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Marvel has been moving fast on the digital front this year, and things accelerated today as we  got a glimpse at some of their Infinite Comics concepts  But that's just the beginning, according to Mark Waid: "I promise you Marvel's announcement today about digital comics is only the first salvo as I storm the gates[...]

This is the first of a series of Doonesbury cartoons running this week in... slightly less newspapers than usual. Targeting legislation in a number of

A week ago, Bleeding Cool featured a small press superhero comic with gumption, No More Heroes by Gordon Mclean, who had used his last pay cheque after

Announced at SXSW, its one of those augmented reality things that I best remember for putting an Iron Man mask on your face, for the Iron Man movie. You'll also be able to use it to strip back the comic, looking at the comics' inks and pencils on screen. Here's a video of the AvX trailer you'll[...]

In February, Marvel was meant to have republished Silver Sufer: The Parable by Stan Lee and Moebius, created in the eighties and one of the few Marvel

UPDATE: The full cartoon can be read here. I've often told people that I learn what's going on in America by alternatively watching Fox News and The Daily

Batman: The Dark Knight artist David Finch was to travel to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, for a series of signings from today until Tuesday. But

Very different artists on the surface, but with core ideas so powerful that we continue to build the world out of them every day. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Moebius, aka Jean Giraud, aka Gir, Has Passed Away  The pioneering comic book creator and movie concept artist Moebius, aka Jean Giraud, aka Gir, has passed away at the age[...]

According to the New iPad promotional video, kids still read comics What's more, they're reading Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely comics. That can't be a bad thing can it? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEngFNb5CRU[/youtube] According to the New iPad promotional video, kids still read comics What's more, they're reading Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely comics. That can't be a bad thing can[...]

The internet is full of tributes to Jean Giraud, who died this morning. Here are just a few. By Boulet. I was a working writer, the money that came in fed

Legendary French cartoonist and one of the founders of L'Association, Louis Trondheim has written an open letter to the largest comics festival in the world, Angoulême, published in the major French newspaper, Le Monde yesterday. Here is an attempt at translation. Angouleme: Love It Or Lose It Since time immemorial, creators have been dissatisfied with the Angoulême[...]

When Scott Dunbier innovated the Absolute format at DC/Wildstorm for The Authority, it wasn't long before the rest of the DCU, and then Marvel, decided

For many Americans and Brits, Jean Giraud was the European comics creator whose work we knew Translated and republished in English, his science fiction work under the name of Moebius especially influenced the entire industry. And then he went and did the same thing to Japan as well To influence three separate comics industries so heavily,[...]

The first graphic novel beased in and around the metafictional world of ABC's Castle was written by Brian Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick and drawn by Lan

But even then, it took them quite awhile to give him a star turn — he'd had monthly stories in comics for nearly 20 years before they gave him a cover in 1961 He's had many other key moments since then, and it looks like he's getting another major moment now thanks to the rising[...]

Possibly the most Bleeding Cool thing ever, from one of Ethan Van Sciver's sketchbooks.

Marvel's Infinite Comics, to be announced on Sunday at SXSW will be a "revolutionary new way of reading comics." I'm hoping it will be with our tongues. That's the wording we were waiting for Marvel's Infinite Comics, to be announced on Sunday at SXSW will be a "revolutionary new way of reading comics." I'm hoping it will[...]

You know, I was wondereing when someone was going to get round to doing an end of the world comic. I mean, it is 2012 after all. And we all know it is

I had been trying to break into comics partly because I wanted to follow her to the US, and have a good job when I got there With her gone, my will to do comics went with her Needless to say, I bombed that submission And that is the letter I got in response I[...]

(Image posted by Amy Reeder on Facebook last week) Amy Reeder was meant to be rotating art on Batwoman with co-writer JH Williams III. She was meant to be

And Mark Bagley will do the same for Avengers Vs X-Men #4.   Considering that orders are over 200,000, if all retailers complied, that could lead to sales of over 180,000 for a second and third issues, pushing those Before Watchmen comics down the chart. Until then, here's a Ryan Stegman cover for Avengers Vs X-Men #5[...]

Bleeding Cool has been so concerned with the identity of Sergeant Marcus Johnson's father in the Battle Scars, and the implications of the face that Marvel gives to the world in both movies and comics, that we hadn't spared a thought as to the other person in the equation. So meet Nia Jones, SHIELD Team Leader,[...]

Is it a hoax? Is it a dream? Is it an imaginary story? Or maybe a flashback? Anyway, Spider-Men, the comic that Marvel teased to break the news cycle of

As Bleeding Cool reported earlier, DC have, again, a lock on the top ten of comics distributed to comic stores in North America by Diamond in February 2012 But Marvel have regained both retail and unit market share And as to that Top Ten, I expect Avengers Vs X-Men #0 may throw a fly in[...]

I understand that once again, DC have a lock down on the top ten of comics distributed in North American comic shops, with the sixth issues of Justice League, Batman, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, Batman: The Dark Knight, Superman, Flash, Aquaman and Batman & Robin The only difference from January 2012 is that[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5krtZ8rj6U Grace Randolph interviews her own artist on Supurbia, Russell Dauterman including his background in costume

The print run was set on Monday, with extras for reorder. That reorder has now been sucked up, and today Marvel will start accepting orders for a second print. In other news, Marvel have confirmed the date that all their $3.99 comics will contain a digital code, for free, in the back, as June They have announced[...]

Marvel have recently been experimenting with a new publishing format that's been more recently associated with Image or Dark Horse comics. Traditionally, comic books covers have has a thicker stock than the insides of the comics, and are printed separately That used to be glossy-newsprint but these days is mostly glossy-thick and glossy-thin. "Self cover" prints cover[...]

Who knows, maybe with the third print of issue one by then. Seriously, Image Comics press releases must be just CTRL-C, CTRL-V these days. Peter Panzerfaust Issue Two Second print on it's way. Second print of issue one will come out with the first print of issue two Second print of issue two will come out on[...]

Many people have worn the lightning across their chest, making it one of the most enduring heroic legacies in comics Some have been related by blood, others by marriage, but they all share one thing in common: For a time, they were the Fastest Man Alive! Well one or two have been women, but you[...]