Comics Archives

Occupy Wall Street Goes Cosplay
Gothamist, Katie Sokoler and Occupy Hallowe'en give us a parade of Occupy Wall Street protestors dressing as their own Working Class Superheroes and
Swipe File: V For Vendetta And Life
From V For Vendetta: From Anoonymous: Chron.com reports; Anonymous has taken a new approach with a video featuring one of their members speaking Spanish
Lying In The Gutters – Hallowe'en 2011
I'll be giving out comics along with the candy But what have you been reading all week? Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1 SFW Screencaps From Iron Man XXX – Well it was going to be, wasn't it? 2 X-Men Gender Bending 3 Top Five Favourite Panels From Wolverine And The X-Men #1 4 Steve Cook Recreates Mary[...]
Elliot Serrano And Marat Mychaels To Create Army Of Darkness Ongoing Comic
And Marvel. Add to that a couple of tweets from the people involved; MaratMychaels Marat_Mychaels Just finished penciling Army Of Darkness #2 written by @GeekToMe & to be published by @DynamiteComics and already received the plot to #3! GeekToMe Elliott Serrano Found out who the cover artist is going to be on Army of Darkness Made me do a #happydance[...]
The Complete Works Of Milo Manara – Too Heavy To Hold One Handed
Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool Eurocomics fans in American have a new reason to rejoice, for Dark Horse Comics has seen fit to release not a single volume of Milo Manara's acclaimed graphic works, but are in fact dedicating an entire line of reprints, The Manara Library, to the Italian artist (You read about[...]
Swipe File: Mike Turner Vs Computeropolis
The late Michael Turner has become one of the most imitated, collected and in comics since his death There are many people willing to take advantage of this, and as a result, people watching out for scam merchants forging or swiping his artwork. But one DeviantArtist computeropolis not only has been swiping from Michael, but also[...]
Gail Simone To Write New DC Teen Team Title
She explained that it was no different from moving from a hairdresser to a comedy columnist, then to a comedy comics writer, each step felt weird as the way people perceived her changed She was hired on Deadpool because Joe Quesada wanted her to make the character as funny as he used to be, but[...]
Monday Runaround – The Hallowe'en And The Ivy
But they are of a limited number… ZodWatch: Entertainment Weekly talks to Michael Shannon. I don't read the comic book, although when I got the job, they sent me a giant DC Comics book that weighs about a ton It's got the whole history of DC in it It's fascinating, actually I looked at it[...]
Cosplay Sunday At MCM London Expo
What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume
Jens H Altmann Passes
I've known Jens H Altmann for around a decade. Comic book creator, novelist, translator and general commentator trying for his big break, he helped me out
How Did Wonder Woman Lose Her Pants?
Artist Clint Hilinski has decided to answer this question by way of a piece of original art being sold on eBay... You know, I've never read the Justice
Superman, DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corp, And The Toberoff Timeline
Our history is important to us in comics — in both what's on the newsprint pages and what went into making them   The comic book creators who make this history are also important to us, and so are their legacies  And if you read comic book message boards whenever there's a new development in[...]
The Thrill Electric At MCM London Expo
We're trying to add to print comics, rather than make it something else… It's a comic but with extra stuff." Leah Moore sees the journey as to make something "as immersive as possible It doesn't have to behave like a printed page, so why not use it, why not make it a bit different, try and[...]
Saturday Runaround – The Slut Shaming Of Starfire
As a point of reference, the first collection of Fables comics involves the reformed Big Bad Wolf solving the murder of Snow White's sister, Rose Red, a party girl in red attire What's more: In Once, the Sheriff of Storybrooke appears to be a Big Bad Wolf as well." FableWatch2:What if Platinum Studios were Goldmine[...]
Friday Trending Topics: John Byrne, Jim Shooter, And Superman
There's something about a good origin story that just never gets old — even as it gets revamped and retold, and passed down through generations as one of the clearest examples of comics as mythology  It's pretty interesting to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of those retelling as well… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Lara-El[...]
Steve Cook Recreates Mary Jane Watson
Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot. Comics industry luminary Steve Cook has recreated one of his favourite comic book panels in the flesh We'll be showing off more of his work over the last few decades over the next few days, but for now, consider this a teaser Take it away Mary Jane! And the[...]
Manga Vs Models At MCM London Expo
A couple of years ago, the MCM London Expo was held at the Excel Convention Centre at the same time as a Mission Of Peace And Light, attempting to unite
When Your Comic Book Dealer… Is Also Your Dealer
Indeed one comic creator/exec was known for exchanging boxes "premium cover" variant comics that his publisher created for the hard stuff, as the drugs dealer in question found it a lot easier to shift the comics than the powder Since then much of comics has been on more of a straight edge, at least relatively,[...]
Turn Left – Preview Day At The MCM London Expo
Those attending the MCM London Expo who usually swerve to the far right of the massive hall expecting the Comics Village may grow increasing puzzled as they make their way through zombie princesses, stormtroopers and pixies this year Instead, the Comics Village, bigger than ever, is to the left The left Remember that. It's still not[...]
Women Of Wonder Weekend Starts Tomorrow
Originally Wonder Woman Day, this annual comic-book shop supported charity was started to help raise money for women and children's domestic violence shelters. The 3 shops supporting the cause are "Heroes and Fantasies" in San Antonio, Texas, "Excalibur Comics" in Portland, Oregon, and Comic Fusion in New Jeresy, where I'll be swinging by to cover the[...]
Lara-El Almost Came To Earth Twice…
"My original plan was to have the pregnant Lara come to Earth instead of the baby. I explained that I needed that because if Superman was once again going
And Finally… X-Men Gender Bending
Changing genders in the Xbooks has always been a bit of a theme. And I don't just mean Mystique. But one CBR poster, timberoo, has taken this to a new