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Thanks to Secret Empire, alternate evil versions of our favourite, most trusted characters are all the rage. Or something. Will anyone react badly to the

Bear with me. The new Star Wars limited series from Marvel Comics, Darth Maul by Cullen Bunn and Luke Ross has sold out of its first printing for both issues 1 and 2 from Marvel and has gone to a second print for both. Expect them to land simultaneously in comic book stores in five weeks time, on[...]

Everyone seems obsessed with the Secret Empire section of Marvel's Secret Empire/Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day giveaway because of, you know, what

After the success of the Art of Atari book, it only makes sense that Dynamite expand their Video Game Icons series. Next up, Undisputed Street Fighter:

It is possible that we may have had our heads turned by the announcement of The Death Of Zombie Tramp at the Diamond Summit last week. But there was more

Dynamite has sent over a new Writer’s Commentary by David Avallone for Doc Savage: The Ring of Fire #2. David included a couple classic images of Doc

When I told the kids there was an Naimal Jam comic coming, there was mild interest. When I told them it would be free for Free Comic Book Day in May and then start a new ongoing series based on the popular video game, their ears pricked up. But when I told them the first issue would[...]

And that this is not happening and Fan Expo and Calgary are just friends. Though I do have multiple confirmed reports of the C2E2 conversations… so who knows what was going on? The original article continues below. Calgary Comic And Entertainment Expo which started its 2017 show today, is a four-day annual show taking place at Calgary Stampede Park, featuring[...]

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![...]

Such as announcing a new scheme called Comics for the Classroom that will donate five million comics towards education programs, starting next year. They also announced upcoming series  Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess: Year Two, New all ages comic Kid Sherlock by Justin Phillips and Sean Gregory, action-adventure series Albert Einstein: Time Mason by Marcus Perry and Tony Donley And The Ghost, The Owl by Franco and Sara[...]

Make that 90,000 copies…and counting. Valiant has just announced that X-O Manowar #1, the first issue of the acclaimed new series launch by Matt Kindt and

Leo Baxendale, creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids passed away on 23rd April, aged 86. An incredibly

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about the upcoming 25 cent Saga #43, as well as the likely demand based on a) a major cliffhanger on #42, b) the

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Currently, we are seeing a huge amount of movie and TV shows based on comic properties Never in the decades before have there been so many comic book based properties on TV shows and in movies[...]

Need a zombie fix now that the Walking Dead has wrapped up their season? The newest limited edition Groupees bundle is Zombie and Monster comics from Dynamite Entertainment The bundle is available from now until May 2nd and features over 600 pages of horror for 80% off the cover price. You can find the new bundle here:[...]

This is one of the things I love in comics, and that cannot be reproduced in any other media And if it were not for this feature, I would never be able to draw such a wonderful scene as the KISS Army logo in the midst of the pyrotechnics, and we are watching everything in[...]

Last week we ran the story about a new kickstarter to published a remastered edition of the Swords of the Swashbucklers by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice.

We are familiar now with publishers and comic book stores giving away free comic books on Free Comic Book Day. But this year, on May the 6th, publisher Z2 Comics is including something unexpected. With the release of their Free Comic Book Day title, The Ballad Of Franklin Bonisteel written by Gabe Soria and drawn by Warren[...]

Later, when I started publishing and sent him the comics I did, he took the time to teach be about the importance of lettering… a lesson that I've passed on to other letterers over the years His guidance and friendship helped me immensely. James work includes ESPers, Strikeforce Morituri, Alpha Flight, Harsh Realms, Hard Case and[...]

I got to read an advanced copy of Valiant's new title Secret Weapons. The concept is basic but good and has been tried a few times with mixed results. A

1: A World Without Sun TP writer: Amy Chu artist: Kewber Baal cover: Nick Bradshaw FC • 144+ pages • $19.99 • Teen+ COLLECTS ISSUES 1-5! KISS returns to comics in a futuristic, dark sci-fi adventure written by Amy Chu (Poison Ivy) and illustrated by Kewber Baal (Army of Darkness: Furious Road) In a world without sun and a world[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool Find previous columns here. Reading about Marvel's rumored 2018 plans of signing big names to their books I was wondering what DC was going to do Were they just going to run with Rebirth or were there other plans going on? Then yesterday I read online about[...]

The artist's intention does matter too, of course, but it's not a magic bullet that kills all criticism. What we're saying is, if a significant number of people are reminded of Nazis by a comic book super-mega-crossover event story that you insist isn't about Nazis, there comes a point where you can't just continue to write that off as people[...]

Hydra, as much as Marvel would like me to believe otherwise, are essentially comics Nazis, or at the very least were actively collaborating with the Nazis during World War II Magneto canonically is a survivor of the Nazi death camps of the Second World War. Secret Empire writer Nick Spencer suggested that the cover in question need[...]

Whatever happened to collaborations? They used to be common place in comics Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster Captain America by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby The Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Some of the great runs in comics were collaborations Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams on Green Lantern /[...]

I just got a colorist, Jordie Bellaire's assistant Rebecca (I don't know her last name because we just met!) I think it's gonna be a creative match made in heaven. Greg: Now, for your fans who know you from Duck, what can you tell us about Silk? Tana: Here's some exciting news for mainstream comics, especially with[...]

Batman artist Greg Capullo talks about his mom getting him into reading comics and how that lead to him want to draw them He also talks about his two biggest influences: John Buscema and Mort Drucker and how most of his career has been through collaboration He considers himself, 'old-school Marvel', where they would work[...]

Okay, you guys, do I really need a preamble here? By now you all know about Secret Empire, and how it involves Hydra, who Marvel insist are not Nazis, despite them being led by several Nazis, working with the Nazis, running internment camps and the Far Eastern origins being retconned into their history after their[...]

And she got a body search in the bargain, too. If only she'd included the sketches with the comics she shipped into the show, because they seemed to make it fine You can find them right now at C2E2 at table U-10. And she certainly seems to have made her mark on the show… Could there be more[...]

Marvel Comics have been announcing all sorts of things at C2E2 this weekend But how much of it is old hat to Bleeding Cool readers?announced the return of legacy numbering across the board? Well, at the Secret Empire panel, they announced the return of legacy numbering across the board You read about that first on Bleeding[...]