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Gambit! And more! Plus, for the first time ever in print, Marvel's groundbreaking Infinite Comics are collected, revealing key events through the eyes of Marvel's major players It's the biggest event in Marvel history-but is it the Avengers or the X-Men who emerge triumphant? Collecting Avengers vs X-MEN #0-12, AVX: VS #1-6, AVENGERS VS X-MEN INFINITE[...]

I managed to persuade him to draw the cover to my Avengefuls comicsfor Boom, he's been working with Bryan Talbot on Cherubs for some time and he has a new HP Lovecraft-based graphic novel on the way He does specialise in drawing the sweetest faces, so sweet they seem demonic, and here he first a[...]

Here's a few shots, via Twitter, of how Free Comic Book Day has been going down around the world...  

I'll be going to Orbital Comics, Forbidden Planet and Gosh Comics for their kids workshop with my eldest daughter Eve and some of her school friends for Free Comic Book Day… but where will you be going? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHAG2ClVKU#![/youtube] PressWatch: Hundreds of newspapers dive in to give more and more and more and more coverage to Free Comic[...]

Image Comics do seem to be going through an upswing though Finally… PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 34.64% DC COMICS 30.12% IMAGE COMICS 8.60% DARK HORSE COMICS 5.37% IDW PUBLISHING 4.22% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.89% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.67% AVATAR PRESS 0.97% VIZ MEDIA 0.92% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT 0.92% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.68% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 39.07% DC COMICS 34.06% IMAGE COMICS 6.61% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.64% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.90% IDW PUBLISHING 3.40% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.92% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT 0.89% AVATAR PRESS 0.82% ARCHIE COMICS 0.71% OTHER NON-TOP 10 3.98% COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS   DOLLARS UNITS APRIL 2012 VS[...]

One gallery, many top artists, all unofficial images of The Avengers. This is Assemble, a new show at Gallery 1988 on Melrose, Los Angeles, open until

Too many comics end with a "How will they survive?" last page Hero X is at the mercy of villain Y This looks like the end But, of course, it's really not because hero X is going to get out of it I much prefer a "What the hell will happen next?" ending, and I[...]

There were about twenty people at the Heroes For Jordan press conference for John Romita Jr's attempt on his own Guinness World Record for continual

Thank you to Diamond Comics for sending me all these Free Comic Book Day comics in advance I now no longer need to take my children to Free Comic Book Day tomorrow But I will So what do we have? And can I mark them out of ten for desirability, newness, content and general appeal?[...]

In the book Comics: Between The Panels by Mike Richardson and Steve Duin, they tell a number of comic book industry stories over the decades Including comics that never made it to print Such as an earlier stab by DC Comics at something like Before Watchmen. Shortly after the completion of the Watchmen series by Alan[...]

Spotted on the London Underground the other day... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MJhqCKyW_A Limited edition Absolut London bottle available at

We suggested last week that we were about to get a Buffy Vs Aliens story from Dark Horse for Free Comic Book Day 2012. An in continuity encounter between

This year's Image Comics Free Comic Book Day volume celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the publisher And in doing so, previews a bunch of all new comic books. It's a bold, confident statement that seems intended to say as much about the company as the comics it previews We have G-Man with Chris Giarrusso… Guarding The Globe[...]

It's just like September again. Bleeding Cool was the first to identify the reappearance of the "Strange Woman" from Flashpoint in the New DCU, first in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF9mnwN_P98 There may be a Real Life Supervillain. There are questions about his behaviour during the May Day protests in

  In the early nineties, I self published a number of comics with Mike Meyer Seven issues of a comic called Dirtbag, six issues of a comic called X-Flies They included a strip written by one Brendon Connelly, a cover by Mark Stafford, a story written and pencilled by Fabian Nicieza (inked by me) and the[...]

In this weekend's Valiant Free Comic Book Day offering there are plenty of teases as to what is to come in the Valiant Universe. But two pieces stand out

A while ago, when faced with a retailer telling me that Marvel were actively trying to recruit print customers to become digital customers.  I joked that if Marvel were actually trying to do that, they'd be giving away tablets. At Baltimore Comic Con in September, 215 Ink will be selling an branded Android 4.0 tablet, fully[...]

Dynamite's Free Comic Book Day offering this year is Dinosaurs Vs Aliens, a preview of the upcoming graphic novel by Barry Sonnenfeld, Grant Morison and

penetrator from the main gun at single insurgent, just to see what a 120mm round will do to a human body." Which immediately put in me in mind of The Boys #65, but I decided to keep that to myself. Page four Bloody hell, it's Butcher- although you knew that from about panel 2 on page one,[...]

Last year, the PRISM Awards gave their honour for the best portrayal of substance abuse or mental health issues in a comic book to Cry For Justice: Rise

Attendees who pick up free comics from their local Hastings will get a coupon for 25% off their first pullbox order, if they pre-order three or more comics. Well, nationwide-ish Mostly in the South Twenty states. Bleeding Cool has been following the progress of Hastings, a multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, moving into comic book store territory[...]

DC Comics have commissioned a new TV advertising campaign, which will focus on the first hardcover and paperback collections of the DCU New 52, that have now started to be published, and will roll out over the summer. And they are willing to pay 75% of the airtime costs for any store who runs the ads[...]

We're continuing to highlight Free Comic Book Day retailers going above and beyond. Stadium Comics of Ontario, Canada are running signings and sketching from Marcus To, Kalman Andrasofszky, Fred Kennedy, Adam Gorham, Shaun Hatton, Vince Sunico, George Todorovski and Chris Hatzopoulos, Cris De Lara, Paris Alleyne, Chris Leung, Luca Baldassarra, David Bishop, Norm Antonio and Daniel[...]

Velocity Comics in Richmond, VA are organising an art auction benefit for Kerry Talbott, a local comic book artist and cartoonist who was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago after being let go from his twenty year year career as staff illustrator for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. They are selling a pile of sketched Marvel blank[...]

Before then, the previous comics will be collected in four books entitled The Communion, putting the whole series back in print. There was Watchmen There was Dark Knight And there was Faust. Created by David Quinn and Tim Vigil, this disturbingly violent superhero thriller fit the times well Published by Rebel Studios in 1987, it was[...]

FreeComicBookDayWatch: Every comic shop across the country seems to be getting loads and loads of press right now for Free Comic Book Day 2012 calling it "Geek Christmas". LemmingWatch: When rap samples Lemmings, from Akira The Don, from Unkillable Thunder Christ. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCVnUnWnAc[/youtube] FranceWatch: BD Comics Passion is the L'Institut Francais in London's second comics festival with Comica[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1cZebzthQ[/youtube] The Top Ten Superhero Teams! Host Grace Randolph's original comic book from BOOM Studios, Supurbia #3, is hitting shelves today! To get you in the mood, she gives you her Top Ten List of Superhero Teams in comics! Find out where Birds of Prey, Watchmen, Fantastic Four, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Green Lantern Corps,[...]

There is only one gun in the world of Skullkickers, by Jim Zubkavich and Edwin Huang from Image Comics But how did it get there, into this fantasy world? Next week's issue tells all… here are a few teasers to help you on your way. There is only one gun in the world of[...]

Next week, Dark Horse put out more than one comic, retailers go blind trying to see the difference between Batman, Batgirl and Batwing on the Night Of The Owls listings, DC publish the Bible, John Byrne's new book Trio starts, Bendis' Takio starts, and there's more confusion over those two as well, Avatar brings out[...]