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From Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi, debuting at New York Comic Con will be available from the First Comics booth #1624, Necessary Monsters 2: Murderbox Here's a peek… From Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi, debuting at New York Comic Con will be available from the First Comics booth #1624, Necessary Monsters 2: Murderbox[...]

Before Bleeding Cool, there was TRIPWIRE magazine. In 2012, it celebrates its 20th anniversary and so it’s crowd funding at Unbound

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool; Fairest #8 by Adam Hughes First and foremost, I had to edit the ARROW banner from the top, because it just

It's the same old story, but it's a new name. Josh Hoopes, famed comic industry conman, is using a new pseudonym, to accompany Ron Runstrom, Lalit Kumal

Probably as a result of reading Breaking Into Comics part one and part two But now that you're there, you want to make sure you stay there Not everybody working in comics today will be there tomorrow The industry is littered with those who were once going to be 'the next big thing', but disappeared[...]

I wave, he waves back, I walk over and sit down, he denies being Darick Robertson, I don't really believe him at first, we start talking comics because of course, eventually I ask him his real name** and it's Markisan and he's from Chicago and brews his own mead and has even just gotten name-checked[...]

And here's the story so far... from the bottom up.

Here's how it is being divvied up. The Mexican printing company has won the license to publish Spanish language versions of Boom! books by Mark Waid

James Jean recently painted this pair of shoes, to be auctioned off tomorrow at Lane Crawford in the ifc Mall in Hong Kong to benefit the Changing Young

On sale at Booth A9 at New York Comic Con this week, a new Blacksad print by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido.

So... what are those saucers going to transform into then?

The panelists embody a balance of corporate versus creator-owned comics, with Hickman and Aaron two of Marvel's big guns while also having tremendous success with their original properties, Morrison and Williams two of DC's very best, and Kirkman, forever, advocate and poster-boy success-story for independent work They spend a fair amount of time talking about[...]

This totally has Scott Dunbier's fingerprints all over it. And justifies further the reason he is on Bleeding Cool Magazine #1's "list". But IDW is to

So if you are a writer and not an artist, this is where following the advice from part one of Breaking into Comics is key: make contacts Find people to collaborate with so you can showcase finished work, and not just typed scripts. This brings us to advice for the artist When you are submitting art[...]

Eric Canete will be attending NYCC, and you can find him at Artist Alley A01-A09, on a 14" x 20" on "museum quality, archival 310g velvet rag" and limited

Announcing at NYCC from Dark Horse... Saturday, 5pm panel... Based on a certain video...

During which he talked about his career, the state of the X-Men comics, his thoughts about the films and his future plans How he'd have had Cyclops retiring to Alaska, how he tried to get Frank Bellamy to work on X-Men, his current work in novels and (gasp) poetry, and reminding us of Jim Shooter's[...]

Which was all the excuse I needed… Chris Claremont in the place of his birth, and facing a tonne of X-Men comics to sign… Steampunk fairytale author Alex Keller onsite to sign his Hay Wired novel. Destiny Blue there, a chibli artist who will also be at NYCC next week… Josh Clarke of The Nemals, as well as some[...]

I bumped into Dan Slott at the Entertainment Media Show in London today. Just after he had met a certain Matt Smith, star of Doctor Who, and managed to

Went to the Entertainment And Media Show at Earl's Court Olympia today with my eldest daughter Eve... so she could meet her favourite writer Dan Slott

They're grocery store comics This series, though, has proven me wrong It's crafted with careful respect to the cartoon and never waters down its content If you are a fan of Avatar and its complex, human universe, this series will not disappoint. Skip Harvey writes; If you are reading this and haven't seen The Nickelodeon series[...]

A few other Marvel variant covers I stumbled across… and how hard it's going to be to find them. Mighty Thor #22 1:15 Ultimate Comics Iron Man Del'Otto Variant #1 1:20 Hit Girl #4 Sketch Variant 1:50 A+X #1 Mike Deodato Variant 1:20     Captain America #19 1:15 Invincible Iron Man #527 1:19 https://retailerorders.diamondcomics.com/ShoppingList/AddItem/JUN128129 A few other Marvel variant covers I stumbled across…[...]

Last Friday we did a poll about what this announcement might be, and it would appear that the collective wisdom of BCers got it right:  Dan Slott with three artists, Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli will be doing something new, presumably with Spider-Man, in January for Marvel NOW. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Spider-Man Is Superior[...]

This access to creators and editors, and a panel timetable that gives a lot of room to each topic, is giving D.I.C.E a reputation as a must-go for anyone who wants to work in the industry. Throughout D.I.C.E, there were several panels relating to breaking into and working in comics; here is some of the best[...]

Next week we get new Creep, Buffy, Conan and Massive, new Batman, Demon Knights, Phantom Stranger and Punk Rock Jesus, the launch of Uncanny Avengers, AVX Consequences, Transfusion,  Point Of Impact and… MacGyver! The week after, we have the launch of BPRD 1948, Ex Sanguine, Alan Robert Killogy, Zaucer Of Zilk, Bedlam, Cyberforce, Marvel Now Point One[...]

So, mark your con agenda and get your questions ready! What will be Garth Ennis' huge announcement? I guarantee you won't be expecting this! GARTH ENNIS: Top Secret New Project Revealed! Sat 10/13/12 4:00 – 5:00 PM Location: 1A06 Speakers: William Christensen (Avatar CEO), Garth Ennis (Crossed, Stitched, Preacher, The Boys) Garth Ennis has created dozens of critically-acclaimed projects including: Preacher, Crossed,[...]

Happier days... Greg Capullo on the left, Rob Liefeld on the right. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree.

Being a local I just hated going to the strip and most my friends who collect comics decided not to go and deal with the tourist traffic hassle this year Second, look at your surroundings; you had Elvira across the street and she really would have been a major spark to your con Of course[...]

His comics, DEAD BEATS and ROCKET TRUCK and SUPERFANTASTIC SUBCONSCIOUSNAUT DREAMSQUAD GO!, are published by CCP Comics His fiction has appeared in 3AM Magazine, Carve, Ducts, Lily, and Word Riot He made a trailer for MorrisonCon Weekly comic reviews are here Hit him up at gringohypothetical@gmail.com with criticism and/or delight. Saturday and Sunday to run over[...]

Dan Slott was Bleeding Cool's best guess for the writer of whatever this project is, due to Marvel's description of him as the writer of the year's most shocking comics story And that is still tagged as Amazing Spider-Man #700 And this is what happens next, courtesy of USA Today Dan Slott with three artists, Ryan[...]