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A Final Fable For Japan
Vaughan (Shi, Gemstone Publishing), Gary Shipman (Pakkins' Land), Pablo Marcos (Tales of the Zombie, Conan the Barbarian), Mike Dubisch (Star Wars, Dungeons and Dragons), Teddy Kristiansen (Sandman, M is for Magic), Nancy Collins (Swamp Thing), Tom Peyer (Hourman, Legion of Superheroes), and Stuart Moore (Namor: The First Mutant, Wolverine Noir). On top of the comics creators,[...]
More From The British Rob Granito
More from the British Rob Granito, exhibiting at comic conventions across the UK... and the deviantArt he appears to be swiping then selling as prints...
Scott Kolins To Draw Legion Of Super Heroes From Issue Zero
Recently, DC Comics sent a letter round to creators asking them not to talk about the upcoming Issue Zeroing of the DC Universe in September – it seems to have worked, mostly, as only Bleeding Cool seems to have been talking about it. That should change soon From one upcoming interview from the Phoenix Comic Con[...]
The British Rob Granito?
Over the last couple of weeks there has been growing irritation, annoyance and indeed anger about an individual who is being dubbed by some as the British Rob Granito. An unnamed individual exhibiting at a number of British comic conventions, including Birmingham Comics Expo, Kapow and London MCM, who sells prints of copyrighted characters Nothing unusual[...]
Adam's Apples – Atomika
Adam Messinger writes for Bleeding Cool; What we all want from comics is different at different times It's very similar to choosing a meal This past week I was hungry for a God sized meal I'm not talking like I did communion and stuff No, no, no I wanted the power of a nuclear holocaust in[...]
Kingdom Of Light and Theoktonia
Apparently Deimos Comics launched on 11.11.11 as a digital comics independent publishing house Did you notice? No, me neither Its two series, "Kingdom of Light" and "Theoktonia" are available on line exclusively  They are both dark religious fantasies, with some kind of intertwined myth one set in the far future with the emergence of Heaven's[...]
Scenes From The Before Watchmen TV Ad
Bleeding Cool told you a while ago that DC Entertainment would be running TV ads ahead of the release of Before Watchmen. Well, Fast Co-Create has a few
Saturday Runaround – Green Lantern And His Deviant Ways
"Both myself and Mike Conroy, who is advising us administration matters, discussed the situation with publisher Ivo Milicevic, who has bankrolled the project so far, and agreed the logistics of getting the first issue of the new incarnation printed and into the shops for our planned launch date were simply insurmountable at this time." Once STRIP Issue 5[...]
Friday Trending Topics: Alan Scott And Earth 2 #2
Official: It won't be news to any readers of Bleeding Cool who originally broke this story (a number of times), but today DC Comics let news organisations run the news that Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, was to be reinvented as a gay man for the Earth 2 series The issue in question ships[...]
And Finally… Okay, So This Must Be The First Mainstream Gay Kiss In Comics…
Can anyone beat this? From Zatara The Magician by Gardner Fox and Fred Guardineer, in Action Comics #12 from 1939, courtesy of Comic Book Tit Bits… Zatara, as some may mention, was essentially of the ilk of Mandrake the Magician.  Wearing a top hat and tuxedo he would perform various astounding feats, aided by his manservant, Tong. [...]
So What Was The First Mainstream Gay Kiss In Comics Anyway?
In a number of interviews embargoed until this morning, James Robinson claimed he wrote the first "mainstream kiss" in comics, in Starman, dated August 1998 And while that predates, say, Peter Milligan and Mike Allred on X-Statix, as well as Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Mark Millar and Frank Quitely on The Authority… it doesn't predate[...]
Your Weekly Shaky – The Shield
Every Friday, a new, out of context panel, from Shaky Kane. TThis time, the Shield of Justice as featured on the up-and-coming Bulletproof Coffin
The Missing Spider-Wedding
Here's the cover to the Retailer customizable cover for Astonishing X-Men #51, which would allow a store to add their own wedding photo alongside the
How To Pitch Your Comic By (Or Possibly To) Larry Young
Larry Young writes from Bleeding Cool; Here's a simple list of things to include or to be aware of when you send me (in my capacity as publisher at AiT/Planet Lar, or whatever it is I do for First Comics ) your pitch or finished script for a project You wouldn't believe how many professional writers,[...]
Grace Randolph's Between The Panels WIth Brandon Montclare
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZ–Tu87VA[/youtube] Top Ten Male Superheroes! Host Grace Randolph welcomes former DC & Vertigo editor and current writer Brandon Montclare to help her come up with a list of Top Ten Male Superheroes in comics! Find out where Wolverine, Daredevil, Damian Wayne, The Hulk, Batman, and Superman stand on the list – plus a few surprises! Which[...]
The Rise Of The Phoenix Comicon
Cossie's were everywhere and at sometimes its seemed to be a Cossie Con all together. The front lines of the PCC was a Allstar cast.  Leading the was Avatar with its patented all four corners extravaganza of comics galore.  They came in masses with just about everything they could muster for their fans.  A line went down[...]
Where To Find Me On Thursday At San Diego Comic Con
We should get T-Shirts made. Odds are, I'll then be grabbed for the Comics On Comics panel Which is usually around 8pm on a Thursday. A busy day But this year, Bleeding Cool will have a mass of reporters on the ground to help me out Lots more panels, lots more pros, lots more tables, lots more[...]