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Vault Comics is creating a new shared comic book universe where superheroes need not apply Vault Editor-in-Chief Adrian Wassel tells us: "Featuring shorts, miniseries, on-goings, you-name-it, Cult Classic is a shared, creator-owned universe without a single superhero It's like Goosebumps in comics but bigger It's nostalgic It's spooky It's heartwarming and heartbreaking[...]
venom
reprints, backing boards and… a map? We told you that: […] these boards will feature key moments from Eddie Brock's return and the character's appearances in other current Marvel comics leading up to the plans for the character's 30th anniversary Whatever they may be .The board features an exclusive piece by Clayton Crain and Marvel Comics teases to retailers that[...]
Paolo Pantalena
I've posted a lot of the DC Comics Art Academy videos over the last year or two, and they're a lot of fun to watch They're a chance to see an artist do their thing while they answer questions But this newest one is a bit of extra fun for me in that it's with[...]
night flight comics
Night Flight Comics of Salt Lake City, Utah is one of the highest regarded comic stores in the country with over thirty years in business They are also known for being one of the first to market themselves to the library market and creating literacy programmes with comic books In 2013 manager/owner of the store,[...]
monstress #13
Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And[...]
comics dungeon
Comics Dungeon is a comic book store in Seattle that did something very unusual last year. Under the same kind of pressure as many comic stores in 2017, with sales down, and many stores going under, Seattle lost the 44-year-old Zanadu Comics But fellow Seattle store run by Scott and Lainie Tomlin did something very different indeed. At[...]
Happy! Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: "I Love a Story with a Happy Ending"
We're back once again for Bleeding Cool’s weekly recap of Syfy‘s Happy! and another round of “reminder recap;” and even though we don't get a new episode this week, we've still got our sights set on waxing nostalgically about last week's Episode 4, ‘Year of the Horse.’
second print
We have 21 here, mostly Marvel Comics… did you miss out on the first printing? From Marvel Comics on January 31st. Black Panther #167 (W) Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) Leonard Kirk, Marc Deering (CA) Leonard Kirk KLAW STANDS SUPREME Part 2 •  The Black Panther's greatest enemy springs his trap! And with T'Challa off fighting the former gods of Wakanda, who will[...]
villainous lair comics san diego
But even that's not enough for some comic book stores to weather the storm. Villainous Lair Comics, of Normal Heights, San Diego just updated their Facebook page with this post by store owner Alison Flynn, saying: This is a post I've been hoping beyond hope never to make. The Villainous Lair will cease typical operations at the end of[...]
One to Watch in Comics for 2018: Jonathan Miller
senior executive called Diane Nelson, who we learned was about to take on extra responsibilities regarding overseeing DC Comics Shortly afterwards, she was made President of the comic book publisher. Nine years later, we are asking you to keep an eye on investor and executive Jonathan Miller.  Miller was the Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corporation's[...]
Black Panther
Entertainment Weekly has posted a new behind-the-scenes video for Black Panther not only detailing the characters origins in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also the origins of the character in comics. "You want the wow factor, but it's not just stuff blowing up It's definitely a character piece," said star Chadwick Boseman. Boseman, Kevin Feige, Stan Lee, and[...]
Doomsday Clock cover by Gary Frank and Brad Anderson
Something that says, "yes, you know that deal you and DC Comics have made, the one we promoted as a creator-owned deal, well, when circumstances change in a way no one can foresee, rather than succumb and renegotiate the deal like Warners did with the Writers' Guild when DVDs came along, we'll just employ more[...]
Furious Road
This is your last chance catch up on those comics you've wanted to read from Dynamite but haven't had a chance The publisher is having a 50% off sale over at Comixology with everything released prior to December 12th, 2017 on sale until Midnight tonight That means The Shadow vs Batman, Bettie Page, Dresden Files, James Bond, Agent 47 — and Army of Darkness: Furious[...]
comics industry: Bleeding Cool 2017 Top 100 Power List (Background Image by Studio Matitanera / Shutterstock.com)
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry And every year we get told how wrong we are Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so[...]
Grant Morrison Talks Happy! and How Networks Now Want "More"
No one understands the current state of working within television more than writer Grant Morrison (Animal Man, We3), who is currently developing and executive producing Syfy's adaptation of his and Darick Robertson's graphic graphic novel Happy!.
Green Hornet
It's time to catch up on those comics you've wanted to read from Dynamite but haven't had a chance The publisher is having a 50% off sale over at Comixology with everything released prior to December 12th, 2017 on sale That means The Shadow vs Batman, Bettie Page, Dresden Files, James Bond, Agent 47 — and Green Hornet #1 by Mark Waid and Daniel Indro[...]
comics industry: Bleeding Cool 2017 Top 100 Power List (Background Image by Studio Matitanera / Shutterstock.com)
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry And every year we get told how wrong we are Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so[...]
Flash Gordon
It's time to catch up on those comics you've wanted to read from Dynamite but haven't had a chance The publisher is having a 50% off sale over at Comixology with everything released prior to December 12th, 2017 on sale That means The Shadow vs Batman, Bettie Page, Dresden Files, James Bond, Agent 47 — and Flash Gordon: Kings Cross #1 by Jeff Parker, Jesse Hamm and Grace Allison[...]
comics industry: Bleeding Cool 2017 Top 100 Power List (Background Image by Studio Matitanera / Shutterstock.com)
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry And every year we get told how wrong we are Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so[...]
comics industry: Bleeding Cool 2017 Top 100 Power List (Background Image by Studio Matitanera / Shutterstock.com)
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry And every year we get told how wrong we are Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so[...]
Vampirella
It's time to catch up on those comics you've wanted to read from Dynamite but haven't had a chance The publisher is having a 50% off sale over at Comixology with everything released prior to December 12th, 2017 on sale That means The Shadow vs Batman, Bettie Page, Dresden Files, James Bond, Agent 47 — and Vampirella Feary Tales #1 by writers Nancy A[...]
comics industry: Bleeding Cool 2017 Top 100 Power List (Background Image by Studio Matitanera / Shutterstock.com)
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry And every year we get told how wrong we are Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so[...]
max landis
It appears that DC Comics just can't make up its mind The DC Holiday Special 2017 anthology comic book that was to feature a Superman and Lois Lane story, Drivers Seat, by Max Landis and Francis Manapul was not, as promised, included in the printed copy Instead that included a reprint of a classic Silver Age Batman[...]