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In 2014, Bleeding Cool ran a series of articles on the thriving Indian Comics scene Writer, Ram V, was contributing short stories to anthologies and writing his indie series, Aghori, in India Devmalya Pramanik was making comics for Graphic India and had just gotten his first international gig on Nightbreed for Boom! studios. Now, in 2017,[...]

Scott Forbes Well, guess what…I really enjoyed this issue. Generation X #8 from Marvel Comics by Christina Strain, Amilcar Pinna, Felipe Sobreiro, and VC's Clayton Cowles represents a great jumping-on point to the series It's a fresh start as we see another classic Gen X-er make a return, building on where she was left off in her[...]

Ain't no party like a comic book party 'cause a comic book party don't stop! It just gets relaunched with new #1 issues! Aspen Comics is celebrating its 15th anniversary next year, and the company plans to celebrate by selling comics for cheap, on the order of 25 cent jumping-on points and $1.50 zero issues[...]

A bunch of new covers for DC Comics are coming out in December 2017 You may have seen some of them before You won't have seen all of them before If you judge a book by its cover alone, which of these will make you pick it up off the stands? And it begins with the[...]

They've been hugely supportive all the way and their vision is both the same as and really different from mine, so combining the two into what this book has become is the magic part of comics I love best.". "I like to merge genres as much as I can without breaking any of them I always[...]

We mentioned the other day that Batman Chronicles #21 from 17 years ago was Brian Michael Bendis's only previous credit for DC Comics, for a short story with Michael Lark called Citizen Wayne, retelling the Citizen Kane story with the Waynes in the pulp fashion At the time, it was selling copies from between 99[...]

Coming to auction next week from ComicConnect is the original hand-colored art on the silver-print for Action Comics #1 The auction house explains the history: Ed Eisenberg got his start as a young man doing color proofs for National Periodicals (now DC comics) To save money and time, publishers would print "silver proofs," cheap and slightly[...]

There were less than 12 hours between Brian Michael Bendis signing an exclusive contract with DC Comics signing and the DC Comics tweet announcing it going out Apparently, no one wanted it to leak, so they basically leaked it themselves Bendis decided on that as well, on the morning of the tweet He's right, as[...]

Sean Gordon Murphy's Batman: White Knight #1 has sold out of its second printing and Batman: White Knight #2 has sold out of its first printing. So Batman: White Knight #1 is going to a third printing and Batman: White Knight #2 is going to a second printing. Both new printings will arrive in stores on December 6th,[...]

Writer Shawn Aldridge provides us a commentary track for the latest issue of Hack/Slash vs. Vampirella from Dynamite Entertainment.

Guests Keith Giffen and Kevin Maguire will be talking their run on the Justice League, Colleen Doran will be getting a spotlight panel, and Dynamite will be hosting two panels on How Comics Are Made and Writing Comics The Dynamite Way. There will also be a panel focused on Stan Lee's graphic novel God Woke that[...]

The final two issues of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner's Harley Quinn have had their details changed a little, in the wake of the final page

DC Comics has told retailers that all solicited issues of Damage, The Silencer, Sideways, The Terrifics, and The Immortal Men are going to be delayed Dan DiDio says this will be so retailers can see advance copies of the finished comics before making their orders, and the new dates will also align with the release[...]

You can check out the bundle here. The first tier of the bundle starts at $1 and features: Think Tank Vol 1 Cyberforce Rebirth Vol 1 Aphrodite IX/Cyberforce #1 The Darkness Rebirth Vol 1 Angelus Vol 1 Rest Vol 1 Wildfire Vol 1 Berserker Vol 1 Aphrodite IX Vol 1 Blood Stain Vol 1 Swing & Sugar excerpts The second tire starts at $8 and includes the above[...]

Bleeding Cool has covered the various publishing operations of Darren Davis — as Bluewater Comics, Stormfront Comics, and Storm Comics — specialising in publishing autobiographical volumes in the wake of the 2008 elections And, of course, we've been covering the many creators who claim lack of payment or non-payment over the years, as well as the[...]

But we understand that Jonathan Hickman, who has been working on creator-owned comics since he left Marvel Comics at the end of Secret Wars, has has been in talks with DC Comics The nature of this has been a long time in the agreeing, but I understand whatever it would be would not be an exclusive deal,[...]

