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Most will BBQ and drink heartily, while the rest of us will take this opportunity to catch-up on reading, organizing, buying and selling comics This week we'll be looking at Best Writer, Best Writer/Artist, and Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team If you need a reminder of what's been nominated, you can find the entire list[...]

The point of this column is me telling you about independent comics I'm reading You'll hear about weird stuff I've found at cons, old 80's indy comics that I recently discovered, the latest at Image, or the early works of creators who's popularity now surpasses Zeus I like being a positive dude, and that means[...]

Yesterday, an original message was posted on the popular content redistributor Reddit, with a link to a 2K-sized program and instructions, point by point, as to how one can take a ComiXology download that has been paid for, and turn it into a CBZ file, permanently saving it to your computer. Many would prefer to read[...]

As you read this, I will be flying from Phoenix, Arizona to Chicago and then on to London, where I'm bringing both my girls candy and comics If they read this, they must be good for their mummy. If you're receiving Lying In The Gutters by e-mail, you may want to be careful clicking on the[...]

iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson famously announced his decision to stop working for DC Comics publicly on Twitter, only to find that decision stepped by rather rapidly by DC, and his Fables arc disappear in a puff of magic Something that one could read into the most recent iZombie issue… Still, it doesn't look like he's too[...]

The first issue of the IDW Godzilla ongoing series has sold out from IDW and Diamond... and for a change, it waited until it had actually gone on sale to

Katana, created as one of The Outsiders by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo has co-starred in the Birds Of Prey title, relaunched as one of the New 52 titles.

Check out the cosplay fun… and a few epic photobombs, as well (keep your eye out for them). Could We Get A New Justice League Of America? DC Comics is cancelling the title Justice League International with #12 and its Annual, despute the book selling well It is expected to be replaced by a similar title. Most-Read TV/Film[...]

The following is mindless speculation. DC Comics is cancelling the title Justice League International with #12 and its Annual, despite the book selling well It is expected to be replaced by a similar title. In Justice League, we have seen moves to create a new Justice League featuring Green Arrow that is more aligned with US national[...]

Of all the things I've heard, that seems the most solid. At Kapow, Kieron Gillen mentioned on stage how many comics creators want to write Tony Stark right now It looks like he may be getting his chance. There is much speculation, rumour and gossip concerning as to what Marvel will follow their Avengers Vs X-Men[...]

A few days ago, I ran semi-sourced stories indicating that the character who DC Comics announced as being reintroduced to the New 52 DC Universe as a gay man, was Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who appeared in Earth 2 #1 briefly, Well, at Phoenix Comic Con, I had a much stronger source confirm to[...]

"I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write of sin. You’re the book I love the

Dig Dug will be receiving a series of one-off webcomics by 30 different creators to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the game Announced creators include Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub. Finally, at the Shiftylook cabaret on Saturday night, Legend of the Valkyrie by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Fernando Furukawa was announced.   [...]

I wondered when this would come. I saw this first with The Thrill Electric (still available as a free App). A comic cut into foreground, middle ground and

Érico Assis talked to Mateus Santolouco for Bleeding Cool Mateus Santolouco, who hails from Porto Alegre, the sourthernmost state capital of Brazil (also hometown to Rafael Albuquerque, Eduardo Medeiros, Cris Peter and many other comics artists), has been an up-and-coming artist in American comics for the last 5 years After stints at Boom! Studios, fill-in work[...]

Bleeding Cool has been enjoying covering the work of ShiftyLook, the Namoco Bandai digital publishing company, looking to revive old gaming concept as webcomics to shore up future development, and doing so with the likes of Jimmy Palmiotti, Ben McCool, Jim Zubkavich and more And their latest acquisition, only one Marv Wolfman. And at the London[...]

I understand that, just as with the launch of Avengers Vs X-Men #1, Marvel Comics is planning to give away $5 coupons to those buying Spider-Man comics digitally And that this coupon will be redeemable in comic stores against the print purchase of Spider-Men #1 and more. We'll let you know more when we have details,[...]

It's the twentieth anniversary of British comics, film and music magazine Tripwire And they're trying to get funding for a celebratory two hundred page hardcover volume Will you make a pledge? If nothing else listen to editor Joel Meadows talking about the history of the magazine… [issuu viewMode=singlePage width=550 height=777 printButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120522103835-b7764854d60d4a8f8341b5a92347e740 name=tripwire-bristol-kapow-images-lowres username=richjohnston tag=bleedingcool[...]

Here's a small detail from a new DC Entertainment mural at their Burbank offices. With a classic Alfred E Newman "What, Me Worry?" moment.

Brevoort had been named by Englehart as someone who had trued to get Ultraverse comics published of later at Marvel. No, it has nothing to do with that But it does have to do with issues that are bound up in a non-disclosure agreement, so I can't actually get into the specifics with you about it. so[...]

If you like good comics art and you're at the show, take the chance to walk by his booth You won't regret it… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5QiyCFedqk[/youtube]   Keu Cha, best known for his work with Dale Keown on The Darkness, is putting together a comic book called Hex: The Lost Tribe, possibly for Image, possibly for self publication[...]

At least 2% should be devoted to 'cute boys.'" It is also true that "girls are intelligent human beings who can enjoy comic books, too." Which lead me to the question: Why does it seem like the two are presented as mutually exclusive? Why does it seem that women who enjoy comics, but openly admit to part[...]

We've mentioned that after issue twelves of the New 52, as well as every comic getting a Zero Issue to explore earlier stories in the comics' characters lives, there would be title changes and creator changes across the line. I've just received the word in a slightly circuitous route that, concerning the Legion Of Superheroes book,[...]

Every week, without rhyme of reason, we'll see a new (or old) panel from Bulletproof Coffin's Shaky Kane, Today, "from an up and running project of mine-

Not like DC Comics renumbering all their New DCU comics to issues zero through September, say This is based on a number of well sourced people and involves considerable hearsay. Jim Lee Paints Batman I Mean, Really Paints Batman | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Here's a portrait of Batman by Jim[...]

Phoenix Comic Con is now open. But I had a little wander around the queue ninety minute before it did open, and a peek inside the venue itself. Why not

Yesterday saw the release of the second trade in writer Charles Soule's Image series 27 (27: Second Set), but that's not his only story out this week. 

One Million Moms, the pressure group with a lot less than a million members (almost a million less) failed spectularly targeting Archie Comics from depicting a gay wedding on its cover. Buoyed by that lack of success, they have now moved on to target Marvel and DC Comics encouraging members to email the companies because they[...]

Next week in comics… a new, long awaiting, volume of Adam Warren's Empowered hits the shelf It's fifth week time for DC Comics, with Animal Man and Batman Annuals, and Ravagers and DC Nation begins IDW brings us the Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover, Image starts Grim Leaper, brings us the second issue of America's Got[...]

Another look at what is burning up retailers attempts to increase their orders on comics before they ship. And, well, the ending of Avengers has seen a certain Silver Surfer graphic novelk rocket to the top, followed, as in the last two weeks, by a Before Watchmen book Retailers are catching on to the fact that[...]