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Crossovers and arcs such as Avengers Vs X-Men, Night Of The Owls, The Culling and Ends Of The Earth are also having a real effect it seems, as people get absorbed by them. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)               Description SRP Supplier ASTONISHING X-MEN #50 $3.99 MAR NIGHTWING #8 2ND PTG $2.99 DC AVENGERS #25 2ND PTG ACUNA VAR AVX (PP[...]

Skin colour aside, this would be a perfect book for Samuel L Jackson to star in. Expect lots of duty to one's fellow soldier, the accepted burden of being a man doing the right thing, and sex fuelled by adrenaline, testosterone and tobacco. I'm in. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London The full creative team of Transformers[...]

Lots of good comics this week Just in time for Free Comic Book Day… Before there was Locke And Key, there was Skeleton Key by Andi Watson A key that opened doors into new and different worlds And the Skeleton Key Color Special takes us into a zombiefied world that manages to cope with the undead[...]

I know who I expect to see cosplay of first. Did I mention I liked Boy Chimney? Dial H is published by DC Comics today Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London The full creative team of Transformers #80.5 will be signing on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday And their Roger Langridge exhibition is on now. [...]

There's something in the air. And it's called Lord Of The Rings-meets-Star Wars. I blame Avatar for kicking this off initially. We've seen it with the

Dark Horse remains the stubborn outsider. In an interesting twist this exclusive deal will also include exclusives for all digital devices and formats for collections of the comics as well I'm not sure how that will affect books distributed through the Apple Bookstore or standard Kindle Amazon listings, but I guess the books won't be coming[...]

And it's a choice that's made out of necessity it seems, given the state of Karen's state of dress after one of their adventures together… But, with the release of World's Finest and Earth 2, we don't just get one extra parallel dimension, in Action Comics, we get two more Can the Infinite Earths be far[...]

It's all going a bit meta. The other week, Joe Michael Straczynski spoke to Aint It Cool News and said, talking about Before Watchmen. But how is it any more wrong than the way any comics creators were treated, especially those who came out of the Golden and Silver Age? Worse than Jack Kirby, who couldn't even[...]

The fools. "Second Wave" Tease: EARTH TWO #1 | DC Comics "The parts not on fire are really pretty," says EARTH TWO editor Pat McCallum "Trouble is that after an invasion from Apokolips, some prime Earth 2 real estate has gone up in smoke What we're looking at down there used to be [INFORMATION REDACTED]." The Comichron: The[...]

Williams Dynamite proudly ­­presents the second volume of the acclaimed Army of Darkness series collecting the next 15 issues in one massive omnibus designed for reading (or, in this case, DEVOURING) a HUGE chunk of awesome Dynamite Comics in one sitting! Featuring Ash vs the Classic Monsters (volume 1, issues 8-11), The Death of Ash (issues[...]

I may join in the squeeing a tad… Also the Image Comics print publication of De Campi's pioneering digital comic Valentine, is now scheduled for September It will be a "350 page digest format trade, with 10 chapters plus a 42-page bonus story drawn by Aussie superstar Cassandra James." Alex De Campi reports in the latest[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BCPfbQyQs[/youtube] Aaron Haaland and Tony of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, talk through this week's comics, in their hands! New Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Earth 2, Dial H as well as collections of Justice League and Animal Man, as well as Avengers Vs X-Men 3, X-O Manowar, and lots of preprations for Free Comic Book[...]

It's a busy day for Phoenix Jones, the most high profile of the Real Life Superheroes, in his home town of Seattle. First, the self-styled supervillain

Today's Stacktastic from Grace Randolph may be delayed until tomorrow sadly... but to make up for it, here's a preview of the third issue of her Supurbia

RIPT Apparel put out a t-shirt design by artist Ninjaink titled Voice of a Generation featuring  Optimus Prime voiceover, Peter Cullen, pulling the

Legal eagle Daniel Best sticks up the news (and legal evidence) that not only is Todd McFarlane Productions out of bankruptcy but has paid Neil Gaiman

  Gavin Lees wrote for Bleeding Cool from Stumptown last weekend; While the offbeat panels and overall community spirit are certainly highlights of the Stumptown Comics Festival, the greatest thing about the show is the embarrassment of riches that the small-press and indie publishers have on display every year.  From lavish hardcover titles to photocopied-and-stapled minicomics, there[...]

The following article may have minor spoilers, but the major ones have been removed to protect the innocent. Some comic book companies are reprinting old comics Others are giving sneak previews of what's coming up DC Comics however are running a brand new story featuring their top talent, and looking forward to the future We learn[...]

We've been looking at comic stores that, this weekend, will go above and beyond just giving out free comics on Free Comic Book Day Here are four more contenders. Ultimate Comics of Durham, North Carolina has guests Chris Burnham, Janet Lee, Brian Clevinger, Tommy Lee Edwards, Joe Keating, Andre Szymanowicz and Richard Case signing and sketching[...]

Some characters are too cherished too be defiled by mainstream superhero comics tropes, and their throwaway artists.   Mind the SPOILERS: In BATTLE SCARS #6, Marvel figures out the best way to have a movie audience-friendly BLACK Nick Fury ("Black Fury", how 70s) running around the mainstream Marvel Universe, short of actually performing a potentially controversial race-change operation[...]

More, much more, is to come. Scott Kurtz of PvP has warned that this may be the beginning of the end for established webcomics as the "big boys" notice the pay model they've been mining for the last decade and a half… Today, Mark Waid launches ThrillBent.com, showcasing his original new digital comic Insufferable with Peter[...]

"Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. I shall grow... a Batstache!" Thank you Captain_Auburn_Beard.

Gavin Lees wrote for Bleeding Cool from Stumptown last weekend;     For close to three decades, Stan Sakai has been working on the adventures of Usagi Yojimbo — a funny-animal story based in feudal Japan, which manages to maintain an incredible level of authenticity to the history and culture of the country, despite the fact that[...]

Out tomorrow from Boom!, the final part of my Marvel Movie parodies, The Avengefuls, drawn by Joshua Covey... and this one written well before I'd seen

In a playbook seemingly taken from KaPow, the Grant Morrison convention, MorrisonCon, being held in Las Vegas has announced Gerard Way, Jonathan Hickman,

Alasdair Stuart writes for Bleeding Cool; Okay, maybe not the coldest cities but it is pretty damp and miserable up north as I write this. Antony Johnston remains one of the best writers, not to mention best kept secrets, in modern English language comics He's as happy working in romantic comedy as he is action, has a[...]

Must admit I was a little disappointed to see some mixed signals on the future of Hulk movies from various sources over the past couple weeks. Even though

It's a great piece of original art. Sam Kieth drawing Jim Lee's Deathblow and Rob Liefeld's Bloodwulf as well has his own Maxx in a series that predated

Well, Rebekah Isaacs, Jim Fern, Nelson Ortega, Joe Kuzma, Sebastian Piccione and Neil Jorge will be signing and sketching on Free Comic Book Day at Famous Faces & Funnies in West Melbourne, Florida, giving away ten free comics per person. And the shop will be continuing activities through the month, as Free Comic Book May, giving[...]

It can be found in three parts online: here, here and here. From there, the event segued into a panel conversation moderated by Joe Keatinge.  The featured guests were Mike Allred; Dark Horse editor, Scott Allie; curator of the Moebius Tumblr, Ian MacEwan; and David Scroggy, who was Moebius's US agent during his time working with[...]