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Don't believe me? Well, you might want to try these Essential 8 Comics from the Shelf for March. Zero Vol 1: An Emergency Image Comics isn't the same publisher it was 20 years ago What started as a paradise for superstar artists, shoulder pads and MTV haircuts has turned into the publisher of some of the smartest[...]

How have the films influenced your view of science-fiction horror narratives? What particularly is going to be influencing your goals in the comics based on your fan experience? JW: Oh boy So I saw the first Predator when I was a kid, but back then that wasn't a sci-fi horror movie No, to my young childlike[...]

One of the better ads for comics I've seen. And now they're doing it again For their new Image comic that is, not Phonogram 3: Immaterial Girl Because yhis is The Wicked And The Divine, published by Image Comics in June and with the following ad appearing in Previews, out tomorrow. That web address currently redirects to[...]

So, Dwayne Johnson, was to play Lobo. We first told you that ages ago in 2012. Then Johnson confirmed the rumour. But it didn't happen. However, at the

Comic reader Jeremy Reed Beebe has gone further, telling Bleeding Cool about some of his master crafting of them. I encoded the names of fifty comics characters into fan letters that were published in the letter pages of comic books over a one-year period. I used an acrostic; the first letter of each sentence in the body[...]

Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato are leaving Flash for Detective Comics But what ideas did they have but never got round to? Manapul posted a scene entitled Flash At The Salt Flats to Instagram… FLASH: "I wanted to show you something I've never shared this place with anyone Here my mind is at peace[...]

All credit to SeqArt for putting this together, with a little help from Alan Moore... ‘the origin of capes and masks as ubiquitous superhero accessories

We know that French publisher Casterman are planning a new Tintin book... in 2052, a year before the character joins the public domain. But there's

Well, as the headline says, Prog #1874 for 2000AD has sold out at the distributor level a week early for the first time in the magazine's history, and the

The path has been laid before us, the past is set in stone. BELIZE IN YOURSELF Valley Life sees how one writer transforms trauma into comics… MW: How does the experience you felt in Belize fit into what you write? AG: It's definitely worked its way into some of my stories From time to time, I mention a presence[...]

Did anyone else notice no new Rogue Trooper in the June Previews from IDW, only the classic reprint series? I'm told that the new originated series from

Mimi Noon's latest cover, for Vampirella #1, from Dynamite in June. I'm guessing there won't be the complaints received for that of Powerpuff Girls #6.

The year before, it was the Sound Waves comics But I didn't move a single one of any of them this time Zero Zilch Nada The big goose egg. What carried it? My Little Pony stuff. When I did KokomoCon last year, nothing at my table got as much interest as the Doctor Whooves fan comics I[...]

 By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this week's upcoming books, speculating about where they are headed, and discuss their favorite storylines This time they have Real Heroes, All New Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer and more in their[...]

Our intrepid Birmingham scene reporter for Bleeding Cool, Olly MacNamee, was on the ground at MCM Comic Con Birmingham this past weekend, and delivered to

By Chris Thompson Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. [audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/podpress_trac/web/10926/0/orbital-podcastsavagetalk.m4a] [*If this player doesn't work in your browser, check out the original post by Orbital here] They say: Welcome to another special episode of The Orbiting Pod! Back in January, we were very fortunate to have Savage Pencil (Edwin Pouncey) visit the store,[...]

DeMatteis, illustrated by the late, great Seth Fisher, colored by Christopher Chuckry, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. Willworld is a Green Lantern story published by DC Comics but that is where its similarities to mainstream superhero comics ends.  This is a decidedly unique kind of superhero story – one that probes the mystical undertones of life,[...]

We've been talking about this for a few weeks, the upcoming Spider-Man event that Joe Quesada told Dan Slott could be the best Spider-Man story Marvel

We know that Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird collaborated on a cover for an upcoming anniversary issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But that's not

Last year, DC Comics launched two series with a linked promotional campaign, The Movement and Green Team: Teen Trillionaires Linked to the Occupy campaign, the latter was intended to represent the 1%, the former the 99%. Both books have been cancelled, though The Movement has lasted a little longer with one or two comics yet to[...]

Jesse James, familiar to a number of Bleeding Cool writers I'm sure, and retailer of Jesse James Comics in Glendale, Arizona, is opening a new store in Las Vegas. In a deal with another Las Vegas store, Desert Wind, Jesse James Celestial Comics will be a 2000 sq foot based in the Neonopolis Center at the[...]

So… what have you been reading this week? Twenty Top Traffic Tales Of The Week Incredible – Watch The First Ten Minutes Of Captain America: The Winter Soldier Frank Cho's Naked She Hulk And Other Sketches From London Super Comic Con Disney And Pixar Announce The Incredibles 2 And Cars 3 Is This How They Are Bringing Back Damian? DC[...]

Last year we ran an article about Acme Comics and Ultimate Comics of North Carolina and their warring competition comic conventions Non-compete clauses, insulting cartoons, it got quite nasty. Well, it's 2014 And the war is back on This time between Ultimate Comics and neighboring Chapel Hill Comics. Chapel Hill announced a big sale on March 17th[...]

They say: Come one, come all, and hear the lovely/sordid/cray-cray tales spun by our talented storytellers! Hosted by the same folks who give you Pete's Mini Zine Fest, the very place where you can kick back a beer and read zines! Our lineup will be: Anoush Froundjian Andria Alefhi Lynn Bixenspan Mary Regan And our emcee, Morgan Pielli Sunday, March 30th Escape Pod[...]

Such as Eric Stephenson's speech to Comics PRO that is still getting folk talking And a few of them ranting and raving. As Bleeding Cool has pointed out previously, Boom! Studios had a admirable run of original series in 2013, including back-issue barn burners like Polarity and Day Men and critically acclaimed series like Six-Gun Gorilla,[...]

A collation of the top ten charts of a number if disparate store, measuring sales on Wednesdays and Thursdays only, those who can't wait till the weekend to buy their comics An indication of unstoppable desire…. Without the crossover events (or Batman) Superman Unchained has risen to the top this week, but the relaunch of Daredevil[...]

Do you remember Jackdaw? You may not. Created for Captain Britain/Black Knight strips in the Marvel UK title Hulk Weekly, he was an elf who palled around

But comics slipping forward? Not too common. That's what's happening with Rai #1, now Shipping one week early, so as to be out for Free Comic Book Day And give those folks who have picked up the Valiant FCBD title a chance to… spend some money, as well as the Rai #1 Plus Edition with 16[...]

A few Bleeding Cool readers who hail from my country have noticed that Amazon UK's listings for new comic related books in the UK are suddenly at full

Also no one tell Eric Stephenson about that "third" thing… Noted comics writer and editor Scott Allie will appear at Northern Essex Community College on Tuesday, March 25, from 6:30-8:30 p.m in the David Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St This event is free and open to the public. Allie will discuss the[...]