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No doubt this move from Boston to New York will also make Gaiman's teaching gig at Bard College, also in New York State, a little more feasible. Hannah Means-Shannon is Senior New York Correspondent at Bleeding Cool, writes and blogs about comics for TRIP CITY and Sequart.org, and is currently working on books about Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore[...]

Timothy Carson reports; According to ComiXology sales this week taken from iOS in-app purchase charts, the 116th issue of The Walking Dead graphic novel

He appeared on radio, in pulp magazines, in film, comics, you name it And for comic fans who might not be familiar with him, it's probably worth pointing out that the Shadow was arguably the single biggest influence on the creation of Batman So there! JZ: What storytelling elements draw you to the pulp genre in[...]

That's Warlord of Mars! JZ: What storytelling elements draw you to pulp sci-fi in general and Warlord of Mars in particular? AN: I love the simplicity of pulp fiction, the innocence. JZ: What was your first experience with John Carter – the novels, the older comics, something else AN: My first experience was being asked to write the series[...]

It's going on now, but will increase iun discount until Black Friday. Online, they'll have 60% off select graphic novels and 80% off select comics and slightly "shop worn" items. We'll also be adding hundreds of toys, statues, collectibles, etc at 50% off, as well as doorbusters The sale ends 12/2 with new doorbusters for Cyber[...]

Moon Knight will get a new Marvel Now series from Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire in March, breaking from the LA Times: A mercenary

Well, it appears that Bleeding Cool liked Letter 44 #1 so much that we've been given a sneak preview of Letter 44 #2, by Charles Soule and Alberto Jimenez

DC Comics continues its onslaught of recent Film/TV news, this time for Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips via Variety: Warner Bros is ramping up development of "Sleeper," a long-in-development DC Entertainment property that's set up with producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jennifer Todd. The studio has brought on the writing team of  Shawn Ryan and David Wiener to[...]

Apart from that I'm working on a series called Omerta: Gods And Gangsters, which is a 'modern day crime families fight Elder Gods' type story with JK Woodward, who worked with me on Doctor Who / Star Trek for IDW, and a couple of other things not yet announced. Outside of comics I'm working on several[...]

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. Last week I started boring all my haters with a step-by-step (complete with the Davis flair everyone loves…except the haters) guide to how[...]

With 16 days left to go and over $80,000 pledged already, UK comics journalist P M Buchan spoke to Ben Templesmith about THE SQUIDDER, 44FLOOD and what really went wrong with Ten Grand. Let's get this out of the way first – what happened with Ten Grand? A lot of things, I was dealing with family stuff[...]

By David Dissanayake In retrospect, it should have been obvious that the Library of Congress would have one of the greatest comics collections in the world, but for some reason I never thought "comics" when I thought of the U.S.' national library Well, it turns out it has a collection of more than 11,000 titles[...]

And now DC Comics won't have it any other way. I understand that people looking at making films based on the likes of Suicide Squad, Booster Gold, Deathstroke and even Team 7 have been told that they have to partner or work with Goyer as producer. Which is why Geoff Johns' Sandman movie project has David Goyer[...]

And retailers who order 20 or more Minimum Wage #1 will receive a free copy of the Maximum Minimum Wage HC, plus an additional 10% discount on additional orders of Maximum Minimum Wage HC. Dynamite, in an attempt to catch up have been offering returnability without any purchase commitments, but that has yet to reach the[...]

An eyebrow-raising turn of events.  From Superior Spider-Man Annual today. Spoilers abound. Most-Read Comic Stories Wednesday: The New Gay X-Man In

David Hine and Doug Braithwaite were due to launch their trade paperback collection of Image comic Storm Dogs at this weekend's Thought Bubble comics festival in Leeds However, Typhoon Haiyana had caused knock-on shipping delays, so it was touch and go whether copies would arrive in time, ahead of shop sale date. But it just made[...]

The Top 100 Power List of 2013. And all for $1.99. Seriously folks, you probably should buy this one. Other things… the launch of Never Ending from Dark Horse, the special edition of Sandman Overture #1, the remastered Maxx #1 from IDW, Black Science from Image, the second Pretty Deadly and a new Walking Dead, the second issue[...]

Comics are a highly collaborative medium — with the artist, inker, letterer, and our editor — and in the end the best idea, no matter where it comes from, wins. JZ: Do you have any particular writing habits or routine? MG: Kyle and I are actually complete opposites when it comes to writing habits, but it is[...]

Because there was more than one two people in that warehouse… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London With Ales Kot and Tom Murphy of Zero #3, out today, signing tonight And Sean Murphy signing on Friday…   From Superior Spider-Man Annual today Spoilers abound. Because we have seen in the regular title, Spider-Man, now possessed fully by Doc[...]

Gosh! Comics of London are publishing two limited edition prints, to accompany their upcoming signings Friday's signing with Fiona Staples, Brandon Graham and Eric Stephenson, and next Wednesday's with Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. We start with Fiona Staples' Lying Cat from Saga, a digital A3, Colorplan BW print on 270gsm paper, signed by Fiona[...]

So, if you are Canadian. And if you have a Kindle. And if you want to buy the first volume of the New 52 Suicide Squad. Then today is your lucky day.

Chakra The Invincible was a comic created with Stan Lee that debuted on Free Comic Book Day last May. A teenage boy from Mumai, who can tap into Hindu

I didn't think the series was a great idea, and watched the spectacle of the multiple titles unfold in my local comic shop with some very mixed feelings. Our Thoughts Are With Joe Phillips Joe Phillips was a major player in the nineties comics industry and was a founder of Gaijin Studios, the long standing comic art[...]

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! The upcoming[...]

We mentioned that Stormwatch looked like it will be coming to a close, what with giveaway Amazon listings and the like. And now the final issue will be

Doctor Who comic book writer Tony Lee writes; My first story for @IDWPublishing was 'The Forgotten' - and the most iconic image of the whole story was the

Buy Sex Criminals #3 today, enjoy it as much as I did, and when you get to this bit, press play on the video below. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0[/youtube] Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London With Ales Kot and Tom Murphy of Zero #3, out today, signing tonight And Sean Murphy signing on Friday… [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv818M8vIvc From Mike Marts in the DC All Access video; Readers should look at Commissioner Gordon, really look at his body

You're not going to find Ethel turning up in the main Archie Comics as a thrice dead corpse But, as for Ginger and Nancy…. Once you reveal that they are a couple, nay, sleeping together, it's going to be hard to put that back in the box Because this is how Ginger and Nancy were before. The[...]

And play a drinking game for whenever someone says the words "power set". UPDATE: And to be fair to Scott Lobdell, he handles it a little differently these days too, from Teen Titans #6… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London With Ales Kot and Tom Murphy of Zero #3, out today, signing tonight And Sean Murphy signing[...]