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An advertising agency and media buyer specialising in the geek demographic, it was set up by ex-DC-er Steve Rotterdam and Ed Catto to deliver the specialist market through… well all manner of fashions. Its latest venture is spinning off the comic book advertising network, Comics United, they have been creating over the years, allowing clients and[...]

Not every comic book gets a massive media push for its launch. But 20th Century Fox were kind enough to lend a hand to IDW's licensed 24 comic, the

DC Comics are making a change to the way they make their themed variant covers will be open to order, with no minimum order of another item required Which means retailers can order as many of them as they like, and they will be more available to customers to buy and preorder… Also a lot cheaper[...]

From the letters page if Ultimate Spider-Man #200, from one Talib 'Abdur-Rashid of Harlem. When last we checked, Steve Ditko was very much alive, aged 86, still writing and drawing comics, not too far from Talib's home… Just so you know. From the letters page if Ultimate Spider-Man #200, from one Talib 'Abdur-Rashid of Harlem. When last we[...]

However, Soule leaves plenty of room for potential with COMPELLING AND ENDURING CHARACTERS." (3 out of 5) Alpha Comics "Inhuman is A FUN FIRST ISSUE that continues on from the fallout of Black Bolt's actions in the pages of Infinity, DELIVERING A COOL NEW PATH THROUGH THE MARVEL U." Shadowhawk's Shade "There isn't any hook to bring a reader[...]

And from Marvel, All-New Doop, Iron Fist and Ultimates, as well as the new Flash Gordon from Dynamite and Lumberjanes from Boom! – the latter of which could well be a big sleeper hit… And the week after that? Relaunches of Ultimate FF and Hulk, 7th Sword and Star Mage, and the launch of Sinestro…. DARK HORSE[...]

Today, Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill are signing copies of their comic book Revenge today, at Comic Connections, a small comic shop in the sleepy town

Joining some Original Sin dots... From Newsarama, Axel Alonso:  Dark secrets from our hero’s past will emerge – profound and life-changing secrets that

They paid well to get Joe Madueira back to comics as artist on the series but the sales and interest isn't as high as they expected. But Amazing Spider-Man #1 has pre-orders of half a million, however they may have been acheived. And by putting Inhuman #1 in front of them, Marvel are hoping that those who[...]

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode83.mp3] Following on from this week's chat with Simon Roy (which you can still listen to here) – this time around I catch up with creator Rick Remender (Captain America, Black Science, Deadly Class) to talk about the re-release of his classic series Fear Agent from Dark Horse Comics! We discuss how he started out,[...]

Summer's Coming… not, I'm not trying out for the Game of Thrones parody, summer really is coming and ladies, if you are looking for a swimsuit that shows your geek cred without spending any money, DC Comics has something for you. You can win one of BlackMilk's Superman Cape Suits. The suits have been selling like crazy[...]

So I think that gives me a bit of an advantage because I use to ink all of my own work and I only did super rough composition before I dove head first into the inking stage. The title of this book is called MANIFEST DESTINY and this is the cover for issue #7 (published by Image[...]

Run by Del Howison and his wife Sue, Dark Del is a mecca for fans of horror from books, comics, novelties, movies, soundtracks and even fragrances It is an amazing place to go just about any day. But besides a treasure trove of horror goods, Dark Del is known as the place to go for signings[...]

Alex Thompson is a comic book writer, screenwriter, and letterer who has done work for Alias Enterprises, Approbation Comics, Arcana Studios, Lion Forge Comics, and Graphic Planet Thompson is mostly known for his experimental humor/horror title Chaos Campus: Sorority Girls vs Zombies which has over twenty-five issues released and more in the works Discover more[...]

The comics team of Troy Wilson, Mario A Gonzalez, Iván Escalante Victoria, and Jose M Balanzario created this con-season comic a few years ago for a Ronin Studios charity anthology called Hope: The Hero Initiative, but the rights having reverted to the team, they thought they'd share it with another generation of con-goers and those[...]

