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The Superhero With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
And, yes, has irritable bowel syndrome. But it's not just the south coast. "I saved a baby from a burning building… I stopped a car thief… I brought down a drugs rg… in a couple of years that's what I'd like to say I've done." Three weeks a superhero, Kieron, 17, of Billingham in [...]
Leading London Comic Con Organiser Pleads Guilty To Creating Indecent Images Of Children
Rob Barrow, one of the more prominent names in British comics fandom, responsible for early London comic book marts and conventions in the seventies and eighties, pleaded guilty to creating indecent images of young children in court last month. The BBC reported that around a million such images were discovered in Barrow's home in Plaistow, East[...]
The Final Edition Of Freakangels
It's been three and-a-half years. Today Avatar published the final chapter of Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's Freakangels, the long running webcomic set
DC Combines Flashpoint Spinoffs Into Anthology Trade Paperbacks
DC Comics appear to be collecting the Flashpoint spinoff series in five combined trade paperbacks in March With each collection ranging from 224 to 320 pages, there should be from eleven to fifteen issues worth in each volume. The World Of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern contains Abin Sur – Green Lantern and well as Green Arrow[...]
El Catalogo Make A Grab For DC Comics Spanish Language Rights
Bleeding Cool has previously reported on Chile's publishing of DC Comics, moving them into the mainstream Looks like they've been too sucessful. In January, Spanish publisher El Catalogo will begin publishing comic books from DC Comics including their sub brands, Vertigo, DC Kids and Mad in Spanish, in both Spain and across South America, after successfully[...]
Friday Runaround – No Plane Ticket Attached
"I received the invitation … and there was no plane ticket attached," he said. Foley opted instead for a free pass from Happy Harbor Comics that got him into a screening Wednesday in Edmonton City Centre mall. LegalWatch: The creators of Villains & Vigilantes, the super-hero roleplaying game first published in 1979, have[...]
Now Nonplayer Gets A Movie Deal
Weeks before it was released, Bleeding Cool was so assured of the success of Nate Simpson's Nonplayer from Image Comics that we were very deliberately asking if other new Image titles would be "the next Nonplayer" And on its release it became one of the hottest comics in the country. Of course we also knew we[...]
And Finally – Alan Moore Knows You Did Something Bad…
…and he's very disappointed in you. From last week's League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969 signing at Gosh Comics, thanks to Joel Meadows. …and he's very disappointed in you. From last week's League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969 signing at Gosh Comics, thanks to Joel Meadows. …and he's very disappointed in you. From last week's League Of Extraordinary[...]
The Vault From Image Comics To Become A Johnny Depp Movie
Just how did Sam Sarkar, writer of Image Comics' The Vault, get Johnny Depp signed on as producer of the movie adaptation? Maybe he asked him over morning croissants. The Hollywood Reporter says that Sarakar is an executive of Infinitum Nihl production, owned by Johnny Depp And with GK Films picking up the rights the comic, drawn[...]
Cut-And-Paste DuckTales
Boom recently solicited the final issues of Darkwing and Duck Tales for October, series that had been praised when originally published. Less so now.
Collectors Cornered #3 – It's Time To React
Each week we'll feature customer feedback and happenings around the store and reactions to news within the comics industry by staff and fans This week, Greg LaRocque stops by to sign copies and talk about DC Retroactive: 1980's The Flash Also, see what CC customers are saying about the new Marvel Ultimate Spider-Man in Ultimate[...]