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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[...]

Last year, it was announced that Dynamite had the won the Gold Key licence, to publish comics characters from the sixties, most recently published by Dark Horse, but best known for being published by Valiant Entertainment/Acclaim in the nineties. The new Valiant Entertainment didn't acquire the Gold Key licenses, but most people still associate the characters[...]

She's unaware of Barry's strong feelings for her. Iris West and her father, both adoptive and real (from the 30th century) in the comics, were white. Which means, while it is likely that Barry Allen will be white, with those surnames, when Wally West, Iris' nephew, Kid Flash and eventual inheritor of the Flash name turns up,[...]

I wish I had at any point in my life had such a cake. CINEMATIC VISION Kevin Maguire puts the Marvel Studio actors to work. Y: THE LAST RIGHTS The film rights to Y The Last Man could be reverting… Brian Vaughn tells CBR, It's my understanding that the rights to "Y: The Last Man" will revert back to[...]

It's A Draw will be releasing new episodes on Youtube and the Frederator Network on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but it's Tuesdays that will capture the interest of comics folk particularly, since Natalie Kim will be sitting down with comic artists to talk and draw with them, and who knows what craziness might ensue? In Natalie Kim's[...]

USA Today covered news from Valiant as one of its characters is going to die. The three part story arc Death Of A Renegade by Joshua Dysart and Clayton

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran a story about many complaints from customers of MailOrderComics.com and their fears that their orders, often hundreds of dollars each, we're not going to be fulfilled and that the company was going out of business. We were able to ascertain that there was a plan of action from another company to[...]

We also take a look at Image comics in light of the recent discussions about diversity at Image Expo 2014. DC COMICS After a record breaking October, DC dropped like a stone across the board In November 2013, DC put out 73 new comics featuring 656 credited creators, 579 men and 77 women Here are their stats: While[...]

This is what he saw, and how it turned out… And no, this isn't the usual shite where people say GAMES will replace comics That argument was crap and made about as much sense as CHEESE replacing comics, the two things being totally different No, this is for real And take it from the politics buff[...]

Trolls", the new series Black Shuck is coming in July and will be the first time the prolific comics team of Leah Moore and John Reppion will appear in the pages of 2000AD 2000AD allowing for this mythological angle was a good way to get the duo to come on board though, given their passion[...]

MailOrderComics.com is a popular online comic book seller, which, as the name suggests, specializes in sending comics by mail order to those who want them Whether back issues or regular standing orders, it has a good reputation. Or at least it had. The website is currently showing most stock as unavailable, people haven't been receiving their orders[...]

You never know who she will find unworthy of life… The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne: The Library In The Body begins today in Dark Horse Presents. Oh, and if I didn't mention it, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne is written by me and drawn by Simon Rohrmuller. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London[...]

Has comics' most sacrosanct suspension of belief been shattered? After all in the new Batman… …the secret identity of Bruce Wayne can be maintained even when the Commissioner is talking about Bruce Wayne by taking his glasses off A kind of anti-Superman paradigm there Whereas over on Mighty Avengers… Okay, even if you hadn't been spoiled on[...]

We'll destroy those little girl's minds, reference by reference. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London This week hosting an art battle between Savage Pencil and Chris Long, commencing this evening.. Battle of the Eyes (Savage Pencil & Chris Long) will be in residence from Wednesday evening, and throughout the day from Thursday to Sunday The Orbital Gallery[...]

And so it continues…       However, the comic version does take a different twist, and in more in line with George Romero's treatment of zombies sometimes taking on aspects of their previous lives to alter their behaviour… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London This week hosting an art battle between Savage Pencil and Chris Long, commencing this evening.. Battle[...]