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More like in the manner that Crossed is not a zombie book… Keith Davidsen talked to David Lapham about the book for Bleeding Cool. With the success of CROSSED PSYCHOPATH and CALIGULA, how does FERALS fit into the dark storytelling you've build a legacy upon at Avatar? Well, it's a horror book.  Plenty of[...]

So what's new in January? Amulet Books seem to be publishing Explorer The Mystery Boxes, a graphic novel anthology in hardcover and softcover that seems to be a thematic sequel to the Flight anthologies at Image Comics. Created by Kazu Kibuishi, Jason Caffoe, Emily Carroll, Stuart Livingston, Johane Matte, Dave Roman, Rad Sechrist, Raina Telgemeier and[...]

That's according to an address he gave to Maybury College, who have chosen Oscar Woo as a study novel. It focuses on the DC Comics character of Superman, but one who crash lands in the Dominican Republic in 1937, instead of Kansas, USA, and grows up in a very different fashion And indeed, enslaves the world[...]

Here is the first issue of Warlord Of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1 from Dynamite, absolutely free. Oh not quite obviously. Because before you get that, I'm going

It was listed in December. But not in January. And I've just confirmed that, yes, Marvel have cancelled Iron Man 2.0 with issue 12, currently created

In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead will be Archie Comics How things have changed. Coming out in January, Kevin Keller #1 Here are a couple of covers. In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead[...]

Janelle Asselin used to be a Batman editor, but she recently left to work in Disney Magazines, where she appears to be turning a whole new generation of kids into comic book readers. In the UK, there have been a number of comics published by Panini/Marvel UK featuring Marvel superheroes aimed at kids, young kids even,[...]

In this time of trouble, sometimes you just need a little lift. Here's a full page from today's Daily Mirror, courtesy of Mirror editor Daniel Silver; As

News of several people being let go from Marvel Comics today cast a shadow over the entire industry, just as it had been catching its breath in the wake of an eventful New York Comic Con There will certainly be more on this story in the days to come. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Return Of Watchmen[...]

The Comics Beat, CBR and Bleeding Cool have been reporting a series of dismissals at Marvel Comics, as cost-cutting becomes the big new Marvel event. Talking to numerous Marvel sources, this seems to be the current  list of very recent dismissals, though you'll find more from before, here, as well as a look as to why[...]

I recently wrote a piece called The Spinning Plates Of Dan DiDio, looking at issues inside DC Comics, concern about the micromanagement of many of the New 52 comics, Dan's personal exposure over the relaunch and the likelihood of creators leaving certain comics because they can't take the current management style. Well, with NYCC having been[...]

In which I bitch and moan about comics on a weekly basis, in broken english and syntax Noone is safe! FEATURED REVIEW: X-MEN REGENESIS #1 It's a good old-fashioned schoolyard pick! For what it was (= a boring-ass but necessary choosing sides interlude before the real game begins), Kieron Gillen does a commendable job of keeping things[...]

Eric Glover attended NYCC and writes for Bleeding Cool; NYCC's It Gets Better With Comics panel, assembled to discus the place of LGBT characters in comics, kicked off early Friday morning and featured Ivan Velez Jr., writer of Tales of the Closet; Charles Christiansen, founder of Prism Comics; Rica Takashima, whose manga Rica 'tte Kanji!? is[...]

This week, UK retailers received the news that Diamond UK had cancelled the Neonomicon TPB and hardcover, collecting the series by Alan Moore and Jacen

And she has a fantastic new take on using Kickstarter to do so. @richjohnston: Comics writer does Kickstarter How is this news? Because as well as self-publishing, we've decided to make the rest of the process completely transparent too You can buy the trade rights and the film rights, right there on Kickstarter Why not? The few[...]

One comic written by a child and drawn by an adult. And the other is Axe Cop. Welcome to another scowly grimacy Swipe File! In Swipe File we present two

Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, as we literally corner them and and ask questions about comic books and related topics Unscripted, reality CC. This week we see and hear what[...]

Along with threats to the funding for the extension of the San Diego Convention Center, it looks like the announced nationally televsised San Diego

This was the announcement made at the MCM London Expo that had me more excited than anything else at the show. The Thrill Electric, a motion comic project

While the Wall Street Occupy protests that have spread around the world are using the symbols of V For Vendetta to both inspire and to protect, anoither

They serve food, snacks and beverages, and the costumed waitresses treat the customers, who are mainly men, as if they are noblemen of days gone by." EndTimesWatch: Could this be the end of comics as we know them.. or the start of something new? A newly developed software in Taiwan will give all users a chance[...]

You have to be intrigued by a process that ends up code-naming a highly controversial project Panic Room.  Because what were the odds that a secret

A couple of years ago, Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics was planning to return to Watchmen to tell new stories Dave Gibbons would be involved as well as many of DC's brightest stars. The very concept was pooh-poohed and Bleeding Cool was accused to making the whole thing up, by some Until Alan[...]

Heh. In addition to his evolution in the comics, the book also charts his many appearances in television and movies The book includes such delights as early sketch ideas for Heath Ledger's Dark Knight costume, animation art from his various animated incarnations, and Ceasar Romero's refusal to shave his mustache for the 1960s series snrk! Daniel Wallace[...]

In reverse order, here are the covers to issue 1 to 6 of David Hine and Shakey Kane's Bulletproof Coffin sequel, Bulletproof Coffin Disinterred, coming from next year from Image Comics. But not issue 4 Do not ask about issue 4… In reverse order, here are the covers to issue 1 to[...]

Authorised by Marvel and sold in the early nineties for around $10,000. Make sure it's authentic. To help authenticate this piece as being all Jack Kirby drawn art, there is a copy of a page from the Comics buyers guide from the mid 1990's SHOWING jack Kirby actually DRAWING this MAGNIFICENT Cover! And there [...]

So I was set in a panel at New York Comic Con when Matt Fraction, addressing the lack of female leads in Marvel Comics pointed out one of his own The Fearless, which stars Valkyrie and Sin as protagonist and antagonist And he was right, I hadn't realised And with Wonder Woman, Red Hood And[...]

Alan Moore's Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows is published by Avatar today for $19.99. Hardcover for $27.99. As well as the series, it also

I ran a number of Marnie Ann Joyce's photographs from New York Comic Con this weekend and they were a smash hit. Haunting, poignant, full of life and

And indeed, some comics like Batwoman and Superman had more. But there would be also $3.99 books Action Comics, Justice League, Men Of War, All Star Western, that would have a larger page count, closer to 30 pages And that's the way it would be. Action Comics #2 was the first let down, 22 pages with some[...]