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Nightwing And Suicide Squad Steaming Up On eBay
Or at least people think it is. And as for Suicide Squad, issue 1 has hit $20, while issue 6 with the Harley Quinn origin at $13, though the rest of the issue are closer to cover price than Nightwing. Nevertheless, if you have been sitting on your Nightwing or Suicide Squad comics, not aware that there[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks… Here Comes Rorschach
In one week's time… Rorschach #1, Walking Dead #101, Avengers Vs X-Men, Daredevil, Adventures of A Comic Con Girl, Crossed and Dan The Unharmable… and in two weeks Spike, Dr Manhattan, America's Got Powers and Brilliant… DARK HORSE COMICS ALABASTER WOLVES #5 $3.50 BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 03 RUSSIA $19.99 CONAN DAUGHTERS OF MIDORA & OTHER STORIES TP $14.99 EMPOWERED DELUXE[...]
How To Save Money On Your iPad ComiXology Comics – For You And The Publishers
When a American customer purchases comics via the iOS Comixology app, Apple adds almost 9% sales tax onto the final price. However, making the same purchase via the Comixology website does not incur the same tax.Even if you do it on your iPad with the Safari browser. Of course, it's not just that 9% that you're saving[...]
A History Of Harpers Row In Batman #12
Greg Capello is an amazing comics artist, but his work has the veneer of fantasy Great for the Court Of Owls, less great for Harper Row's world and totally unsuitable for this issue Becky's work feels far more grounded, far more real Also, Becky didn't draw all the book, there's a scene where Batman, absent[...]
The Week In Tigers (Featuring Tiger Spoilers)
As ever we look at which comics this week have tigers in them, for our regular tiger-loving crowd If you do not wish to have it spoiled as to which comics this week have tigers in them, and wish to have a tiger-related surprise with every issue, then please stop reading now This article is[...]
Twelve Thoughts About Twelve Comics – Archer And Armstrong, Thor, Gambit, Buffy, Avengers Assemble, Daredevil Annual, New Avengers, Ozymandias, Atomic Robo x 2, It Girl And The Atomics, Creator Owned Heroes
The book is, of course, beautiful, and two Alan Davis comics in one week gives me flashbacks to when you might get new Alan Davis Captain Britain, DR And Quinch and Marvelman all in one week The book sets up foreboding, worry, godly might wonderfully however But this isn't the Loki we've been reading of[...]
Last Week's Comics In Eighteen Panels by Dr Manolis Vamvounis
Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool; Each week we take a look at the most noteworthy events in comics, the best new releases and the most irritating screw-ups From last week. INSERT ARCHERY-RELATED ANALOGY FOR "BEST NEW BOOK OF THE YEAR"     HAWKEYE #1 is everything I expected from this book (the thematic sequel to Fraction and Aja's[...]
A Comic Show: "If You Don't Cry At This, Then You Don't Like Spider-Man"
(I won't spoil who plays doubting Thomas). In sexy comics we've got It-Girl (of Madman and the Atomics) for guys and college lesbians, and Gambit for ladies and guys who kiss each other a Chik-Fil-A. Comics are for everyone! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktb2bp0BmxE[/youtube] Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! This week we talk about Snyder and Cloonan on Batman #12, co-written by James[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic – "Character Narration About One's Feelings Might Work For Chick Lit, But Not Comic Books"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THHuVuq-M9U[/youtube] Grace Randolph promos; The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises are overrated! It's time to show some love for Hawkeye, Daredevil, Before Watchmen and other comic characters! Host Grace Randolph tells you what ELSE is going on in the world of comic books right now outside of The Avengers and Batman, even though The Avengers movie,[...]
Preview: Gender-Bending Archie #636 – Introducing Archina
This is our first introduction to Archina in Archie Comics #636, out in a couple of weeks In which the Riverdale gang have their genders reversed, leading to an awful lot of things changing – and certain things staying exactly the same. I look forward to all sorts of entertaining reactions to the characters' changes, both[...]
Eeeuurgghhh.
Dark Horse Comics have released two teaser images for their horror line of comics, and Colder in particular Especially Yesterday's was subtle and delicate. Today's… not so much. Looks like the best read writer in modern comics is going for something… a little different. Dark Horse Comics have released two teaser images for their horror line of[...]
The 2000AD Day-And-Date Digital Experience
For years, Americans and Brits have been trying to deal with the tricky problem, how to sell the British sci-fi weekly anthology comic 2000AD in the USA. Because, while there is a terribly efficient distribution system that gets American comics to the UK, on sale hours before they are available in America itself, the same can't[...]
Sarah Palin Is… Supergirl?
The Washington Post ran a piece on a stump speech by Sarah Palin, in support of Sarah Steelman, running for the Republican nomination for the Senate in
Two DC Comics Not To Ignore For Hallowe'en – Lot 13 And Ghosts
"Stories spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship, a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band, a ghost-for-hire haunting agency and others dark, twisted tales." The creators are Geoff Johns, Gilbert Hernandez, Phil Jimenez, Joe Kubert, Jeff Lemire, John McCrea, Amy Reeder Hadley, Paul Pope and Neil Kleid with covers by[...]
Will Lego Ninjago Smash The ComiXology Charts?
And now the Lego Ninjago comics are coming to ComiXology Starting with a three day ComiXology sale. The previous Lego sales were mostly outside the direct market and so did not affect the more commonly available monthly digital charts This will not be the case with ComiXology. Are we to expect the digital charts to become less[...]
Tuesday Runaround – The Left Wing Argument Against The Superhero
Together we could seize society from the 1% and begin constructing a socialist world without racism, sexism and homophobia and with jobs, education and healthcare for all. The labor movement, the civil rights struggle, the uprisings of Occupy Wall Street and the working-class revolutions of the 20th century have all been the work of millions of[...]
Heavy Metal Launches Five Digital Comics – With Previews
Heavy Metal Magazine are launching five new digital comics, out this week Why not take a peek? Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley's Melting Pot. [issuu width=420 height=263 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120806222424-edf494a1a0864d1a9bde5187b20be85c name=meltingpotsample username=richjohnston tag=bleedingcool unit=px v=2] Kevin Eastman, Eric Talbot, Tom Skulan and Simon Bisley's Roninbebop. [issuu width=420 height=317 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120806222308-c3ed9512ebc84da794310bc1d17bfce6 name=roninbebop_sample username=richjohnston tag=10%20preview unit=px v=2] Kevin Eastman and Mark Martin's Underwhere. [issuu width=420[...]
The ComiChron – Top 300 Comic And Graphic Novel Sales For July 2012 Analysed
by John Jackson Miller The full data from Diamond Comic Distributors for July is out, and The Comics Chronicles estimates that the distributor  shipped more than 335,000 $3.99 copies of Walking Dead #100 to North American comics shops in July It's the highest one-month total for a comic book in more than four years There are[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 6th August 2012
DC Comics "Not Having This Conversation" About Crediting Bill Finger 16 Dan Aykroyd Says Ghostbusters 3 Will Go Ahead, Just Without Bull Murray 17 Now You Can Watch The First "Credits Scene" From The Avengers 18 10.5 Things About Hawkeye Issue 1 19 First Footage From The Red Dawn Remake 20 Trailer For The Dark Knight Returns Movie Adaptation And[...]