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There's a little bit of lip synching to fix, just pretend they're being dubbed. Adam and Anna from A Comic Shop in Florida are back with A Comic Show, looking through today's comics before they hit the store Well, American stores now I guess Ours have been open an hour and a bit… Adam welcomes back[...]

A delegation of 20 Taiwanese comic artists will set up an exhibition at the 39th Angouleme International Comics Festival scheduled for Jan 26-29 in the French town, Taiwan's representative office in France said Tuesday Taiwan's exhibition will include works dating back to the 1950s, which will be showcased under the theme "Ocean of Comics," the[...]

X-Men In April What is it with Marvel and red-headed mutants? Jean Grey almost destroyed the universe and ate the asparagus people, the Scarlet Witch went all nutty and started killing Avengers, and Hope… well, we'll get to Hope. The Ethics Of Watchmen 2 Whoever is involved, whenever it is scheduled, DC Comics do seem to be continuing[...]

Whoever is involved, whenever it is scheduled, DC Comics do seem to be continuing with the production of a series of Watchmen prequel comics by a variety of talented writers and artists But should they? Here are a few thoughts worth considering. The Contract Alan Moore definitely argues the ethics behind the original contract he signed with[...]

I was called a peddler of falsehoods by some for stating a couple of months ago that Gail Simone had walked off The Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men,

Genuinely original." Death Sentence is a self-published five issue comics series by Montynero and Mike Dowling (Clint, 2000AD), about an Sexually Transmitted Disease that enhances your abilities but kills you in six months Basically Strikeforce Morituri of the AIDS generation. The comic tells the chaotic final months of an artist, a musician, and a comedian who find[...]

Kato of Steampunk Couture has been designing steampunk style clothing since early 2003. And a number of people seem to think that thge designs of Lady

For the Occupy Comics volume, two days away from the completion of their fundraising campaign. Alan Moore and David Lloyd have not worked together since V For Vendetta, the imagery of which has been seen throughout the Occupy campaigns And while divorced professionally, they will both contribute to the Occupy Comics volume. Alan will be "contributing a[...]

We told you something like this was coming. Marvel Comics is launching a Digital Coupon scheme with their digital comics, redeemable for Marvel print comics Buy a comic through the Marvel App and you will be emailed a link to download a $5 coupon with a link to their nearest comic shop One per customer. Retailers can[...]

They created the smash hit for DC Comics, Kingdom Come And then famously fell out. And that was it for Mark Waid and Alex Ross for fifteen years. The new hardcover collection of Alex Ross' covers for Dynamite features a back cover quote from Mark Waid. This is a big deal And apparently it's a precursor to more[...]

Comic Stores Stop Ordering Dark Horse Comics For The Shelf 12 Peter David Launches The Fan/Pro Bill Of Rights 13 Genderbending Hellraiser – A Very Female Pinhead 14 Four Thoughts About Four DC Comics On Fifth Week 15 Gareb Shamus Resigns From Wizard 16 Nicolas Cage Action Comics #1 9.0 Hits Record 17 Pics From Pron 18 Full Length Lizard 19 Marvel's Madame[...]

Arthur Adams has drawn a number of comics over the years featuring American children's characters Gumby and Pokey And last week saw the publication for the bizarrely named Gumby's Spring Special, collecting his Winter and Summer Specials, written by the Flaming Carrot's Bob Burden, now published by Gumby Comics/Wildcard Ink. But there's a glitch. There are[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about the comic book Hellraiser, co-written by Clive Barker, seeing Pinhead take human form and Kirsty, the

Smallville Season Ten ended as it always should have done. Clark Kent ripping the glasses from his face, pulling at his shirt, about to take flight from

This image was created by comics creator and historian, Arlen Schumer, who guested on the show a month ago featuring the staff of the upcoming AMC reality series, Secret Stash, filmed out of Kevin Smith's comic book store in New Jersey Look for it next year… ***REDACTED***REDACTED***REDACTED***REDACTED*** UPDATE: Arlen writes; I didn't realize it was meant to[...]

