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New comics on New Years Eve? That's the craziest fucking thing I've ever heard, to quote Stephen Colbert, but is a very good kind of crazy, particularly since I'm finally in the right place at the right time to continue my column after holiday travels But stay tuned for the strange, since I'll be in[...]

We have a a Trial Of Jean Grey, more Peter Parker/Miles Morales Spider-Man, The United States Of Murder Inc, a how-to book Words For Pictures book about writing for comics, and something called The Last Rock Band On Earth… Brian Bendis has posted some of what he'll be[...]

Retailers have until January 17th to vote – and get entered for a $100 worth of backlist for doing so, or 500 free bags… UPDATE: Now with all the categories 2013 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Over 4% Dark Horse Comics DC Entertainment IDW Publishing Image Comics Marvel Comics 2013 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 4% Archie Comics Avatar Press BOOM![...]

From the serious and thought-provoking to the wild and raucous expressions comics are more than capable of, our writers selected the moments that defined the medium this year for them The composite picture really does suggest that 2013 has been a year like no other in comics, and that's setting the bar high for 2014[...]

This is Nick Barrucci, the publisher of Dynamite Comics, publishers of The Twilight Zone #1 out today, written by J Michael Straczynski. It features the story of a man who changes his identity utterly But what an identity to change to. That's… Nick isn't it? Or at least a younger, slightly slimmer version of him[...]

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way has announced a new comic. And it's got cats in it. So the new icon is getting lots of cool feedback.I hadn't intended to

The story concludes with a major change in Thanos' status within the Marvel Universe, turning him into a greater threat than ever before," says Starlin. Thanos: The Infinity Revelation will also include a code for a free digital copy of the graphic novel on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices.   [...]

Roses Of Berlin isn't out yet, but the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen chapter by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, River Of Ghosts, will complete the

We were just talking about a dearth of female super villains in today's comics, and then DC give us a bunch, including Flash And how villainous they are as well!  Stopping illnesses being cured so they can be sold as weapons! I mean you just can't get more villainous than that, unless you gave her[...]

So we may not know for sure if she's a big fan of Reagan, but we know that she's a fan of Big Ray Guns! My comic of the week, folks! Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London, currently showing the Game of Thrones television production artwork of comic artist Will Simpson, who will be giving a[...]

So, Dynamite are publishing more new books today than Marvel. And two are launches, Legenderry and The Twilight Zone. And each has a bevy of

There was considerable fan outrage. And in today's Batwoman, clearly the character is feeling the pressure. Does "anybody else" mean the fans? The comics media? It does seem all very meta, as a way to setting up a loooooooooooong engagement. Yes, indeed, just what were DC Comics thinking? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London, currently showing the[...]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/POaf5mX2zok[/youtube] Aaron Haaland, of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, It's me Aaron, doing A Comic Show where I talk about this week's new comics now (a day early) This week I have my Nerdy Show pal Cap with me because we both had a chase to read all these books[...]

IDW Publishing is bringing back Moose and Squirrel. It's been a long eight months since we first found out that the publisher had teamed up with

One piece from Newsarama, one piece from CBR, lets put this jigsaw together...

After the Wizard World convention upped the game the past year, there have been many Walking Dead #1 editions put out over the last ten years. Adding them

Like these folks did. Six on Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) : Fire Lily (www.Facebook.com/cosplayfirelily) photographer: Mindfall Media (www.mindfall.deviantart.com) Galadhrim (Lord of the Rings) : Celticbard76 (http://celticbard76.deviantart.com) Gwendolyn (Odin Sphere) : Tokidoki-loki (http://tokidoki-loki.deviantart.com) photographer: liquidcocaine-photos (http://liquidcocaine-photos.deviantart.com) Rogue Champion Hawke (Dragon Age 2) : Star DustShadow Cosplay (www.facebook.com/itsamestardustshadow) photographer: Ollie/Ouroboros Bulma (Dragon Ball Z) : It's Showtime, PeachyMomo (www.facebook.com/showtime.peachymomo) Pin-up Cruella (101 Dalmations) : Cat O'Nine[...]

Former bodyguard, his first name is Cecil. Or at least it was. Because DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio gave a little present to one prolific cosplayer, Eric Moran… Freight Train is a character who appeared in DC's Outsider series and more recently as a member of the Dead Heroes Club in Batman Inc Former bodyguard, his first[...]

By Rich Johnston and Hannah Means-Shannon Graphic novels this year, whether stand-alone or part of an ongoing series of collections, whether collaborations or the work of a single creator, have increasingly become the  experience of choice for a large body of comics readers And then there's the appeal of gathering the collections even if you've been[...]

Just what you lot have been reading this week… Top Twenty Traffic Stories Of The Week Finally Someone At Marvel Realises That Wolverine Is In Too Many Comics Ten Thoughts About The Time Of The Doctor – It's A Wonderful Thirteen Lives The Moment, or when Steven Moffat Created a Doctor Who spinoff and nobody noticed Watch New Sherlock Minisode[...]

The place, Times Square. The show, Good Morning America. The plan, for Spider-Man to arrive and the newscaster to faint, to be caught in his powerful

Bill Willingham's newest series, Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure kicks off this week and Dynamite Entertainment has sent us a trailer for it. The series

DC Comics characters may not be allowed to get married anymore, and Spider-Man had his taken away, but clearly there's some kind of Marvel wedding fever in the air Albeit it bloody one… Newsarama received the following invite. Bleeding Cool did not. We may well gatecrash. SPECULATION UPDATE: Could it be… The Bride Of Thanos? Obviously Thane needs a[...]

Hacktivist is an unusual combination of profound questioning and fast-paced storytelling that's set to become one of the noteworthy titles of 2014. Writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly fielded questions from Bleeding Cool with remarkable dexterity, suggesting that they have analyzed the implications of their book to the Nth degree and have quite happily opened a[...]

This week we see the release of the new Twilight Zone #1 by J Michael Straczynski and Guiu Villanova. The folks over at Dynamite have sent us a trailer

CBR asked the Mind MGMT creator. Are you sticking on "Suicide Squad" past "Forever Evil," or is that only for the course of that story? It's just for

Breaking the story on Barnes & Noble no longer selling single Marvel comics (but still selling DC, Dark Horse, Archie and the like) seems to have expanded into something larger. Following up on Bleeding Cool's article, GoodReader has confirmed that Marvel are no longer selling their single comics to Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million, though collections[...]

Once upon a time, there was a British comics anthology called Warrior Alan Moore wrote three strips for it One was Marvelman, now to be republished by Marvel Comics in 2014 Another was V For Vendetta, still in print in increasingly luxurious formats from DC Comics and the subject of a major motion picture by[...]

Mark Doyle is an editor at DC Comics. They have a crossover on its way any day now. Walked a mile today, took tons of stairs, just ate a giant bowl of ramen with a fireball in it Let's do this thing #babywatch2k13 — Jeanine Schaefer (@J9Schaefer) December 28, 2013 Radiohead dance party! #babywatch2k13 — Jeanine Schaefer (@J9Schaefer) December[...]

We told you about Watchmen Deluxe. We told you about Trifecta. But cheap deals on Kindle graphic novels and collections are spreading fast. Here are a