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The Comics Industry Reacts To… The Super Bowl, Oh And #EsuranceSave30
TODD pic.twitter.com/5O5m5vI09D — Todd McFarlane (@Todd_McFarlane) February 2, 2014   Points for random Kurt Russell appearance, Super Bowl. — Sean McKeever (@TheSeanMcKeever) February 2, 2014   Did you just see the Super Bowl ad for NOAH? Pre-Order the graphic novel from @DarrenAronofsky + Niko Henrichon now! http://t.co/24kARujolX — Image Comics (@ImageComics) February 2, 2014   Marvel really sprang for a 2.5-minute Super Bowl ad?[...]
Who Wants To Die For Terry Moore?
Pretty awesome deal if you ask me. But instead of me telling you more, let's hear it from Terry himself: Only in the wonderful world of comics is this possible I'm asking for an otherwise perfectly sane normal person to be the next victim of a serial killer in my comic book series, Rachel Rising[...]
Bill Watterson Wins Angoulême Grand Prix. Now, For Next Year…
Bill Watterson has won the Angoulême Grand Prix, giving the creator of Calvin & Hobbes membership of the Angoulême Academy and making him president of next year's Angoulême comics festival. Which, for a comic creator often regarded as a bit of a hermit, makes for an interesting choice for the Academy[...]
Cartoonists Speak Out Against SodaStream Sponsorship Of Angoulême
Though the factory management point out that they employ hundred of Palestinians on equal pegging with their Israeli counterparts, who would lose their jobs if the company closed it down. A number of cartoonists from France, the USA, and the rest of the world have written a letter to the organisers of Angoulême, including political comic[...]
Tonight's Super Bowl, In Geek, WIth Stan Lee, Tom Hiddleston And Scott Snyder
or tokes. And a considerable chunk of comics are bedding in ahead of the big game… or running away screaming. Don't care what it says of me, but cracks me up that the only reason we watch #SuperBowl is @Elisabethf wants to make the appropriate food. — Scott Allie (@ScottAllie) February 2, 2014   SUPER BOWL DIARY: Marathon runner said[...]
Geoff Johns To Write Superman Every Month
Bleeding Cool reported on how Geoff Johns had been asked by Diane Nelson to restrict the monthly comics he was writing to two He'd dropped Green Lantern, he dropped Justice League Of America, he's dropped Aquaman and Forever Evil is coming to an end, leaving him with only Justice League as an ongoing So what[...]
Swipe File: The Pope Vs Superman
The vatican Twitter account shows grafitti featuring Pope Francisco in an iconographic superhero pose, holding a briefcase with the word "Valores"
Alan Moore Withdraws From Angoulême Grand Prix
So Alan Moore is one of the three main nominees for the Grand Prix of Angoulême, alongside Bill Watterson and Katsuhiro Otomo. Such an honour, the greatest in the comics industry, would see Moore made a member of the Angoulême Academy and President of next year's festival This accompanies the French release of Neonomicon, a major[...]
Booze Geek – Vampire Slayer And…Well, Vampire Slayer
By Dylan Gonzalez Beer: Vampire Slayer Brewery: Clown Shoes Brewery Clown Shoes Brewery goes two for two with another impressive stout.  The Vampire Slayer is a hearty brew but perhaps one of the best I have had. As with most stouts, the Vampire Slayer is dark, dark brown, very nearly black.  But with a name like that, I couldn't[...]
Xtreme Championship Tournament The Superbowl Of The Future…
Shaun Paulet writes for Bleeding Cool: There is nothing quite like the wild roar of a rowdy heaving crowd, or so Shaun Paulet of COMICS2MOVIES thought when he created his latest comic the Xtreme Champion Tournament (XCT). Based in the future, heroes, villains and beasts or creatures of the past have been cloned and ordered to fight[...]
Archie Comics Gets Into The Teaser Image Game With Megaman
This is the only thing we got from Archie Comics No description, no solicitation text, just an image I think they're picking up on the teaser image promotion style so many other companies are using now. So Megaman this spring… This is the only thing we got from Archie Comics No description, no solicitation text, just[...]
Steven Randall Brings Horror To The Community
Zombies they are everywhere these days.  Books, comics, television, and even movies have Zombies shambling and stumbling around every corner of entertainment, so what makes this project worth supporting? I guarantee this Kickstarter project, The Community,  is something you really have never seen before. The Community captures the greatest part of any zombie outbreak, and then[...]
I Wore My Hulk Underoos With Such Pride…
Manny Trembley writes for Bleeding Cool: Are Comics "Fun"? Comic book super heroes and villains have become a dime-a-dozen There is a malaise in our culture over these caped, underwear-wearing individuals There seem to even be questions about whether "serious" comic books are better Does more mature mean more better? Under Where? is a book that flies in the[...]
Comic Industry Reacts To… Making Mike Marvel
Which also answers the question that began "Now with Steve Wacker leaving…." So what did everyone have to say? Scott Lobdell told us, "Mike Marts follows the First Rule Of Editorial:  Make it better!   I'm not sure what being an executive editor entails but I'm sure he's going to rock out." RT @bleedingcool Mike Marts Leaves Batman[...]
Toasters In Love
By Ken Haeser for Battlestar Galactica #12 subscription variant cover from Dynamite... sadly not in time for Valentine's Day.
The Trailer for The Fox #4 Is Here
The penultimate issue of the 5 part mini-series that revives and refigures the Silver Age pulp hero The Fox, from Red Circle/Archie Comics is coming February 5th, and the trailer teases plenty of the madness and artwork this Mark Waid/Dean Haspiel collaboration has been known for so far The question looming is whether The Fox[...]
Surviving 15 Shows in 15 Weeks (Part 4 of 3) – Write or Wrong By Dirk Manning
I was promoting my new/upcoming comics Love Stories to Die For (Image Comics/Shadowline), The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West (Big Dog Ink), and Tales of Mr Rhee (Devil's Due), as well as many of my other books such as the Nightmare World trilogy (Image Comics/Shadowline) and Write or Wrong: A Writer's Guide to Creating[...]
Flashback Friday – Batman: The Black Glove
Today, we will take a look at a storyline from 2007 that eventually led into one of the most explosive events of the Modern Age of Comics That event is Final Crisis; the lead-in, and today's topic, is Batman: The Black Glove. (Note: As this story was pre-New 52 continuity, there are no spoilers for the current incarnation[...]