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As nostalgic apects of my childhood, Mr Benn figures large. A simple semi-animated TV series based on the books, in which Mr Benn enters into a costume

The new design for Venom does bear a little resemblance to the costume of Appleseed Ex Machina's Briareos Hecatonchires, no? In Swipe File we present two

Okay, we recently introduced you unofficial to superhero aprons, and the politics involved giving them as Valentine's Day gifts. But what about these superheroine corsets? Officially signed off by DC Comics, from Costume Craze Supergirl, Batwoman, I guess I can understand those Robin though? If you got a Robin corset from your boyfriend, you might want[...]

So we all read the blackboard on the last page of Time Masters Vanishing Point, laying out the Flashpoint future. But I've heard a few odds and sods

We also found a hidden microphone under my bed in our San Diego hotel room when we checked out on Monday morning." – Mile High Comics' Chuck Rozanski, on filming the Morgan Spurlock Comic Con documentary. ColbertWatch: Stephen's objections to a British Superman made very clear… SeventiesWatch: St Trinian creator Ronald Searle's 1000-copy flipbook published in France,[...]

Okay, so we all know (now) what certain Marvel staffers used to call this book in the seventies. But for Captain America's seventieth anniversary, and the

This is the first attempt at a digital comic book chart covering the English-speaking comics industry It is flawed – self selecting, based on recall, but it does cover Marvel, DC and IDW apps, ComiXology, iVerse, Graphic.Ly, even PDFs, anywhere you can pay to download a comic book This is the top ten (okay, top[...]

In a blogpost last night, Dark Horse made it very clear that they are the publisher's of Bob Burden's Mysterymen, in the light of Marvel's intention to

And in between working for Pixar, Morse will also be publishing a five issue series called Ten Against The World. LocalWatch: Seattle comics artist Ellen Forney is progiled by the Philadephia press over her work on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian JudgeWatch: A Swedish comics translator has lost his appeal against the charge of[...]

The work of Ayn Rand has influenced comic books from The Question to Watchmen to All Star Superman, sometimes directly, sometimes as comment upon,

I do hope this gave Mark Millar a slight hiccup over his morning porridge, reading his favourite newspaper. Today, the Daily Mail splashed with a double

The information hasn't been officially officially released yet. But I understand that, despite losing overall unit marketshare in December to DC Comics, Marvel has regained it in January, and then some And their dollar marketshare is not only maintained but increased. In December, Marvel had 32.28% of the market share of the number of comics shipped in[...]

So anyway, Mark Seifert posted those Detective Comics #27 production pages earlier today, and I was taken aback by just how much more defined they were than the published art So I found the comparative pages, pages 2 to 5 from the comic, to compare them all against… So anyway, Mark Seifert posted those[...]

In comics Wonder Woman fights for justice on a global scale and has a mission of peace Here, she's reduced to a street level vigilante and fighting crime in concert with the LA police This small scope combined with an unclear mission makes it hard to understand what this [...]

The DC blog warns of spoilers. But the blackboard on the last page of Time Masters Vanishing Point #6 seems to set up much of Flashpoint has already had