But that's true of many comics, and it doesn't normally have this effect. They will also have signings from the comics author Ian Edginton at both their Birmingham store this Saturday and their London store next Wednesday. Here are their window displays for their Birmingham store: IRON MAIDEN LEGACY OF THE BEAST #1 HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE (W) Llexi Leon, Ed[...]

Amazon is officially greenlighting an eight-episode seres adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's superhero drama comic The Boys.

Exclusive to Ssalefish Comics, Arkham Comix, and Ultimate Comics. #2 Exclusive to Forbidden Planet and Big Bang Comics. #3 Exclusive to stores that carry the Fried Pie Variants. #4 Exclusive to Newbury Comics locations. #5 Exclusive to Third Eye Comics. #6 LCSD Hardcover Exclusively sold on Local Comic Shop Day at participating stores. Oh go on, have some quotes. "A great crime[...]

A long time ago, Brian Michael Bendis write a short story for DC Comics that saw publication in Batman Chronicles #21 A take on Citizen Kane but using the life of Bruce Wayne, drawn by Michael Lake, it was short and sweet And, yes it was called Citizen Wayne. On eBay, a copy was bought on[...]

Brian Michael Bendis, who has been writing continuously for Marvel Comics since 2000 has signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics But why? No doubt there will be PR-friendly soundbites with the words "challenge", "fresh start", or "a whole new universe of characters to play with" but from involved sources, Bleeding Cool has been able to[...]

Birds of Prey, Batgirl, and Red Sonja writer Gail Simone has been named as the guest of honor for the New Jersey Comic Expo.

Paul Oakenfold's upcoming "not quite true" graphic novel memoir, The Wonderful World of Perfecto with Tyler Boss (4 Kids Walk Into a Bank), Chris Hunt (Carver), Ian McGinty (Welcome to Showside) and Koren Shadmi (The Abaddon) is coming from Z2 Comics, and has a cover, revealed below, by WOODnLeG. Who? We're talking portmanteau. WOODnLeG are the artists Darren[...]

Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #1 from Marvel Comics and by Matthew Rosenberg and Leinil Francis Yu comes out in December. Just so you know, for this review I will be remaining spoiler free, so don't expect to learn anything about the actual events of this book But I will answer the question that[...]

Rock and distributed by  Z2 Comics on November 21st — a year after last year's explosive election. "UnPresidential is the book for everyone who buys Hillary Clinton's What Happened, but doesn't have time to read it," said writer Kevin Bieber "It's the perfect book for everyone who wants to read a thoughtful and insightful look at the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Iceman #7 from Marvel Comics by Sina Grace, Robert Gill, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC's Joe Sabino picks up right where the previous issue left off, with Iceman and the former Champions facing down some make-shift Sentinels that a far more dangerous than your average special effect. Iceman #7 cover by Kevin Wada Continuing the extrapolation of[...]

This week Dynamite entertainment has three comics and two special edition busts coming out to your local retailers We have exclusive extended previews of Centipede #4 by Max Bemis and Eoin Marron as well as Hack/Slash vs Vampirella #2 by Shawn Aldridge and Rapha Lobosco. Centipede #4 writer: Max Bemis | artist: Eoin Marron | covers: Francesco[...]

It was Joe Quesada who brought the crime comics writer/artist Brian Michael Bendis to the attention of Bill Jemas Between them — and with help from a certain Mark Bagley — the Ultimate Universe was born in 2000 with Ultimate Spider-Man It led to a sea change at the publisher, which would see Joe Quesada made[...]

Well, with Bendis signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics (and yes, I am putting together an interestingly sourced selection of reasons why that happened to come soon), it looks like Slott will have no challengers to the More Spider-Man Than Anyone crown at Marvel Comics. Bendis is also the second-longest continual writer at Marvel Comics[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool told you that Marvel Comics was liquidating omnibuses and hardcovers to retailers at a decent discount Well, it looks like Larry's Comics of Lowell, MA stocked up — and is passing on the deals to their customers. Store owner Larry Docherty writes: Hey there Special Friends, I'm having an Omnibus & Masterworks SALE[...]