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11th Annual Rumour Awards: Scoop Of The Year
They were ripped, still bleeding form the raw belly of the comics industry. There was the very existence of Watchmen 2, mocked at the beginning but later directly confirmed by Alan Moore. There were all those pre-San Diego announcements, from Uncanny X-Force, Ultimate Thor, Sarah Pichelli joining Ultimate Spider-Man, the end of Brand New Day on Amazing[...]
11th Annual Rumour Awards: Swipe Of The Year
But what were the real, uncontrovertable, get-out-the-lightbox examples this year? Casaonaova definitely inspired some design elements for Action Comics Annual… X-Men Legacy definitely took from WILDCATS… Then there are the swiped from real life, like Jamie Redknapp as Jack Of Fables Lisa Edelstein as Señora Piernas from X-Factor Jennifer Carpenter as Lois Lane Then there were plenty of commercial use[...]
11th Annual Rumour Awards: Firing Of The Year
As Wizard increased the amount of comics conventions they were running, they also shed staff, as both comvention organisers Jeff Serling and Spat Oktan went. And just before the end of the year, Dirk Deppey announced that he'd been dropped by Fantagraphics. But it would be DC that would make the firing headline thuis year,  as they[...]
Heavy Metal Launches Webcomic – Gates
They've started with five pages, will be publishing a new page every week, with purchase comics available in 2012 Here's a selection of videos and panels and stuff like that. Heavy Metal magazine and Hal Hefner are launching their first webcomic, Heavy Metal Presents: Gates It stars the tititular character Gates, in a sci-fi fantasy[...]
No More Mutants #7 by Andrew Wheeler – A Norse Is A Norse
I mentioned comics' black Captain America and the campaign to cast a black actor in the new Spider-Man movies, both of which were met with strong opposition, but a fresher example has since presented itself. In the forthcoming Thor movie, the character of the Norse god Heimdall is played by English actor Idris Elba This is[...]
The 2010 End-Of-Year Lying In The Gutters Special
Gay Robin Vs The Westboro Baptist Church – I know Comics Alliance got a huge wodge of traffic off this event too When the geek community of San Diego Comic Con stood up against the homophobic hate mongerers of Westboro A classic San Diego moment And I was in the thick of it! 3 Pictures From[...]
Bonfire – A New Ad Agency For The Comics Ethnic Demographic
Steve Rotterdam was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at DC Comics Then, one day, he was not. Ed Catto is best known as the man behind the revival of Captain Action in both comics and toys, as well as working for Reed for the New York Comic Con. Together, they fight crime. No, sorry, together they[...]
L'Immanquable – First French Comics Monthly Magazine In Ten Years?
Translated as "The Unmissable", L'Immanquable is a new French monthly comics magazine, the first new one since the children's comic magazine Tchô started ten years ago. But this is no kids book Dedictaed to the pre-publication and preview stages of comic books of all types, with major previews of upcoming titles A longform interview with[...]
Avatar Artist Turns To Christian Comics With Captain Salvation
Maybe a little of Avatar did rub off after all… Comics, music, T-Shirts and more can be bought here. Youth minister Curt Hawn has sold his technology company DTI Global, serving law firms in Atlanta to fund the publication of a new comic book, Captain Salvation. Co-written with Christian camp counsellor Joshua Carpenter the books are drawn[...]
Is 2011 The Year Of Warren Ellis?
David Lewis, Patrick Meaney (Our Sentence is Up), CBR's Chad Nevett, Ross Payton, Andy Richardson, legendary comics scholar Peter Sanderson, Caleb Stokes, Kevin Thurman, Cody Walker, and others. Then there's Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization by Kevin Thurman  This book examines Ellis's entire body of work for common themes,[...]
DC Comics Only This Week In The UK
Adverse weather conditions have led to severe delays for comics shipping this week in the UK The DC books came over from America early, but that was all Diamond Comics Distribution UK has shipped the DC books out early to stores, for sale on Thursday. It is expected that comics from Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW[...]
India Ink: Interview With Aabid Surti – Creator Of Bahadur
Mayank Khurana interviews Aabid Surti – Creator of Bahadur, the first Indian pulp hero for Bleeding Cool. What inspired you to create comics? Walt Disney! When I was a kid, around 8 years old (1943) when the Second World War was heading towards its climax, a mini train used to start from the docs of  Mumbai[...]
Could We Sell Comics In Grocery Stores? The Industry Discusses!
I'll hand this over to Christos Gage, Jamal Igle, David Gallaher and Geoff Johns on Twitter, as part of a wider discussion on the future of comics, in the light of falling print sales and an inconsistent digital solution; Johns: Grocery stores could be a gateway to comic shops It was for me Anything to get[...]
Who Wants To Work At Gosh! Comics?
Gosh! Comics of London is one of the best comic book shops in the world. It also has two of the other best comic shops in the world in near proximity, but that's by the by. Anyway, a rare job opportunity has come up there A full-time position in their books department for someone "hard-working and enthusiastic[...]
Secret Wars Game To Be Developed?
It was the ultimate heroes vs villains comic of the eighties and arguably laid the groundwork for all future major crossovers. Marvel Super-Heroes Secret
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Until that day, read on. Batman series creator tones down the violence For nearly 20 years David Finch has had blood on his hands: whether it be from deranged villains stabbing, choking or gutting their victims or a hero executing the same thing against said villains — Finch has drawn it all. But the release of Finch's latest[...]
Happy 88th Birthday, Stan Lee
And still rocked the house. There's a superstition that goes when Stan Lee stops working, so will comics… Don't Stop True Believing And vote for his Guardian Project now… At the grand age of 88, Stan Lee has comic projects in double figures from several publishers and is, reportedly, getting his hands dirty with most of them. At[...]
Ultimate Comics To Go Day And Date Digital With Death Of Spider-Man
Marvel have already announced that both Ultimate Comics Captain America and Ultimate Comics Thor will be day-and-date digital comics, made available digitally on the morning the comic sees print, ET time, and the day before the UK (although that's to change in a coupel of weeks.) Well it looks like all the Ultimate books will soon[...]
A Comic Shop – "A Romance Novel With Killing"
Aaron and Mike from A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida return with an end of year video. Looking at this week's comics including Batman: The Dark Knight and why it will always be late, the brilliance of Damien in Teen Titans, the lack of Green Lantern in Green Lantern and a Spctre without a goatee, Action[...]
Ten Comic Book Bargains In The Sales (UPDATE)
Here's a few comic book bargains seen in the wild in this season of sales… tell me your best spots – and buys – and we'll add them! The Babysitter Collection at Slave Labor Graphics for 83% off Moon Knight: God and Country at Comics N More in Canada for 95% off Locas II: Maggie, Hopey And Ray[...]
Preview: Rat Bastards By Kurtis J Weibe And Scott Kowalchuk From Image In March
You know those smaller, weirder titles from Image Comics that retailers don't order enough of and before you know it are suddenly on the retailer's back wall marked up to $25? Well, here's your new shiny shiny bright new hole in your comic book collection if you don't get your retailer to order it for March. Yes,[...]
Tuesday Runaround: Put A Pony On The Thing
After rereading 100% recently I think I may need to do a whole long post on "Paul Pope: Glasses Designer," and figure out how to make some of these styles a reality…or at least the ones for us non-monsters. NY State Rules on Comic Taxes — Taxing Analysis, From Comics to IUDs – WSJ.com For a comic[...]