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The Dan DiDio Thanksgiving Competition Results
What a great way to spend Thanksgiving! When DC Comics co-Publisher Dan DiDio posted this image, there was only one way it could go… a Bleeding Cool competition! Tari was first off the blocks. Followed swiftly by Mitchell Hallock: Even professional comic book creator Jamal Igle got involved… … though careful to add the proviso "Not an indictment of[...]
Your Full Black Friday In Comics, State By State And Online (Walking Dead UPDATE)
Split by region and then online, here is the biggest guide to Black Friday Comics Sales we've been able to put together, from past columns and new ones Go spend money, and celebrate America Isn't it the same thing? UPDATE: Now buy youself a Negan toy, launching today, complete with Suzanne, in colour and B&W. Skybound will[...]
Robert Napton On Writing Strong Sexy Women Like Dejah Thoris
I always loved the Carter novels so when I heard Dynamite was going to do a new line of comics I certainly let it be known that I'd be interested in throwing my name in the hat, so yes, this was very much a universe I wanted to work in I ended up writing a[...]
"Contractual Rape" – Deal Or No Deal 3 – Michael Davis, From The Edge
Michael Davis is the co-founder of Milestone Comics and a current graphic novelist He runs The Black Panel at San Diego Comic Con And he now writes a weekly column for Bleeding Cool. To recap – read the last two articles Thus ends the recap. Having completed what I hoped were the necessary steps toward my goal[...]
Enter The Dan DiDio Thanksgiving Photoshop Competition Here
What else were you doing today? Post it in the comments, my favourite will get some comics lying around the house as a prize… Dan DiDio just posted the following profile pic on Facebook. He knows it can be easily photoshopped You know it We all know it So. do it What else were you doing[...]
Gendercrunching September 2013 – The Impact Of Dial E
We also take a look at DC's Villains Month and how one outlier can make big waves. DC COMICS It was an unusual month for DC Comics, but even some oddly inflated numbers couldn't increase their overall percentage In September 2013, DC put out 76 books featuring 655 credited creators, 585 men and 80 women Here are[...]
How Fight Club Will Return As A Comic Book
Rather than continue in that vein, I wanted to revisit the protagonist once he himself had become a father Not coincidentally, my parents are both dead now, and I think that will force my story and I to accept more responsibility. And as for working in comics; The medium shapes the messages, and I'll be relearning how[...]
Thanksgiving Morning Runaround
There is a critical shortage of laboratory technologists in the United States." COMICS GO BANANAS [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNaL4sehIY4[/youtube] Check it Comics on bananas to get kids to eat more healthily Gotta collect all six! YOU LOOK SQUID SHAPED Ben Templesmith is taking art commissions in time for Christmas…  If you want in on the list, just follow the link to 78SQUID and the[...]
Comic Book Black Friday Deals – Part Four
Black Friday In Comics… Part Four Parts one, two and three… collect them all. Eight DC Digital comics for free on ComiXology Cool Cats Comics and Cards In the spirit of giving thanks, we have decided that this year's Black Friday sale will be used to benefit a creator that many of us know and love – Stan Sakai[...]
Marvel Postpones Matt Fraction And Joe Madureira's Inhuman #1
The overarching term for the affected comics was Inhumanity – the first such labelled book, Avengers Assemble, was published today. There is talk that Inhuman #1 will set the scene for an Inhumans Marvel Studios movie, fulfilling the role with the Studio that the X-Men is unable to, due to deals with Fox. But the main book,[...]
Uncanny Avengers 14 – Tuesday Trending Topics
From lettering Groo the Wanderer with Sergio Argones and Mark Evanier to his own creation Usagi Yojimbo, Stan has set the high-water mark for creator-owned comics. More Kevin Maguire On Guardians Of The Galaxy Brian Bendis has been laying out the artistic turns coming up on Guardians Of Galaxy; Most-Read TV/Film Stories Tuesday: Doctor Who On Christmas Day –[...]
Forty-Six Thoughts About Forty-Five Comics – Kick Ass 3, Black Science 1, Aphrodite IX, Damsels, Jonah Hex, Justice League Dark, Dark Shadows, Five Ghosts, Infinity Heist, Infinity Hunt, Nova, Conan, Itty Bitty Hellboy, Half Past Danger, Goon,  Infinity, Avengers Assemble, Powers, Doctor Who, THUNDER Agents, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, TMNT, Judge Dredd, Maxx, Peabody & Sherman, X-Files, Zombie Tales, Captain Midnight, Dark Knight, Criminal Macabre, Wolverine And The X-Men. Forever Evil: ARGUS, Teen Titans, Superman, Revival, Danger Girl, Morning Glories, Tom Strong, Walking Dead, Thief Of Thieves, Star Trek, Hawkeye, Flash, Aquaman
A ton of comics seem to have landed on my desk this week Massive Wednesday before Black Friday So what have I been reading… and what will you be reading too? Bristols… time for a bit of rhyming slang folks, to help you understand Justice League Dark a little better "Bristol… Bristol City… Titty." Though, as[...]
Carlos Danger In Wolverine And The Uncanny X-Men
Quentin, how would you know such a thing? Cue John Oliver… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmWDm2Yw9dk[/youtube] Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, hosting a signing with Frank Barbiere tonight. Straight from Wolverine And The X-Men… Quentin Quire has an off-world bank account folks Under the name Carlos Danger[...]
Superior Spider-Man Is… Rorschach?
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, hosting a signing with Frank Barbiere  tonight. So we've all been enjoying Superior Spider-Man Even those who hate it have been enjoying that hatred. One of the more enjoyable aspects has been Peter Parker slipping into supervillain monologue mode Today he does that with a little twist, regarding the references. Because that's[...]
The Internet Spoils Uncanny Avengers #14 Big Time. So Get Off The Internet. Now.
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, hosting a signing with Frank Barbiere tonight. So, yesterday, after we ran this piece about impending Uncanny Avengers deaths and warned people to get off the internet, a copy of Uncanny Avengers #14 was pirated by comic store employee and went wide, ahead of today's sale date And panels hit[...]
Learning From The Governor – Walking Dead #117
There have been no previews of this comic send out by Image Comics or Skybound this week This may well be the new way of things going forward during All Out War. This issue, Negan has been put on the back foot, rather. Exactly Indeed, it's actually refreshing for Rick's combined crew to actually be on top[...]