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UPDATE: Now downloaded onto my iPad, five hours after the print edition went on sale. I understand this time issue will be fixed in future weeks... So I

They're like a kind of No Man's Land in the digital comics war right now… SwastikaWatch: Andy Khouri for Comics Alliance looks at how the swastika is removed from comics that want to be distributed in Germany, Diamond Previews listings for Glory and Pigs WonderWatch: Joss Whedon talks about his Wonder Woman movie that never was. She[...]

It appears that Avenging Spider-Man #1, published in print today by Zeb Wells and Joe Madueira, is not just day-and-date digital, but will be part of the Marvel DCU subscription service. While the comic is shipping, bagged, with a digital download code inside, the first example of a new system that will see customers able to[...]

Sometimes it's legal, sometimes it's a change of mind, sometimes it's a technical issue and sometimes… it's a shame. Marvel Makes Minor Amends To Royalty Agreements – Takes 5% Bleeding Cool has made note of the continued salami slicing of budget at Marvel Comics The firing of staff without a decrease in workload for the department[...]

The Kevin Eastman variant cover to December's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic, from IDW. Ho ho ho...

Mayank Khurana writes for Bleeding Cool; And now behold the "Minicon". This year has been a pathbreaking year for Comics in India We always knew there were comic fans in India , a residual effect of a thriving comic culture in the 90's, but they never had an outlet for release   Come 2011[...]

This is a repeat. A collection of two articles you have already read. But with Marvel's Point One shipping tomorrow, it may not be a bad idea. Two lots of

Anna and Aaron at A Comic Shop in Florida go through tomorrow's comics today Did we mention they're talking about Point One? Then there's Avenging Spider-Man with its digital download, but there's Ultimate Spider-Man as well Oh, and DC Comics too, don't forget about them  and Aaron never will, what with Green Lantern and all[...]

Bleeding Cool has made note of the continued salami slicing of budget at Marvel Comics The firing of staff without a decrease in workload for the department The reduction and justification for every expense, no matter how small, in the offices The move from some projects to a "B" rate of[...]

Famous Monsters Presents: Luna – Order Of The Werewolf, from AICN@Comics' Mark L Miller, is out tomorrow… I'd like to say "in all good comic shops", but I'm sorry that's just not going to be true is it? It's also written by Martin Fisher and drawn by Tim Rees Here's an eight page preview. [...]

What's in a name? Often comic book products change their name from concept to production. Sometimes it's legal, sometimes it's a change of mind, sometimes

Tomorrow, the second collection of Garth Ennis and Oscar Jimenez's Chronicles Of Wormwood: The Last Battle will be in stores, in hardack and paperback,

Si Spurrier’s instructions: Six-Gun Gorilla was the star of several short Wild West stories in Wizard during the late 30’s. Let’s hear from that

WinWatch: Isabel Greenberg is the winner of this year's Observer / Jonathan Cape / Comica graphic short story prize. ProperJournalismWatch: When the FT tries to write about digital comics. "One popular author and illustrator, Warren Ellis, has taken to posting a weekly comic on his website for free, then selling printed compilations of his[...]

 It was an interesting Monday for comics news across the board, with one of the industry's most eventful days of digital news ever lurking just outside the top 3. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Now Marvel Cancels Destroyers Series From Fred Van Lente And Kyle Hotz Two issues may have been fully pencilled by Kyle Hotz[...]

While British people of late have found a number of opportunities to get their comics signed by Alan Moore, Americans… haven't Alan shows no sign of getting a passport again and seems content to stay in Northampton, with occasional forays to London Some people have even travelled from America to London for an Alan Moore[...]

It was goig to be Marvel's Watchmen. But then Watchmen was late too. Just not this late. The Twelve, by Joe Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston is not

LaFuente shared a story about a fellow Spanish artist that struggled to find work on biographical comics in Spain Someone suggested France and that is what he did "Now he lives in Spain, but his career is in France," LaFeunte joked. Both Home Run and Golden Age are expected to hit shelves in 2012 fro0m Image[...]

Barnes & Noble took all 100 of the DC print graphic novels that were digitally exclusive to the upcoming Amazon Kindle Fire off their stores' shelves

Iron Fist Doesn't Download Day-And-Date It's a fun juxtaposition that puts playboy billionaire superhero in a place that means he just can't read his comics the way he likes But what is he reading anyway? 4 The Return Of Marvelman Or "Rvelman" Classic Marvelman as well Mick Anglo era Could this be a teaser to whatever Marvel are[...]

Two issues may have been fully pencilled by Kyle Hotz. Marvel had announced the mini-series Destroyers a couple of months ago with a targeted promotional

There has been some concern expressed over the appearance of John Constantine on the John Cassidy cover of  upcoming trade paperback The Devil You Know

A rather fun reappraisal of many Marvel comic book events from yesteryear in the light of the top busybodies of Marvel Comics getting involved behind the scenes in a conspiratorial fashion. Although, with the digital version, you could just not pay for issue three where Secret Wars II is retconned away as an imaginary story, and[...]

Reading Mark Haverty's Uncanny X-Men #1 review today, and reflecting on some of the comics that have made mainstream-news headlines over the past year, it's interesting to note that the decades-long ebb and flow of comics' engagement with political and social subjects of the times is once again on the rise  And with the civilian[...]

Sorry folks, if you were waiting on the fifth volume of the R.E.B.E.L.S. trade paperback line. Due to be published at the end of the year, Starstruck by

The key highlights of the event were: – The (re)launch of Indrajaal comics' Adventures of Timpa – "Operation Rescue" – An interactive session with the Comic Addicts , the people behind India's biggest and only comic fan site – Launch of Akshay Dhar's 'Retrograde' by VJs Juhi and Andy – Sufi Comics launched their comic '40 Sufi Comics' – The[...]

In late 2012 comes Messenger: The Legend Of Joan Of Arc by Tony Lee and Sam Hart... That is all. As you were. Hope they don't miss out the aerobic

Starbucks "Nutcracker" holiday-styled cup looks a little familiar... remember, remember, to ask for whipped cream. Could they be seeking to exploit the

SignWatch: Javier Hernandez to sign The Coma and The Art Of The Coma at Geek Comics at Whittier, CA on November 19th SignWatch2: Nathan Edmondson and Kyle Higgins to sign Grifter and Nightwing at Golden Apple in Los Angeles on November 16th. SignWatch3: Gosh Comics, London gives us  Frederik Peeters (Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story) [...]

Unless the dogs eat the kid… DC Comics Smashes Marvel Marketshare In October, Takes 51% Of Sales Well what a change half a year can make After taking Marvel on marketshare for the month of September, albeit only by half a percent in dollar marketshare, in October DC Comics has soared ahead, buoyed by sales of[...]