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This opening scene from Doomsday Clock #1, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, published by DC Comics tonight at 11:57 p.m in midnight-opening stores, or tomorrow at stores where they like to go to bed. It's also November 22nd tomorrow, albeit 2017 rather than the 1992 of the opening scene. There's been some commentary over the day[...]

Word coming from Wizard World employees is that comic convention organiser Wizard World have just made half their office staff redundant.

In the year 956 AD, an unlikely group of Viking warriors in northern Europe face an even more unlikely adversary in the form of… Aliens! The debut graphic

For dessert, warm up the lava lamp during pillow talk before killing the lights and switch the radio to something ambient. BC: You're known more for comics than as a playwright – though this is your second professionally staged production What are you biggest stumbling blocks when switching your writing regime from comics to stage and[...]

You've seen plenty about the White Noise Studio's new Image Comics title Paradiso on Bleeding Cool the past few months. Paradiso, A New Image Comic From Ram V, Dev Pramanik, Dearbhla Kelly And Aditya Bidikar The Making Of Paradiso From Image Comics: Indian Indie To White Noise White Noise Exclusive Variants For Void Trip #1 And Paradiso #1[...]

The DC Comics collection semi-liquidation list is coming to a comic book retailer near you And it only goes up to G — hmm, the Future End Omnibus from 2014 does remind that the New 52 never actually made it to five years later… Recently, Bleeding Cool let you know the Marvel Comics Omnibus/hardcovers and trade[...]

Comics are a visual medium — there's no reason they can't do that. I got my chance with Badger, which appeared in 1983, and reached a peak in Badger #9, "Hot August Night," with Bill Reinhold's unbelievable depiction of the fight between Badger and Cobra Crisp. I worked with Brent Anderson and Val Mayerik on Kato, and[...]

I'm getting to collaborate with some of comics' coolest creators and some amazing prose fiction voices Everything everyone is doing looks so amazing I'm just giddy that Image basically handed us the reins and said, 'do whatever you want This looks cool.' So, yeah: come February, we're going to break your heart, fill you with[...]

Review copies of Doomsday Clock #1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank published by DC Comics were sent to press earlier this week Some with pancake mix, some without Reviews have been embargoed until Sunday night at 11:57 p.m PT or Monday morning at 2:57 a.m PT or 7:57 a.m GMT. Now, these are just for spoiler-free reviews[...]

Korean digital comic book publisher Line Webtoon will see Legendary debut a second season of their comic book Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presan.

A few months ago, we ran this sneak peek of an upcoming unnamed comic by Jason Masters. Well now, it appears to have come to pass. Musician and

This year, the winner of the Cartoonists' Rights Network International award is the cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé currently in detention in Equatorial

We have an exclusive first look at the covers and solicitations for Dynamite's trades and graphic novels shipping in February 2018.

This Tuesday sees the launch at the Westminster Reference Library for the exhibition Gagged, exhibiting censored comics and cartoons from around the world Running until the 1st of December, it will also hold two free events, include a workshop next Saturday with cartoonists Banx and The Surreal McCoy, and a week on Tuesday will feature a talk with cartoonist Andy Davey and Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg. In[...]

When I was in high school, crying for hours every day after school, comics were one of my few joys. I wound up starting a website that analyzes comics as literature Sequart grew into a book publisher and a movie producer. In 2014, I started publishing comics — writing them and collaborating with artists, colorists, and letterers[...]

It works for movies, TV shows, entire seasons of TV shows, and, of course, comics. In fact, it's the story structure we use to write everything at FRIED Comics. Our latest book is RED XMAS: O HOLY CRAP!, a 56-page, perfect bound yuletide special for holiday haters It features beautiful art by Fabio Ramacci and Dominike "Domo"[...]

We have an exclusive first look at Dynamite Entertainment's iconic and video game-related titles shipping in February of 2018.

DC Comics is launching Doomsday Clock #1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the comic book that will tell the story of the characters and world of Watchmen meeting that of the DC Comics Universe. The writer, DC President and Chief Creative Officer of DC, Geoff Johns has, however, skipped the country for the release and[...]

Mike Gagnon writes for Bleeding Cool: Korean webtoons, also known as Manhwa, have exploded into the comics industry. For those who follow the trends, Manhwa, Korea's answer to Japan's Manga, have become a major element in modern comics in the last couple years The trend shows no sign of slowing down. With the advent of digital media platforms,[...]

We learned last week that longtime superstar Marvel Comics writer "The Great One" Brian Michael Bendis was leaving Marvel for their biggest competitor, DC Comics Though there were lots of factors leading up to the decision, the impetus, according to Bendis, was a visit to the Cleveland Library and inspiration from its Superman exhibit But[...]

To celebrate the occasion in their usual hilarious fashion, Silver Sprocket commissioned a special "Distro Deal with the Devil" illustration from artist Michael Sweater: Silver Sprocket has been publishing comics since 2012, but they've been receiving substantially more attention this year for publishing Ben Passmore's Eisner Award nominated, Ignatz Award winning comic, Your Black Friend. Silver Sprocket[...]

February 2018 sees the launch from Dark Horse Comics of Incognegro: Renaissance #1, the prequel miniseries to the critically acclaimed graphic novel from Berger Books from the same creative team; Mata Hari #1 from Emma Beeby, Ariela Kristantina, and Pat Masioni, a miniseries that draws on biographies and released MI5 files; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer:[...]

He gave the comics medium a brand-new set of tools for telling stories, many of which have been used, picked up on and expanded by current comic book writers He fought for creator rights, and while his own battles with DC Comics often led to stalemate, his intransigent stances saw publishers improve the conditions for[...]

I found myself transported to the late '20s through the use of the pop art-esque, colorful illustrations; though it did take some getting used to after years of reading more fluid comics Add in the typewriter lettering found throughout most of the book, done by Simon Bowland, and you have a solid aesthetic sold in every[...]

If you are looking to do something comics-related this weekend and are in New Jersey, you can check out the New Jersey Comic Expo.

Marvel has released a new video pointing out the top 10 bad parents in Marvel Comics It's pretty obvious why they chose to do this: to tie into the upcoming release of Marvel's Runaways on Hulu on November 21st And sure enough, The Pride is the #1 on the list. A group of parents who get[...]

Author Anthony Del Col tells us his inspiration for the recent Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: the Big Lie series from Dynamite.

We have an exclusive first look at the Women of Dynamite titles shipping to comic shops in Februrary 2018, including Xena and Sheena.

It didn't seem to lend itself to chapters released over months. PC: It seems like comics are becoming more cinematic and less literary, but the comics business is becoming much more like the book business. DW: Do you think this format works better for this type of story, or would most genres benefit from being present in a complete package?  MR:[...]

Comichaus has been supporting indie and small press comics now for a while, but it seems that websites are not enough — they are now entering the digital comics app marketplace. As such, they will soon be launching a beta for their new application, and they have shared this press release with us with details of[...]