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This is the cover to 2000AD Prog 1633 for the strip Cradlegrave, by artist Bagwell. This is the reference photo that Bagwell shot and composed, to create

Extermination is the new Boom! Studios comic from Si Spurrier and Jeffrey Edwards. About superheroes creating a resistance movement against a successful

Well, if Archie Comics are doing it, why not the Legion Of Superheroes?  Take this fight scene with a certain physically malleable young lady. Going in for the kill there, she's got no leverage, what's she going to… Of course, grow a ten foot hinged barbed penis That will work Still, despite the fighting, at least he[...]

Princeless from Action Lab Comics by Jeremy "The Order of Dagonet" Whitley and M Goodwin. Still waiting for your prince to come?  Tired of spending night after night locked in a secluded tower?  Ready for your own adventure?  So are we. Princeless is the story of Princess Adrienne, one princess who's tired of waiting to be rescued[...]

So much for the San Francisco Bay Area… Grant Morrison's MorrisonCon with Isotope Comics is happening in Las Vegas at the end of September Grant, an assembled entourage of comic creators and a select group of comic fans. Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Siegfried And Roy and now… Grant Morrison It works, doesn't it? [...]

But larger. It's part of a puff piece from BuzzFeed, candid shots taken around the DC Offices in a piece called "Working At DC Comics Looks Like A Dream Job." And, yes I know, I can already hear the sarcastic comments from some I know because they're in my inbox from, let's face it, ex-employees of[...]

Independent publisher Jabal Entertainment have launched their first comic book, Jinnrise by Sohaib Awan and Tony Vasallo, at the first Middle East Film

Remember that old line "You can't fire me, I quit!" DC Comics has just done the opposite "You can't quit, we fire you." Earlier this week, Chris Roberson announced on Twitter that he was going to quit DC Comics as a writer on the conclusion of iZombie, and after the Fairest arc he'd committed to writing[...]

Very little, obviously. September solicitations are still some time away, but I do have a couple of tidbits. The zero issues, while telling a kind of "Year One" story for the title, in filling in continuity gaps, are also intended to lead into issue 13 of the comics Matters that are raised in the past will lead[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxStRN85LLE[/youtube] Scarlett Johansson is Black Widow in The Avengers 2012, continuing her role for Iron Man 2! Host Grace Randolph, from Beyond The Trailer, and guest Alan Kistler talk about the history of Black Widow from Marvel Comics, and if Scarlett Johansson is doing Black Widow justice in The Avengers 2012! You've scene clips of her[...]

The book has been burning up the shelves, with even the most recent issue performing aftermarket loop the loops. Currently issue 1, first print, is actually selling for up to $50, with issue 2 hitting $13 and issue 3 for $10. Issue 1 second print has sold for $18, issue 2 second print for $8 And as for[...]

British comics artist Lee Garbett, of Judge Dredd, Batman and Spider-Man fame, has been drafted by Uniqlo and Disney to teach budding young artists the tricks of his trade On Saturday he'll be at the Uniqlo branch on Oxford Street in London, and on Sunday the Uniqlo at Westfield Stratford City, from 2pm teaching comic[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool Josh Elder wants kids to read comics in school. Kids want to read them in school too And so do the teachers Josh Elder is the energetic founder of Reading With Pictures, a nonprofit organization that advocates the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and boost educational development[...]

With books such as Marvel's Wolverine And The X-Men HC collecting four issues of 20 page comics (rather than the seven issues on the Amazon's listing), shipping yesterday for a whopping $19.99, some readers are in revolt. Not so much the $3.99 twenty page comic, but four $4.99 twenty page comic in a stiff binder That's[...]

Thief Of Thieves is also doing rather well too. For the post-sale reorders, finally the Walking Dead's complete grip has been reduced to mere overall domination, as Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, Avengers Vs X-Men #1 and Flex Mentalo break its stranglehold. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)               Description SRP Supplier BATMAN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS) $3.99 DC WALKING DEAD[...]

On Saturday, Bleeding Cool ran one explanation for the absence of Wally West in the new DCU, given in person by Dan DiDio. But it may not be the only one.

In yesterday's hastily chopped together gatefold from the upcoming New 52 Free Comic Book Day giveaway from DC Comics, keen eyes saw a potential Vibe in the lower left hand corner, created for the Detroit Justice League of the eighties and repeatedly killed ever since. Joining him from the new issue of Justice League, also appears[...]

War is hell. So is marriage, apparently. In Avengers Vs X-Men #2 the two come together, in this ultimate "who would win in a fight between" comic. For a

In September, it will be the one year anniversary of the DC New 52. Do you think they were going to let us forget? Did you think they weren't going to do

Ethan Van Sciver began writing Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men with the DC New 52 Relaunch with Gail Simone. Then Gail Simone walked, over conflicts

  Bleeding Cool has been reporting this past few months on the rise of high profile micro-distribution of comics across the US, focusing on certain stores more likely to sell their content Specifically the work of Sam Humphries with Our Love Is Real and Sacrifice, and ComixTribe with their books Scam and Red Ten. Well it couldn't[...]

Next week sees Eric Powell's Goon hit that regular schedule, the death of Boba Fett (again), Aquaman, the last Blackhawks, the new Popeye, the beginning of Marvel's VS, the transformation of Nick Fury, the final issue of The Twelve, the Footprints graphic novel, more Crossed Badlands, both my Captain American Idol and Scienthorlogy, after Diamond[...]

He also points to this article by David Brothers for Comics Alliance for his reasons, which details issues regarding DC's handling of Before Watchmen, as well as Marvel's handling of The Avengers. I get the feeling we'll be hearing more and more of this sort of thing in weeks to come. Last night, science fiction author[...]

Doubt I'll get the chance tonight though. RossWatch: Jonathan Ross writes for the Evening Standard who crown him the King Of Comics. When I had my first job in London I decided to re-read one of my fave series of all time — Hergé's magnificent Tintin — on the Tube to and from work[...]

So skip to the post if you dare. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: More On DC Comics' Trinity War (SEMI-SPOILERS) – And Jim Lee's FCBD Gate Fold | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Trinity War, as first mentioned on Bleeding Cool yesterday… The Justice League Is The Walking Dead | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies[...]

Here's a pinup for Raff Ienco's upcoming Image comic Epic Kill, by Viktor Bogdanovic. I hear sales have been, relatively, rather large on this upcoming

Hypernaturals is the new Boom series from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, that's getting a Free Comic Book Day bump and then launching proper in June. The

It is just as much me as him.  It is "what happens when these two crazy fucking guys join psyches?".  It was a lot of fun.  The fourth book is just now finished and I already miss it. Taylor:  Like sending the kids off to school? Menton:  Yeah. Taylor:  Do you live geographically close together or is[...]

I was having a conversation with a retail clerk today, who expressed the opinion that DC Comics were defending comic stores while Marvel were trying to drive their customers to digital instead. I disagreed – pointed out how DC were pushing digital first ahead of Marvel, that Marvel's AR was pushing digital users to print, how[...]

   Taylor Ramsey writes for Bleeding Cool. I made sure to sit down with another great artist at C2E2 this year and find out what ever I could about his methods, convention appearances and how working digitally has changed the way he does things. Franchesco! (The ! is very like Elliot S! Maggin or Scott Shaw!) has[...]