Comics Archives

This Is… Ultron War
Okay, I said I'd wait till the seond teaser, but I didn't expect them both on the same day. It has been teased by Bendis for years, and we saw it coming
Heroes Con Gets Jesse Jamesed
I tell you this because, I'm a Fanboy first every time and something like this makes me want to continue to support creators as long as I love comics I talked to Start Sayger for awhile and should have a cool interview with him coming soon David Petersen was there and spent some time talking[...]
Don't Lose Your Head Over Afflicted
That's all a little bit Duncan Fegredo-ish isn't it? With a little but of John Mcrea surface detail... Turns out it's Jose Holder, who recently drew the
Marvel Ramps Up Guardians Of The Galaxy Trademarks
It's rumoured there will be a Brian Bendis comic book after Avengers Vs X-Men. Either way, Marvel Comics have just filed eleven new trademark applications for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY covering everything from jewelery to beverages to furniture  to cosmetics The applications cover International Classes 3, 14, 16, 20, 24, 29, 30, 32, 35, 41,[...]
The Ant Man Comics That May Make The Ant Man Movie
Throw a bagel on Wardour Street and you'll hit three people working on Gollum's foreskin. So when one of them needs some research materials but doesn't want to wait for the West Coast to wake up, where do they go? Over the last three weeks, I hear that four separate people have been into Gosh Comics looking[...]
When Maurice Sendak Wanted To Blow Up President Bush
The Comics Journal published at the end of the year, headlines with a final in depth interview between Maurice Sendak and Journal publisher Gary Groth. Here is a snippet Possibly the snippet. SENDAK: Bush was president, I thought, "Be brave Tie a bomb to your shirt Insist on going to the White House And I wanna have[...]
Wayne Gardiner Gets Jesse Jamesed Over Knightingail
 He has studied the business and has become a ambassador to how to get your comics into stores   If your looking to get your comic to print and some of the other aspects of the indy world  This article is for you He took some time to really answer, in great detail, how his road to publishing[...]
Alan Moore's Jerusalem And New League For 2013
And, according to this leaflet handed out at the Gosh! Comics signing yesterday, it's scheduled for Autumn in 2013. Moore first mentioned it in an interview with me seven years ago, a follow up to Voice Of The Fire, which told stories set in his home town of Northampton, over 10,000 years. "I feel it was a[...]
Steve Cook's Secret 2000AD Cover Archives
Marvel have recently moved a number of their titles to "self cover", where the cover is part if the print tun of the rest of the comic, on the same paper, cut together and bound from the same paper sheet, rather than being from a different, thicker, glossier paper stock. Of course that's what all British[...]
Curiosities Takes Kickstarter
With all the fuss about Lea Hernandez' Garlicks not hitting its Kickstarter objectives (though she will be back), here's a look at a project that has done
An American Comic Book Reader In London – Extraordinary Gentlemen
 Today Gosh Comics hosted the release of Alan Moore, and Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman: Century 2009  I arrived at 1030, and found myself a spot about 50 people back from the front door  Not a bad start  I have attended comic signings before but this was my first with actual rules. No more[...]
Dark Avengers #176 – What Up?
Elliot Cole reads comics for Bleeding Cool; Dark Avengers #176 by Jeff Parker and Kev Walker Thunderbolts just leap frogged Avengers Academy as Marvel's best team book. Take that however you will, but as AVX is giving AA a contemplative turn, and New Mutants is seeing DnA start to shine brighter after Heroes For Hire, Thunderbolts has steamed[...]
Adam's Apples – Talking To Atomika's Sal Abbinanti
All The editors I met with told me my style was "too European" to work in American comics so being a child of the 70's where Russia was always the evil empire i always thought the Soviet Union would be a cool setting for a title Growing up a Kirby guy, Atomika came together quickly[...]
Saga #4 – Everything You Wanted To Know About Sextillion But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Eliot Cole reads comics for Bleeding Cool; Saga #4 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples Brian K Vaughan's knack for providing emotional resonance (something I like in good comics) from beings other than human was most famously displayed in Pride Of Baghdad Everything that we get from the *complete* aliens on display in Saga are pitched[...]
Raven Gregory Gets Jesse Jamesed
 I try to write very personal stories set in some spectacular fashion that everyone can relate to or sympathize with on some level.  Does it in anyway hurt you at a show being a fan favorite? I love the fans and sometimes I can't draw the line between being a creator and being a friendly guy. [...]
Alan Moore And Kevin O'Neill To Sign League Books Today
Today, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill will be signing copies of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen – both the new Century 2009 book but also the launch of the newly UK-distributed Black Dossier, will the launch of the vinyl record that was originally meant to accompany it on its initial release, now only available in[...]
Friday Trending Topics: Orange Ivy
Survey says: DC Comics are conducting new survery of comic book readers with Nielsen NRG You can participate here online, but I understand that a number of people were asked in store this week, specifically at Midtown in New York And to make sure people don't just fill in surveys willy nilly, they have introduced[...]
Between The Panels With Grace Randolph For Thirty-Five Minutes!!!
Settle down, break open a brew, or she'll get Kryptonian on your ass! Henry Cavill is Superman in Man of Steel 2013! Warner Brothers brings the Man of Steel back to the silver screen with Christopher Nolan producing and Zack Snyder directing! Host Grace Randolph, from Beyond The Trailer, and guest Alan Kistler talk about the[...]