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Make Comics… Then Give Them Away
Wes Locher writes for Bleeding Cool; Two years ago, when I was first thinking about getting into the business of writing comics, I did what anyone else would do; I hit up a search engine and asked, "Hey, Goog…how do I break into comics?" While at first, my search results just wanted to show me pictures of[...]
Con Wars – Acme Comics Vs Ultimate Comics
Ultimate Comics runs the North Carolina Comicon, which ran last weekend at the Durham Convention Center Two weeks previous to that, rival store Acme Comics ran its first Comic Book City Con at the neighbouring Greensboro, a few miles down the 85 interstate. This year, NC Comicon doubled its size after having to turn people away last[...]
The Drugs Don't Work if They Are Imaginary – Eight Page Preview
 I'm sure very, very few of you will recognize my name from my scattered BC Con coverage reports.  A few more might recognize my name from the inside front covers of the FUBAR series of historical zombie fiction.  I've gotten about sixty pages worth of short stories published over the last two years through FUBAR Press and[...]
Kickstart From The Heart: Biker Mice From Mars
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[...]
Paul Dini, Eduardo Risso, And A Batman Character – Saturday Trending Topics
Who could it be…?  Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at VIII FIQ (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) and he stated that both he and Paul Dini are working on a new Vertigo series. Most-Read Comics Stories Saturday: Paul Dini And Eduardo Risso To Create A Batman-Related Comic For Vertigo Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at[...]
Chris Roberson Talks Our Man Flint, Captain Action And Wereterriers
But I discovered him in an article about the Gil Kane-drawn Captain Action comics in Amazing Heroes when I was in middle school, and was immediately intrigued Now, thanks to Ed Catto, I have both a CA and a Doctor Evil on my shelf! JN: What's your favorite spy-genre work?  James Bond vs Jason Bourne vs[...]
Battling Paul Pope, Round Two – And Battling Boy Volume Two
In a world where comics creators and companies seem to be drawn towards ever more modern, scientific, complicated or esoteric powers for their characters, what drew you to returning to the classics? I wanted something simple and sort of fun, in the sense of playful I had been reading a lot of old Silver Age comics[...]
Paul Dini And Eduardo Risso To Create A Batman-Related Comic For Vertigo
Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at VIII FIQ (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) and he stated that both he and Paul Dini are working on a new Vertigo series. And it will star a character from the Batman comics. Let's let Google Translate fill you in Or at least, scratch your head quizzically. Eduardo Risso and Paul[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – Back In Batman (UPDATE)
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 keenness you bring to your passion. There was no competition for this week's winner Batman #25 Batman #25 Batman #25. Batman #25 All New X-Men #18 Justice League of America #9 Superior Spider-Man #21 Walking[...]
The Shaming Of Sexual Harassment By Social Media
What is important though that she brings up wider aspects of how women are often treated in the comics industry, how such treatment is hidden, and why people won't name names It's not one name, it's many This time however, it seems to be being recognised, with articles on The Beat and The Outhouse, and[...]
A Digital Comics Kickstarter? That'll Teach Us!
And we're pretty sure we know why — the rewards are mostly digital. We know that backers of comic Kickstarters usually want physical stuff, as at some point Kickstarter became less of a place to make the unmakeable get made, and more the place to "pre-order" your books and tchotchkes. It'll be a challenge, for sure. And if[...]
Marvel's Ultimate Prologue – Friday Trending Topics
 From the Amazon listing for Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand lists the comics it includes, including something called "Ultimate Prologue." Have a look. Most-Read Comic Stories Friday: Never Mind The Mutants Work from James Zark, dubbed Never Mind The Mutants, taking images of pop stars and transforming them into X-Men and selling them for $15 and up, Debbie[...]
Unity #1 Sells Out 70,000 Print Run
Valiant tells Bleeding Cool that Diamond Comic Distributors has sold out its 70,000 print run for Unity #1 less that two days after going on sale. But, to
From Out Of The Fog To Fighting Aliens – Brandon Jerwa Talks Vampirella
I didn't really ever follow the comics, but I would read them whenever one crossed my immediate proximity. When my friend and collaborator Eric Trautmann started his run on Vampirella, I was naturally paying attention Eventually I was tagged-in to do a single issue during his run, and that opened the door to get me a[...]
So… What Is Marvel's Ultimate Prologue? (UPDATE)
Goodness… From the Amazon listing for Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand lists the comics it includes, including something called "Ultimate Prologue." Have a look. COLLECTING: Cataclysm: The Ulimates' Last Stand 1-5, Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men 1-3, Cataclysm: Ultimates 1-3, Hunger 1-4, Cataclysm 0.1, Ultimate Prologue Nothing in February's solicitations, just the final solicitation; CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES'[...]
Never Mind The Mutants
  See, now this is "transformative". Work from James Zark, dubbed Never Mind The Mutants, taking images of pop stars and transforming them into X-Men
Things To Do In London This Weekend If You Like Comics
TONIGHT: Ilya is launching his new graphic novel at Gosh Comics tonight, Room For Love, published by SelfMadeHero Wine and beer and good conversation from 7pm to 9pm. "Romance is dead." So says Pamela Green, middle-class and middle-aged – a romance novelist suffering from writer's block Then, on a bridge crossing over the river, her unsettled life[...]