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Can't afford a $1200.00 to $2500.00 screen tablet? How about building one for yourself at a reduced cost... of about $500. George Peter Gatsis shows you how.

Idle Hands, as part of their roundup of current DC comic books (and, really, they give Catwoman short shrift),run a couple of scans from what appears to

Coming through the industry gossip mills comes the news that Rob Liefeld, current solo writer/artist of Hawk And Dove, and artist of The Infinite, will

We recently ran the work of Sharon Moody, and accusations that she was ripping comic book artists off with her work, as well as a strong defence of the art of appropriation. I think there will be an even stronger defence of the work of Douglas Bloodworth, who paints comics integrated into still life Here are[...]

I wasn't sure whether or not the Amanda Conner and Paul Mounts Silk Spectre II piece we ran yesterday was from the Watchmen prequel mini-series rumoured to be published by DC Comics or not. I'm sure it is now, of course. Yours and my favourite DC legal representative, Amy E Genkins has been on the e-mail this[...]

That AGP stands for America's Got Powers, and it's Bryan Hitch's new comic book he's creating with Jonathan Ross for Image Comics The logo is designed by Neil Edwards. Bryan Hitch recently announced that he was leaving Marvel as an exclusive artist after ten years with the company, and has been counting down on Twitter to[...]

Another holiday, another mysterious Watchmen-related image. At this rate, this mystery could be very interesting by Groundhog Day next month. Most-Read

One Marvel executive admitted to Bleeding Cool afterwards that they have never caught anyone who has leaked information to Bleeding Cool. The knowledge that Schism would see Uncanny X-Men would split into two Xbooks, one led by Cyclops and another by Wolverine came early to Bleeding Cool. Disney refusing Panini to commission any new Marvel work for[...]

Architects #13, the final chapter in Top Cow's universe-redefining book is out this week (and we have Bleeding Cool's crack TopCowologists rereading the

Tim Pilcher used to work for DC Vertigo back in the day when they used to run a UK office. And he's spent a few weeks running four issues of the never

This is Greg Rucka, sporting the classic Rucka look. And this is Steve Niles after a recent haircut. In Swipe File we present two or more images that

Rabbit hole, indeed. I find today's top topic pretty amusing, because -- as we've said before -- panic room is a pretty interesting code name for a secret

UPDATE: This artwork in question has been moved, after a legal letter from Amy E Genkins of DC Comics Bleeding Cool has complied with her request. So I get another late night phone call "Look in your inbox" The phone goes dead I only went to bed two hours ago, but I grab my iPad and[...]

When Bleeding Cool first talked about the recent revival of the Watchmen prequel mini-series, we mentioned that the project was being referred to internally at DC Comics amongst select individuals as "Panic Room". One Little Bleeder pointed out a page from Justice League #3 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, the chief creative officer and co-publisher[...]

Using the name Snickers19510 over on Etsy, an "artist" named Nicholas Mowdy has some amazing artwork for sale at dirt cheap prices. For example, there's

We all know that Nick Fury in Marvel's Ultimates series was based on Samuel L Jackson, so much, that Samuel would play the man in the Marvel Studios

Rich nails it in his post on what makes New 52 Action Comics #5 so potentially interesting Action Comics volume 1 number 1 page 1 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster is the big bang of the comic book multiverse It's the start of everything we know, and evidence of it can be detected everywhere[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported how Micha Hershman, VP of Marketing at Dark Horse Comics had resigned to work for a 3D animation school in San Francisco. Today, Dark Horse has confirmed that news at the bottom of a press release, the main focus of which is the the promotion of their director of online marketing, Matt[...]

In January, Diamond Comic Distributors is pushing  instore comic shop promotions, to coincide with the IDW distribution of the independently published

This year, Sergio Bonelli, one of the most influential people in the comics industry, passed away. But his studio has kept going. In 2011, Sergio Bonelli Editore saw published 17,789 pages of comics created by his studio. Their most prolific artist, Carrado Roi drew 724 of those pages on his own. Combined, that's enough to fill 74 American comic[...]

There's a conspiracy theory going around courtesy of one Mike Mozart that alleges that the very backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation

Taiwan Comic Net is a new website created by the Taiwanese government to promote Taiwan-made comic books. It covers their history and culture to the

I heard earlier today that Micha Hershman, VP Marketing at Dark Horse Comics is to leave the company I've now had that confirmed, Micha is leaving for a new position working for a 3D animation school in San Francisco. Micha was promoted to the Dark Horse position in May 2010, after working as Senior Director of[...]

In January, The Lass pub in Manchester will be debuting a stage play version of the Alan Moore/Ian Gibson 2000AD comic strip, The Ballad Of Halo Jones.

While many are worried about how digital comics will affect comic shops, this at least is an attempt to get new digital readers to see what else their local comic shop can offer them. Well, today, Marvel posted an FAQ to the Comics Pro site, laying down exactly how it would work And Bleeding Cool is[...]

I don't know what poses the curent Wonder Woman artist Cliff Chiang is pulling in the photographs Sam Humphries has of him - and with who - but they must

Clearing out their backlist, Marvel are offering the following titles to direct market retailers at a massive discount, which will be hard for many of

I relish stepping into undiscovered territory when it comes to art… until a couple of years ago… when I got an iPhone. I wanted to put all my comics on the AppStore for sale or free download I looked around and got pricing that ranged from $2,000 to $12,000!! HOLY MOLY! That's insane I thought[...]

SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been prominent in certain parts of the news of late. Introduced in the USA House Of Representatives back in

See you in February. GenderWatch: The Guardian covers Bayou Arcana, and the prevalence of sexism in the comic book industry. The anthology is the product of a unique experiment that brings together an all-female team of artists with an all-male team of writers – and it is an illustration of how a new generation of female artists[...]