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I would have to wait and watch for this one! Booth babes: How can a comic con be complete without booth babes? Those attractive women hired by publishers to dress up as comic characters to entice people to buy their comics? To be honest we don't know whether they succeed in selling[...]

Cosmetics, well known in comics at the moment for their Wonder Woman line The show also features remixes of other well-known iconography such as the Coca-Cola logo As for the comic-inspired fashion, Scott seems to be a DC fan Superman, Batman, and Capt Marvel-family symbolism can be spotted throughout the show. It's[...]

We haven't even had Fantastic Four #588 yet but Marvel are previewing FF #1, now standing for Future Foundation and co-starring Spider-Man. Here's a

This is the cover to Outsiders #26, published this week. Bold, striking and powerful. And then you open the comic and on the very inside cover... You

GameWatch: DCU Online gets, well, eviscerated; TalentRelationsWatch: DC Comics look to hire… well… CB Cebulski by the look of it. DC Comics seeks a Coordinator Talent Relations & Services for the DC Editorial Administration department. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Provides frequent and regular contact with freelance talent, including monitoring workloads, noting any payment, shipping or communication problems, and[...]

Here is cover art for the Marvel Vs Capcom 3 comic book that came with preorders of the video game title. Looks fine, yes? A nice take on the old Secret

Retailers who attended the Dallas meeting of retail group ComicsPRO got a little swag A variant cover for The Walking Dead #81 Isn't that nice? Might give it to a grateful customer, might make it a prize in a store competition… …or might just put it on eBay. $71 at time of posting with 5 days to[...]

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC last night tackled the Obama Nation political cartoon series by James Hudnall and Batton Lash, calling them

Mind you,  there is the glimpse of Spider-Man Future Yet To Come… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics in London Paul Cornell and Paul Rainey will be signing and holding a panel discussion there on Saturday… Did you like Blackest Night? Lots of people fighting with rings against rings? Technicolour everywhere and enough lens flare[...]

From Amazing Spider-Man 654.1, a sneak peek at just what lies in store for our favourite web slinger in the year ahead. Looks like that loss of

And continues Danny The Bungalow and Ambush Bug's relationship as the new best couple in comics. But the artwork is just too traditional for this book, it can't go off in the stranger or darker areas that the script seems to need It's go the clean crisp look that disguises the oddness in its core and[...]

It's bad enough that a number of people will be disappointed that Green Lantern isn't black, but to have a lead character called "Kill A Wog"…. Anyway, here's a good look at the movie version of Kilowog, as seen in Green Lantern comics published today Any chance of a plush version, DC Direct? This character's name[...]

IHaveNoIdeaWhoThisPersonIsWatch: Bluewater gets press for a comic about someone called Danica Patrick. WarWatch: A World War II pamphlet with cartoons portraying the British Home Guard has been discovered, that seems to be a direct inspiration for BBC TV sitcom Dad's Army. ByrneWatch: John Byrne says "No More Interviews!" WishFulfillmentWatch: The Make-A-Wish foundation has, with the cooperation of Marvel[...]

Which will come first, the Marvel publication or the CLiNT publication is anyone's guess. And while Scottish-crime-writer-and creator-of-Rebus Ian Rankin's name is a welcome a high profile one for a new comic book, Jimmy Carr's comic was lined up for this issue and would probably have been cover featured if so. Ian Rankin has already had a[...]

Courtney Simmons has been named as the Senior Vice President of Publicity for DC Entertainment, working out of Burbank while the rest of the DC publicity

During a conference call this afternoon Marvel announced a new Alpha Flight 8-issue maxi-series written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with art by Dale

Did you like that peek at Tiotal Recall covers from Dynamite an hour ago? Did you? Did you really? Well have some more, a smattering of covers by Covers

What do you picture when you think about the movie Total Recall? Arnie's eyes bugging out or triple breasts? Sadly we get neither on the covers of Total

Yesterday, the comics internet woke up to a series of images sent under the headline "Stan Lee Lies" from a junk gmail account called Truth Teller This was spammed to most comic websites, and news organisations worldwide. The articles below allege that the current Guardian NHL project, in which a series of superheroes are created, each[...]

Your regular statistical look at the DC Universe and DC character books for May 2011, not including the Warner Bros,  Vertigo, creator-owned or licensed

FriendWatch: How to get ahead in comics? Be a lifelong friend of the publisher. Premiering May 25, the Top Cow miniseries is the second under the Minotaur Press banner (following Joshua Hale Fiakov and Rahsan Ekedal's popular Echoes), and written by Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik and his friend since the sixth grade, John Mahoney Last[...]

This is the trailer to the X-Men: Destiny video game. Very pretty, nice use of silhouettes... but wait. What was that around the 30 second mark? And from

Earlier, Bleeding Cool talked about the impending cancellation of The Outsiders, Doom Patrol, Freedom Fighters, Rebels, and JSA All Stars. Then DC

We're all aware of the infamous Batman Pottymouth incident that got worldwide coverage, mocked on late night talk shows and cost editor Bob Schreck his

Is This Death Day For Comics (SPOILERS)? 3 Trailer For X-Men First Class 4 Wolverine's X-Men And Cyclops' X-Men In 2012 5 Spider-Man Joins Remaining Fantastic Four As The Future Foundation 6 Trekporn 7 John Byrne Draws New Avengers 8 Batporn 9 Simpsporn 10 Tronporn 11 The Look Of Magneto 12 The Great Wizard Subscription Scandal 13 CGI Thundercats 14 Did Tom Brevoort Semi-Confim X-Men Rumour? 15 Swipe[...]

Okay, it's true, Bleeding Cool can't get enough of this walking double trademark violation. The flying effects especially, the fact that her powers seem

Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting's final arc on Fantastic Four hasn't finished yet. But you can pre-order it in hardcover from Amazon.com for 53% off the

You're in a relationship. Lucky you. Whether forty years, or four days old, Valentine's Day is quite challenging for the geek-smitten. Whether you both

You wait for one comics festival in London and then four come along at one. ComICA will be kicking off this year's activities on Saturday March 12th, 6-7.30 pm at Goldsmiths University in South-East London.with Italian comics creator Lorenzo Mattotti launching his new graphic novel Stigmata, translated by Fantagraphics, in the UK, along with his  illustrated[...]