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First in Dying to Tell, which was recently featured in Comixology Submit's top 100 indie comics bundle; next in Near Life; and finally in Lifeblood, which I successfully Kickstarted back in November 2012 thanks to the incredible generosity of my backers. Now, for the first time, I'm collecting volumes 1-3 of Afterlife Inc in one luxury[...]

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! The end[...]

What is it with Hiroshima and Nagasaki having superheroic origins these days? Akira had the suggestion, and Maximortal kicked it off a while ago, but

So I got a package from Valiant Comics the other day. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zqoZo-KWPU[/youtube] Opening up, revealed the three chromium covers from the comic books X-O Manowar, Unity and the launch of Armor Hunters in June, two of which signed by the comics' author Robert Venditti… It was famously the chromium cover of Turok, Dinosaur Hunter #1 in the nineties that[...]

In his panel at ECCC, Matt Fraction was asked whether or not he and his wife Kelly Sue DeConnick had thought about writing a comic book together. Fraction

Dark Horse and Image also have big displays but this year at ECCC, it is undoubtedly the year where Boom! stood out. Everybody knows that Michael Avon Oeming and Taki Soma are two of the most down to earth and sincerely friendly people in comics right? Yeah, now I'm just bragging because this signed Powers print[...]

Matt Fraction held a question and answer session at ECCC on Friday, in which he discussed his work, his career, and his audience. And slipped out a few

Creator of the long-running, legendary Cerebus, Dave Sim writes about revisiting those early issues, with an all-star cast. I asked Ted Adams during our phone chat a couple of weeks back if IDW would be interested in publishing ULTIMATE CEREBUS: basically the "re-telling" of the first 25 issues by other writers and artists and he was VERY enthusiastic. My[...]

So, yes, a couple of weeks ago I went to the Captain America: The Winter Soldier UK premiere, courtesy of Skype.

The Undone begs the question, "What if you could rewind time? What if you could basically get a do-over whenever you wanted?" Looking back at my career in comics so far, there is one particular moment in my life when I wish I could. I started in the comics industry a way back in 2001 with[...]

1939 was one of comics' greatest years  Arguably, the greatest single calendar year in the history of the American comic book industry as we know it today — or at least the most interesting, particularly when it comes to superhero comics. It's the year that the rest of the industry caught on in earnest to Superman's[...]

Some people have too much free time... and when they have a video camera, we get gems like this - Banecat by Robs Rants http://youtu.be/5ywjpbThDpE I

At the end of the Pint O' CB Marvel panel today at ECCC, a number of folk asked if their favourite characters would be getting their own series at Marvel.

The player who earns the most Leadership Points by the end of the game becomes the leader of the survivors. Featuring your favorite The Walking Dead characters, zombies, Charlie Adlard art, more zombies, pretty dice and lots of fun, The Walking Dead – The Prison is a fun, stand-alone sequel to the original game! What do you[...]

Humanoids has entered the digital arena by launching the catalog of titles through their own app – Humanoids Comics – as well as via Google Play and the iBookStore. The move starter a few months ago when the publisher gave customers who bought physical books through their online store free access to the corresponding digital eBook[...]

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. Superior Spider-Man takes its traditional top place in the chart with Sandman very close behind, and the number one seller in a number of[...]

At ECCC today Dynamite Entertainment announced that Cullen Bunn, known for his work on Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe and The Sixth Gun, is going to

At the DC panel at ECCC, Gail Simone talked about upcoming issues of Batgirl from issues 32, 33, 34 as something that she's been asking for since the

After all, you made it through Melmoth. Right now George Peter Gatiss is printing a 3D Cerebus. It has only just started and will take 14 hours. And there

At the Pint O' CB Marvel panel at ECCC, there was only one character on people's minds. Initially at least. Elephant Steve, whose origin was in a

The School of Visual Arts in New York is a major training ground for new comics artists and illustrators, and this year they've put together an anthology by 16 of their top talent to debut at MoCCA Fest, the home show of indie comics in New York running next weekend, from April 5th to 6th[...]

At ECCC, Top Cow's Matt Hawkins has announced a new comic, The Ninth Generation, a new series that will tie in together the original Aphrodite IX series,

Next weekend, on April 5th and 6th,  the increasingly gigantic indie comics beast known as MoCCA Fest descends on New York City, where indie comics artists from all over the world bring their wares, and new books to debut If you haven't been before, it's inexpensive to attend and very welcoming, though fair warning: hard[...]

Marvel have had stand ins-for the Justice League Of America before. The Squadron Supreme created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema (and recreated by Mark

Hobo Fires by Robert Earl Sutter III Kickstarter Close Date: April 10th Publishing Date: July 2014 Robert Earl Sutter III writes, One backpack, two boots,

Erik Grove writes for Bleeding Cool from ECCC in Seattle, Every comic convention I've ever been to has had a "breaking into comics" panel It's a no-brainer When you ask creators what question they are usually asked most, most say it's "how did you break in?" I've been to several of these panels It's how I[...]

He writes One of the most unassuming panels in this year's ECCC program was Comics and Healthcare — with a title that was hardly inspiring, it hid what proved to be one of the most affirming studies in the power of sequential art. The panelists were led by Meredith Li-Vollner from the communications department of King County[...]

They have a table right in the highly trafficked sky bridge right next to other fantastic webcomics creators Worth the trip for the flask and the Canadian super awesome. This is also a big launch and promo weekend for the Lumberjanes and Boom! has an ECCC exclusive copy of issue 1 available It's a great comic[...]

Comics are so fashionable these days. [*NOTE: Readers have suggested that we do a whole Gallery of the best hats at ECCC, but we'd need your help to do that If you have hat photos you are taking this weekend at ECCC feel free to tweet them @hannahmenzies or @bleedingcool and we'll see what we can[...]

Bleeding Cool's Gavin Lees writes from ECCC, in Seattle. Ben Templesmith would like everyone to know that he is alive and well. He promises that The