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The week that Diamond Comic Distributors closed its doors to new comics and stopped shipping out new product, was the week that Marcel Comics was due to debut its first Empyre comic books Empyre: Fantastic Four #0 and Empyre: Avengers #0 are currently being held at Diamond Comic Distributors warehouses and Marvel did not publish[...]

The CW's upcoming Arrowverse series Superman & Lois has cast Erik Valdez (Graceland) in the series regular role of Kyle Cushing, husband of Lana

In the newest teasers for The CW and The DC Universe's Stargirl, we get a look at the JSA headquarters while Courtney takes flight.

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran an article about the word we had received from comic book creators at DC Comics Who were telling me that planned work had been put on hold for them Checking back, that doesn't seem to have changed It just sees DC join Marvel, IDW, Valiant, Oni, Dark Horse and more, as[...]

The CW's upcoming Superman & Lois has found Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) a childhood friend, with Emmanuelle Chriqui (The Passage) cast as Lana Lang.

The CW and DC Universe live-action Stargirl is set to debut next month, when Brec Bassinger's Courtney Whitmore begins her journey as a superhero.

Golden Apple Comics of Los Angeles is one of many comic stores making their way during shutdown As well as website store orders and eBay listings they also have mystery boxes. "I have a store full of great reads and we are hand packing a USPS medium flat rate box for you and shipping it to[...]

Two weeks ago Diamond closed its doors to new comics as part of the current global situation They also made redundancies Last week, Diamond told publishers that they would cease payment for product received This happened while Diamond simultaneously demanded payments from retailers, many of whom have also closed Bleeding Cool hears about publishers that[...]

Grant is a comic book artist known for his work on 2000AD, Doctor Who, Penguins Of Madagascar and his own Dwayne Hickenbottom comics and novels Eva helps run his comic con tables, and both present a very entertaining united front However, right now, they are not as united as they might like Eva was in[...]

MyComicShop is one of the largest online comic book stores in the world But it is not just bricks and mortar stores that have been closing with the current situation MyComicShop has announced that it too will be suspending all new orders, as a result of shutdown orders in the state of Texas. MyComicShop.com has closed Their[...]

Once & Future, from Boom Studios, was compiled and has enough packed between its pages to attract any history buff or mythology aficionado.

One interpreted to criticise attempts by ComicsHub to 'save' the comics industry, in terms of retailer, publisher and distributor. AWA perspective: If we continue to define our collective enterprise as comic book publishing, we are all but sure to fail in the long run. — AWA Studios (@AWA_Studios) April 3, 2020 Defining our art and craft as book[...]

At the conclusion of the original Dark Nights: Metal series by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, The Batman Who Laughs lost his fingers. The Joker chopped

At the time Marvel Comics began printing at Ronald's Printing in Canada before DC made the same decision. "DC decided that higher-quality printing (from 65dpi to 120 dpi) was possible, given that sales of the New Teen Titans were doing well in 1980-81 Bob Spivak, the representative from Ronald's Printing convinced them that they could achieve[...]

Paul Wesley directed the episode written by Daphne Miles. The CW The CW's Batwoman stars Ruby Rose as Kate Kane aka Batwoman, Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane, Rachel Skarsten as Alice, Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore, Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton, Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox, and Elizabeth Anweis as Catherine Hamilton-Kane. The CW Based on the characters from[...]

Jean Grey's Phoenix costume is one of the most easily-recognizable in comics, but it almost looked a lot different Marvel executive Tom Brevoort has been passing the time amidst the industry shutdown by posting ancient Marvel artwork on Twitter His latest tweet shows off early Dave Cockrum design concepts for Jean's Phoenix costume, some of[...]

Melissa Benoist directed the episode with story by Lindsay Sturman and teleplay by Katie Rose Rogers & Brooke Pohl. The CW Based on characters from DC Comics created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Supergirl stems from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Riverdale), Sarah Schechter (Arrow,[...]

At this time, DC Comics has decided to donate a quarter of a million dollars to the foundation The money has been earmarked to provide support for comic book retailers and their employees during this time of hardship and beyond It is also ten times the similar $25,000 direct donation to 100 comic book stores[...]

Scott Lobdell has written and drawn a new X-Men comic for the Quarancomics Instagram feed One of a number intent on supplying new comic books for those in isolation during the current situation While better known for writing Happy Death Day, Lobdell wrote X-Men comics in the nineties during its most popular and best-selling run[...]

In the most recent Diamond Previews (suddenly available free), DC Comics listed all their planned comics for June This included a number of variant covers for comic books lined to the Wonder Woman 1984 movie As well as direct market comic books being delayed, that movie has also been rescheduled As a result, DC Comics is[...]

When last time we checked in with The Boys executive producer Eric Kripke, he was hard at work (from a healthy distance) editing the second season of

Around about an hour ago, a number of Marvel Comics creators received e-mails from editorial asking them to cease work on the comic book projects they were currently working on. Bleeding Cool understands that this isn't being announced as a cancellation of projects, but is being sold into creators as a pause Many other comic book[...]

Currently, the big comics distributor is shut down, as are printers and many comic book stores ComicHub's plan was to roll out a system that would have allowed people to buy their print comics from their store now Even though they were yet to be printed or distributed. With the ComicHub app, comic store customers would[...]

All previously scheduled Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL titles continue to be released digitally on their original on-sale dates. Manga publishers, Kodansha Comics and Yen Press Manga moves for Kodansha President and CEO Alvin Lu stated the following "We're very, very lucky to be working with incredibly resilient and resourceful retail partners and our fantastic distribution partner at Penguin[...]

One that will be denied customers for some time to come. Diamond Previews UK catalogue for April 2020 And you can read the DC, Marvel and Image Comics specific section with the PreviewsWorld App Diamond UK tells comic book retailers that "the print copies of April 2020 along with the retailer packs including the order forms are[...]

Diamond UK has been talking to British comic books about money owed tp the distributor.

Now unless you've forgotten your "Comics 101,"  you know that even the greatest superhero needs help sometimes – and Stargirl's no different. We already know that Courtney's going to have a backing team of S.T.R.I.P.E., Doctor Mid-Nite, Hourman, and Wildcat – but what do we really know about them? In the following trailer "Sidekick," Courney finds[...]

"Riverdale" creator, writer, and executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is doing his part to help fans pass the time with a little fun speculation.

Strange Music Inc of Lee's Summit, Missouri, is opposing DC Comics' attempted trademark of the phrase 'Strange Adventures' DC has a new Strange Adventures TV series and also just published a revival of the comic book. Screenshot of Strange Music Inc from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfH_1YWo9g Bleeding Cool reported last year that DC Comics' decision to trademark Strange Adventures may[...]

In his thirties, he switched to comic books, published in Argentina, Spain, France, Belgium and Italy on boy's action-adventure comics of the time, inspired by Hugo Pratt He continued working regularly into his sixties, living in Spain He gained further recognition for work published in Heavy Metal and by Humanoids Juan Giménez designed the Harry[...]