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Archie Comics is jumping into the lucrative field of Young Adult novels this summer They are kicking it off with Diary Of A Girl Next Door: Betty written by Tania del Rio. The story follows Riverdale High freshman Betty Cooper, her time with her best friend Veronica, her crush on Archie and other high school dramas[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has sent us a first look at pages from Battlestar Galactica: Six #1  by JT Krul and Igor Vitorino. Covers are by Jenny Frison,

ComiXology carry a number of sexually explicit comic books such as Black Kiss and Sex from Image Comics They are not available through Apple's iOS but can be purchased through the digital distributor's main site But not all books are so lucky. Dale Lazarov, gay erotic comics writer/editor, writes, Hello, bleeders! Here's an illustrated version of an[...]

By Rich Douek I write comics I also write ads for one of the largest agencies in the world – so it wasn't a huge surprise when Joe Mulvey called me to get my take on advertising and comics, for his article on Bleeding Cool last week. It was even less of a surprise taking into[...]

Paul Pope's 1999 Escapo is getting new life from Z2 Comics. Gritty, poetic and fast-paced, ESCAPO follows the adventures of a circus escape artist who struggles to evade Death itself – and the equally powerful grip of unrequited love. This time the book will be published in full-color (by Shay Plummer) and include 50+ pages of bonus content[...]

Here it is folks. From Amazon UK, the first volume of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's Zenith for October. Looks like publishers Rebellion are happy to

But how best to tell it? I have been reading comics since I was eight years old My grandmother gave me an Archie and I was hooked By twelve I had graduated to the X-Men and I was in love The stories in the comic books I read were a perfect allegory for the world around[...]

A recent post on complaints over quality of the paper and printing production methods on Marvel's Infinity hardcover have seem to spread since publication. One retailer sent in a look at how new Marvel comics are looking to him, from his shipment of Black Widow #1. But Kris Shaw must take the biscuit for his coverage of[...]

I do like Gosh Comics of London And Gosh Comics like comics Lots of them And in March they have a lot to show for it, announcing British Comics Month Let's have a look at what they, and others, have planned for the month of March… Now until March 9th – Alone Forever, An Exhibition By[...]

Valiant has sent over a couple advanced looks at the books they are shipping next week. Always nice when you have to figure out your comic shop budget

In an email sent out by Chris Staros, Top Shelf Productions is going to be offering up a line of graphic novels DRM-Free on their website. If you are not

How will that affect digital comics? Well, digital comic distributors are exceedingly stingy about information regarding sales numbers So the only way you can tell what's what is when a company goes under. Such as Diamond Digital, the digital comic distribution line from Diamond Comic Distributors which exclusively distributed digital comics through comic book stores, as a[...]

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The massive two floors of show space were impressive, however, for someone of my comics and pop culture ilk, the events held by companies and a fairly specific area of the show floor were much more relevant than otherwise vast spaces committed to new cuddly toys or puzzles and games, or even sports equipment Video[...]

Baker are incomplete with the Crawford Funeral Homes assisting the Baker family. Bill Baker had been writing about comics for a decade and a half, including Icons: The DC Comics And WildStorm Art of Jim Lee and books including interviews with Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, George Perez, Michael Abon Oeming , and many more, available here. Those[...]