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The staff from Image from the publicists to the admin' staff were all great to chat with. I was a fan of Image Comics on their initial launch(I paid £30 for Spawn #1 whoops)* , but lost interest in their range after the age of 16 We all know that Image dominate the market in[...]

CBR has run the exclusive news that Bleeding Cool ran a couple of days ago, that Andrew Hope will be writing a new Fantomex series for Marvel. So, not

This year's Hallowe'en Comic Fest from Diamond Comic Distrubutors includes a stack of free comic books for the weekend before Hallowe'en in comic stores, with full size and mini comics Some reprints, some new titles, there's a batch of giveaways… We've already talked about Avatar Press' Disenchanted Debut, here are some more. FULL-SIZED COMICS ACTION LAB COMICS SKYWARD: INTO[...]

Nice and topical, Andy Murray and his mother have made it into the Beano's 75th anniversary issue, out in a couple of weeks, in a game or three against

And how it will be reflected in the comics And today two DC comics seem to address or reflect many of the issues raised head on. First we have Superman Unchained #2, in which Superman is given the kind of situation he faced in Metropolis in the movie, but has a very different take. He's being attacked[...]

Coming in August from IDW...  from Chris Ryall, Tom Waltz and Jose Holder, Kiss Kids #1.

During this time my Fiancee and I had set off on a tour of the world which was supposed to last a year; but, 8 months into the trip, with our finances running low, we decided to return to the UK to sell the comics, to fund the next portion of our journey That's when[...]

Black Beetle goes back to the original pulp foundations of heroes like Batman via characters like The Black Bat, but this is no reboot, however entertaining late 30's reboots might be in this explosive era for genre comics To call Black Beetle "Super-Noir", though, hints at the new energy applied to noir themes and imagery[...]

However, if you want to enter the comics industry to just focus on covers, do realize that it's a long way to the top if you want to rock & roll cover covers Today I'll be focusing on the Best Cover Artist category If you need a reminder of what's been nominated, you can find[...]

Christopher Troy writes; On July 2nd, I attended the first Drink and Draw and Cosplay in Midtown Manhattan, literally steps away from Midtown Comics' flagship Time Square location Now I'm not going to claim Drink and Draws are a uniquely New York experience, even with the added Cosplayer element, but it was a really cool experience,[...]

Matt Kindt is a very capable storyteller who is doing exciting things in the comics medium and I wish him great things. I killed my deadlines, I wrote my best, and I have no regrets whatsoever. Thank you for the ride, for your support, for everything. Have wonderful days and nights. ZERO #1 is coming out 9/18 from Image Comics[...]

Will Romine writes; Hi friends, It's your old pall Will Romine here, and I've had a whale of a time reading Batman #22, the latest installment in Zero

Yesterday, DC Comics released their full solicitations for comics shipping in October. Or did they? I understand that there is something coming October from DC that has been deliberately missed out It could be a continuing Villain book from September, I'm not sure But it's something. But the thing is, DC is not alone Other publishers are being[...]

Back at the end of October 2011, Alejandro Arbona was one of a number of layoffs at Marvel Comics, part of Isaac Perlmutter's austerity regime. Yesterday he returned full time to the comic book industry, as an Associate Editor at Valiant Comics. Bow ties are cool Here are a few of his tweets. I was in the new[...]

And even knowing the spoiler, I rather enjoyed the comic despite initial misgivings. Heads will explode, but at least I'll be ready to catch the globs of brain before they hit the expensive comics on the wall So thank you for that. My pleasure So folks, have you started lining up for your copy yet? And for[...]

I can definitely see the equivalent of a next-gen comics engine in terms of what you can do with the manipulation of juxtaposed imagery, which is what comics is So there'll probably be an engine war, of engines that can be used to drive your comics technology, the same way they have in games." Engine War![...]

Here's the Forbidden Planet variant cover for the first issue of Titan Comics' Death Sentence It features VERITY… A micro-series variant of My Little Pony for Larry's Comics and Jetpack Comics. Limited-Editions Comix have an Adi Granov variant Angela for Guardians Of The Galaxy… And 12 Reasons To Die #2 has a Johnny Ryan variant modelled after[...]

Rob Orr writes; Just like McDonald’s, Starbuck’s, financial recession, and gangster culture--he’s your problem now, UK! (Just kidding, I actually dig real

You know. The one with big massive spoilers we first hypothesised at the weekend and suddenly got it all firmed up yesterday that will make certain comic

People who like Japanese comics about giant robots are going to love this movie too People who have always wanted to see Godzilla done right are going to love this movie People who played Portal are going to love this movie And people who were just hoping for a really really well-converted 3D action epic[...]

Repaying the $100 loan left me with $140 plus an additional $16– — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) July 9, 2013   the singles which were not split–for a total of $156, just enough to buy the coat and a super-special card — Jim Steranko (@iamsteranko) July 9, 2013 for the girl who stood by me during my darkest period. — Jim Steranko[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon [*mild spoilers for Dexter #1 from Marvel Comics below] Promo leading up to Marvel's Dexter comic has been careful to distance it a little from the cult-following Showtime television series, but it's impossible to completely distance it when the title and the character appeal draws so heavily on a vast fan-base for the show[...]

Neal Adams, just after his appearance at the London Film and Comic Con at the weekend, posed the following to Facebook; After all the emails and requests after every convention I go to I have decided to seriously do the book I've mentioned on "How to Draw" and "How to Think" and their application to comics[...]

Previously writing comics at Image Comics with, frankly, a reputation for being a bit of an arty poser, the book went down rather well It was sparky, genuinely edgy in places, and reinvented a few characters for the better It seemed like it was going places. There was , ironically, no Suicide Squad comic solicted for[...]

Over the weekend I wrote an article based on events in the Man Of Steel movie.

Justice League 3000 #1 seems to be using the classic Teen Titans #1 pose. is that a hint? Could they feature Donna and Wally? Cloned? The Superboy on the

We're getting Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny as well as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and more… That and full details on the new comics, Coffin Hill, The Hinterkind and The Witching Hour, here are Vertigo's solicitations for October 2013. THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 Written by NEIL GAIMAN Art by J.H WILLIAMS III Cover A by J.H[...]

Anyway, this is our current list of predictions of stuff that will be announced at the show. UPDATE: George Perez announced today! He's exclusive with Boom… And Finally… When An Official Superman Statue Has Him Standing On Skulls The Return Of Damian Wayne To DC, From Andy Kubert BBC Release New Doctor Who Teaser Video… With Tom Baker Astonishing X-Men[...]

We reported that venture capitalist Timothy Draper had paid $25,000 for Jim Lee to paint his wall, for the We Can Be Heroes Indigogo campaign. With hours

I do give credit to Pádraig Ó Méalóid for spotting this quote from Andrew Hope. First interview request for my top secret, miraculous Marvel project, from