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 This has nothing in particular to do with Aunt May, but it probably should have. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel's Solicitations For May 2012 – Just The Titles And A Few Pics  Marvel publish more than one title of 26 comics in May, a new record And the long anticipated Hulk Smash is now Hulk Smash Avengers, getting[...]

Courtesy of Midtown Comics' listings and skipping the trades, here's a look at the Marvel solicitations for May 2012. One word of warning, the credits on these do get mixed up, especially when there are double shipping issues – and there are a lot of those this month But those pictures sure are pretty. AGE OF APOCALYPSE[...]

Siike Donnelly is attending Megacon for Bleeding Cool. And he just bumped into Darwyn Cooke, briefly, who is appearing at the show. Guess what they talked

There's nothing a comic book speculator loves more these days than a new issue number one. With Chew, Morning Glories, Nonplayer and more in their

All the more exciting to Dune fans was the fact that the writers of the novels, Herbert and Anderson, were actually writing the comic themselves. But for undisclosed reasons the launch of the comics series is delayed And Boom can't tell me why So no Dune FCBD. In its slot comes a replacement Dan Abnett and Andy[...]

When, in what is likely the result of some tricksy negotiation, Knockabout Comics, the UK publisher of League: Century, will be redistributing copies to UK comic stores and bookstores, officialy, through Diamond and their own distribution network Legally. If publication does occur with out a hitch it will throw further doubt of the legimitacy of the[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJz8yLMZ4i0[/youtube] While I've been seeing a film I'm not aloud to talk about, Grace Randolph has been in Midtown Comics reading comics And writing them Which gives her a great excuse to talk craft with ex DC Comics / Vertigo Editor turned freelance writer Brandon Montclare[...]

But he's also written the comic. Announced last year, with a Free Comic Book Day comic coming from Liquid Comics next month, I understand that Dynamite will be publishing the full graphic novel in May, drawn by Mukesh Singh. Just in time for DC to bring back Grant's Batman Incorporated as well I call that good timing. Of[...]

Instead the magazine has turned to the likes of Image Comics, reprinting relatively lower selling titles such as Who Is Jake Ellis and Graveyard Of Empires and finding a new audience for them But with its lead title Kick Ass 2 coming to an end, maybe it needed a shot in the arm to alert[...]

Marvel publish more than one title of 26 comics in May, a new record And the long anticipated Hulk Smash is now Hulk Smash Avengers, getting five issues in one month, equalling Venom's best. They include Point One issues for Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man getting an Annual and an Ends Of The Earth[...]

      The Wall Street Journal reports that  Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, a company set up by Edgar Rice Burroughs and financially benefitting his descendants, is suing Dynamite and Dynamic Forces over their publication of Lord Of The Jungle and Warlord Of Mars comics, over trademark and copyright issues involving Tarzan and John Carter Of Mars. Both comics, and[...]

FluWatch: Bleeauurghhh. HackWatch: Those pirated Marvel digital comics? Yup, it was an open door someone had left, in the company's internet security Now they'll have to go back to scanning in the comics as they come in on a Tuesday… and getting the lettering correct. IndiaWatch: The second annual Indian Comic Con has begun, in Dilli Haat,[...]

 There's divided opinion on this one in the forum, but since I missed it the first time and I've been a huge Ultron fan since I first put together the classic Avengers run, I'll pick up the FCBD version to get myself acclimated to what the subsequent project is going to be about. Most-Read Comic Stories[...]

Okay, this is an interesting one. A new website called shiftylook.com from Namco Bandai Games is taking a number of long forgotten game franchises, some from decades past, some only ever available in Japan… and getting our old friends Jim Zubkavich and Jeffrey Cruz at Udon Entertainment to turn them into weekly Sunday newspaper strip-style comics[...]

Those of us (and there are many) who donated to the Womanthology Kickstarter project received a very special Valentine's Day gift, a 32 page original

Do you remember the Image Comics ashcans from twenty years ago? I do, I still have my Maxx ashcans somewhere, issued before the release of the comic proper, half the size, showing off the then-upcoming art, numbered and signed by Sam Keith, black and white, with a garish coloured card cover. Well Joe Keatinge remembers them too,[...]

In this case, Third Eye Comics. And it appears in a burying-the-lead kind of way, that Avengers #12.1 by Brian Bendis and Bryan Hitch is being reprinted as Avengers: Age Of Ultron #0.1, so we can presume that will be the big Avengers project by Bendis and Hitch that has been much promised. And also rather handy for[...]

Sam Humphries hit the headlines with the self distributed Our Love Is Real, asking the very important question, what if Judge Dredd had sex with his dog.

Dave Johnson famously reviews the designs of covers, and can be rather brutal at times. I wonder how he'll react to the cover of upcoming comic Protocollo

Meeting the creative minds behind some of my favorite comics, getting the opportunity to ask them questions that have been plaguing my mind since finishing the final pages of their books, has always felt like a true honor to me Not only do I learn a lot from a panel as a fan, but also[...]

This is currently the face of comics on British TV right now, this ad for the Eaglemoss DC Chess Set, collectable piece by piece through the local news stand, comic store, or subscription. Seriously, this is what we do in this country And for those of you who can't get their copies, Bleeding Cool will be[...]

David Brothers, in a long and thoroughly thought through post, sets the case that Marvel comics made available for illegal download are sourced from art files coming from Marvel itself Indeed, he makes the case that someone inside Marvel is leaking, citing pages such as the following with lettering flaws – words from a different[...]

Legendary comics creator on New Mutants, Elektra Assassin, Big Numbers and more, Bill Sienkiewicz has signed up to provide a painted section for Alex De Campi's Ashes graphic novel, the subject of recent Kickstarter kerfuffle. He will be joined by Dan McDaid of Jersey Gods, as well as the previously announced Colleen Doran, Igor Kordey, Milton[...]

New picks for the recent Remake/Remodel. Instructions as follows: CAPTAIN FUTURE. This from JESS NEVINS’ Pulp Encyclopaedia: "Captain Future's adventures

When hearing that, some sign it it to "The Successful Ebay Bidder" At Image Comics Expo, John Layman and Rob Guillory are trying something else. The convention exclusive edition of Chew  will cost $10. Unless you get it signed, personally, to you Then it will cost $5. It's the anti-speculator convention variant Here are a look at the other[...]

The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse is Simon Bisley's new project for Heavy Metal with Michael Mendheim. The first of three book, Helldiver, comes out in

Co-opWatch: DC Comics is extending its co-op advertising programme so that any store using imagery from the upcoming Vertigo book Saucer Country in its advertising, will get 75% of their media costs back. ConWatch: Neal Adams and Carmine Infantino will be headlining at Florida Supercon from June 29th to July 2nd. StripWatch: Jef Burandt and Aaron Bir,[...]

It seems an odd article for DC Comics to have agreed to provide such artwork for, as negative as it is, including such paragraphs as; Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics Published Today – Glory, BPRD, Road Rage, Avengers, New Avengers, Batman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Peter Panzerfaust And Uncanny X-Men Here are ten thoughts about ten comics published[...]

Seriously. Try telling this Jack Kirby that you're not giving him his artwork back. From Vanguard Productions.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that Marvel Comics doesn't like paying for advertising They prefer news venues to cover them because they're Marvel and, to be fair, it's generally worked The DC relaunch may have changed that a little, however At the time Marvel reps mocked DC's spending… but now, with DC having ten of[...]