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Barely a week goes by these days without another announcement of a DC property heading to TV (iZombie and Hourman being the latest).  Marvel looks poised

But how did the publishers do overall? The critics predicted it, that DC Comics would win September with their 3D covers and Villains Month DC Comics and Marvel Comics published the same about of comics and collections in September, but DC scored high on the marketshare with a twelve point lead on Marvel in dollars spent[...]

Three books. All relatively obscure. All now attached to television series. How does that affect the sale and value of back issue? Let's take a look! For

I remember when DC Comics' Bob Wayne first started handing out V For Vendetta masks at a UK Comic Con in the late nineties Back then, they were just a promotional item… Two days ago in The Telegraph, Martha Gill wrote; Anonymous have been exposed as hypocrites Watch them try to wriggle out of it On Guy Fawkes[...]

He was the creator of the subscription webcomic publishing operation Modern Tales, a family of sites including the likes of Serializer, Girlamatic and Graphic Smash that pioneered the form of the social digital comic for a decade, as well as the likes of Webcomics Nation.He co-founded ComicSpace with Josh Roberts and wrote the novel, The[...]

TODAY: Poles Apart, a free exhibition of twelve innovators in the field of Polish comics, begins at Windows Gallery at Central Saint Martins near King's Cross under the 16th, with a free workshop for students at the Platform Theatre Foyer from 2-4pm E-mail for a free place here. Then later Gosh! Comics, launches three new anthologies at[...]

IF THIS BE A GRANT Autostraddle looks at Hazel Newlevant's comic work, in the light of her being awarded the Queer Press Grant from Prism Comics.  They awarded this grant to Newlevant specifically for her queer-lady-and-blues-music comics If This Be Sin and Dance the Blues Dance the Blues tells the story of a dance competition where our[...]

That's what this very official image seems to suggest... Who Killed Uatu? Did U? Did U Kill U?  

I sought out some old TV shows, radio shows and comics I got into the characters as much and as quickly as I could Fortunately, they really spoke to me. The values of the Ranger are very appealing to me, and I love the dynamic between him and Tonto When I write, I place a very[...]

The Guns Of Shadow Valley is an Eisner nominated graphic novel/webcomic written by Dave Wachter, current artist on Steve Niles' Breath of Bones. They're

Is that what this is? Or something.... New? Oh gods, they're not letting Deadpool pick up Mjlonir are they? I guess we'll find out in USA Today...

Here are the retailer exclusive covers for Burn The Orphanage: Born To Lose #2, out in December Rock/ Maximum Comics – Ryan Ottley (Invincible) Lex/ Hastings – Cory Walker (Invincible, Science Dog) Bear/ Double Midnight Comics – Jason Howard (Super Dinosaur, Scatterlands) Co-creator Sina Grace will also be touring these stores during Decembr and January… The events of BURN THE[...]

But, don't hate me for saying this, your word as a Community Manager via e-mail that my comics aren't "offensive" doesn't mean your CEO won't disagree with it and kill my account at his or her whim or convenience Which is exactly what happened with Ribbon For good, bad or indifferent, you've contacted someone who[...]

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! But how[...]

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. I did. I had an appointment with the great Stan "The Man" Lee and simply said, "Screw that mofo, I'm sleeping in." I received a[...]

Here are the ten new variant covers for Avengers #24.NOW, being distributed in bunches of five to retailers who order enough copies of the standard

I'm sure they will be just as culturally sensitive about this news story as every other story they cover; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjcPrz3Rolw

Laurie Penny is a British author and journalist, She is a contributing editor for New Statesmen and, as her website states "writes and speaks on social

The Colbert Report last night jumped on the Ms Marvel story from the last few days. And for those locationally challenged... from Stephen Colbert; "This

Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One), or any of the Li'l Dynamite all-ages one-shot comics. You can also enter without purchase: see all the details and comics at http://www.tfaw.com/jaeleesketch. If I won, I'd have Jae Lee draw the Green Hornet… just saying.   2014 is Dynamite Entertainment's 10th anniversary, but they're closing out 2013 by offering up the chance for[...]

Michael Straczynski is known for creating Babylon 5 and Joe's Comics, but back in 1988 he was a writer on the Twilight Zone TV series Now, 25 years later, he returns to the Rod Serling creation with Twlight Zone #1 from Dynamite Entertainment Tony Lee chatted with Straczynski about the project. TONY LEE: Joe if I'm[...]

Unless that should be Remender, Remender, The Eleventh Of November? No idea, but Image is putting out an 11.11.13 teaser...

Bleeding Cool understands that Nemo Publishing has signed the Hannaford grocery chain to sell a special bundle pack of the two The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli graphic novels written and drawn by Jay Piscopo released so far in the front end racks at seventy-five Hannaford stores all across New England. They are getting a Buy[...]

Without damaging your screen. An advance look at Pretty Deadly #2 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios from Image Comics… out November 27th. "Gunfighters have it out with swords as the whole world burns There will be blood, blood, blood." If you can Without damaging your screen. An advance look at Pretty Deadly #2[...]

Legendary Comics, the comic wing of Legendary Pictures, has recently taken to having its books sold through Marvel Comics' solicitations It gets them into a prominent place in Previews and the retailer order forms, but it may not be the best place for original graphic novels to be seen. Well, from April, their ongoing series of[...]

Repeated double page spread for more Sandman books or more books you might like if you liked Sandman, even an inner cover page ad with a galactic background that kinda merged with that of Sandman Overture page one in a rather annoying fashion. But advertising is what it is, and here's a phone booth in Manhattan,[...]

Rock-He Kim is a Korean storyboard artist, who painted those rather funky Ultron covers for Age Of Ultron, and puts out comics work like this… UPDATE: Oh look, it's X-Force… Thanks USA Today.   I think it very well may be Rock-He Kim is a Korean storyboard artist, who painted those[...]

Anybody going to take Rich's bet? But who is being resurrected? Not Generation X, though someone should and there is talk of it. Not Jean Grey (though it

The new Ms Marvel #1 as announced yesterday. Debuting properly in All New Marvel NOW! Point One. And making a teaser debut in today's Captain Marvel #17.

You keep reading it, I'll keep writing it! So, what's happening in today's comics (with a bunch of peeks you won't find elsewhere). and we start with a little bit of politics. Captain America gives us a nice summary of US government policy over the last few years You know, I was just reading about[...]