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Looks like the Marvel Tsunami next week has got a little competition. Here's a preview of Archie #617 by Stephen Oswald, Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Al

The classic stereotype is of the bullied schoolboy turning to such comics to inspire him to acts of revenge, if only in their mind "I'll show him", the boy thinks, "little does he know I am a mutant/alien/playboy billionaire, and one day, he'll know and then he'll be sorry" So Superior makes that moment reality[...]

I have in my hands the final copy of Buffy Season Eight, issue 40, courtesy of Orbital Comics This is how the season ends, not with a bang (that was issue 34) but with a whimper And a whine And a moan And a groan You know that oft-promised comic book lie "this story will[...]

SCARCE is a French magazine, running quarterly since 1983 focusing on American comics, available through subcriptions (7€ per issue, 25€ for 4 issues, shipped worldwide). Xavier Lancel is the current editor-in-chief and he will be providing Bleeding Cool with a look at[...]

Until that day, read on. Win This iPad Customized with an original Jim Lee Batman sketch! Sign up for a DC Digital Comics account with comiXology to enter the sweepstakes. MTV Geek Talks 'Green Hornet Year One' With Matt Wagner I'm something or an "originalist" in that I really dig the initial "Golden Age" phase of superheroes and pulp[...]

Diamond Comics Distribution do not seem to have distributed the second issue of Halcyon, the debut Collider Entertainment title for Image Comics, in the UK. And they have now informed retailers that there will be no copies coming Just as issue 3 is about to ship. And what's odder, co-creator Marc Guggenheim and published Image Comics hadn't[...]

Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool broke the story that a blogger who had made a number of incendiary comments in the immediate light of the Arizona shootings, specifically "one down, 534 to go", was the owner and founder of Arlington-based online comics supplier Heavy Ink. Naturally, those comments got a lot of play across the net,[...]

Okay, they missed a week because they were off playing with the snow or something, I don't know, but Aaron and Tri Force Mike of A Comic Shop in Florida were back on the video again this week, looking through tomorrow's comics in their dirty dirty hands. And they found lots to love, from the continued[...]

That it may affect more titles than their usual crossover might, including Blackest Night. So what will we get? Inaction Comics? Jonah Hex And The Outsiders? Batman And Robin Hood? Well, no, I just made those up But I might be right Let's look forward to finding out together… I understand from one British source that Flashpoint,[...]

He seems to take a gratifyingly professional view of comics, unencumbered by ego. Alonso also has one of the best track records in the business His past titles include Preacher, 100 Bullets, New X-Men and the Max version of Punisher, plus two of my personal favourites, Milligan and Biukovic's Human Target and the Spider-Man anthology Tangled[...]

DC Universe Online game has only been published, but already some people are selling second hand copies on eBay. And for Playstation 3 users not used to

When Richard Piers Rayner was announced as the artist on a three issue arc on IDW's new Doctor Who series featuring the likeness of Matt Smith, a few

Converse has been running DC branded footwear for the last few months, this new line seems to be a little more classic-facing in its approach, eschewing

SCARCE is a French magazine, running quarterly since 1983 focusing on American comics, available through subcriptions (7€ per issue, 25€ for 4 issues, shipped worldwide). Xavier Lancel is the current editor-in-chief and he will be providing Bleeding Cool with a look at the 38th festival[...]

Okay, this could be fun. And funny. The Batman Live! stage show is holding an open audition for its lead roles, those of Batman, Robin, Catwoman, The

Until that day, read on. GUEST INFORMANT: Paul Duffield The problem is, film (including animation) and comics are very different creatures, but I'm of the opinion that they are too freely associated with each other academically and creatively. The Thrill Electric- Coming soon! We are writing a ten part motion comic series set in the fast paced world of[...]

Sequel To Wednesday Comics Coming 14 Marvel Tsunami Due January 26th 15 Another Mark Zuckerburg/Facebook Film Coming 16 Captain America In Action 17 One More Thor From Roger Langridge And Chris Samnee 18 Diamond Secret Shoppers Out In Force 19 Police Tell Phoenix Jones To Stop After Broken Nose 20 Sunday Runaround – So Who Wants To Work On Avengers? …And Ten You[...]

This is the cover to the new ongoing Thor series by Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel, The Mighty Thor. Coipel is returning to the book in April for the

The next issue of Jon Layman and Rob Guillory's hit comic Chew will be a couple of weeks late. And here, courtesy of Rob, is the best reason in the world

So, yes, this is the comic book I spend the Christmas holidays writing. A biographical comic book telling the lives of Prince William and Kate Middleton

We hope we can provide a platform for this." International giants like Marvel (which already has a presence in India) and DC are expected to showcase their latest products alongside a clutch of local comics publishers like Vimanika, Level 10 and Campfire – all recent entrants to the Indian market The more serious readers can look[...]

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Thank you Joe.

In less than two weeks, the biggest comic book convention in the world begins, Angoulême in France. During the four day festival, Virtual Graphics will launch, publishing comics from the two-year-old German webcomics site Zampano, with all strips now running in German, English and French, including work by  David Boller (Kaos Moon, Witchblade, Spider-Man, Elfquest),[...]

Especially when Dark Horse have licensed the Flash Gordon comics to reprint, while Checker BPG still has copies of the same material available in the market. So that's currently six potential Flash Gordon publishers Any more for any more? Last year, Bleeding Cool reported how both Ardden Entertainment and Dynamite Entertainment were both publsihing Flash Gordon[...]

Here you can see him standing, Stark Expo-like, next to his father as the assembled throng chanted "Why was he born so beautiful, why was he born at all"? I made my excuses and left to catch the last tube home,just as the women arrived, wearing moustaches… IndiaWatch: Comics go medical; If the interactive voice recording system on[...]

1983. Color by Olyoptics. As pretty much everybody hereabouts knows by now, Marvel Comics is reissuing my run on Thor from the 80s in an Omnibus volume, with new coloring by Steve Oliff and his crew. Marvel has been kind enough to let me see some of the pages and post this one[...]

SexWatch: ABC News covers the Comics Stripped exhibition at New York's Museum Of Sex And the illustration on the wall doesn;t seem to approve of Craig Yoe's middle age crisis haircut 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[...]

There's a lot of prejudice against American-Canadians in comics, it's good to see Marvel taking a stand here Indeed, it's possible that Arune may be the most powerful American-Canadian in comics right now. Would all Marvel employees please email me, so I can check the signature on your emails and work out who has been promoted[...]

Marvel's blimey-that-seems-similar-to-Flashpoint crossover series is due to kick, off with Age Of X Alpha #1 on January 26th, So does the mega-mainstream promoted bagged death issue Fantastic Four #587 (and second prints of #583, #584, #585, #586) X-Men #7 ( all 9 covers) and a promotion Marvel Party event in many stores to help push the book. The[...]

Wednesday Comics from DC was one of those breaths of fresh air in mainstream comics An experimentation with the medium itself A series of one-massively-over-sized-page strips on newsprint, sequential over twelve issues Some worked better than others but overall it was an astounding and very welcome project. And the original issues are so much better than[...]