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KittenGate: Another example of Superman: Grounded that was ditched due to feline involvement? Geof Darrow's rejected cover for DC Comics. KittenWeight: Comic Alliance's Laura Hudson gets a free copy of the DC New 52 Hardcover and compares it in size and weight to her own cat Including that Catwoman cover. RacebendingWatch: China Daily looks at Dark Horse's[...]

 But is that bad-interesting or good-interesting?  That's for you to decide… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Andy Kubert To Draw Watchmen 2 (UPDATE) But we've been informed quite conclusively from a reliable source at DC Comics that Andy Kubert is drawing one of the four Watchmen prequel miniseries we've heard so much about. Diesel DC Boxer Shorts Licence Is Hilarious So[...]

It seems odd right now to be writing about job opportunities at Marvel... Associate Producer at Marvel, Harry Go is... going. And his boss Ryan Penagos

Image Comics announced they'd be publishing a new MacGyver comic, co-written by Tony Lee and MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff, and drawn by Becky Cloonan. Well, while Becky is still doing covers for the comic, Tony Lee has let people know they're looking for a new artist And the field is wide open. So if you think[...]

This is Jessica Steele Allen as Chloe Frazer. She likes to Cosplay. She likes Uncharted, obviously. This is the last page of the first Uncharted comic, out this week from DC Comics (though it still feels like Wildstorm). That looks… familiar… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other [...]

Zombie Conan. You know, the usual. Except it's not called Outcast any more. Because they were contacted by Valiant Entertainment (see, I told you they were coming back) to object to the title of the book. And that Valiant Entertainment hold trademark rights on that title, based on an one-shot from sixteen years ago called The Outcast. No, me neither. I[...]

Here are the judges for next years Eisner Awards, to be held at the San Diego Comic Con! In Western-traditional reading order, they are… Brigid Alverson, comics journalist and reviewer After earning an MFA in printmaking, Brigid worked as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter She started MangaBlog to keep track of her[...]

And Bleeding Cool is the first place you'll be hearing about it. Our Love Is Real, Sam Humphries' last self published comic, became a $100 comic in seconds, and went to five printings – and then the Image Comics edition. So be warned. Sacrifice is a new six issue comic book series by Sam Humphries and[...]

But we've been informed quite conclusively from a reliable source at DC Comics that Andy Kubert is drawing one of the four Watchmen prequel miniseries we've heard so much about Taking one of the principle characters from the series and telling a pre-Watchmen tale. But I understand he may not be the only[...]

In two weeks, Kevin O'Neill will begin selling ninety pages from League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier and Century: 1910 and 1969. On

Comics Alliance gives a little context; "The DC Comics of the ancient world's focus on younger readers seems quaint today, with the publisher's New 52 initiative targeted specifically at teens and older readers Which is not to say DC's strategy hasn't been successful Just this week, Advertising Age credited the New 52 with making DC Comics[...]

Translate that to film and add 50 years of geek culture evolution, and you've got a tough challenge indeed. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Four Thoughts About Four DC Comics On Fifth Week DC really have to do something about this fifth week thing. Marvel's Madame Tussauds Poster Banned In The UK Marvel Super Heroes 4D is a kind of[...]

 And now, the Nicolas Cage copy of Action Comics #1, graded CGC 9.0 and the best copy ever evaluated by the industry's third-party grading service Comics Guaranty Corporation, has sold for the highest price ever paid for a comic book  The auction for the 1938 comic book closed just moments ago at the price of[...]

For those of you who bought your copy of Morning Glories HC Vol 1, out today, the remedy will be simple. For those who used Amazon, you may be in for a

This is the cover to The Amazing Adventures Of Dog Mendoza, Pizza Boy by Juan Melo and Philip Cavia, the first Portugeuse comic to be published in the

For some, tradewaiting is a bit of a dirty word, referring to those of use who prefer to skip comics as they're coming out in individual issues and read them only once they're available in a sturdier collected format, which usually works out cheaper, too. Of course, there are arguments against tradewaiting – most notably that[...]

As Heidi MacDonald said when she got her review copy "this thing is heavy. And big." The New 52 DCU compilation hardcover featuring all 52 of September's

Marvel Comics have stated that they aim to have their entire super hero line as day-and-date delivery by March 2012 Well, earlier today, as well as Ultimate Comics Ultimates #4, they have put up Wolverine #19, X-Men Legacy #259, FF #12, Uncanny X-Men #2 and… Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz #3. And far earlier in[...]

Rebellion have launched a 2000AD ebook containing short prose stories by Neil Gaiman, Mark Millar, Peter Miligan, Dan Abnett, Alan Grant and more.

The next time this happens is in February, and DC seem to have shifted more of the non-new 52 comics to that date But it's still not great Wouldn't spreading all the comics out a little for five week months be in everyone's benefit? But anyway, here are four thoughts about four DC comic books out[...]

He left Superman to draw a fill-in issue of Birds Of Prey, before his next big project. But it looks like he'll be squeezing in an issue of Supergirl as

When even your grandma knows the words facebook and comicon, you realize our once-cozy little corner of the world has gone mainstream.  Cons are bigger

 With 24 hours left in the auction, the infamous Nicolas Cage copy of Action Comics #1, graded 9.0 and the best condition copy graded by CGC, has hit a record $1,552,000  The previous record of $1,500,000 was set in March 2010 by an Action Comics #1 8.5. Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you that[...]

Expect to see a lot of of these showing up in your local comic shop soon but after that… they'll be gone. AGENTS OF ATLAS VS PREM HC AVENGERS COVER AGENTS OF ATLAS VS PREM HC DM VAR ED X-MEN CVR AVENGERS ACADEMY PREM HC VOL 1 PERMANENT RECORD AVENGERS PRIME PREM HC CABLE PREM HC VOL 03 STRANDED CABLE PREM[...]

Sorry for the reduced content today folks. I've been suffering with flu and have found it impossible to concentrate on anything. I couldn't even play

In last week's address to Comic Book Resources by Axel Alonso, much attention was focussed on his spoiling of the upcoming issue of Avengers Academy. Oh

The BBC have reported on the current decline in the Indian comics industry from its glory days See if you recognise any of the following statements. "Like many other youngsters around the world, he has abandoned comic reading and instead catches up with his favourite characters on the Cartoon Network." "Ayan's knowledge of the daily[...]

Here's two free comics of the Flash Gordon comic that Dynamite isn't publishing But Ardden Entertainment is That's what happens when you license the same character twice Issue 0 and issue 1. But what doesn't always happn is one of the companies (Ardden) offering retailers a copy of the 80 page trade paperback of Flash Gordon:[...]

FluWatch: Bleearrghh OtherMotherWatch: Chris Riddell's illustration from the upcoming tenth anniversary of Coraline reissue… TranslationWatch: Glenat has signed up some new comics for publication in French in 2012 The include Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard's Wolf-Man, Warren Ellis and Facondo Percio's Anna Mercury, Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani's Ignition City and Stephen King's N by Mark Guggenheim[...]