Comics Archives

Gail Simone – The Gay Times Interview
First up, Gail Simone, writer of books including Welcome To Tranquility, Secret Six and Birds Of Prey. Joe Glass: What do you feel is DCs stance on LGBTQ characters and issues appearing in their comics? Or if there is an official line, would you be able to comment on it? Gail Simone: Oh, I don't think there's[...]
Thursday Runaround – Seattle Is Hell On Earth
The National Library in Helsinki will be running a major exhibition on the local form until October. 'NamWatch: A series of collection of Vietname classic comics, Danh Tac Viet Nam, are set to be published for the first time in Japan by the Phan Thi Company This will include  Chi Pheo by Nam Cao and Giong[...]
First Wave Crashes – DC To Cancel Line
It's rather gorgeous, with some of the best comics talent, Phil Winslade, Brian Azzarello, David Hine, JG Jones, Rags Morales, Moritat, Ladronn, and more You'd be a fool to turn it down. Well, it seems that's exactly what you have been doing, and I'm told that DC is now cancelling the line[...]
Wednesday Comics Review: Turf 4 And Crossed: Psychopath 1
Although there's not much room in Crossed for that… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Turf has certainly been a long time coming Onto issue 4, from Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards, this will at least give CLiNT something to run in their next issue. We start with a song, juxtaposed with scenes of sex and[...]
Wednesday Comic Reviews: Fantastic Four 588 and Amazing Spider-Man 655
And published the day after the comics industry learned of the death of Dwayne McDuffie, it feels like an insult, if not a deliberate one I'd hate to think how I'd have reacted to this is an actual nearest-and-dearest family member had passed on Would I see these comics as sensitive, appreciative and understanding ways[...]
BC ComicChron
In addition, Amazon also has a recommended file size which affects graphic novel pricing. Comics Code Authority | Mystery Solved: Who's Been Running the CCA the Past Year "Without Kellen getting paid, I personally read and responded to the books DC was submitting," Koenig confirmed to Newsarama on Monday "Westbury is where I live I[...]
A Comic Show – Why Iron Man 2.0 Is Not Iron Man 2.0
It's tomorrow's comics today! Aaron and Tri-Force Mike, nominated for Florida's A Comic Shop in the Bleeding Cool Fan Awards, share their love for comics, Action Comics, Teen Titans with Damien, Death Marvel comics, the lack of Death in the Death Of Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers with Heroes For Hire embedded in it, War Machine hiding[...]
Remembering Dwayne McDuffie
Itwas never Watchmen or Dark Knight that opened up the possibility of superhero comics for me, but Dwayne McDuffie's Damage Control, the Marvel series looking at the people who cleared up the physical and legal damage done by superhero actions It was genuinely witty, self aware and just so well written At the time I[...]
C2E2 To Host The Bleeding Cool Fan Awards
For entertaining us, for making an impact on the comics scene, for continuing to work away – and are still doing it! Appearing at shows, signing and sketching rather than putting their feet up! We salute you! Oh My Gods Are They Still Working In Comics Awardcustomer surveys Retweet the Vote! Who says you can[...]
Marvel Comics Hit The Android
ComiXology created the Marvel and DC Apps and getting all sorts of exclusive content, while iVerse signs up with Diamond for a digital retail solution for comics But what of the British startup that suddenly went all American on us? It seems they have just launched a comics reading App – and the first one to[...]
Girls, You're Both Pretty – Kapow Vs MCM London Expo
While the show has an anime and cosplay focus, the Comics aspect has been growing year on year, with international and big name comics guests, panels, signings, publishers, a bar scene and basically recreating the UKCAC in the middle of the show The convention also had TV and movie guests, panels and footage from the[...]
Diamond Causes Confusion With 2010 Gem Awards
What is a licensed book? And what is a reprint/collection? That's the question that has been expertly evaded as in their end-of-year awards for the best selling titles and publishers of 2011, Diamond have given a Gem award to the Kick-Ass Premiere hardcover as the Best Licensed TP/HC of the year, while giving Best Reprint TP/HC[...]
Why All Star Superman Is A Killer On DVD…
Above is the scene from All Star Superman #11 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, published by DC Comics. And this is the equivalent scene from All Star Superman, released on DVD and Blu Ray by Warner Bros, scripted by Dwayne McDuffie, based on the Morrison/Quitely series. In the comic we see that Superman knows that[...]
Sunday Runaround – With Fleet Like This, Who Needs Enemas?
He had a pair made for a Marvel comics character, a mismatched pair and some other designs that he wasn't at liberty to share. LibraryWatch: Will library cuts affect British comics reading? Books are my disease; a sickness I have passed on to my children and one I was afflicted with more than 50 years ago[...]
India Ink: Comic Con India In Pictures
Bleeding Cool's Mayank Khurana has been on the floor of Comic Con India (okay, the ground, then), camera at hand, catching the cosplay and the commerce on
Swipe File: Big Shots Vs Big Guns
Marvel's promotion for a series of less-than-A-list characters getting a relaunch in 2011, using gunsight imagery... Marvel's promotion for a series of
Fables And Walking Dead To Be Downloadable Games
It's reached a hundred issues, it's spun off into numerous series and books, it's even got a superhero team, and there's word of a TV series. And now Bill Willingham's  Fables comic from Vertigo is to be a video game. Telltale Games has got the exclusive license, as well as the license to Robert Kirkman's The Walking[...]
The Battle Of The Comic Book Lawyers
Until it gets the the Appeal court of course. He's also published the whole investigation as a comic book, L'Affaire Des Affaires. In a strange twist of fate, one of Clearsteam's lawyers in this case is Richard Malka, a well known comic book writer who creates lawyer themed comics. I do hope he comes out with his out counter[...]