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This is something I fully intend to someday do. I agreed to Eternal while I was still on Detective Comics, intending to play off events in Eternal in Detective If there is one downside, it's that I was taken off Detective to make room for the fantastically talented Booch & Manapul, as part of a month[...]

Once upon a time, there was a comic called Image United. Written by Robert Kirkman, it featured the Image founder's characters in one comic, and was drawn

So there's a Spider-Man story out there. All the major sites apart from Bleeding Cool spoiled it in the headline. Though it's not as if we can get on our

Well then.  With the spoiler in headlines pretty much everywhere already, it's going to be impossible to avoid seeing this one, I imagine, but: We saw

So, the upcoming comic Ody-C got, kind of, reannounced at Image Expo, from Matt Fraction and Christian Ward. Here's a better look at those visuals

I won't link to them, but they will be out there on news & comic news sites. — Dan Slott (@DanSlott) January 11, 2014 Warning: If possible, avoid reading SPOILERS on news & comic news sites from tomorrow till reading your new comics on Weds Just a heads up. — Dan Slott (@DanSlott) January 11, 2014   As ever, Bleeding[...]

When Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato moved from Flash to Detective Comics, writer John Layman and artist John Fabok, who had been working on the comic for a year, planned to move onto the new Batman weekly comic, Batman Eternal. Except it now seems that's no longer the case Not for John Layman anyway. Layman, in a[...]

So we ran a piece on Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning getting their Guardians Of The Galaxy run collected in complete editions. But they aren't the only big

The golden ticket at San Diego Comic Con is a four day pass for the whole show, with the Preview Night thrown in. But they sell out fast. Then the

This does appear to be an article stub from DC Comics, indicating an Aquaman And The Others series from DC for 2014. That and other potential April delights have been running around the messageboards for the last couple of days. Such as this run down from our good friend Tako. Aquaman and the Others #1 Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman[...]

We knew that Jim Starlin was working on a Thanos graphic novel for Marvel to be published in 2014, The Infinity Revelation, which we ran the PR for while

We've got an early preview of Unity #3 by Matt Kindt and Doug Braithwaite. The book goes on sale January 15th, but you can see the first five pages right

According to 44Flood, "A libretto is a text used in an extended musical work like an opera or musical, usually distinct from the music", and they are taking this principle and applying it to an art anthology from gallery art work to comics panels, all based on quite a varied theme they handle broadly, allowing[...]

By Dylan Gonzalez Beer: Mad Anthony APA Brewery: Erie Brewing Co. Today, I delve into a bottle of Eerie Brewing Company’s Mad Anthony APA.  Unfortunately,

Back in September, Bleeding Cool ran the debut of the new Dark Horse series Skyman's variant cover featuring President Obama, and Dark Horse have now shared some of the developmental art on that striking cover by Freddie Williams II, with colors by Dan Slott, including Williams' sketches for the cover. Skyman debuts next week as a[...]

And, as usual, China earns the Hipster Award for the week, having eight issues of Artifacts appear on the chart with no sign of zombies, Marvel, or My Little Pony. United States The Walking Dead #119 $2.99 Injustice Year Two #1 $0.99 Avengers World (2014-) #1 $3.99 Earth 2 (2012-) #19 $2.99 X-Men: Days of Future Past $10.99 Detective Comics (2011-) #27[...]

Dirk Manning writes: Towards the end of 2013, I decided to do something that would either exponentially help my writing career or kill me: I decided to conduct a "13 Shows in 13 Weeks" book-signing tour. As I've discussed in earlier installments of this column (and the book/collection Write or Wrong: A Writer's Guide to Creating Comics,[...]

The race for April solicitations is on! The game is afoot! And, as previously rumoured, Green Lantern bad guy-ish character Sinestro is getting his own DC New 52 series (but not Sinestro Corps). DC Comics PR department gave Newsarama the news today, that Cullen Bunn and Dale Eaglesham will be writing and drawing the book when it[...]

What do you think has shaped your view of organized crime stories and detective noir stories the most? What about spy stories? Frank Barbiere: Being a kid of the 80's the biggest touchstones for me growing up were obvious things like James Bond, Mission: Impossible, etc.  When I was a bit older I really started to[...]

In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or

You know how some websites take a statement out of context from a comic book creator and blow it all out of proportion by using it as a headline. CBR is

 All of it.   Update with official press release: Ed Brubaker (Batman, Captain America, FATALE, CRIMINAL) and Sean Phillips (FATALE, Sleeper) and Image Comics have signed an unprecedented deal in comics publishing, a five year deal to do anything they want with total freedom, total control, and total ownership over their projects. "Everyone at Image loves working with Ed and[...]

"I like taking classic monsters and reimagining them in a fresh, contemporary, and much scarier way," said Snyder. Snyder and Jock have worked together previously on the Batman story "The Black Mirror" in the pages of Detective Comics and Snyder knew from the get-go that he wanted Jock on board. "It's great to finally have Scott Snyder[...]

This series revolves around people facing that dilemma and finding the strength to remain optimistic throughout. Remender has had strong success at Image Comics with the launches of Black Science and Deadly Class Looks like he's about to add an easy third to that. Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini, who last worked on Marvel's Uncanny X-Force[...]

Suddenly, all at once, magic came rushing back into the world. "Bill Willingham was in the early vanguard for creator-owned comics, as well as one of comics' most unique and interesting voices, and it's a huge thrill to be working with him here at Image," said Eric Stephenson, Publisher at Image Comics "Likewise, it's fantastic to[...]

"As someone who loves history, comics, and crime fiction, 1960s Chicago was always the perfect era for C.O.W.L In fact, it's what got me to take the idea of organized superheroes seriously," said Higgins "Between the politics and labor unions in Chicago, and the rise of Marvel Comics, the early '60s are one of my[...]

This will be Hinkle's debut at Image Comics. Robinson and Hinkle's story, although taking inspiration from real sources, is fictional "Honestly, in reality Eric [Stephenson] didn't come to me with Airboy, I conceived the whole thing with me in it and all the drinking, drugs, and sex and took the idea to him," said Robinson[...]

David Dissanayake writes from Image Expo: Next up: Nick Dragotta Nick Dragotta will be doing an educational comic called Howtoons ignition, a revisiting

I really believe in what we're doing here, and I can't wait for people to see what's next." PARADIGMS, CERULEAN, and GREAT BEYOND are all new, ongoing science-fiction/fantasy series coming to Image Comics in 2014. David Dissanayake writes from Image Expo: Next up: Nick Spencer He's been busy. Nick Spencer has three new books coming[...]

All while being a Star Wars comic book. This series will end next year, Dark Horse losing their license to Marvel Comics. Thing is, will a Disney Marvel Star Wars comic ask these kind of questions, make the audience feel uncomfortable and question their own preconceptions about the very black-and-white, dark-and-light version of morality that the movies[...]