Comics Archives

So, the most read story on Bleeding Cool this week, was the post about Milo Manara's variant cover for Spider-Woman #1, commissioned by Marvel Comics. One artist redrew the cover in order to show Milo Manara how it should be done Something another artist, Richard Pace, was incensed about. While Marvel executive Tom Brevoort gave a "you hire Milo Manara,[...]

What's more, for two issues in a row now, the gay teen hero is the saviour of the day…and he's pretty bad ass about it to boot. It's really great to see issues such as homophobia being tackled explicitly in the comics, whereas when Bunker was originally introduced we were told he had a blissful life[...]

By Alex Wilson Throughout the social media sphere you've probably seen your friends, relatives, and even a few notable celebrities take on the "ASL Ice Bucket challenge" to raise awareness and money to fight Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The comic book community has also taken note of this social media charity fad and one Arizona comic book shop[...]

Next week sees the launch of POP, Sundowners, Wayward, Hero Cats, Shinobi Ninja Princess, Face Value, Kang And Kodos, Bob's Burgers and Brainstorm. And next week? Well the first of the DC Comics Futures End #1 specials arrive Then we have the launches of Concrete Park, Grendel Vs Shadow, Names, God Hates Astronauts, Dark Tower…[...]

To go along with their 75th anniversary, Marvel comics is producing a series of videos looking at the history of their comics Here we get the 1960's and 1970's where the Marvel Age of comics began. [youtube]http://youtu.be/6_tisenUrew[/youtube] To go along with their 75th anniversary, Marvel comics is producing a series of videos looking at the history[...]

When we talked about how the living arrangements were going to change in the comic, and that those two were going to be roommates again, we thought, "We really have to do something with that." We knew from the get go this season that we were going to have an issue that was going to[...]

We've drawn your attention to several instances where Wizard World comic conventions have been ramping up the educational level of some of their programming to the point that it has attracted attention, and certainly provided a welcome place for fans to essentially soak up a great deal of knowledge about comics history and hear from[...]

Okay, this is when the story goes to a new level. We have covered Yale Stewart's confessions and apologies regarding sending intimate photos of himself to women who were not exactly appreciative of them. One aspect that has been mentioned is asking how Yale Stewart was able to create his Little League and JL8 webcomics, in prime[...]

Dynamite launched the Chaos Comics mini-series and from that spun out Chastity, Evil Ernie and of course Purgatori With the Final Order Cutoff (FOC) coming up, Dynamite is putting out 3 new covers for Purgatori #1 to try and get retailers to increase their orders Now retailer don't have to increase their orders on the[...]

Here are Midtown Comics' four interconnecting retailer exclusive covers for Death Of Wolverine #1-4, with art by J Scott Campbell and colours by Ula Mos. They feature a retrospective of Wolverine's past loves, going from bottom left corner, counter-clockwise: #1 Rose, #2 Silverfox, #3 Mariko, and #4 Jean Grey. Art is still in progress, but should be complete in[...]

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! Well, the[...]

Dynamite has sent us their Baltimore Comic Convention Exclusive cover for Bob's Burgers. The book will only be available at the Baltimore Comic Con

John Reppion, who has been all over the comic industry working with his wife Leah Moore on Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Alice in Wonderland is

The group meets every Wednesday on Google Hangout to discuss news, the latest comics, and the pick of the week Rest assured, this ain't your daddy's book club Unless your dad was in a book club that exclusively discussed comics, in which case your dad probably kicks ass. This week, we're discussing Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkE9wVEzVY[/youtube] It's the first episode of The Bleed, (and by[...]

Now IDW Publishing and Yoe Books have put together a collection of 38 of these short stories set to come out this November. Craig Yoe exclaims, "To put it short: Steve Ditko is 'Ditko hands' down the greatest living artist from main stream comics! His mastery is especially apparent in these amazing short stories where he's in,[...]