Christina Aguilera says so. Honorable mentions: Ultimate Spider-Man, Inhuman, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk. United States The Walking Dead #124 $2.99 Ultimate Spider-Man #200 $4.99 Earth 2 (2012-) #22 $2.99 Inhuman #1 $3.99 Moon Knight (2014-) #2 $3.99 Injustice: Year Two (2014-) #6 $0.99 Magneto (2014-) #2 $3.99 Detective Comics (2011-) #30 $3.99 Superior Spider-Man #30 $3.99 She-Hulk (2014-) #3 $2.99 Canada The Walking Dead #124 $2.99 Ultimate Spider-Man #200 $4.99 Earth[...]

It literally made the hair stand up on the back of my neck to encounter such an eerie semblance of a world I know very well. I don't know why others might not have succeeded in this endeavor; perhaps in trying to make comics universal to readers, creators sometimes throw out the baby with the bathwater,[...]

Alyssa Pack writes: During Emerald City Comic Con, Bleeding Cool landed an interview with all four lovely ladies that worked on Lumberjanes. This

Titan Comics is releasing a new graphic novel on April 15th with the oddest of odd titles: Dr Grordbort Presents: Triumph, by Greg Broadmore Does it win some kind of award among odd titles of the year? But the truth is, the teaser content I've seen is pretty odd too and may trump the title. Here's[...]

By Ian Melton One title, coming out every week, starring one character who has a huge supporting cast that is going to get a huge spotlight as the weekly

Bleeding Cool has been following the move from DC Comics to Burbank quite a bit since we first announced the news Right from the beginning, we knew that, say, Eddie Berganza would be going with the publisher to the West Coast, and Mike Marts wouldn't be, but we've been able to fill in a few[...]

Breaking news can come from pretty much anywhere in the comic book industry. But with DC Comics it generally tends to be an official statement given to a media organisation, whether specific like CBR and Newsarama or general, like USA Today. If not that, then a leak, such as the Five Years Later information we ran last[...]

So what have we learned? Marvel Comics dollar share continues to slowly rise from to 34.09% to 34.1% to 34.31% this year but their unit share takes a small jump, from 37.39% to 37.36% to 38.17% DC Comics saw their dollar share take a dive from 28.06% to 28.73% to 25.94% and their unit share from 30.77% to[...]

For the past week (after a reminder or two) DC Comics creators have been filling in a survey from DC Comics about their working practices and concerns at the publisher. It seems to have revealed a number of concerns at the publisher, from the impact of the move from New York to Burbank, to wondering why[...]

It began with a good review on Amazon for the recent release of Vampirella The Best of the Warren Years, though it had a proviso. And for some reason they

This can include trimming comics to remove untidy edges, colouring in creases or spots and many more techniques That gains a slabbed book a purple label, colloquially the Purple Label Of Doom that indicates that, at some point, the comic in question has been restored. There has also been some disquiet about comics, once slabbed as[...]

and appeared in this week's episode alongside a bevy of agents. But, as those of you who watched Winter Soldier know, he was an agent of Hydra all along. It's not unprecedented, in the comics, Sitwell was replaced by a Life Model Decoy before becoming Executive Director until the real Sitwell later turns up alive after having been brainwashed by Hydra. But in[...]

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: ANDREA Welcome to pop culumnist Andrea Shea, a new Assistant Editor at Aspen Comics. PORTLAND OF COMICS A new indie comic convention comes to one of the comic industry's capitals, Portland… and it's free to attend. Seeing the writing on the wall, François and Zach had begun working on Linework, which they promised would have a renewed focus on[...]

 What a difference 18 months of movie hype makes. The highest graded copy of Marvel Super-Heroes #18, graded CGC 9.8, has just sold at Pedigree Comics auction for $19,000  The January 1969 cover-dated comic by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan is the first appearance of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. There was widespread discussion shortly after[...]

The crew go on for a bit about silver age comics, classic artists such as Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and so much more We talk The Twilight Zone, what power we would take away from Superman and what character would we be a love interest for This is one episode you do not want to[...]