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We ran the Top Ten comics and marketshare for Diamond Comic Distribution's operations in North America in February 2014 last Friday But it's what's happening outside the Top Ten that's of interest today Basically, female focused solo titles in the top twenty-five Joker's Daughter and Ms Marvel one shots to start, but Harley Quinn continues[...]

And, thanks to the last one, Veep, he's gone and got himself some American recognition as well. Including a new comic from Image Comics, with artist Shaky Kane, a one-shot called That's Because You're A Robot. Two cops patrol a near-future Los Angeles together in an oversized patrol car, and one of them is a robot—but we[...]

Tuesday, March 18th The seventy-ninth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby) The event is free and open to the public. The presentation will be by Patricia Mainardi on[...]

From the new list of DC Comics collections coming in the next year, it appears that the Green Lantern title Larfleeze by JM DeMatteis, Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish is coming to an end… the twelfth issue will be in June, so I guess we'll get confirmation very shortly… Here are the trade paperback details… which[...]

Two comic conventions took place over the last week, a continent away. The Indianapolis Comic Con and the Newcastle Comic Con, in the US and the UK

DC Comics puts out their June 2014 solicitations today on their website They are also announcing Five Days Of Infinite Crisis… which is something to do with their new game, I presume. But we also managed to snag a few advance covers from today's offering Which means we can see that DC are finally resoliciting their[...]

He's a good sport, that Dan Slott, isn't he?

Olly MacNamee writes for Bleeding Cool: Hot off the success of their recent re-mastered anthology series Twisted Dark (read my recent interview with

By Dylan Gonzalez Beer: Dark Hollow Imperial Stout Brewery: Blue Mountain Brewery Darkness enveloped my night as I poured out a bottle of Dark Hollow, an

Lela Gwenn writes for Bleeding Cool: Can we talk about underdogs for a minute? About people who shouldn't find themselves standing next to the

Hand over a postcard flyer.  This gives people something physical to hold and see on their own terms in their own time.  This also gives them an initial investment in your work and invites them to at least give a polite glance at your wares.  This strategy works for me, but feel free to try[...]

Consequences that could destroy the entire universe! Is it too late to stop its cataclysmic side effects? Find out when the oversized, overstuffed ALL-NEW X-MEN #25 hits comic shops this April! Senior Editor Nick Lowe says "This is the single greatest artist lineup assembled under one roof! From mainstream superstars to masters of animation to illustrators to web-comics[...]

To borrow an old term, Umbral is comics with guitars or, perhaps, unusually burly lutes There's nothing precious here, just a smart, terrified young woman facing the end of the world and swearing at it, as we all would. 2.     Pirate Ship Christopher Mitten, Jordan Boyd and Thomas Mauer really flex their muscles this issue, with several[...]

Ray Chou writes for Bleeding Cool: Skies of Fire Issue One: Page 6, Panel 5 Vince never shut up about it in school. “Zeppelins, man. I’m going to do a

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[...]

Joseph Glass, occasional Bleeding Cool contributor, is selling his gay superhero themed comic book The Pride at London Super Comic Con in a rather novel

A more sexist example of exploitation you'd be hard pressed to find in the current comics industry. The inside content however, was less reflective of that attitude, and Zenescope found that by publishing comic book stories featuring "kick ass warrior women" that by their nature actually had to have content than gratuitous poses, they found themselves[...]

Yesterday, London looked like San Diego, the sun, the water, the cosplay. And some folk who rarely exposed that much sun to the skin, were basking in the

Live from the Marvelman panel at London Super Comic Con, Gary Leach, Alan Davis and Mark Buckingham have been talking about their experiences with

Whether it be Charlie Adlard being attacked by zombies at A Place In Apace, Dan Slott's impressive beard making its UK debut, Katie Cook's line being as

"I hate to ruin superior Spider-Man 30 and 31 for you, but you know Peter Parker's coming back, right?" - Dan Slott SPOILERS! Dan Slott is no stranger to

Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the turn-based role-playing adventure that allows players to experience the Marvel Universe across Facebook, iPhone®, iPad®,

Dirk Wood from IDW began "So I was told that My Little Pony is not a real comic book, sorry..." It wasn't a great day. Their editor -in-chief, Chris

Marvel Comics is going to be celebrating 50 years of Daredevil with the new #1.50, an anniversary issue with Mark Waid, Javier Rodriguez, Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev and Karl Kesel. "We're celebrating the Man Without Fear's 50th anniversary not by looking back, but by looking forward," says Waid "With a special story set in the[...]

 It airs at 7:30PM ET and 4:30 PT and is a half hour show focusing on the discussion of creating comics with the two of them. Here is a trailer for the episode: [youtube]http://youtu.be/B_KZZlTSREk[/youtube] Top Cow Managing Editor/Colorist Betsy Gonia and Publisher/Writer Matt Hawkins are both on "The Art Of" Sunday night on Ovation TV[...]

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con...  Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill talk about

Greetings from the authors of Bad For You: Exposing the War on Fun, Kevin C. Pyle and Scott Cunningham. We don’t have a Kickstarter project, just a book

Videos from George Perez, "doing it right" for licensed comics, from Eric Powell for Big Trouble In Little China, and many more as they celebrated their work and the support they get from Boom! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU_LzL2LyzY[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3XxrJwqu4[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBragyFWdEc[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbOhnOpeihg[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtqIirW5liU[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMdHhAk8NA8[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiNBqfSWJIM[/youtube] [...]

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con... Avatar Press' presentation to retailers,

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con... Rebellion, talked through many of their 2000AD