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     I got my first Marvel gig largely because the editor recognized I had swiped Wally Wood spaceship interior backgrounds. - Phil Hester, Twitter. In

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This weekend, Alan Moore engaged in his first mass webchat, to help promote the Kickstarter appeal to raise money for a tribute statue to the late Harvey

The London Amazing Spider-Man event has just finished. Actor Andrew Garfield was asked, on stage about the honour of playing Spider-Man. He told the crowd

You recently reported how DC Comics was outselling Marvel in terms of graphic novels and trade paperbacks in comic stores Yet in every comic shop I go into, I'm more likely to see Marvel hardcovers on the shelf? What's going on?" It's not just DC trade paperbacks selling quicker than Marvel, Retailers are relatively good at[...]

Although it probably has a way to go to beat this one, from DC Comics a few years ago…   Thank you for all those who wrote to me after seeing the cover to Avengers Vs X-Men #4 as Thor trying to face down Phoenix, as man trying to face his fear of a glowing vagina. I[...]

His hands are in Tony's hair almost immediately after he climbs into his lap, carding through brown locks as he presses their lips together insistently.

With the release of Adventure Time #1 from Boom expected to fly out of the door on arrival, with a second print already on the way, here's a checklist of

From originalmexicanlobbycards on eBay for the listing of a new original piece, ATTACK TO THE ZOMBIE'S TOMB ORIGINAL HORROR PAINTING. ALL MY ITEMS ARE

Mike Perkins writes; Just to let you know that Mike White passed away this weekend after a long illness. Erstwhile British artist and one of my artistic

Simultaneously, the hipster had a few copies of eighties Transformer comics around for show, discovered they really liked them in a completely unironic fashion, and now buys comics disguised as a statement The geek hipster or the hipster geek is born. Well, in May, Dark Horse may be publishing the most geek hipsterish comic of all[...]

And it looks like there may be a Walking Dead zombie variation, according this this image of Invincible #88 tweeted by Robert Kirkman that appears to be sitting on a Walking Dead Vannen Watch box. Which was then blogged by Vannen Watches. And retweeted by them. Something with Charlie Adlard art for Image Comics Expo perchance? [...]

Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he's not writing comics for Image Comics/Shadowline, crafting columns at that other place, or doing a million other things. If you enjoy the video below, and you think it's appropriate, you can make a Paypal donation to HPekar@aol.com towards the Harvey Pekar statue tribute, to help with the cost[...]

In yesterday's webchat (referred to earlier), Alan Moore revealed that the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen project to follow the conclusion of

  On the left is the cover to Voltron #1 by Eagner Reis. And certain Transformers fans saw similarities with a certain representation of Optimus

"Everything I've ever read and seen, I guess, has influenced me, and I've read so many British books, and I've seen so many British comics. HuffWatch: Scott Mendelson of the Huffington Post claims Before Watchmen is killing comics. the stories that are being told, and the "big events" that unfold on an annual basis, are inherently targeted not at[...]

Alan Moore is engaging in a videochat with 58 people who paid $99 as part of a Kickstarter effort to raise money for a Harvey Pekar tribute statue. He

Diamond Comic Distributors is launching a new award, for comic book stores, to be presented at the Diamond Retailer Summit before C2E2. The Best Practices Awards will be given to the stores who win the following; Best Window Display Best Counter Display Best New Comics Section Best Graphic Novels Section Best Kids Section Best Toys Section Best Movie or Themed Boutique Best Out of[...]

This month sees DC Vertigo launch four new comics, Fairest, Saucer Country, The Deadwardians and Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child, in something that no one else but me is calling the Vertigo Relaunch. And while it may not be as glamourous and newsworthy as the New 52, DC are still doing what they can to back the[...]

Divergence of opinion! Plurality of views! Hell, I publish Darin Wagner, don't I? Must… reign… in… temptation to fly to JFX, get the trains to Midtown Comics at Times Square, hope they are still recording and barge in to object. Self control, Richard, self control Calm, calm, calm There, that's better. Aaarghhhhh!! [...]

From X-Men Legacy out last week... and from Suicide Squad out the week before.. makes for an entertaining mirror image on the comic shelf.   Of

Illusive Comics & Games, specifically, where regular character Virgil is at work in the comic store and finds himself destroyed by his female boss, co-worker and customer It's incredibly misandrist, but works in context of the other Uploaders videos which are equally misogynist – indeed, they're pretty much nihilist all round Illusive Comics & Games[...]

Amid all the Before Watchmen hype, the appointment of Jae Lee as the artist on the Ozymandias series is an interesting development, if only because for

Is it Spider-Man? Or has Iron Man just got a fancy new paint job? This is the costume he'll be wearing in the upcoming Ends Of The Earth storyline, as the

Justice League, Batman, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, Batman: The Dark Knight, Superman, Flash, Batman And Robin and Aquaman. Last month's launches of X-Sanction and Defenders, the latter boosted by a 50% overship from Marvel, have now fallen down the chart The two central X-Men titles are, however, on the rise, boosted by the upcoming[...]

Here are the comics shipping to stores for sale next Wednesday, and a preliminary look at what you might expect in stores the week after that. Dark Horse Comics ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE HC BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD TP VOL 10 BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #6 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 DARK MATTER #2 DOTTER OF HER FATHERS EYES HC KING[...]

On Sunday, Marvel are launching a new digital comic book that works as a prelude to the upcoming Avengers movie,  Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week and will sit along the other Marvel's The Avengers Prelude comics. Set in Marvel Studios movie continuity, it's the first of 8 issues, subsequent issues will run on Tuesdays[...]

Comics and graffiti artist David Choe, who was inspired by the likes of Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee and Todd McFarlane, is about to become richer than all of them. His graphic novel Slow Jams is a much desired item, selling for around $200…  but that's not the matter at issue here Rather his work for Facebook's[...]

That DC Comics have taken the top unit marketshare for January, the number of actual comics sold While Marvel have taken the top dollar marketshare, for the revenue raised. So both DC and Marvel are top in January Everybody wins! However, also of note, I'm told by numerous sources now that in January, DC Comics have a[...]

But, trying not to spoil anything, the covers to Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine #9 appear to show a Buffy who is, well, less likely to be on her way to Venus de Milo status. The Action Comics #6 Variant You Don't Want | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors You pick[...]