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Bleeding Cool has covered the strike at French comics publisher L'Association, supported by the people who originally founded the company, and the picket at Angouleme that caused a lot of public awareness There were many complaints against the company, specifically structural and financial decisions made by editorial director JC Menu, and the staff made redundant. As[...]

Bleeding Cool ran a swipe file this morning on the Indonesian Supergirl TV movie that a) has nothing to do with DC Comics and b)has even less to do with Spider-Woman, whose costume the lead character is wearing. Thankfully it appears to have aired now And there is footage And all we can say is Marvel,[...]

At Comics Pro in Sallas, this weekend, Ted Adams, CEO and Publisher of IDW Publishing, was the Keynote Speaker. The Keynote Address of the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting focused on how the ideas of one individual could make major changes to the direct market.  Ted Adams reflected on past ideas that changed the face[...]

UPDATE: ITV NEWS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1GXxk_clY UPDATE: FRANCE! Some of you know I've written a comic book biogaphy of the lives of Prince

Straight from Toy Fair 2011 comes these Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Minimates design sheets - for enyone who though that all X-23  needed to be more appealing, was

A TV Movie in Indonesia showing from today on MNC TV and made by Soraya Intercine Film, that bears no relation to the DC Comics character. And also no relation to Marvel's Spider-Woman The only question is… who will sue first? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

I understand that, at one point in planning the Flashpoint event, this was the list of planned one shots from DC Comics I'm also told that a lot has changed since then Still, there may be a few that make it through… and we'll find out in a few days time. The Renegades The Canterbury Cricket Amethyst Reverse Flash Element[...]

Gotta love that John Byrne. This is a New Avengers cover for Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to raising money to help comic creators who have

This is amazing. Hacking the XBox Kinect has resulted in this demo that couold change the future of superhero gaming amongst others. In an instant it

As I picked it up, you know what fell out? Yep…a SUBSCRIPTION CARD. TaiwanWatch: A website featuring comics drawn by comic artists from Taiwan, Germany, Japan, South Korea and China will be launched in April to show readers what cities might look like 40 years from now… The 13 comic artists include Titus Ackermann, Thomas Gronle, and[...]

In Dallas, right now, comic book retailers propping up the bar, thinking about going to bed, as part of the ComicsPro retailer meeting, with presentations by a number of companies. We know about Marvel's upcoming death count and DC's upcoming Batman OGN NÖEL with the dieresis on the wrong letter, button and badge count, but what[...]

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool ran a story that Marvel's plan for the X-Men books is to split tham along two political lines. I wrote I’m told the

From the ComicsPro retailer summit, David Gabriel, Senior Vice President of Sales at Marvel Comics has announced that as a result of the Fantastic Four sales and media coverage, Marvel are going to kill a main character every quarter. He also added "this is not a joke". But as I revealed earlier this week, they already killed[...]

A look at the front bits of Crossed Psychopath #4, David Lapham's new Crossed series from Avatar with artist Raulo Caceres, who gives us a wraparound

I don't think I need to show the original here, do I? The wraparound cover to issue 3 of the Night Of The Living Dead: Death Valley comic drawn by the

I can't see anyone being happy with this arrangement, especially those who have only just subscribed. Though I do wish, if only for amusement's sake that Wizard do a deal with the Comics Journal. Here are the Wizards that you will never see… Bleeding Cool broke the news that Wizard was cancelled last month, and the final[...]

A final look at fan art created by comic pros, members of Periscope Studios. This time the work of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. My eldest daughter wants

From the Periscope boys and girls, by (respectively) Aaron McConnell, Dustin Weaver, Jesse Hamm, Ben Dewey, Rich Ellis, Steev Lieber and Ron Chan.

We'v seen Periscope Studios' take on Mad Men. So why not take a run around the block with Marvel's Spider-Girl? From, respectively, Dustin Weaver, Ben

Periscope Studios is a collection of comic artists, writers, illustrators and designers working out of a studio in downtown Portland, Oregon. Their

It has tied up with India Book House for nationwide distribution of the comics. GameWatch: Lowest UK price for Nintendo 3DS hits Amazon UK, with an additional price promise at £197 This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online[...]

"Is this a secret shopper at a non-offending store?" This week, Diamond Comics Distributors presented a report to comics retailers on the Day-Early Delivery service that came into place this year, in which shops can get comics a day before they are on sale, with a secret shopping service in the USA and Canada to ensure[...]

Well Lee Bermejo, who drew the best-selling Joker original graphic novel written by Brian Azzarello, has taken advantage of this and seized the writing reins for Batman: Noel, a new original graphic novel with a Christmassy theme. This was announced at ComicsPro, to an audience of comics retailers, who made a wodge of cash from Joker[...]

This is the current DC solicitation for Superman #708, out yesterday, from the DC Comics site. Except the comic sees Superman go to Lincoln, Nebraska instead of Omaha Which is sad news for Omaha retailers, Legend Comics, Kypton Comics and Dragon's Lair that ordered hundreds and garnered plenty of publicity over a year on the back[...]

Michael Murphey, CEO of iVerse Media has been answering questions on what exactly is happening with the new Diamond Digital service that iVerse has formed with Diamond Comics Distribution Here are a few examples. Steve Horton asked Michael a number of questions about how the service would work Murphy replied; The code will[...]

(left) It's really really nice. DigiWatch: Todd Allen throws insult upon insult on Diamond Digital. So, once again, we have a set of publishers off on one proprietary platform (iVerse) and then we have another set of publishers (DC, Marvel, etc) on other platforms (Comixology, Graphic.ly, etc).  So what is being encouraged[...]

Wondercon just fucked @imagecomics by sticking us in the back of the floor because Marvel decided to come back after a 10 year absence. How messed up is that? We've been at Wondercon EVERY year–Marvel hasn't–but they'd just push us to the wall when they bat their eyes. When asked bytropicalsteve "Hasn't Image had the[...]

I have been led to understand by a reputable comics source certain details about the future direction of the X-Men books, post-Fear Itself, possibly towards the end of the year, but definitely into the next. Understand, that is this is as a result of a recent X-summit, but also that these are plans many months away[...]

That's a relief. We were spoiled by pretty much all mass media and comics media before the comic was even published. And then, very quietly, without any fanfare, two other characters died, one in Marvel book Amazing Spider-Man, another in DC book Knight And Squire Neither was announced, neither was expected, neither was bagged, both will be[...]

When Batman meets Star Wars, courtesy of Lucas Lago. What no Bat Sabre?