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Four-Color Roots Part 1: The Toyetic Age (1985-1989)
By Christopher Smith In the first installment of this 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 diversions Focusing only on the comics and pop-cultural touchstones he experienced at the time, he reconsiders their influence and impact from[...]
Kickstarter Fail… Or Failure To Communicate?
Equaly the Occupy Comics collection has, apparently gone to the printers And there are still people waiting on Womanthology… As ever, the main problems seem to be communication Backers will seemingly forgive anything, including long delays in production, as long as they are kept up to date and not fobbed off Once people stop talking that's[...]
The Mount Rushmore Of The Comic Industry
I couldn't come up with a solid four that I felt good about… so I figured I'd turn it back to you, the Bleeding Cool readers. Who would you pick as the four most important people in the history of comics? Here are some of the candidates that I came up with. Jack Kirby – I'm thinking[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 17th February 2014 – Driving Dan Slott Crazy
It comes into play on Wednesday… and if you have no idea what we're talking about see number 5 in the And Things You May Prefer column below. So what have you been reading this week? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week This Is Your Batman #28 Final Page Spoiler Rocket Raccoon And Groot Let Rip In Early Guardians[...]
DC Comics To Revive Shadow Of The Bat
Batman: Shadow of the Bat was a comic that ran from 1992 to 2000, telling Batman continuity stories alongside Detective Comics and Batman, which specialised in examining the psyche of the various cast members of the Batcomics It was mostly written by Alan Grant And it looks like it's coming back. DC Comics attourney Megan L[...]
DC Comics Cancels The Movement
The final issue will be published by DC Comics in May. It got a few more issues than its launching companion Green Team did, but The Movement by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams has been cancelled. Gail Simone posted on her tumblr yesterday, Okay, so this is sad, but the Movement is ending with issue 12. Unfortunately, this[...]
Things To Do In New York And Philadelphia This Week If You Like Comics
Monday, February 17th Locust Moon Comics will be hosting a stop on Gregory Benton's massive book signing tour for his award winning graphic novel B+F from 6pm to 9pm Don't miss out on getting one of Benton's famous double-interior cover original sketch spreads in color (poor guy's hands must be falling off by now)[...]
Brian Bendis And Kevin Nowlan Drop Off Final Issue Of A+X
It was solicited as, A+X GOES OUT IN STYLE! Superstar BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS and comics legend KEVIN NOWLAN tell a scintillating tale of KITTY PRYDE + VISION! Gerry Duggan (DEADPOOL) and David Yardin (X-FACTOR) finish their rip-roaring CAPTAIN AMERICA+CYCLOPS story! However it appears that Brian Bendis and Kevin Nowlan have both dropped off A+X #18[...]
Fanboy Rampage: Dan Slott Vs. Bleeding Cool
Please stop. If you care about this industry, these characters, and the people who make these comics– let storytellers do their job and TRY to deliver surprises once in a while DURING the stories they're telling. I don't care if other sites get these images out Or if there are other places on the web where people[...]
Of Mice And Mark Millar
From today's Scottish Herald On Sunday, featuring Mark Millar and Scottish comedian Robert Florence as Lenny & George from Of Mice And Men, to
Looking Back With Style – The Real Golden Age
Growing up as a kid, I collected comics I didn't just have comics, I collected them I listed out each one I had including the writer and artist on notebook paper and kept it in a three-ring binder Certain artists stood out to me and I knew their names I was probably the only nine-year[...]
Hart Fisher Kicks Off At Dark Horse Over Gerard Way. Again.
And Hart Fisher has a bone to pick. Again. He tells Bloody Disgusting, Gerard Way is a liar and a fake who devalued Boneyard Press products and implied I was a liar by his deceits and instead of owning up to his deceptions he kept on lying and set his fans loose on me for an online hate[...]
Diamond Comic Distributors Launches Best Practice Awards For May
The categories are as follows. Best New Comics Section Best Twitter Presence Best Staff Motivational Program Best TV Ad Best Convention Booth Do you have a comic book retailer who should be encouraged to submit a nomination for their store? And has Larry's Comics already submitted for "Best Twitter Presence"? That is, if "Best" means "most prominent"… I mean who could[...]
Swipe File: Thor And Threadless
But if you combine this T-shirt design from Threadless… With this Strange Tales cover from Marvel Comics. Well, they work as a kind of swipe file flip book, don't they? And doesn't he look like he loves it? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]
Kickstarting The Seventies And Eighties With Jackie Estrada
As I always like to put it, comics people were being pulled kicking and screaming into professionalism For instance, San Diego didn't have its first employee until 1985 I think that was all for the good You still see a lot of clowning around and casualness in the photos from the late 1980s Today, people[...]
TWEETED THEN DELETED: Five Ghosts #12 Cover For Larry's Comics By Rob Guillory
This is the retailer exclusive cover for Larry's Comics for Five Ghosts #12 by Rob Guillory, modelled on the cover to Abbey Road. Tweeted by Larry's Comics then, for some reason, deleted But grabbed by a Little Bleeder first… This is the retailer exclusive cover for Larry's Comics for Five Ghosts #12 by Rob Guillory, modelled[...]
Whatever Happened To Matt Howarth?
Each one thinks they've found the location of a forgotten world, home to fabulous treasures from a bygone age.  But to get there, they will have to deal with alien criminals, unthinkable environments … and each other. A veteran of many comics, such as Green Lantern, Heavy Metal, and Transmetropolitan, Matt Howarth has amazed the world[...]
Goel And Mohanty's Ravanayan Shows That 'Evil' Is Essentially Attractive
The conclusion feels unimportant, though – it's the slow build-up to the very last page that makes the story unforgettable and Ravanayan a complex and many layered narrative force to be reckoned with. A writer with a soft spot for comics, Sreejita quit her job for the love of comics And when she realized that she[...]
A Triumphant Return But A Moment That Doesn't Quite Work In Serenity #1
Georges Jeanty, fresh from extensive duties on the Buffy comics, does great work here too matching characters' postures and mannerisms rather than their faces The result is a book that's never enslaved by likenesses but captures the essence of the characters and the show perfectly It's really smart work and meshes perfectly with Laura Martin's[...]