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The movie's been doing very well, I think, whenever we've screened it to normal people." FlipFlopWatch: Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, the man behind the Tokyo law to restrict the sale of explicit sexual comics to people under 18 has had his own words from 1975 thrown back at him In his book "Shinjitsu no[...]

It does feel a bit like this was the comic book that J Scott Campbell was born to... draw trashy exploitative pinup pictures on the cover for. Although I

It is a comic about duty, about personal responsibility, about one man making a difference and inspiring others. It's not exactly a communist comic book really. And in the two-part Batman Inc story written by David Hine, appearing in Detective Comics Annual and next week's Batman Annual, we met the new French Batman, Night Runner, who happens[...]

UPDATE: When we posted this piece earlier today, Diamond had plenty of copies in stock for retailers to order. An hour later they had none. Seriously,

Design agency BERG is to collaborate with Warren Ellis and D'Israeli on a new graphic novella, called SVK. Ellis has described the new project as "Franz

Would be nice if there was section on the Image Forum, a single place for updates on late books, or books on hold, it would help a LOT." We're actually in the process of re-designing and upgrading our site, and that's something we plan to address. is echoed by another user die-yng who asks "As[...]

And that it's Iron Man based, with contributions from the likes of Matt Fraction, Brian Bendis, Christos Gage and more. Well, at the Singapore Toys, Games and Comics Convention, Matt Fraction gave a date for the announcement for his next big thing from Marvel. April Depending on whether you follow the international Dateline, a big announcement[...]

Here's a rule. If compiling a Top 100 Power List or whatever, get the participants' names right. Especially if it's the number one person. Okay, they get

Nick Spencer was announced as joining Supergirl as writer on issue 60 with the enormously talented Bernard Chang. But bried in the DC Source post about

From Infinite Vacation by Nick Spencer and Christian Ward, out this week. From Hope Falls by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood, out in 2008. In Swipe File we

Yeah, yeah, you know Bleeding Cool likes The Boys. Which is why we seem to get things like the cover to The Boys #52 hot off the colourists... aren;t you

It does appear that, thanks to V For Vendetta, the Guy Fawkes imagery and V logo is becoming a true symbol for the 21st century. This was a scene outside

You know what you really need when it all kicks off in the pub over whether or not you looked at someone else's partner? A handy glass, to break in half

I've never had the privilege of meeting him, and I'm a huge fan and will continue to be a huge fan; I don't care if he is a huge dick, I'll still buy his comics I will say, some great artists are nice people: Erik Larsen and Todd McFarlane are both[...]

A marriage ceremony with two Superfans, Beth Reed and JC Vallacqua, recreating the look of a Kryptonian Wedding, as seen in the Superman comic book. So we need a stage with lots of crystal-like tubes and stuff for the "Jewel of Truth and Honor" where Jor-El and Lara were married, crossed with the Fortress Of Solitude. A[...]

Bleeding Cool has already pointed out the effect that Hastings carrying exclusive cover variants can have on the market - even when they are still

The latest Action Comics Annual, exploring the early adult life of Lex Luthor has been a critical hit, both writing and art But does artist Marco Rudy owe a little inspiration to Gabriel Ba on Casanova? Here's the hardcover cover to Casanova and two pages from Action Comics Annual Don't simply dismiss the glass of wine,[...]

DeviantART, an artist-centric social networking site used by numerous comic book artists has warned its members of a 3rd party service provider breach

Kev F Sutherland is a comics writer and artist for The Beano comic in the UK He also ran the annual British comic convention in Bristol for years, when the UKCAC folded And he's also a successful stand up comedian But it's his new act that has brought him fame and (some) success, as the[...]

By Mayank Khurana, India comics correspondent for Bleeding Cool Mumbai Convention Watch: I understand an American wrestler from the famed WWF may be coming to India to launch his comics in the mumbai comicon.  The talks are on !! I also understand that an editor of a youth magazine in india is also planning to[...]

JapanWatch1: The Tokyo Comics Code, restricting certain sexual material in comics to under-18s, has passed into  legislation, and will come into effect in April for self regulation, and July for state restrictions. JapanWatch2: A number of Japanese digital publishers, including the Digital Comic Association, are condeming Apple for continuing to approve Apps from China that pirate[...]

David Lloyd has created a final page of V For Vendetta, drawn for an auction to benefit the family of Staff Sergeant Tom Rabjohnm who died last year in

It's a little battered and bruised. And it looks like someone's scribbled on it. But this chair, if you can call it that, is where Frank Miller drew Sin

The film based on Cully Hamner and Warren Ellis's Red is up for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical while the tv show based on Tony Moore and Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead has been nominated for Best Television Series – Drama. No productions based on comics received nominations last year, though Neil Gaiman's Coraline was[...]

Okay, okay, not Spider-Man per se. But Marvel licensee NBTY, Inc for making deceptive claims about the amount of DHA – an Omega-3 fatty acid – used in

It was published two years ago by the South African Sunday Times. A cartoon, by legendary South African satirist Zapiro, of President Zuma preparing to

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you how ten of the biggest Japanese publishers had withdrawn from the government sponsored Tokyo Anime Fair after the city's

Garth Ennis' latest someone-with-a-gun comic, naturally with Tim Bradstreet on covers. And her name? Jennifer Blood. From Dynamite too, do you really need

While other site are running previews of the first few pages of comics, we're showing you middles! Five from Image's Infinite Vacation out this week (UPDATE – And the first 5 too!) So will stores, on a high of Image #1 sellouts and with Nick Spencer's track record on Morning Glories have ordered heavy on this…[...]

Black Widow. Magneto. Hawkeye. Magneto. X-Men. Avengers Academy. Thing. Thor. Spider-Woman. So Bendis, Fraction, Gage and Hickman on Marvel's big