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Scam Of The Year – The 14th Annual Rumour Awards
Nevertheless both still announced personal bankruptcy later in the year. Thankfully MailOrderComics.com avoided similar issues by having their unfulfilled orders taken on by DCBS. Michael Pearson has gone to ground after his scam was exposed by Bleeding Cool, in which he recruited artists with fake promises (and paperwork) that he had signed a deal with Dark Horse Comics[...]
Visual Of The Year – The 14th Annual Rumour Awards
Visual Of The Year It's comics You can be guaranteed there's a lot of look at So what were the visuals of 2014 in the comics industry that have been burnt into our collective retinas? The Powerpuff Girls #6 proposed cover by Mimi Yoon for IDW caught the ire of retailer Dennis Barger and saw IDW withdraw[...]
First Look Inside King: The Phantom #1
Here we have some interior pages from the upcoming King Features Crossover series from Dynamite, King: The Phantom. The book is being written by Brian
Bleeding Cool's 31 Best Interviews Of 2014
For me, interviews are a big part of what I look back on when I consider my experiences in comics at the end of the year Whether taken from phone discussions, live at conventions, or via e-mail, interviews are how I've gained my greatest insights into the medium, and they've been a continual education for[...]
How To Be An Unofficial Free Comic Book Day Retailer
To qualify as a Free Comic Book Day Participating store, you must operate a storefront business and order a 25 each minimum of the Gold books. Alone that will cost a retailer a minimum of $81.75 plus shipping, for three hundred comics That's the bare minimum, most retailers will order thousands, tens of thousands of comics and spend the equivalent. In[...]
Bleeding Cool's Best Comic Panels of 2014
This is certainly a Bleeding Cool tradition worth upholding, bringing together the chosen best comics panels of the year from our site writers From the just plain bizarre to the hilarious and emotive, this year had it all and some of the finest creators working in the medium really shine even brighter when you take[...]
Previews Holds The Line At $3.99
Currently Previews, the monthly catalogue for comic books distributed through Diamond Comic Distributors to comic stores sells for $4.50. Then you have to
Bleeding Cool's 11 Best Comics Of 2014
It's no exaggeration to say that this has been an extreme year for the number of new and innovative comic series reaching readers from a wide range of publishers and platforms, with plenty of rookie creators making a splash and an equal number of comics greats managing to surprise us and generate further acclaim After[...]
From Snowmen To Cavemen (X-O Spoilers)
But, thanks to the layout and design, a three dimensional scene seen in isometric two dimensional perspective, he is also sitting on the top of the swings in the middle of the playground, the focus of the page, seen by everyone, in the most prominent place he can be. I just thought it was a really[...]
When Joe Quesada Didn't Follow Grant Morrison's Marvelman's Script
Do you think it will work? Probably not… man, that's a powerful page. And if you are grossed out by what follows… …then you should probably stay away from Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's East Of West, also out today… Cheers! Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, currently planning a release even for the twelve year old comic book creator,[...]