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IDW Delays For The UK This Week, Maxximized
The comics include; Maxx: Maxximized #1 TMNT: Classics Vol 7 TPB GI Joe: Special Missions #9 Star Trek #27 X-Files: Season 10 #6 Thunder Agents #4 Godzilla: Rulers Of The Earth #6 Zombie War #2 Powerpuff Girls #3 Half Past Danger #6 Diamond Comic Distributors have told UK stores that their IDW comic due this week may be a week late The comics include; Maxx: Maxximized[...]
Al Plastino Passes, Age 91
He was 91 and had been battling prostate cancer for some time. Plastino was, I believe, the only person alive who drew Superman comics professionally before about 1967 He started in 1948 His earliest known comic book work was in 1941 for a little-known company called Dynamic Comics After serving in World War II, he freelanced[...]
Black Friday Part Three – Larry To Wade
Part One and Part Two here… Larry's Comics in Lowell, MA. Golden Apple of Los Angeles, California… with some Batfolk in residence; P Dot's Comics & Collectibles, Pasadena, CA. From 9am to 12pm is giving 50% off everything in the store From 12pm to 7pm, the discount changes to 25% off everything in the store, however there is a[...]
Comic Book Men's Walt Flanagan On Cryptozoic Man
Walt Flanagan is an average, everyday comic shop manager… that also does a podcast, is on AMC's Comic Book Men, has drawn Batman for DC Comics multiple times, appeared in multiple movies and has this third creator-owned series with Bryan Johnson on the shelves now That's what happens when you go to high school with[...]
Pics Or It Didn't Happen – Recap Of The Long Beach Comic And Horror Con
I'm not gonna lie — having that personal connection really kicked things off right. Though I've been living in Long Beach for almost a year now, I haven't established a link with the local comics community Part of that's because I'm sorta sick of the comic shop scene right now Part of that is because I'm[...]
CAPS Calls Upon Creators To Help Stan Sakai Updated
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. Now Stan is dealing with one of the pitfalls of doing creator-owned comics… his wife Sharon has been battling a debilitating illness for a while that has included a long[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 25th November 2013 – The Week Of The Doctor
Seem To Be Considering For The Superman/Batman Movie Our Thoughts Are With Joe Phillips And Now America's Typical Teenage Girl Is Gay, Thanks To Archie Comics Our Five Favourite Plot Holes From Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor Two DC Comics Find New Homes When X-23 Discovers The New Xavier School Is In The Old Weapon X Facility Sony[...]
Starlight, The New… Something From Mark Millar And Millarworld
Mark Millar's publishing imprint Millarworld has applied to register the trademark for the word "Starlight". It is registered to cover "Comic books; Comic magazines; Comics; Graphic novels; illustrated fiction stories; posters; trading cards; coffee-table books featuring science fiction, horror, fantasy, action, mystery, adventure, humor, and/or super-powered or costumed heroes or villains; none of the foregoing relating[...]
A Fable for the Techno-Age. Red: A Cyberpunk Fairytale
I was introduced to a ton of books, movies and comics that I had neglected to view during my childhood Vast knowledge was uploaded into my mind and really complimented the way I thought about creating projects Genre wise, Cyberpunk was the rallying point for us It combined all of the elements that we enjoyed[...]
Lark & Eagle. Not Hawk & Dove.
Stephen Johnson writes; About 20 years ago when I was in high school I went to band camp. (Okay, let's pause for snickering) Well, we played a song one
Nuns Kick Ass
Sara Hutchison writes; At least in Gargoyle Bob they do. Actually in real life they do too, but that’s a different story. For now, we just want to
New Necessary Monsters
Issue 1 debuted at NYCC. Now issue 2 and 3 debut at Thought Bubble simultaneously. Sean Azzopardi writes; There exists a world of horrors beneath the one
Death Sentence #1 – A Writer's Commentary by Monty Nero
No rambling preamble or tiresome decompression, you can read plenty of other comics for that It's a short scene but it took a long time to create The idea was to use the narration, dialogue, acting and background details to convey everything you need to know about Verity and the G-plus virus – to beckon[...]
Black Friday Part Two – From New York To California
Part One here… retailers, customers, publisher feel free to let us know any more plans… Comics Conspiracy of Sunnyvale, California, is doing its first Black Friday sale in years. Elite Comics of Overland Park, Kansas, is having a Pink Friday sale for the day With a special Edition pink Elite Skull t-shirt and 50-80% off selected trades[...]
Two DC Comics Find New Homes
The Light Brigade by Peter Tomasi and Peter Snejberg was published by DC Comics in 2004, collected and then republished in 2009 Reprinting a book allows DC to keep ownership of the comic for a longer period, but now it seems DC have published enough of it, Tomasi and Snejberg have the rights back and[...]
Comics For People Who Miss Hellblazer
by Dirk Manning It's been several months since DC comics cancelled their long-running iconic horror comic series Hellblazer, and despite the comic's replacement with a much-more spandex-friendly title in Constantine, the fact of that matter is that numerous fans of the darker and more adult-themed stories the now-non-existent Hellblazer provided have been left with a hole[...]
Kickstart From The Heart: The Night Owl Society
Bleeding Cool's Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.  He helps point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn't normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention.  Shawn is the Manager of Comic Book Programming for[...]
The Comics Industry Gets Ready For… The Day Of The Doctor
Forty minutes to go folks… how are the comics people preparing for the big anniversary? Me, I still have to wash my daughters' hair… Dr Who Saturday is feeling bigger than Super Bowl Sunday around here Less than hour and half to go! — dan didio (@dandidio1) November 23, 2013 We at Hitch Manor are ready for The[...]
Measure Of Success
Robin Childs writes; Running a Kickstarter is a very rough process for me. No surprise there, Kickstarter is a gauntlet for everyone. As a chronic
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – Avengers Vs Harley Quinn
It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics We salute you, and the keeness you bring to your passion. It was a fight for the top this week as Avengers and Harley Quinn duked it out, though Harley Quinn was just pipped by[...]
The Look Of Thought Bubble
But first an opportunity from the Image Comics booth; Standing offer though to anyone at Thought Bubble: bringing me a Lipton Peach Iced Tea, get a free comic You're my favorite — Ron Richards (@ronxo) November 23, 2013   Instagrammed by PeopleIKnow Thought Bubble pic.twitter.com/RJatXgXhJn — Cheryl Geary (@CheryloGeary) November 23, 2013 Selling Hairy Mary comics; Setting up shop; [...]
The Comics Industry Reacts To… Fifty Years After That Day In Dallas
And yesterday, some people in comics remembered that. Wait, he dies? Thanks for spoiling JFK for me, guys. — Devin Faraci (@devincf) November 22, 2013   Disneyland, the day after the JFK assassination pic.twitter.com/SVbtTwMfX0 — Devin Faraci (@devincf) November 22, 2013   If we ever do find out more about who was behind the JFK assassination, I bet the answer will be[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Max Bemis – And Then Off To Thought Bubble
At 11.50 at Thought Bubble in Leeds, Chris Thompson will be hosting a panel on the impact on digital on comics with Jordie Bellaire, Nathan Fox, Nicholas Gurewitch, Sean Gordon Murphy, and Cameron Stewart Which gives you just enough time to listen to his podcast first… [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2848/0/PCHPodcastEpisode65.mp3] by Chris Thompson Following on from my recent discussion with Geof[...]