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David Hine, author of Bulletproof Coffin with Shaky Kane, has been writing about another hero of British comics, Brendan McCarthy's early work, including Electric Hoax with Peter Milligan But now he has reprinted an early encounter with the creator, by way of a 1980-published comic called Cipher, and a cover strip by Brendan, never reprinted since[...]

Kelly Roman, author of the upcoming HarperCollins graphic novel The Art Of War has a battle a little closer to home. Against against BluePearl Veterinary

We don't need no goddamned asterix.

This is the logo for the UK TV channel Discovery History. And this is a trademarked logo by DC Comics and DC Entertainment for future undefined use Possibly preserved onions. I asked an intellectual property lawyer about the seeming similarity He told me; Well, that seems to be a logo for a UK-based cable network associated with the[...]

DJ Food/Strictly Kev collects the work of 2000AD, specifically that of Henry Flint, ultra-detailed painted artist on Judge Dredd and ABC Warriors. As part

Broadview Entertainment Arts University in Salt Lake City is launching a new course, earning student a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the field of Comics And Sequential Art. Why do I think Scott McCloud will be on the curriculum? KSL News reports that the Broadview Dean as saying "This program is built for people who are[...]

Bleeding Cool mentioned late last year that DC Comics was creating a sequel to their previous Batman: Black And White projects on which eminent creators, many not associated with Batman, from Warren Ellis to Moebiusworked on short black and white stories for the character. Well, Ariel Olivetti, who recently managed to get out of his two[...]

But it demonstrates the approach that DC Comics seems to have adopted in putting together their recently announced Infinite Crisis omibus–and to a lesser extent, their recently-announced Absolute edition of the Green Lantern Sinestro Corps War story, too. Let's take Infinite Crisis first In case it escaped your attention, DC recently revealed that they would be[...]

Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, as we literally corner them and and ask questions about comic books and related topics Unscripted, reality CC. This week we ask our customers what they are looking forward[...]

Two top stories about Gotham today, both involve comics only indirectly  Too bad that the Gotham by Gaslight Xbox pitch didn't end up going anywhere, that's a concept with loads of potential. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: DC Comics Gets A New Logo And Here It Is. Well, this symbol has now been submitted for trademark protection[...]

  The font used in the new DC Comics logo (above)… is called Gotham Ho ho ho I was asked why DC Entertainment were registering the trademark for such a logo well before its announcement Well, I'd never try to read the mind of such an organisation, that way lies madness, but maybe they are trying[...]

Bleeding Cool has covered extensively the Ashes graphic novel by Alex De Campi and Jimmy Broxton, the pen name of James Hodgkins, a sequel to Smoke by De

ComiXology appear to be selling off  all 60 issues of Y The Last Man for 99 cents each this weekend. From Bryan Vaughan and Pia Guerra... what's the best

Anything DC Comics can do, Devils Due can do better. Possibly. Anyway, here's the new look for Devils Due. Now all they have to do is get back in business. No flipping. Anything DC Comics can do, Devils Due can do better. Possibly. Anyway, here's the new look for Devils Due. Now all they have to do is get back in business. No[...]

George Peter Gatsis writes for Bleeding Cool; Greetings everyone. This is one of my characters, Joe King... No seriously... and don't call him Sheryl. Joe

John Byrne has posted what he calls a "sneak peek at the first issue cover, minus dress, colors and some "special effects" of his new comic for IDW, Trio.

CrossoverWatch: Conan Meets Groo. Honest this time. VertigoWatch: Karen Berger plugs Unwrtten Volume 5. As an editor working here for many years on so

 Brand image changes are a fascinating (and tricky) process for any company, so I'll be interested to see how, where, and when the new and recently-registered symbol is used. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: DC Comics Gets A New Logo And Here It Is. Well, this symbol has now been submitted for trademark protection It is meant to be[...]

Earlier today, after following the story for a month, Bleeding Cool gave you the first peek at a new logo registered by DC Comics and DC Entertainment with the US Government's trademark people (Thanks for securing the search link, Heidi) So I asked an intellectual property attourney about it.  It is set up as an "intent[...]

Graeme McMillan of Newsarama reported that Justice League #5 would miss its due date for next week, pushing the comic from the third week of the month to the fourth, citing Diamond shipping lists. Chris Arrant of Comics Book Resources went further, citing those lists to suggest that Justice League #5 might not ship in January[...]

Hawkeye, it's easy. Just shoot him down the visor. And Captain America? Just keep asking Wolverine which side he's meant to be on until his adamantium

You know, there was a time in comics before John Byrne drew the X-Men. But that time period has just shortened slightly Here, thanks to Barry Sandoval, is a page by Byrne before he took over drawing Uncanny X-Men. Byrne writes "That's the splash page to an unfinished (and thus unpublished) Wolverine story I started for my[...]

A fun call by a Little Bleeder, the second issue of the DC Universe Presents: Deadman after the relaunch, and a Batman before. Odds are Bernard Chang

Bleeding Cool ran the word that Rob Liefeld was about to start writing Deathstroke last week. It looks like I have a new source to trust. But we only knew

Well that was fortuitous. Kody Chamberlain went on KISW Rock radio station, where he talkmed about his comic book Sweets, a New Orleans detective story

Welcome back Grace Randolph and Alan Kistler together for Think About The Ink's Between The Pages for Bleeding Cool, talking Avengers Vs X-Men - and it's

At the Awesome Arizona Comic Con, Scott Lobdell and Rob Liefeld took to the stage for a rather entertaining hour (with a special guest star in Robert

It wasn't long ago I heard that Chris Powell, manager of Lone Star Comicsand MyComicShop.com was to take a specific senior position in the comic book industry I didn't run the story because talking to the company in question, it just wasn't true Loks like the source may have got the story right, but the[...]

Ivory Madison is a singer, writing network creator, comic fan and writer of DC's Huntress: Year One series from 2008. And also, it seems, principle in

DC  Comics has confirmed the story that crime thriller writer Denise Mina and Batman Noel artist Leonardo Manco will be adapting the Vertigo graphic novel version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, also mentioning that Lee Bermejo has done the cover (above) and Andrea Mutti will also be on art. Mina has already talked about[...]