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Wednesday Runaround – Still All About The Gay
VegasWatch: Darick Robertson, Robert Kirkman and Jason Aaron join the guest list of MorrisonCon. GayWatch: This is the year the comics industry turned gay But CNN asks if a comic book character's sexual orientation really news? By running a story about it So, yes, obviously. GayWatch2: Erie TV looks at a local take on said news; "I would[...]
Tuesday Trending Topics: Avengers Vs X-Men And The Marvel Mystery
The only thing I know — this fall in comics is shaping up to be just as eventful as was Fall 2011, which is saying something. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Did Marvel And Sony Already Try To Cross Over Their Movies With An Easter Egg In The Avengers?  There's a number of Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers rumours doing[...]
Adam's Apples – Brian Wood's Pounded
You're probably going to hear it a lot if you're reading anything I write about comics In 2002 Brian Wood was in the middle of blazing a creative trail His prolific output from this time period included writing comics for AiT/Planet Lar, Oni, Vertigo, and Image Pounded by Brian Wood and Steve Rolston arrived on[...]
The MCM Cosplay Rave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72wqAS_K-s Thanks to Heri Mkocha, who gave us this collection of outdoor MCM London Expo cosplay snaps for this video
Bryan Hitch's Image Comic Crashes To #149
When Image Comics signed up Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch's book Americas' Got Powers, it was a real coup One of the biggest name A-list artists in comics and a media broadcaster with a massive profile in the UK and a growing one in the US. The first issue, double sized for $2.99 was lucky to[...]
Marvel Reprints Two Jim Starlin Thanos Stories In Comic Form For September
This was his quote back then; "Due to irreconcilable creative differences, Jim Starlin will no longer be working on the Thanos series for Marvel Comics His last penciled and scripted issue will be #6, and he is currently finishing the script for #7." And nothing has changed since No new work from Jim for Marvel, no matter[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic – Before Watchmen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxqKVXGzNI[/youtube] Before Watchmen has begun! DC Comics kicks off Before Watchmen with Minutemen #1 from Darwyn Cooke! Find out what host Grace Randolph thinks about these prequels to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic story of Rorschach, Dr Manhattan, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre and more! Is Before Watchmen worth buying? Also in Opinion Nation this week,[...]
Ninjak – Third Time Lucky
It's clearly September week. When we find all the interesting stuff coming out from the main publishers in September. One of which is Ninjak. Created by
MacGyver From Image Comics In October
From Image Comics in October And here's the cover. Just don't leave this comic unattended in a longbox The moment your back is turned, it will explode. As it stands MacGyver on that issue one cover by Andie Tong could poke your eye out with his crotch alone. From original MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff, with Tony[...]
The Queen Continues Her Assault On Comics In The UK
And Diamond UK must still be feeling the effects, in some kind of linked name fashion. Anyway, for the second week in a row, UK stores will get their US comics on Thursday afternoon instead of Tuesday afternoon So if you're looking for Silk Spectre #1 or Spider-Men #1 on Wednesday morning, you'll be out of[...]
Tuesday Runaround –  Funny Junked
Indeed, because the black-on-yellow spine reads only 'BEYOND', it has to sit next to the original to spell out the full title. DigiWatch: Roy Race, star of Roy Of The Rovers, is coming to a digital device near you, as Egmont put all the old strips from Tiger and Roy Of The Rovers online through Apple[...]
Monday Trending Topics: DC Zero Month
It was a full day of DC Comics September Zero month info popping up all over the internet  But you can catch up with it all right here on Bleeding Cool on the Zero Month tag. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Green Lantern #0 Brings Us That New Green Lantern… And The Third Army (UPDATE)  Green Lantern #0 will[...]
Batman Comes To Smallville
Bryan Q Miller is writing Smallville Season Eleven as a digital-first-then-print comic for DC Comics, playing up on the conclusion of the TV Series September, we get a new story called Detective Featuring a certain masked vigilante making his way to Metropolis… SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #5 Written by BRYAN Q MILLER Art and cover by CHRISCROSS and MARC[...]
Countdown To The Eisners by Cameron Hatheway: Journalism, Design And Related
This week we'll be looking at Best Comics-Related Journalism, Best Comics-Related Book, and Best Publication Design If you need a reminder of what's been nominated, you can find the entire list right here, and see what I chose last week right here. Who is not eligible to vote? Comics press or reviewers (unless they are nominees) Non-creative publisher[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 11th June 2012
From Cake Wrecks This was the week in which DC Comics finally got round to mentioning that they were running all Zero issues in September After a number of their creators had inadvertently blurted it out at a number of conventions of course, necessitating a special letter being sent round asking them to shut the fuck[...]
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 2009 Out In… A Week!
Instead, it will be published in just a week's time instead, in both the US and the UK. I understand that UK journalist Laura Sneddon has had an advance copy to read and both her review, and a news piece concerning the comic, will see publication in The Independent On Sunday on the 17th of June. [...]
It's Young John Constantine, Folks!
Before Hellblazer? Well, why the hell not? Maybe we'll get a new Newcastle? JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #0 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by MIKEL JANIN Cover by RYAN
Batgirl And Red Hood Revisit The Joker In Zero Month
Robin, Jason Todd, died, and Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, was crippled. But then these are comics Jason Todd comes back to life and now as Red Hood leads The Outlaws. And Barbara became Oracle, and then Batgirl again, her revival ascribed to a procedure in South Africa. And DC's Zero Month looks likely to revisit all those experiences[...]