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SCOOP: DC Comics To Move Lock, Stock To Burbank (Confirmation UPDATE)
During the reorganisation of DC Comics into DC Entertainment, much of the production side of the comics publisher was moved from New York to Burbank in California, home to its parent company Warner Bros There was much speculation at the time of an eventual move west for everyone but in the end, while digital and[...]
The Gerry Anderson Comic Collection To Die For. Or, At Least, Subscribe.
The Gerry Anderson Collection, all the comic strips based on the TV series Thunderbirds, Joe 90, Stingray, Space 1999, Captain Scarlet, Fireball XL5, Stingray and more, published in comics such as TV 21, Countdown and created by the likes of Frank Bellamy, Frank Hampson, Eric Eden and many classic British comic creators, often in a[...]
Sandman Overture Was Written For One Person. JH Williams III.
That initial description of Dream's journey seemed to jar, as if it were an early thought, subsequently rectified. That slightly unravelled in The Endless graphic anthology, showing us anthropomorphic representations of other planets in their earliest days, Krypton, Oa and Earth, playing with the DC Universe in which the comic was nominally set. Now Gaiman has pulled[...]
Mighty Marvel Spider Spoiler – Monday Trending Topics
And new artists for Marvel discovered! Tess Fowler And Modern Day Misogyny In The Comics Industry Tess Fowler is a remarkably accomplished cartoonist with past work published by Zenescope and currently with The Rascals, Porkchop Army and Apocalypse Princess Army to her name As part of a recent discussion, she tweeted to Brandon Graham about her own[...]
Ken Penders' Case Against Sega Dismissed… For Now
Archie Comics settled with Ken Penders over the rights to a number of characters he created for the Sonic The Hedgehog and Knuckles comic book series, that then went on to appear in games from Sega and Electronic Arts. It doesn't seem to have gone quite as well. The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a[...]
Swipe File: Chestnaught And Onslaught
Pokemon X And Y launched earlier this month for the Nintendo 3DS. And it included the final evolutionary form for Chesnaught. Some Bleeding Cool readers
Tuesday Runaround – The Songs Of Dave McKean
It's all at Foyles Bookshop from 6.30pm tonight. CASE CLOSED A new way for storing and sending comic books through the mail, goes on Kickstarter. THE GREEN TEAM DC Comics has just passed the half a million mark for their Indiegogo fundraiser We Can Be Heroes this year. Batman: $152, 981 Superman: $132, 493 Justice League Indiegogo: $217, 932 Total: $503, 406 This doesn't[...]
Tess Fowler And Modern Day Misogyny In The Comics Industry
As part of a recent discussion, she tweeted to Brandon Graham about her own experiences with misogyny in the comics industry. Everybody's mad at @royalboiler for speaking truth lol I wish MORE people in this industry would call out misogynistic men by name. — TessFowler (@TessFowler) October 25, 2013 @royalboiler called out a writer who tried to get[...]
Anatomy Lessons – Black Panther #28
Seldom did Black Panther look as cool and as righteous as he did here, and it's one of those moments that looks like a tiny bit, but makes you smile inside and tells you exactly why you love comics. Another great showing from all involved, and a reminder that around here is when this series went[...]
First Look Batman And Two-Face #25
DC Comics released a few pages from November's Batman And Two-Face #25. Erin McKillen turns to her childhood friend, Bruce Wayne, to protect her from the wrath of Two-Face Having been the person who scarred Harvey Dent, McKillen fears that her life is danger. But what happened between McKillen and Dent that caused her to lash out[...]
Preview Steve Mannion's Fearless Dawn: Jurassic Jungle Boogie Nights
Enter the evil Helga Von Krause, Fearless Dawn's arch nemesis and the sparks really begin to fly! Helga's cooking up a plot to invade with an army of genetically-modified Dinosaur warriors that threaten to smash everything in the free world unless she is stopped! Can FEARLESS DAWN save the Day?!?  ALSO features a Steve Mannion[...]
Herobear And The Kid And The Misprint
When Herobear And The Kid Annual comes to stores next week, there will be a few things wrong with it. Even though it's a $3.99 book, it has $4.99 on the
Disenchantment, The Anti-Fables But With Even More Maps
See if your store still has any copies… Characters Races The City Life in Vermintown Vermintown: An Introduction An Introduction to the Vermintown Regular Everything You Needed To Know About The Halloween Free Giveaway But Were Afraid To Ask A City Made Of Soda Cans Logogogo HALLOWEEN = FREE COMICS AND GIN. City Maps The Disenchanted Primer Credits [...]
Dark Horse Trademarks "Itty Bitty" And "Brain Boy"
But this might indicate there are more to come. Becaue Dark Horse Comics has registered the trademark for Itty Bitty for comics, and might suggest we could look out for the likes of Itty Bitty Conan, Itty Bitty Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Itty Bitty Mind MGMT… They've also trademarked the titles of their new hit Brain[...]
Swipe File: Annie Wu And Lollapalooza
A doodle by cartoonist Annie Wum from a while ago... And the T-shirt for Chile's Lollapalooza 2014, just released. Current copyright law in Chile. In
Meet The Mayor: The Life And Times Of Jimmy Palmiotti.
By Nikolai Fomich Two weeks ago, writer and photographer Buddy Scalera played host to a panel at New York Comic Con celebrating the life and career of comics giant Jimmy Palmiotti, in a session modeled off Inside the Actor's Studio Scalera introduced Palmiotti as "the Mayor of Comic Books, the guy who always pays it forward,[...]
Inked, Coloured And Script Pages From Shadowman #13
Comics, by way of Ikea.   Shadowman #13 is Peter Milligan's first issue of the book You know, after Shadowman #13X, free in Bleeding Cool Magazine #7 Have I mentioned that before? Here are the a few pages, the script pages, the inks and[...]
Tony Lee Talks To Tommy Yune About Crossing Over Robotech And Voltron
(though not necessarily in that order) Comics are often defined, license wise as 'fan fiction' – as the creative director of the Robotech Franchise, is this series 'canon'? 'Canon' in crossovers is contingent on whether the situations defined in the crossover storyline will carry over into respective universes after the conclusion of the event It's still yet[...]
Deadworld Resurrects At IDW
The series has jumped around quite a bit in its over tw0 decades of life… or after-life… starting with Arrow Comics, then Caliber, Transfuzion and Desperado (Image/IDW) The story follows a group of post-apocalyptic survivors who now want to take the world back. The new series, Deadworld: Restoration will be done by Gary Reed (Baker Street) and[...]
Owner Of Comics Ink Apologises To Image, Kelly Sue DeConnick And Emma Rios
Steven LeClaire, owner of the comic shop Comics Ink in Los Angeles writes regarding what I've been calling inside my head "Ripgate" He says: I am the person that ripped up a copy of Pretty Deadly #1 at the store on Wednesday night A small group of long time customers who know me well asked me[...]