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Swipe File: Strutting Rorschach
On the left is the new Rorscach statue from DC Comics as part of their Before Watchmen line And on the right is Leonardo Di Caprio, taken during the making of the movie Inception And named "Strutting Leo". The pose that has repurposed and reused for comic effect repeatedly, thus;   Could Strutting Rorschach be[...]
Retailers! Get Drunk On Valiant!
Retailers at the ComicsPRO meet in Dallas this weekend are getting all sorts of cool swag And some of them, specifically the ComicsPro variant edition of Artifacts #13 and Witchblade #151 are already on eBay Which is fast But the Bloodshot glasses from Valiant are not yet They're probably still filled by peach schnappes in[...]
The Day That Marvel Put A Bullet In The Head Of Artists' Alley
As a result of the Ghost Rider case between co-creator Gary Friedrich and Marvel Comics – a case that Gary is still appealing –  Marvel has demanded that he pay them $15,000 This is the money Gary has raised over several years, selling Ghost Rider prints at shows such as San Diego Comic Con. The implications[...]
Diamond Launches New Digital Comics Reader For Apple And Android
At the ComicsPRO event in Dallas today, where comic book retailers meet publishers and each other for networking purposes, Diamond Comic Distributor has announced they are launching their Digital Comics Reader with iVerse. The team up was announced some while ago, but news on Diamond's digital programme had been a little light of late. The App will[...]
Not-Quite-A-Preview: The Manhattan Projects #1 By Hickman And Pitarra
The Manhattan Projects in March is the latest Jonathan Hickman project for Image Comics And today, exclusively for Bleeding Cool, he gives you an insight into everything he wants you to know about the comic before picking it up.      Surprise! The last chance retailers have to order copies of this comic and be guaranteed to get[...]
Friday Runaround: The Best Proposal Since Sandman
And, it is creator-owned to boot, almost certainly making Robert Kirkman the best compensated writer in American comics today. ICv2 – 'New 52' Appealed to Avid Fans & Lapsed Readers One counter-intuitive fact that Rood noted to ICv2 was the fact that 48% of those digital buyers who responded were over 35, while only 35% of those[...]
Marvel To Launch Point Two In October
Marvel will be publishing another Point One anthology of short stories in October. Whether it's Point One #2 or Point Two, I don't know. Whether Marvel
Thursday Trending Topics: The Big Tomorrow
Chinese DDOS, Anonymous hack, David Hyde at DC Comics gaining the powers of a dark wizard, it could be anything Expect a lot of nacked up articles to run through Friday, including one mega comic industry story that could rip a small wormhole in the internet at 6am PT/9am ET/2pm GMT, but this one seemed[...]
Dynamite Comics Pro Variants Available This Weekend
It's time for the big ComicsPro meet in Dallas this weekend And publishers will be giving away free swag to retailers that attend This includes Dynamite, with special Comics Pro variant issues of three of their comics, one published, two not yet, and extra copies of the rarer Warriors Of Mars #1 cover. Who can be[...]
That George Perez Mechanical Pencil
George Perez has something cool to show us. He writes; A company called Stylus Fine Pens+ in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada asked me to produce a piece of art