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Selling My Little Pony (Ish) At A Small Press DanCon
The year before, it was the Sound Waves comics But I didn't move a single one of any of them this time Zero Zilch Nada The big goose egg. What carried it? My Little Pony stuff. When I did KokomoCon last year, nothing at my table got as much interest as the Doctor Whooves fan comics I[...]
Orbiting Around Underground Comics – A Talk By Savage Pencil
By Chris Thompson Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. [audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/podpress_trac/web/10926/0/orbital-podcastsavagetalk.m4a] [*If this player doesn't work in your browser, check out the original post by Orbital here] They say: Welcome to another special episode of The Orbiting Pod! Back in January, we were very fortunate to have Savage Pencil (Edwin Pouncey) visit the store,[...]
Unsung Masterpieces:  Exploring Willworld with J.M. DeMatteis
DeMatteis, illustrated by the late, great Seth Fisher, colored by Christopher Chuckry, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. Willworld is a Green Lantern story published by DC Comics but that is where its similarities to mainstream superhero comics ends.  This is a decidedly unique kind of superhero story – one that probes the mystical undertones of life,[...]
Green Team And The Movement – Was It All A Poll?
Last year, DC Comics launched two series with a linked promotional campaign, The Movement and Green Team: Teen Trillionaires Linked to the Occupy campaign, the latter was intended to represent the 1%, the former the 99%. Both books have been cancelled, though The Movement has lasted a little longer with one or two comics yet to[...]
Jesse James And Desert Wind To Open New Las Vegas Store, Celestial Comics
Jesse James, familiar to a number of Bleeding Cool writers I'm sure, and retailer of Jesse James Comics in Glendale, Arizona, is opening a new store in Las Vegas. In a deal with another Las Vegas store, Desert Wind, Jesse James Celestial Comics will be a 2000 sq foot based in the Neonopolis Center at the[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 24th March 2014 – Standing Just Above Samuel Jackson's Hat
So… what have you been reading this week? Twenty Top Traffic Tales Of The Week Incredible – Watch The First Ten Minutes Of Captain America: The Winter Soldier Frank Cho's Naked She Hulk And Other Sketches From London Super Comic Con Disney And Pixar Announce The Incredibles 2 And Cars 3 Is This How They Are Bringing Back Damian? DC[...]
Shop Wars: Ultimate Comics Vs. Chapel Hill Comics
Last year we ran an article about Acme Comics and Ultimate Comics of North Carolina and their warring competition comic conventions Non-compete clauses, insulting cartoons, it got quite nasty. Well, it's 2014 And the war is back on This time between Ultimate Comics and neighboring Chapel Hill Comics. Chapel Hill announced a big sale on March 17th[...]
Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics
They say: Come one, come all, and hear the lovely/sordid/cray-cray tales spun by our talented storytellers! Hosted by the same folks who give you Pete's Mini Zine Fest, the very place where you can kick back a beer and read zines! Our lineup will be: Anoush Froundjian Andria Alefhi Lynn Bixenspan Mary Regan And our emcee, Morgan Pielli Sunday, March 30th Escape Pod[...]
Another Image Comics Creator Goes Boom
Such as Eric Stephenson's speech to Comics PRO that is still getting folk talking And a few of them ranting and raving. As Bleeding Cool has pointed out previously, Boom! Studios had a admirable run of original series in 2013, including back-issue barn burners like Polarity and Day Men and critically acclaimed series like Six-Gun Gorilla,[...]