We've heard JG Jones linked to Watchmen prequel rumours before. We've had reports of Darwyn Cooke writing a prequel mini-series starring The Comedian. And

The Gutters is a weekly web comic written by Ryan Sohmer and a gang of artists that satirises the comic book industry. Two weeks ago, they took a pot shot

Fans will have the opportunity to mingle with the creative teams, get their Pilot Season issues signed, receive free comics from Top Cow, and enjoy free food and drinks furnished by Chipotle Mexican Grill And anyone who turns up gets a "Buy One, Get One Free" certificate for Chipotle… IndiaWatch: India goes digital comics; Liquid Comics, which[...]

 What will Monday bring? I must say I see a few interesting things in drafts… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Comic Stores Stop Ordering Dark Horse Comics For The Shelf Over Digital Price Point  Last week, Dark Horse announced that it too was going day-and-date digital for all its comics However, unlike other publishers, it was charging a  lower[...]

But The Canny Comic Con, being held next Saturday does have one jewel in its crown that San Diego does not, one of the best selling comics in the world, it's the home town of Viz Comic. Which is why Viz's Simon Donald will be attending, along with Bryan Talbot, Nigel Auchterlounie, Doug Braithwaite, Alex Collier, Paul Davidson, Gary Erskine,[...]

Ken Penders, ex-writer of Sonic The Hedgehog comics, has been in litigation with Archie Comics and Sega for a while now, over the rights to characters he created for Sonic The Hedgehog that have subsequently appeared in Sonic games. And now he seems to be taking the step of publishing the characters separately from the Sonic[...]

Quite a constellation of trending topics for a Saturday, and lots of interesting debate in the forums today as well.  On the home front, a big site

The resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. Sincerely, Gareb Shamus I was discussing with another how the taint in the Wizard brand in relation to the comics industry as a whole could be removed This is pretty much what they suggested[...]

OMG, the company that provides 3D mapping software for the likes of Call Of Duty, Black Swan and Assassin's Creed has seen its profits fall year on year from £3.7 million to £0.7 million. And to what does it attribute the blame for this unfortunate turn of events? Why the failure of the Guardian project masterminded[...]

"We've seen footage of the brutal crackdowns [that] she was denying, saying, 'That's not true — that's propaganda spread by Iran.' " FreeWatch: The Brooklyn Comics And Graphic Festival starts today, with free admission Attendees include Jack Davis, Phoebe Gloeckner, CF, Lisa Hanawalt, David Mazzucchelli, Chip Kidd, John Porcellino, Brian Ralph, Adrian Tomine, Jordan Crane,[...]

Fridays are typically not the busiest days of the week on the comics internet, because comics publishers generally break major news on Monday or Tuesday  But today we had FCBD, Watchmen 2, and Moore's reaction to Miller That's a full day. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Free Comic Book Day – The New 52 To The Old Avengers[...]

Comic Connect's mega-auction event rolls on with its third night of sales coming in, and once again there are quite a few key comics involved Here are the highlights for the ones that have sold so far today. We start our report tonight with Marvel Mystery Comics #6, with a gorgeous copy rated CGC 9.2 selling[...]

The comic business spins out all sorts of tentacles, trying to find ways to exploit ideas, to reach new audiences, to mine new money streams. Like a

This is the cover to No Place Like Home, coming from Image Comics next year by Angelo Tirotto and Richard Jordan. And this is the cover to W Magazine… If only Rooney Mara had rememembered to wear her Wonderbra as well. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other [...]

Free Comic Book Day have announced the 2012 Gold level of free comic books, that will be available in all participating stores on May the 5th next year. DC seem to want to show off all the 52 books, Boom have Peanuts and Adventure Time on a flipbook, Archaia have a 48 page Mouse Guard original[...]