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The new Suicide Squad #20 is a pretty decent comic, Ales Kot's debut working for DC Comics Ales has a bit of a reputation as a hipster and started by having King Shark reading the works of Rumi while ordering vegetarian Russian food might only underline that. But it's a transformative moment for the book, details[...]

Natalie Reed writes; There's been a lot of trans characters popping up in comics these past few weeks. Well… contextually "a lot", anyway Contrary to some perceptions that the mainstream comics are being glutted with some kind of forced explosion of LGBT "tokens", the truth remains that the medium as a whole is still very much[...]

From today's Batman #20. Sweet. And it looks like it won't be the only time we see this costume...

Uber #1 is a relatively slow book, at least to begin with. People stand around, talking a lot. Some of them talk a lot on a motorbike. Some behind a desk.

GRIMM #1 David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf (story) Marc Gaffen, Kyle McVey (script) José Malaga (a) Alex Ross (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ Set in the world

Will we get a US version soon? Two pages presenting the women of DC Comics to book stores and comic shops Somebody ought to do a website about that. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Tuesday: The IT Crowd To Return For One More Episode, Filming In The Next Few Weeks The IT Crowd is set to return later this year[...]

Avatar Press are publishing Uber #1 by Kieron Gillen and Canaan White tomorrow. Sold out from the distributor before going on sale at shops, this is what

  The woman pictured, dressed as The She-Hulk, is wanted after an assault on a seventeen year old woman outside a McDonalds in York.   The York

Dennis O'Neil has a long history in the comics industry as both a writer and editor He's best known for writing Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, through the seventies,  Spider-Man in the eighties and for editing  Batman-related titles in the nineties A widely published novelist and screenwriter, he is currently lecturing at the NYU on[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjz8S5XIxp4[/youtube] Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I'm still not recovered from Free Comic Book Day! I lost my voice and got a little sick…but new comics come every week, so here goes! This week actually had a few DC books that I enjoyed (I known WTF?)[...]

And also Dream Merchant from Image Comics But more of that later. That said, Hastings has taken an interest in Dream Thief.  They're doing an exclusive variant cover by Smallwood and the creative team are touring five branches of Hastings – and taking the majority of this cover with them. "Welcome To Kansas…"   [...]

Burnout is a reality of comics I need to be careful about I'm competitive with myself in terms of getting better, every page I do I strive to be a better story teller, draftsman, penciler, inker or colorist I look at artist like John Buscema, or Alex Toth and wonder how they where so good,[...]

Now I'm no longer hastily judging the exploits and achievements of professional entertainers, unless they write comics, in which case I judge the hell out of them (but not hastily, natch.) This is just to say, (introducing the) Ghostface Killaaaaaaaaah has a comic coming out this week and despite what my adolescent self might have[...]

Jim Zub reports on the sales bump given to Skullkickers by renaming it Uncanny Skullkickers for one issue, in light of Uncanny Avengers and Uncanny

Executive Director of Comics Pro and ex-comic retailer Amanda Emmert has stepped down from the position following this year's Free Comic Book Day Though reasons are not given she says; As a company, ComicsPRO is stable, established, and financially sound For many years I've been very careful with our budgets, and we're set to enter the[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2kgOZB31U Grace Randolph writes; Teen Titans GO is the new DC Nation show for 2013 on Cartoon Network, and I review

New York Post writer Reed Tucker is on a mission to explain what's wrong with the comics industry Did you miss the good news? According to ComiChron, comic book sales in 2012 were at their highest level in two decades It was a good year, with funnybook publishing raking in some $715 million Add that to[...]

This may be a rare occasion, though, when such a number of variants are justified given the pulp hero tradition, steeped in evocative painted covers, of the character known as the Black Bat. If you've heard of the Black Bat before, it may be because the 1939 pulp series, preceded by a similar title and character[...]

  See, this is the teasing will-they won't-they DC I like. Seriously, I'm still half expecting Wally West, Donna Troy, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie

Get stuck in to the free! Mass Effect/Killjoys/R.I.P.D. Star Wars/Captain Midnight/Avatar: The Last Airbender Aphrodite IX #1 from Image-Top Cow Worlds of Aspen 2013 from Aspen Comics Metaphase #0 from Alterna Comics The Steam Engines of Oz from Arcana Comics Prince Valiant from Fantagraphics Buck Rogers: 25th Century A.D from Hermes Press Scratch 9 from Hermes Press Action Lab Confidential from Action Lab Molly Danger/Princeless from[...]

Midtown Comics had to ration copies, it sold out fast, with issues currently selling on eBay for $13. This week sees the release of issue 1 of Uber And, just as with issue 0, it has sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors before going on sale in shops Basically, what you see on the store shelf,[...]

Here's a look at the best selling comics and graphic novels in April 2013 Does exactly what it says on the tin We noted last week that Brian Bendis had more titles in the top ten than DC has, four to three It's true of the top twenty as well, seven Bendis to four DC[...]

There's nothing quite like a silhouette of a comic book character, paired with a motivational word of sorts. And thanks to Steve Garcia for providing so

It was placed third on the chart for the month of April, though it could be higher if Diamond's 10% statistical discount for returnable comics is taking into account. Surprise Solicitation! Ravagers #12 Also Written By Tony Bedard But instead, the comic has been plotted by Nelson and Tony Bedard and written by Bedard Diogenes Neves is[...]

We also touched on some of the sources for Morning Glories, his treatment of governmental institutions and S.H.I.E.L.D., and how fan response plays into his work. Although your comics are extremely violent, you tweet about gun control and other anti-violent ideas: in your opinion, what's the difference ? What is the place of violence in art? Woah[...]

This was the solicitation for Ravagers #12 from DC Comics, out this week. As Caitlin and Rose deal with the shocking revelation about their origins, Deathstroke takes down the remaining Ravagers This is the end! Written by: Michael Alan Nelson Art by: Ig Guara and Norm Rapmund Cover by: Ken Lashley Indeed, that's how DC Comics has it[...]

[audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/podpress_trac/web/8393/0/orbital-podcast110.mp3] Orbital Comics of London presents: Welcome to Episode 110 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we go back to school with Morning Glories #26, say cowabunga with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21, travel far with A Distant Soil #39, act the goat with Rachel Rising #16, hang high with Arrow #6, and ask questions with The[...]

Zenith was 2000AD's first superhero strip, published in the eighties, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Steve Yeowell. It basically got Morrison his

It was placed third on the chart for the month of April, though it could be higher if Diamond's 10% statistical discount for returnable comics is taking into account. Mark Millar asks; As far as I recall, there hasn't been a creator-owned book charting this high since the 93-94 Image days Have any creator-owned launches charted HIGHER[...]

I'm really a nice guy, despite what the avatar of me wearing a top hat, sunglasses and scarf may lead you to believe. That aside, let's talk about creating comics. When I was in high school I took typing classes on a typewriter. Now, lest you youngsters out there think I'm some sort of fossil of a human[...]