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Stan Lee Promotes Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day has put together a video of Stan Lee promoting this years upcoming Free Comic Book Day... This is the kind of thing Stan "The Man" can
It Pays To Listen To Your Parents
Luke Foster writes for Bleeding Cool: Shortly before Thanksgiving 2012, I was complaining to my parents that I was in a rut both personally and in my day
Pop Culture Hounding Hellboy Day! With Mike Richardson, Scott Allie And Friends
By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode81.mp3] Following on from this week's chat with Mike Mignola (which can still be heard here) – I continue the Hellboy Day celebrations with Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson, Mouse Guard's David Petersen, and editor Scott Allie – as well as Maura McHugh & Kim Newman, who have just been announced as writers on[...]
Four Reasons To Pre-Order New Image Book Genesis From Nathan Edmondson And Allison Sampson
Genesis is a wonderful, feverish, odd book that reads like David Cronenberg's version of Inception and it's available for pre-order until March 24th from Image Comics.  The code is FEB140504, you should absolutely pre-order it, and here are the four reasons why. 1 Everything You Ever Wanted Nathan's script follows an idealistic young man called Adam, who[...]
11 Things All Failed Kickstarter Projects Do Wrong
I've run three successful kickstarter campaigns in the comics and tabletop games categories, and I'm in the middle of my fourth: The Flight Deck Playing Card series based on early airship and airplane designs The campaign runs until April 1st! In putting my projects together, I've done research into hundreds of campaigns, following them from start[...]
G.I. Pony: Freedom Is Magic
Publisher of both comics, IDW's Dirk Wood joked that it could be done. Well that retailer has gone a little further to make his case Sean Williamson has mocked up the following… This has to happen, doesn't it? At the Diamond Retailer Day a couple of weeks ago, one retailer asked aboutvthe possibility of a GI Joe/My[...]
Catbeard The Pirate Book Three: Shipwrecks And Shedding
Ah, now we're into more unfamiliar territory. Catbeard is a concept that, at first glance, could be tailor-made for webcomics People love cats on the internet (as do I), and let's face it, there's no better place for piracy! But it's always been my hope to make something more. I grew up reading comics, and among my[...]
The Terrible Twos of a Kickstarter Project
 Yes, I'm a proven commodity as a creator, but it's tricky to get new readers to jump onto a series in media res (a highly common problem in the comics industry) It's like trying to sell tickets to a movie that already started 20 minutes ago  My Book 1 backers are a great, reliable bunch,[...]
'It Felt Like Coming Home' For One Fine Artist Crossing Over To Comic Book Art
For instance, I immediately think of Ben Templesmith and Menton3, two members of the creative group Flood44, who have established unique artistic styles that have successfully cohabitated art book and comics (from Flood44's Tome and Lust to comic books Memory Collector and Ten Grand as recently published projects) And, Hillary Bauman, a Los Angeles based[...]
Hellboy Day, From London To Oklahoma City
This afternoon, Duncan Fegredo, Mike McMahon and Lawrence Campbell were happily signing and sketching away at Gosh Comics in London, for Hellboy Day today, with comics, giveaways and eternal damnation.   There were some nice biccies on hand for the creators. And a very tasty limited print that sold nice and quickly. And one that people were happy[...]
Crossed's C-Day Starts Here
Today is Hellboy Day and I'm planning to pop by Gosh Comics in London today to see what's what. But it's only a precursor for this Wednesday's C-Day, the annual Crossed celebration that kicks off a Garth Ennis-penned Crossed Badlands arc And with issue 50, they are going to expose the story of Patient Zero, the[...]
Whiskers McFadden – The All Ages, 1950s Astronaut Cat
Ryan Jenkyns works at Orbital Comics in London It's just possible you may have heard of that shop on Bleeding Cool before Anyway he has a Kickstarter live right now… take it away, Ryan! For some, comic books are just a fun recreational activity For me, it's kind of become my whole life Of course, that[...]
Image Comics Joins The Cartoon Art Museum As A Corporate Member
Image Comics has joined the Cartoon Art Museum as it's newest corporate member. The Cartoon Art Museum is a tax-exempt, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms. "We're extremely pleased to welcome Image as a corporate member," said CAM's executive director Summerlea Kashar[...]
First Look – Eternal Warrior #7
Here we have an advance preview of Eternal Warrior #7 from writer Greg Pak (Action Comics) and artist Robert Gill (Armor Hunters: Harbinger)! This continues the Eternal Emperor storyline as we see the future of the Valiant Universe. King Gilad Anni-Padda hoped to leave his days as the Eternal Emperor behind him But when an unforeseen challenger[...]
ComiXology All Over The World – Ms. Marvel Soars To New Heights, The Walking Dead Remains, And My Little Pony Teturns in China…
Marvel (2014-) #2 ¥18.00 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #17 ¥25.00 Science: A Discovery In Comics ¥68.00 Iron Man Vol 5 #1 ¥12.00 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #4 (of 6) ¥6.00 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #3 (of 6) ¥6.00 Philosophy: A Discovery In Comics ¥68.00 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #2 (of 6) ¥6.00 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #1 (of 6) ¥6.00 Timothy Carson[...]
Thirteen New Oni Comics Over The Next Year – The Life After, I Was The Cat, The People Inside, Sixth Gun, Meteor Man, Mermim Book, Stumptown, Brides Of Helheim, Hellbreak, Ciudad, Orphan Blade, Junior Braves Of The Apocalypse, Ares & Aphrodite
Simply put, The People Inside is not a book to read, it's a book to experience. THE SIXTH GUN: DAYS OF THE DEAD Summer 2014 Comics supergroup Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Mike Norton, and Bill Crabtree spin a prequel yarn to the ongoing The Sixth Gun series, uncovering how the villainous Pinkerton Jesup, and Sword of Abraham priest[...]