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Sunday Trending Topics: Here Comes Con Season
 And what was this thing I heard about a group of comic exhibitors getting kicked out of Emeril's restaurant after a confrontation with an actor? Someone should send Rich an email about that one. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: A New DC Comic From Azzarello And Bermejo Attending the largest comic book convention in the world, Angoulême in France,[...]
The Look Of Angoulême
A gallery of photographs taken in and around the 39th Angoulême Comic Art Festival, held this weekend in France. And a little taste shared with you,
Brooklyn Loves Digital Comics
The greatest concentration of people reading comics on the Nook is in Brookyln. Analysis welcome. Portland? No Seattle? No Manhattan? No San Diego? No The greatest concentration of people reading comics on the Nook is in Brookyln. Analysis welcome. Portland? No Seattle? No Manhattan? No San Diego? No The greatest concentration of people reading comics on the[...]
Frank Cho Puts Guns & Dinos On Ice
  Frank Cho has put his yet-to-be-released-and-frankly-rather-late Image Comics series on ice Guns & Dinos was to have been released late last year but… it wasn't He writes; Well, I saw this coming when my Marvel assignment and my non-comic project deadlines kicked into overdrive around Thanksgiving I'm postponing the release of "Guns & Dinos" until I[...]
Jim Woodring Wins Jury Prize At Angoulême – And Other Awards
But here are the full list of winners, as presented at Angoulême today, at the show's closing ceremony. (Pictured, French Minister of Culture and Communication Frederic Mitterand getting Art Spiegelman's attention.) The Prix Jeunesse, as previously reported for children's comics, went to Zombillénium Vol 2 by Arthur de Pins from Dupuis. Le Prix d'Angoulême de la BD scolaire,[...]
A New DC Comic From Azzarello And Bermejo
Attending the largest comic book convention in the world, Angoulême in France, Brian Azzarello told French website MDCU that he is working on a new book for DC comics with Lee Bermejo, who he collaborated with on the Joker and Lex Luthor original graphic novels. When asked if the lead character was a villain or a[...]
SCARCE At Angoulême – Standing Out In The Crowd
Xavier Lancel of SCARCE magazine, writes for Bleeding Cool; The Angouleme Festival is so big that have to remember that if you are indeed bringing many talented people at your booth, there is so many booths, so many different areas in the festival, that you're gonna have to publicize the thing no matter what, if you[...]
Sunday Runaround: Ultimate Animation, More Logo
The fools. DC's new logo: A fresh flag for company's revolution | | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com The logo was designed by Landor & Associates, whose client list includes FedEx, Volkswagen, Old Spice, Juicy Couture and, believe it or not, the U.S Department of Homeland Security.  Nicolas Aparicio,  the executive director at[...]
Saturday Trending Topics: Omnibus Ergonomics
 But quality across the board on these has generally gotten better from everybody, and I suspect it will continue to do so, because there's also this:  I'm a dedicated print consumer, but wresting with one of the 800 to 1000+ pagers as you're trying to relax on the couch can't help but leave you reaching[...]
Marvel Vs DC Omnibuses
Bleeding Cool reader Kris Shaw is a little ticked about the state of DC Comics Omnibus titles when compared to Marvel Omnibus equivalent And how sewn binding makes a big big difference in gutter disappearance and books laying flat So he decided to record the difference for YouTube And then told me about it. Now if[...]
Welcome… To Comics Tuesdays
The week after next, Marvel's new Earth Season One original graphic novels begin publication. But rather than being on sale on Wednesday as you might expect, one comics retailer tells me that they will be able to sell them from Tuesday, the day before, as and when they receive them. That's because Tuesday is the on-sale date[...]