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Garth Ennis And Jacen Burrows Bring You Crossed Twice A Month – And Launch C-Day!
With Avatar offering C-Day Survival Kits to comic shops with posters, counter displays, temporary tattoos, buttons, posters, masks, and rare Bonus Edition comics. Avatar will also reissue the original Crossed #0 at a special sampler price for retailers to sell or give away, revamped as Crossed: Get Infected C-Day Edition to introduce the concept to new[...]
Is Marcus Johnson The Son Of Nick Fury – And The New Nick Fury?
Is Marcus going to have to suffer an injury to eye motif to take over his dad's role? Marvel comics have twisted and turned before to resemble their movie counterparts, such as Spider-Man growing organic webshooters. And the solicitation for issue five of Battle Scars adds "What Does Nick Fury Have To Do With The Conspiracy At[...]
Grace Randolph's Supurbia For Boom! Comics (UPDATE)
Find out what happens behind the masks as superhero families are faced with the sordid problems of everyday life – and then some! From rising star writer Grace Randolph (Marvel's Nation X, Her-oes) and hot new artist Russell Dauterman, this series takes the familiar super-team and turns it on its head with a scandalous, TMZ-fueled[...]
Dynamite To Publish The Bionic Woman In March
I guess that's  a confirmation. In an interview for Diamond/retailer publications, publisher of Dynamite Comics Nick Barrucci has stated that in March, on the back of the success of the Kevin Smith Bionic Man comic, based on his Six Million Dollar Man screenplay, that Dynamite will publish a new Bionic Woman comic. Dynamite have had a habit[...]
A Very Venom Valentine's Day
At the heart of the character of Venom is a love story. One between the alien symbiote and Peter Parker. Joined on the Patchwork Planet, the symbiote did
Uncanny X-Force #18 Gets Second Print – And An Unboxing Video
You know what that means… an Unboxing Video, at Orbital Comics, amidst their Doctor Who display. The book was so popular it has gone to second print already with the climatic scene, by artist Jerome Opeña repurposed for the new cover So despite this cover being an even bigger spoiler, it won't be bagged… [...]
Feynman Runaround – Singing Oprah
PressWatch: Big media mark the passing of Joe Simon. OWatch: Oprah's Book List picks ten new graphic novels to promote, as well as a classic. Blimey. What
Avengers Vs. X-Men #0
I received a comment last night from a prominent comic book writer, regarding the released art for the cover to Avengers Vs X-Men #0. "Has anyone pointed
DC To Publish Batman: Black And White Sequel
Batman: Black And White 2. Talking of such extravagant Batman projects, I understand that while Batman Europa has been cancelled from distributor, Diamond Comics, it has not been cancelled as a project within DC and is planned to return… I understand that DC are pursuing a new Batman: Black And White series Published several years ago,[...]
Austin Janowsky Plays Ejay Russell Over Batman Poker Game
Ex-Marvel bullpenner Ejay Russell tells Bleeding Cool about an experience of his that is rather… Granitoesque. My name is Ejay Russell and I got into comics full time about 4yrs ago I have a modest site that does fairly well and launched my very first self published comic at this years NYCC, also well received[...]
Feel The Folds… Star Wars In Cardboard Form
We've seen his Doctor Who, his He Man and his DC Superheroes, now let's take a look at Ryan Hall's snowy cardboard display as Snowmen Attack Star Wars in this cardboard display, currently up at  Orbital Comics in London £25 each. And you don't get discount for an Ewok.   We've seen his Doctor Who, his He[...]
Avengers Vs. X-Men #0
To bring the issue up at every opportunity. Sixteen Thoughts About Sixteen DC Comics This week brings five of my current favourite New 52 books Guess which ones they are? Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Natalie Portman "Furious" And "Deeply Upset" At Marvel's Decision To Drop Patty Jenkins From Thor 2 The claims about Jenkins' unceremonious sacking come from The Hollywood[...]
Jack Of All Trades #3 By Dave Wallace: Get With The Program
Since the rise in the importance of collected editions over the last decade or so, we've seen various different approaches adopted by the comics industry's biggest publishers, but I'm still not convinced that any of them have settled on the ideal approach yet. It's received wisdom that publishers just about manage to recover the costs of[...]
He-Man In Cardboard Form
We've seen his Doctor Who and his DC Superheroes, now let's take a look at Ryan Hall's He-Man cardboard display at Orbital Comics in London. They're £25 a pop, but perfect for the He-Man or She-Ra in your life this Christmas, surely? Star Wars tomorrow… We've seen his Doctor Who and his DC Superheroes, now let's take[...]
Sixteen Thoughts About Sixteen DC Comics – The Ray, Legion Lost, Suicide Squad, Grifter, Batgirl, Mister Terrific, Batman And Robin, Frankenstein, The Shade, Deathstroke, My Greatest Adventure, Resurrection Man, Green Lantern, Demon Knights, Batgirl and Batwoman
Seriously, you need more of these in your life. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. This week brings five of my current favourite New 52 books Guess which ones they are? I talked about the new Batgirl earlier and how smart it is, so there's only one more thing I want to say about this issue[...]
Barbara Gordon Back In The Wheelchair In Batgirl #4
Are you reading Batgirl? Any knowledge of the character will also give you a richly deserved cliffhanger… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Some books, some characters, having to deal with a changing universe try to ignore it Work around it Find reasons not to address it. But with DC's Batgirl-out-of-the-wheelchair, this comic seems to revel in[...]
DC Comics Stays Put At San Diego Comic Con 2012
Well that was quick. Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on news that Warner Bros and DC Comics were to merge booth space Comic book publishers had been chatting amongst themselves over who might get get the space that DC gave up in the comics section, once they learned about it as a number of interested parties started[...]