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Chino is the first graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist David Collier and is an autobiographical account of his decision and experioence re-enlisting in the Canadian army and serving in Afghanistan. Chris Ware has been very kind about the book; "Chimo is an idiosyncratic, compelling and hilarious musing-in-comics that I couldn't put down Seemingly a quirky memoir[...]

Comics Stripped is a new exhibition in New York's Museum Of Sex, featuring sex in comics, curated by museum curator Sarah Forbes and Craig Yoe, author of Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster and Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings With 150 displays featuring work from 18 Tijuana Bibles of the Great Depression[...]

DC Comics have been running Flashpoint teasers on the Source blog that seem to indicate some kind of parallel world/universe/time altering affair A married Wonder Woman, a ringless Green Lantern, a playboy Batman, an absent Superman and a dissected Aquaman…? And is Woman's marriage to British royalty? Princess Diana? All sorts of fun speculation… [...]

"But I think everybody's confident that we're gonna see it." SRBissette.com – Coming Soon! New Bissette Book on Veitch's Brat Pack®! Here's an advance look at the front cover of the forthcoming book by yours truly, all about my longtime pal and peer Rick Veitch's classic graphic novel Brat Pack®—where it came from, how it came about,[...]

From the 19th to the 20th of August, the Imperial War Museum in London will be hosting the Comics And Conflicts Conference, aimed at comics scholars, professionals and fans. Conference speakers and guests will include: Pat Mills (Charley's War); Martin Barker and Roger Sabin talking about Doonesbury; Garth Ennis (Troubled Souls, War Stories); Jacques Tardi (It[...]

There's also no mention of Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf, also undergoing its own delays with Image Comics. The issue will also have the debut comic strip Battle of Dansroom from Ryan Schrodt and Des Taylor. The magazine has been delayed a month down to two strips, Kick Ass 2 and Rex Royd, but[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool. "if the world can turn into this, if we can turn around and find entire schools full of children gone, towns

Thanks to Amazon.ca for dropping this one early, it looks like Neal Adams will get a second DC Illustrated coffee table book from DC Comics showing a number of covers and short stories he's created for the company, at the end of the year.  It will follow the original DC Illustrated volume from 2009 and[...]

Here is the full Wonder Woman cosmetic line from MAC, courtesy of Bella Sugar. Expect to see it in stores from March. And some lovely Michael Allred art

From the Golden Apple signing for the release of Spawn #200 yesterday. Wonderfully aged, don't you think? Photo by Stephen Christy.

The central implausibility of Marvel comics and their offshoots was that superheroes could defeat gun-wielding villains by moving faster than speeding bullets or flinging sticky goo at them Guys: you can't, unarmed, get the better of chaps with guns No matter how impressive your Ninja helmet or your plastic six-pack. HoldTheLineWatch: Anecdotal evidence is that customers[...]

Most comics publishers use Diamond Book Distribution, at least in part, to distribute collections or original graphic novels into bookstores Borders are a very large national chain and right now, hold, or have sold, millions upon millions of dollars of just comic book publisher's stock, unpaid for, sale or return. Diamond are in talks with Borders[...]

In June 2007, under the title STATUEFORUM/ASPEN COMICS EXCLUSIVE: FAUX BRONZE KIANI STATUE, ten limited edition statues of the Mike Turner characer Kiani were solicited, to be hand painted and numbered by Aspen's Dan Cope This would be authorised by Turner's company, Aspen. They cost $750 plus shipping, with a $375 payment up front They quickly[...]

It's not so much about earning a living from comics, but… making comics and getting them out there This might include ashcans, webcomics and the like And this is what you might need; • an original or a photocopy of the credits page • a sample of the work • a screen capture • a printed out webpage, IMBD,[...]

The cancellation of the all ages title Thor: The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee was a crying shame. Possibly Marvel's best title let

Here you go folks, exclusively from Bleeding Cool (for now at least) the covers to Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood's Baker Street Irregulars series of graphic

Even when one of you is a vampire. And yes, "Grand Theft Narrative", I want that on a T-shirt. Comics from Orbital Comics of London, England. Of late Abnett and Lanning have specialised at Marvel in the cosmic books, carving out an entire sub imprint and generating an audience for their dark space opera seemingly from[...]

Today is the first day that comics are available in the UK on a Wednesday instead of a Thursday And, thanks to Orbital Comics, I've had a few to read this lunchtime There may be minor spoilers, but nothing major So let's look through today's package. First we have two Batbooks from Paul Cornell First up,[...]

ContractWatch: Phil Jiminez signs up exclusively to DC on Adventure Comics. ArchieWatch: Now it's Simon Cowell Vs J-LO/X-Factor Vs American Idol in Archie I thought this case was settled out of court… DonateWatch: Japanese children's homes have suddenly received a number of donations under the name of fictional comic book heroes Firstly Naoto Date from wrestling comics,[...]

This eBay entry went up yesterday; Quite apropos, as this Banksy piece, Save Or Delete Jungle Book, just went for £78,000 at Bonhams. Sadly the eBay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ1Omp97V-o&feature=player_embedded He may have had difficulty treating people as sentient, intelligent life. But that

Nick Spencer and Christian Ward's Infinite Vacation ships from Image Comics in the US and Canada tomorrow And it would ship in the UK tomorrow except that weather-based issues have delayed it a week at least In this universe that is However I'm managed to nab a copy from a parallel universe where there are[...]

The best selling comics character in an Italy is a cowboy named Tex Willer With 600 issues under his belt, over fifty years, each 120 pages long, that a lot of comics. But until now, every single issue apart from the 100th, 200th etc anniversary issues, has been in black and white. This year, publisher Bonelli Comics[...]

French comics magazine Zoo is publishing a free special edition for Angoulême And, because it's free, they're putting it online in advance too The cover is a Peanuts homage by Boulet. French comics magazine Zoo is publishing a free special edition for Angoulême And, because it's free, they're putting it online in advance too[...]

Self taught Korean artist Cheong-ah Hwang with a series of paper sculptures...

On Wednesday at 9pm on Investigation Discovery, The Will: Outrageous Final Wishes will have a segment on the last wishes of Mark Gruenwald, Marvel editor

Bleeding Cool has covered the activities of Seattle's lead real life superhero Phoenix Jones in detail before. Indeed, just last week I had a long

Bleeding Cool has previously reported on the closing of the distrubutor for French comics publisher L'Association as the company has reduced its line. Now it seems as if the reduced workforce, down from seven to four, have decided to go on strike as a result of the redundancies and the lack of communication between the owners[...]

Tomorrow is the first day where British and Irish comic shops shift New Comics Day from Thursday to Wednesday. Unfortunately a few books didn't make it across the pond, due to weather issues, with Image and Marvel feeling the brunt Included the much flaunted Spawn #200, Star Wars Knight Errant #4, BPRD Hell On Earth Gods[...]

Long and colorful. Alex Ross's ACTION COMICS #900 variant cover Alex Ross gives us a dynamic image for a variant cover to ACTION COMICS #900 What more needs to be said? Rich adds: A homage to Action Comics #1 there… hiow long has it been since Alex Ross did a cover for DC Comics? Are DC playing[...]