bit.  Because Rucka is a good writer, though, I wanted to see what would happen by issue two to see what he had planned. Rucka's twist does not lie in science or some bizarre military experiment.  Rather, our protagonist's powers, to manipulate the minds of[...]

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… Bleeding Cool had previously talked about Marvel's disappointment with the orders on Inhuman #1 – to the extent that they are including it in[...]

I spent my youth supping tea in a garage playing war games, role playing and hanging out with about five other friends (all teenagers, all male) debating movies, staging epic campaigns for illusory heroes and reading comics The role playing thing graduated into acting, the hanging out changed as we grew older, went our separate[...]

Details have been released for DC Comics – The New 52: Five Years Later Omnibus from Amazon, collecting all of DC's comics in September in one volume, much as they did with Villains Month, Zero Month and the original New 52 Launch month. Scott Snyder (Author), Geoff Johns (Author), Ivan Reis (Illustrator) In September 2014, as every title in the DC Universe published special[...]

MoCCA Fest looks busier than ever in 2014, with more tablers carefully packed in than in previous years, and of course, there is the giant, looming

Not totally.No, it was because Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill were signing the first two issues of their Image comic book, Revenge. It was an unlikely place, the small Oxfordshire town of Banbury, on a rainy Saturday. But it's pleasant enough, and has enough of a market to potter through. No one was letting the damp get them[...]

Jason McNamara and Greg Hinkle are offering their horror graphic novel, The Rattler, exclusively on Kickstarter. The 96 page graphic novel follows Stephen

Back in January, I was lucky enough to attend Will Simpson's event and exhibition at Orbital Comics in London You can see some of those images here But now the Orbiting Pod Podcast brings him right into our homes, audio-style just before the Game of Thrones premier this weekend I don't need to tell you[...]

Our friends at Valiant has sent us a nice double shot of previews, this time we've got the ongoing Trapped By Webnet story running in Unity and the finale

and plus $10 for international shipping. $80 – You get it all! When I told my wife that I wanted to do an audio drama version of our comics, she requested to play all the girl parts And if for nothing else, I hope this Kickstarter makes so my wife and I can perform the comic scripts[...]

Alex Thompson: As someone working in the comics industry, I like origin stories.  What is the C4 Central Coast Comic Con and how did it begin? Kris Blackburn: Central Coast Comic Con (or what we like to call it "C4") is Ventura Counties' comic con Ventura, CA is a historic beach community that is rich in[...]