Comics Archives

Yesterday, we looked at the Frank Quitely documentary, part of the What Do Artists Do All Day strand on BBC Two Scotland tonight at 10pm and BBC Four

The guys at Top Cow offered us a "super early preview" of Aphrodite IX #9; we said "yes". In the latest issue due out March 19th, we finally learn what

If you are not familiar with the Eaglemoss Collections figures... you might want look away. I bought one the lead Batman figure and suddenly found myself

He started out writing for Marvel UK in the 80's, and saw the Transformers comic through a legendary period, penning the most memorable TF comics in the franchise's history. Recently IDW gave Furman a chance to pick up his twenty-year-old story lines in an epic what-if series called ReGeneration One (think X-Men Forever, with giant robots)[...]

By Christopher Smith In this, the second installment of our ongoing column series, Christopher Smith takes us on a tour through his own back pages as a comics fan, going down unexpected dark alleys and digressions Focusing only on the comics and pop-cultural touchstones he experienced at the time, he reconsiders their (at times unlikely) influence[...]

That visual there from Jai Nitz and his artist Janusz Pawlak,  in light of the Final-Order-Cutoff for orders of their Toshiro steampunk horror graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics, next week Diamond Code FEB140081 for anyone who wants a copy and can tell their retailer in time… The mechano-samurai Toshiro travels a Victorian clockwork world,[...]

This week, Titan Comics releases new graphic novel The Absence, written and illustrated by designer, writer, artist, and 2000AD fan Martin Stiff He originally produced the comic in single issues over a five year period, but now the wide-ranging thriller of a story is complete, unraveling the mysteries that link World War II veteran Marwood[...]

By Dylan Gonzalez My girlfriend is eleven years older than me.  She is a bona fide child of the 80's.  She has her love for hair metal and the synth heavy rock of the time, particularly soft spots for Poison, Van Halen and Extreme.  But her heart really lies with punk, alternative rock, new wave and[...]

John Ridley is a rather hot writer right now. His Oscar last night for Best Adapted Screenplay for 12 Years A Slave is only the tip of the iceberg. He

Yesterday, Dan DiDio tweeted in response to a comment by Nathan Fairburn, about his plans for an upcoming comic book. @MDesaad @nathanfairbairn @DocShaner

:) — Lucas Siegel (@LucasSiegel) March 3, 2014   Yes, they are talking about DC Comics Who recently ran Newsarama print ads and whom DC gave that lovely 3D cover scoop just last week. Oh look, it's Siegel vs DC Comics again. My knowledge of DC's history with Newsarama is sketchy, though the departure from DC's  press department of ex-Newsarama's[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, I've actually waited years to write this column. Moyoco Anno is one of my favourite creators of Josei manga, comics aimed at a 20something female readership that enjoys a huge market in Japan but is still underexploited in the West She's a far bigger deal in Japan than comics fans in the West realize[...]

So why is Deadpool Vs Carnage shipping in April, by Cullen Bunn and Salva Espinso not suitable for kids? Could it be the dead doves? All very Tom Lehrer,

Scott Dunbier, senior editor at IDW, is on the hunt for original art pages for upcoming IDW Artist Editions, that seeks to reproduce artboard pages as

When promotional images were first released, we noticed some similarities between the images seen in Starlight #1, out this week, and Pixar's movie The

America has weather again, it seems. And so, because of a severe winter storm, Diamond Comic Distributor's Home Office in Hunt Valley, Maryland is closed

Last year, at SXSW, Marvel gave away 700 free digital comics And the entire ComiXology system crashed This time, they are risking their own servers instead. At this year's SXSW, Marvel will be giving access to their Marvel Unlimited App for one month for 99 cents, giving access to 15,000 digital Marvel comics, all you can[...]

"Ideally you want to be a couple of months ahead on a project. But I rarely am." - Frank Quitely. BBC Scotland have made a documentary about Frank

Photo by Annette Price, of NewsOK On Friday, Bleeding Cool ran a speech by Eric Stephenson, publisher at Image Comics, to the gathered retailers at the ComicsPRO event in Atlanta, Georgia You can read the whole text here Eric Stephenson was also handed the 2014 ComicsPRO Industry Appreciation Award. Specifically mentioning that Star Wars, GI Joe and[...]

Jerseys will also be available in the team shop. But wait! There's more! Spider-man himself will be in attendance, "live and in costume in the concourse during the game." They got Spider-man! ARCHIE GETS A NEW CREATIVE BOSS The New York Times reports that the new Creative Officer for Archie comics is playwright and comic book writer Roberto[...]

Tim Heiderich writes for Bleeding Cool:  Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics was a landmark introduction to the language of sequential art, and with Kickstarter money from some good-natured rubes, my artist and I published a parody of it — the creatively-titled Misunderstanding Comics. So why are we poking fun at a book published over 20 years ago?  As[...]

SPEAKABLE HORRORS What Lovecraftian consequences did Prospero invoke by using black magic for his own selfish gain? Author Aron Tarbuck (Werewolf: the

DC Comics announced the line-up for this springs digital-first anthology series, Adventures Of Superman The line up includes Steve Niles, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Joe Keatinge, Ming Doyle, Jerry Ordway, Steve Rude, Matthew Dow Smith and more. Here is the line up for March and April: March 10 – "STRANGE VISITOR" 1/3 – Joe Keatinge, Ming Doyle & Brent Schoonover March[...]

By Erik Grove Welcome to our new satire column spear-headed by Bleeding Cool writer Erik Grove uncovering the truthiness in comics news If these headlines are a little close to home, it's the times we're living in where life is much stranger than fiction.  Enjoy: Fox Announces Two Versions of The Fantastic Four To Be Released to[...]

Artist Jeff Victor has decided to do a series of pieces showing the progression of different actors through the years and post them to

Intrepid Bleeding Cool reporter and Birmingham local Olly MacNamee made it out to the MCM Midlands Comic Con on February 15th and aside from hobnobbing

This is what you get when you commission Jason Pearson to draw the climatic scene from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. He writes, Here's a commission for

The London Super Comic Convention is convening March 15th and 16th, and in the lead-up they've revealed that their cover art for this year's program guide

Thanks to DC Women Kicking Ass for pointing to the cover appearance of the new First Nations/Native American member of Justice League United, a teenage

The True Believers Comic Festival is a new UK convention for people who love comics, by people who love comics, taking place on Saturday 7th February 2015 at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire By bringing together fans, artists, writers, creators, sellers and cosplayers, True Believers is a great one day celebration of everything you love about comics[...]