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Truth is, if the ticket system had been working well, you could have seen sell out of the Four Day ticket in minutes. But now it seems, even with the

There's a Green Lantern movie coming up. And there are some surprisingly diverse Green Lantern costumes too. Not just Hal Jordan, but also Tomar-Re,

Darren Aronofskyis the director of Pi, The Wrestler, Black Swan and the upcoming The Wolverine. But we know he's a comic book guy at heart, and his The

Yesterday, in the DC Universe Online game,around twenty supervillain characters decided to team up and launched an attack on the superhero safehouse The

This display of DC Direct Flashpoint toys based on the upcoming crossover series from DC Comicsgives a look at a  bunch of characters It emphaises the lead role of Cyborg in the series, more than the supportuing character role he plas in the current DC Universe books. But we also get a better look at Wonder[...]

9AM LA. Noon New York. 5PM London. 4AM Sydney. Tomorrow is the big day when, fourth time lucky, you can buy your ticket for San Diego Comic Con 2011. Each

As nostalgic apects of my childhood, Mr Benn figures large. A simple semi-animated TV series based on the books, in which Mr Benn enters into a costume

The new design for Venom does bear a little resemblance to the costume of Appleseed Ex Machina's Briareos Hecatonchires, no? In Swipe File we present two

Okay, we recently introduced you unofficial to superhero aprons, and the politics involved giving them as Valentine's Day gifts. But what about these superheroine corsets? Officially signed off by DC Comics, from Costume Craze Supergirl, Batwoman, I guess I can understand those Robin though? If you got a Robin corset from your boyfriend, you might want[...]

So we all read the blackboard on the last page of Time Masters Vanishing Point, laying out the Flashpoint future. But I've heard a few odds and sods

We also found a hidden microphone under my bed in our San Diego hotel room when we checked out on Monday morning." – Mile High Comics' Chuck Rozanski, on filming the Morgan Spurlock Comic Con documentary. ColbertWatch: Stephen's objections to a British Superman made very clear… SeventiesWatch: St Trinian creator Ronald Searle's 1000-copy flipbook published in France,[...]

Okay, so we all know (now) what certain Marvel staffers used to call this book in the seventies. But for Captain America's seventieth anniversary, and the

This is the first attempt at a digital comic book chart covering the English-speaking comics industry It is flawed – self selecting, based on recall, but it does cover Marvel, DC and IDW apps, ComiXology, iVerse, Graphic.Ly, even PDFs, anywhere you can pay to download a comic book This is the top ten (okay, top[...]

In a blogpost last night, Dark Horse made it very clear that they are the publisher's of Bob Burden's Mysterymen, in the light of Marvel's intention to

And in between working for Pixar, Morse will also be publishing a five issue series called Ten Against The World. LocalWatch: Seattle comics artist Ellen Forney is progiled by the Philadephia press over her work on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian JudgeWatch: A Swedish comics translator has lost his appeal against the charge of[...]

The work of Ayn Rand has influenced comic books from The Question to Watchmen to All Star Superman, sometimes directly, sometimes as comment upon,

I do hope this gave Mark Millar a slight hiccup over his morning porridge, reading his favourite newspaper. Today, the Daily Mail splashed with a double

The information hasn't been officially officially released yet. But I understand that, despite losing overall unit marketshare in December to DC Comics, Marvel has regained it in January, and then some And their dollar marketshare is not only maintained but increased. In December, Marvel had 32.28% of the market share of the number of comics shipped in[...]

So anyway, Mark Seifert posted those Detective Comics #27 production pages earlier today, and I was taken aback by just how much more defined they were than the published art So I found the comparative pages, pages 2 to 5 from the comic, to compare them all against… So anyway, Mark Seifert posted those[...]

In comics Wonder Woman fights for justice on a global scale and has a mission of peace Here, she's reduced to a street level vigilante and fighting crime in concert with the LA police This small scope combined with an unclear mission makes it hard to understand what this [...]

The DC blog warns of spoilers. But the blackboard on the last page of Time Masters Vanishing Point #6 seems to set up much of Flashpoint has already had

I have no idea how that is meant to work, there's no sign of excessive nonlinear storytelling, but there you go. Gail has evolved a style of writing company comics that feels very similar to that of Peter David The injoke used to both flatter and titillate the reader, we start this issue inside the DCU[...]

Spotted outside Phoenix Comics in Alberta, Canada Possible the greatest private parking enforcement notice in the world. Via FailBlog Spotted outside Phoenix Comics in Alberta, Canada Possible the greatest private parking enforcement notice in the world. Via FailBlog Spotted outside Phoenix Comics in Alberta, Canada Possible the greatest private parking enforcement notice in the world. Via FailBlog [...]

Now these Point One comics are weird retailers and fans seem bemused as to how they fit in with their regular reading, but it seems that these could be treated as perennial, comics that address the current status quo of the character, or at least the status quo that the books will eventually return to. And[...]

But no one read it, so I'm safe. This week, we have Azrael #17 from DC Comics The book is cancelled in a few issues, so basically the creators David Hine and Cliff Richards can go for broke And it's not like this is reaching for the book, hell it's about a religious cult, haunted armor,[...]

And here it is folks, The comic that bowled the guys at A Comic Shop over so much that owner Aaron said he preferred it to the original Garth Ennis/Jacen

I've seen Iron Man pizzas. I've seen Krypton-themed weddings. But a Joker-out=of-Dark Knight Returns wedding cake? That's a new one. I do hope the bride

Aaron and Tri-Force Mike from A Comic Shop in Florida return to take us, hand in hand, through this week's new comic books in their very hand! And they

It's weird that I was told DC were considering the same title at one point for one of their new comics – though I bet they're pulling back from that now. It's a good title I had it in the hopper for years before 1987 when we first published a Mysterymen story. Do you know of Universal's[...]

Looks like Amazon may have over ordered a few of these for Christmas and are now punting them out. The first Brightest Day hardcover, published in