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Saguaro – Sergio Bonelli Editore's First New Ongoing Series For An Age
Written by Disney Comics Italy writer Bruno Enna, it will tell the story of a federal agent who looks after Native American reservations Set in the seventies, the comic is named after a southern Arizonan cactus The first arc will be drawn by Fabio Valdambrin. For a company that has certainly published a fair few traditional[...]
Those Latest Rob Granito Swipes
Maybe there is still time to rehabilitate Rob Granito into th warm loving bosom of the comics industry? You know when you've been Granitoed Such as Rob's Nightmare Before Christmas prints he's signing on eBay… That bear some resemblance to the following works somehow without his signature. At least the Harley Quinn images, albeit it traced[...]
First Two Chapters Of The Thrill Electric Go Live
Chosen for its paralles with the world of today, we see a new technology creating and enhancing both business and social communication, with all the petty foibles inherent in the human condition, in a world beset with drugs, sex, violence and, rather unusually, an equality of treatment between the genders, even the classes, at work,[...]
Keep Your Pants On! Date Vs Date
I am into comics and watching Doctor Who He's a Sox fan, I'm a Cubs fan (those of you who live in Chicago will understand why that doesn't work) Where we intersected was in a mutual love of music and cooking I told him that we didn't need to like all the same things to[...]
Thursday Runaround – Did Teen Titans Exist In A Previous Life?
The fools. Comics: Editor Eric Berlatsky Discusses His Alan Moore: Conversations Anthology – The Morton Report I'm an academic, so I think academically, I suppose As such, I'm interested in what kinds of book will help scholars and readers engage with Moore's comics— what will help us understand it, enrich the experience, engage with it critically. Chuck Jones[...]
The Return Of Rob Granito
So, what is Rob Granito up to? The art swiper and biographer bloater came to fame after a number of Bleeding Cool articles saw him confronted at
Bat Mayhem At The Manor
It's been a long time coming. But here is Les McClaine's Mayhem At The Manor in black and white, awaiting colours from Ryan Hill. Marvellous. Clicky for
Wizard World Pulls Back In 2012
A PR piece purporting to announce a location change of Wizard World Toronto Comic Con to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for April 14th to 15th also
Remake/Remodel: Little Nemo In Slumberland
On a personal note: Little Nemo is a work of beauty and inspiration which has changed the way that a lot of people in this industry – myself included – regard the tone and nature of narrative comics I'm not going to stop you being as creepy and weird and nasty as you like, but[...]
Top Five Favourite Panels From Wolverine And The X-Men #1
And doesn't even have a bed. There's a Danger Room in the boys' toilet. Quentin Quire treats detention like a crime against humanity. And Idie really shouldn't be allowed to talk to school inspectors on her own. So… what do you think? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, are all very Hallowe'en this weekend, with John Watkiss[...]
Fifteen Thoughts About Fifteen New DC Comics Today – Flash, Superman, Voodoo, I Vampyr, New Guardians, Blackhawks, Teen Titans, Hawkman, Firestorm, Aquaman, Dark Knight, Legion, JL Dark, All Star Western… And Spaceman
This is a sophisticated, new-reader friendly tale, and just the sort of thing the two ongoing Legion comics as part of the New 52 should have been By a league. 10.  You know how Hollywood always gets the internet wrong? Blackhawks #2 knows this and has fun with this If Men Of War is a Garth[...]
Leave Your Spandex At The Door #3 by Dr Manolis Vamvounis
Dr Manolis Vamvounbis writes: In which I bitch and moan about comics on a weekly basis, in broken english and syntax Noone is safe! Follow my daily rantings on @theComicsGreek. FEATURED REVIEW: FEAR ITSELF #7 (OF 7) #fail itself. After 6 issues of various amped-up B-list villains failing to instill any sense of menace or fear, some[...]
A Comic Show – Aaron's Hard On For Aaron
Is that why Russia could never take Afghanistan? NEXT WEEK… ACTION COMICS #3 11.2.2011 Aaron and Anna from A Comic Shop in Florida look through Wednesday's comic books a wee bit earlier And Aaron declares his love for Jason Aaron, writing Incredible Hulk and X-Men And Wolverine #1. Not that he[...]
Tuesday Trending Topics: The Repeating History Of The All-Winners Squad
Sometimes, cool comics get cut short by changing circumstances and timing  Take the case of the original All-Winners Comics, which Marvel launched as a quarterly in 1941 to feature separate adventures of its most popular characters and their sidekicks  Definitely a good idea, and by issue 19 Marvel had the even better idea of teaming[...]
Bill Jemas Gets Into Bed With Wizard
Last seen retranslating the Bible and painting peace symbols onto the bodies of naked women, Bill Jemas used to be the President of Marvel Comics. He formed the Ultimate imprint, co-wrote Origins and in many ways helped bring Marvel back from the brink of bankruptcy, though he developed a reputation of micromanaging and enforcing tangential ideas[...]
A View Of NYCC From The New York Anime Fest
I'm currently in talks with a lot of folks to potentially have them work for Dusk Comics or publish their own work. But the networking didn't stop there I managed to go around and talk to various other publishers and even had a good conversation with Diamond I also work with the convention[...]
Tuesday Runaround – An Electric Thrill
In the 80s and 90s, homegrown Hindi comic book publishers like Raj Comics and Diamond Comics had a considerable following In fact, these were translated into English But many of the major players closed down Diamond Comics is now surviving on reprints but that can't last forever Imagine if DC Comics would just keep reprinting[...]