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Instead of licensing their characters elsewhere, Disney Italy publish their own comics, and so may be in a perfect position to start publishing Marvel comics if they so wished. But of of late it all got a little odd. Comicus in Italy reports that Panini editor Massimiliano Brighel posted on a Facebook group that the Panini/Marvel contract[...]

Last Resort is the next planned TV series from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. It's a thriller "set in the near future when the country is very fractured

Yesterday, resident Bleeding Cool Topcowologists, looked at the thirteen issue run of the

It was the addition of George Perez to the first roster of guests at the London Super Con a few months ago that caused all manner of British comic fans'

Comic book artist and illustrator David Aja may be best known for work on comics such as Immortal Iron Fist But he's also a dab hand at the odd provocative cartoon Such as this V For Mickey Mouse A rather popular one if this level of swiping is indicitive on clothing and stickers… tweeted online.   Thankfully,[...]

So, that's around a 2:1 allocation. Basically, if you're thinking of speculating on this one, go ugly. Just don't get confused by the Broaday Comics Fatale from a decade and a bit ago. Before it had shipped to comic stores, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips's Fatale had sold out to retailers, burning through the overprint and[...]

Detective Comics #1 was a book intended to be read by a young teenage audience and up, but its final page caused a considerable stir, the bloody severed face of The Joker pinned to the wall The book would go on to sell four printings and has become one of the best performers in the [...]

One comic that today's Bleeding Cool moments man didn't mention is Artifacts #13, the final issue in Top Cow's universe defining series. We ran an art

Dynamite Entertainment are to publish a new comic book series based on the Pathfinder roleplaying game. I say "a" new comic book series, it will probably

And you get your comic a whole fourteen hours early. Depending on whether your shop chooses to ally with the Avengers or the X-Men, there will be a bunch of Avengers Vs X-Men goodies available to be snapped up, before the book goes on sale – postcards, posters, badges, free comics, lithographs, that sort of thing. Of[...]

Comics are delayed to the UK by two days again this week, they'll be available tomorrow, as soon as shops have sorted through the deliveries So I turned to my man on the inside to give us a few little tasters on what to expect today (or tomorrow). Action Comics #5 confirms that all dogs go[...]

Today marks the in-store debut of the highly-anticipated modern werewolf epic FERALS, written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Deadpool Max) and

Diamond ran an article on their website outlining a fictitious crossover – one that has now disappeared and I have emails from Marvel Comics peeps asking if April has come early… Well played, Diamond, well played Do I detect the influence of Bob Wayne in this one at all? You may all begin the collective mocking… now. The original[...]

At one point in 2011, DC Comics was lagging Marvel's marketshare by 18 points Then the DC Relaunch was announced And even in the months before September, DC's share was rising They took both dollar and product marketshare in their relaunch month, and in October, buoyed by second prints, went on to grab over half. Yesterday,[...]

The ongoing LADY DEATH series continues its forward momentum with today’s release of issue #13, co-written by original creator Brian Pulido and Mike

However, we may get a silk that is stronger than steel… StripWatch: The Beat celebrates the arrival of a new national newspaper strip, GIL by Norm Feuti. SpoilerWatch: Comics Alliance runs a rather funny Buffy spoiler image in this Dark Horse Hellboy/Buffy piece by Duncan Fegredo Shield your eyes if you don't want to spoil Buffy Season[...]

 There's some pretty good discussion on the details behind the numbers in the forum, well worth a look. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel Takes Back Marketshare Lead From DC Comics In December 2011 In September, DC Comics took back marketshare from Marvel Comics This gave DC the lead in both dollars spent and the number of comics bought[...]

Including the Co-Op ad they ran for Action Comics, using provided DC materials in compliance with DC's rules which meant that DC paid for 75% of the advertising buy A previous ad saw Superman facing down Occupy Metropolis Well this one, running in the state local press, gets a little more down with the birds[...]

Here's the cover to The Goon #39 by Eric Powell, from Dark Horse Comics. Something tells me it was designed with Bleeding Cool in mind. And also why it just turned up in my inbox. Here's the cover to The Goon #39 by Eric Powell, from Dark Horse Comics. Something tells me it was designed with Bleeding Cool[...]

Retailers are invited to vote on the following, and in the following categories; 2011 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Over 4% Dark Horse Comics DC Comics IDW Publishing Image Comics Marvel Comics 2011 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 4% Avatar Press BOOM! Studios Dynamite Entertainment Oni Press Zenescope Entertainment 2011 Backlist Publisher of the Year Dark Horse Comics DC Comics IDW Publishing Image Comics Marvel Comics Oni Press Top Shelf[...]

Those dates should be accurate for the UK as well, as normal shipping is resumed… 1th January Complete Dark Horse BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #5 JEANTY VAR CVR BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #5 MORRIS CVR DARK MATTER #1 KULL THE CAT & THE SKULL #4 LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND #1 JOHNSON CVR LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND #1 MIGNOLA VAR CVR NGE SHINJI[...]

Sometimes it seems it's all ComiXology, ComiXology, ComiXology. Well, Micah Balwin of Graphic.Ly has seen to it that people remember there are other

Best known as the creator of the St Trinian's cartoon which inspired two film franchises fifty-three years apart, and illustrator of the Molesworth books

And, as well as a Hawkman series lifted by rather impressive Philip Tan art, he also write and drew Detective Comics Which opened with a blast, with the best cliffhanger of the year bar none, and kept going, the first issue hitting four printings Naturally it's been a year Daniels won't forget easily Along with[...]

Grace has a new series coming from Boom! this year, entitled Supurbia, but don't expect any blase, world weary attitudes from Grace now that she has her own creator owned comic, she's still just as excited about this week's comics as ever before Possibly even more! Take it away, Grace! A very fine welcome to the[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you about America's Got Powers, the new Image comic from Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch, about Tommy, the only one of his San

In September, DC Comics took back marketshare from Marvel Comics This gave DC the lead in both dollars spent and the number of comics bought in the North American direct market And October and November only consolidated that position as market leader. In December, however, Marvel seem to have clawed some of that back They still[...]

A private commission by Dan McDaid, featuring Cesar Romero facing down an Adam West and Burt Ward, if they had all been in The Dark Knight.

Amazon has a Price Check App, allowing customers to scan the bar codes of items in stores and then buy them from Amazon there and then, rather than the

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