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We just saw the publication of The Darkness: Vicious Traditions by Ales Kot and Dean Ormston, looking at Top Cow's The Darkness entity in the times of the

Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic are creating a new comic for Image/Top Cow in June, Wildfire, a sci-fi tale of genetically modified food. Dan Miller is a

Once I knew what to look for... well, here's the solicit for June's new title from DiDio, Giffen and Koblish. INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE #1 On

You may remember it as earlier or later, but it was the time everyone realised that comics retailing was doomed The stronger stores had lasted out the 90's boom and cataclysmic-bust only to find the bookstores were going all out to steal business; at the same time Amazon was offering books cheaper than anyone else[...]

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reprinted a tweet that seemed to suggest Dan DiDio were bringing back a cult classic comic. The smart folk told us to think

Taschen America, purveyors all bookish things big and beautiful, are releasing a six-book boxed set of Robert Crumb's sketches from 1964 to 1982. Based on

Kevin Smith and Batman mean one thing to some. A pivotal scene from Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli being rewritten to have Batman

Anabel Martinez posted the above image comparison talking about artist Jeff Pina and Phoenix Comic Con's decison to invite Paul Bradford to their show

Recently, Bleeding Cool exposed the latest identity of serial comics industry conman, Josh Hoopes, as one Samitra Banks And, in the process, manages to save at least one person from commissioning work from this fictitious identity. Josh Hoopes poses as a single mother with a five year old daughter in need of work and showing plenty[...]

This week's Prog 1872 features Judge Dredd: Squirm!, ABC Warriors: Return to Mars, Tharg's 3Rillers: After the Vengeance, Future Shocks: The Modular War

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, is one of the Ohio State University Libraries’ special collections, to develop a comprehensive

The partnership will give the award-winning comic book publisher the first option to license all-new Cartoon Network original comedies for adaptation into comics and graphic novels. … The new expanded partnership will allow BOOM! to work with Cartoon Network Enterprises to introduce new animated comedy properties to the comic book and book markets closer to the debut[...]

A look at some of the variant covers to comics out and about at the moment. This is the exclusive cover for Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Adi Granov for Limited Edition Comix… Here's the second print cover for Boom's Evil Empire #1. Also from Boom/Archaia, The Hacktivist #1 Red Variant cover to match that of Hacktivist #2 given[...]

Amazing X-Men #6 will have art by Cameron Stewart, not the solicited Ed McGuinness. As well as the solicited Mark Waid and  Javier Rodrigue, Daredevil

I've found it interesting as the popularity of Comic Book related properties grow and conventions spread to new cities, often times the local news sends

LeBron James name has been popping up a few times here lately, between his upcoming role in Space Jam 2 to his talk about of the Mount Rushmore of basketball… but the other day when the NBA told the superstar player that he couldn't wear the carbon fiber black face mask during a game, Marvel[...]

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/podcasts/orbital-podcast145.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. They say: This week, we get hysterical with Ghostbusters #13, face off with Revenge #1, burn up with Pariah #1, get lost in Hollywood with One Hit Wonder #1, wrap up and set off with Daredevil #36 & Daredevil: Road Warrior[...]

It went on to say that Ultraman is idolised by many children and equating him with Allah would confused Muslim youth and damage their faith. The character is very popular in Malaysia where both the series from the 1960s and the comics have been translated for the populace. The decision has led to widespread ridicule among Malaysian[...]

Now Howard Chaykin is returning to the Shadow and I got the chance to talk with him just before he was flying off to London. BLEEDING COOL: We know this isn't your first trip into the mysterious world of The Shadow, where you a fan of the character prior to working on it for DC Comics?[...]

Taken at Wizard World Sacremento Comic Con by Hilton Collins, for Bleeding Cool... is there anyone you recognise? Is it you???

Adi Tantimedh writes, By now I’m sure people have either watched or about to watch the final episode of True Detective.  And I’m sure a lot of people will

And the All-New Ultimates #1 makes that very clear, from Michel Fiffe and Amilcar Pinna. Featuring Spider-Man, Black Widow, Kitty Pryde, Bombshell, Cloak and Dagger, it's just another example of instutionalised racism against white male characters in modern comics. People say they'll never sell, but how will you know if you don't try? The comic sees a super-powered gang[...]

Chris Weston's feeling a bit under the weather right now. Spent the weekend patching up shattered confidence. It involved long walks, marathon viewing of

Larime Taylor is the writer/artist of Image comic book A Voice In The Dark, currently being published. It’s been 72 days since Zoey killed someone. With

Forget about Hollywood, a good wash will racebend your favourite Marvel comic book hero automatically… So what have you been reading this week on Bleeding Cool? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week Forever Evil #6 Has A Bit Of A Spoiler Sylvester McCoy Seems To Have Spoiled A Bit Of A Doctor Who Kickstarter Fail: John Campbell Burns Comics It's Starting[...]

From Image Comics in JUne That's right folks, June solicitations have already started. Here's the bumf, In the wake of a system-wide civil war, hard-nosed interplanetary investigator Cal Talmage is given a simple mission to find a missing ambassador's daughter in Mars Central City It all seems routine at first, but an experienced vet like Cal knows[...]

Artist Liam York used to have a Facebook page and a DeviantArt page. Not any more. Artist Chris Oz Fulton posted the following, Reader Michael Champion

French comics publisher Casterman is to simultaneously release the next volume of one of its biggest hit comics in May. Airborne 44 by Philippe Jarbinet is a war comic set in World War II and very successful series in the French market 'No Way Out' is the brand new fifth album in the series but can[...]

In which she elicited this promise. HMS: Can Bleeding Cool send you an "Ask Axe Cop" question from our readers if we do a bit of a competition on social media to pick the best one? EN: Sure, let's do it! You ask Axe Cop any question, send it to hannah@bleedingcool.com we'll pick our favourite and you will get[...]

Radical. Now ShiftyLook can join the band of people with plenty of money trying to take a punt in the comics industry – until they suddenly can't anymore Namco/Bandai's funded webcomics in an attempt to revive faded video game IP launched big, recruited talent, had a large presence at comic conventions, but that has faded of[...]