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Comic Store In Your Future – Needle Movers Needed
Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool Find previous columns here. Recently a lot has been made about good comics. With some people saying all companies have to do is put out good comics. For writers, I enjoy Geoff Johns writing Though not everyone is a fan. Here is where it gets tricky[...]
Hero Initiative To Host Bill Willingham And A Beer Party At C2E2
They will be at booth #1459 and will be where you find Bill Willingham who will be unveiling his new comics Also at the table will be Punisher and Batman artist Bill Reinhold, and Incredible Hulk writer Sean McKeever. And as always Hero Initiative's creative ambassadors are on the floor collecting for Hero at their own tables[...]
Black Lightning – Still Looking Good At 40
With all the talk about diversity in comics, this seems like a good time to talk about one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics 40 years ago this month saw the debut of Black Lightning by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden in his own comic. To give you a[...]
Exclusive First Look Inside GWAR: Orgasmageddon #1
Dynamite will be debuting a new comics series this June featuring the punk / metal band GWAR The series, GWAR: Orgasmageddon, is written by Matt Maguire and Matt Miner with art by Jonathan Brandon Sawyer We exclusively have five interior pages by Sawyer from the new series along with covers by Sawyer, Scott Wygman, a[...]
Writer's Commentary – Fabrice Sapolsky Talks Finale Of Intertwined
Some creators never say a word about it, but I am: creator-owned comics cost money to the creators They don't bring money immediately The time you invest on your creation won't give you any dollars back (if it does) until many, many months later So it really is a tough thing You have to maintain[...]
Mark Brooks Shows Us His Work On Secret Empire #6 Cover
Brooks also talks about how he got involved in comics… buying his first Uncanny X-Men after church He also explains how the idea for the cover comes about. https://youtu.be/5Ixmig9bOcMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Secret Empire #6 by Mark Brooks – Marvel Quickdraw (https://youtu.be/5Ixmig9bOcM) Mark Brooks joins Marvel Quickdraw to show us just how[...]
Writer's Commentary – Erik Mona On Pathfinder: Worldscape #6
Dynamite has sent us a new writer's commentary featuring Erik Mona talking about Pathfinder: Worldscape #6. Cover by Elliot Fernandez and interiors by Jonathan Lau. Pathfinder Worldscape, Dynamite's spectacular sword-and-sorcery superstar crossover, wraps up this week with Red Sonja, John Carter, the Pathfinders, and a host of jungle-themed comics heroes squaring off against the arch-wizard Kulan Gath[...]
Breaking Down The Power Stone
Time to power on through the Infinity Stones as we take a look at the Power Stone / Gem. We’ve been going over the stones as Marvel 101’s are doing the
Outside WonderCon's White Picket Fence: LGBT Takes on Kill Shakespeare, Vision, and Steven Universe
#eliotcaps {font-variant: small-caps;} Emilie Badaboom writes for Bleeding Cool At at Queering Comics panel, panelists presented scholarly dialogue presenting their reviews of various comic universes stories as they relate to queer theory The panel included commentary on Kill Shakespeare by Karma Waltonen, The Vision by Andrew Barton, and on Steven Universe's comics and show by Michael Lee[...]
The Grim Reaper Has Never Been So Cute – Interview with Kim Reaper's Sarah Graley
I spoke with Graley about the series, what we can expect and what it's been like going from auto-bio webcomics and licensed properties to this Joe Glass: Tell us a bit about Kim Reaper? What's the series about, what can readers look forward to? Sarah Graley: Kim Reaper is the story of two university students figuring out their[...]
How Mark Millar's Take On Legion Of Superheroes Almost Got Planetary Cancelled
A massive collection of interviews with people who worked at or worked for Jim Lee's WildStorm Studios in the nineties and noughties before – and after – the DC Comics buyout, stripped and stranded chronologically and by theme And what better time to release it than on WildStorm's 25th Anniversary as DC Comics is preparing its[...]
When DC Comics Censored A Kiss Between Apollo And Midnighter
A massive collection of interviews with people who worked at or worked for Jim Lee's WildStorm Studios in the nineties and noughties before – and after – the DC Comics buyout, stripped and stranded chronologically and by theme And what better time to release it than on WildStorm's 25th Anniversary as DC Comics is preparing its[...]
The Past Is Prologue: X-Men Gold #1 Review
ResurrXion is definitely an apt title, given this issues preoccupation about old being new again, and not to mention what seems to be several literal character resurrections in the issue (possibly). But as the series writer Marc Guggenheim has promised for a while in the run to the release of X-Men Gold #1, Gold is all[...]
Penny Dreadful Continues As Comic Hits Shops Today
Titan Comics is picking up where Showtime left off with their dark / supernatural series Penny Dreadful The title was based on a type of British fiction publication that featured sensational and lurid subject matter The series pulled together classic horror icons from the public domain: Dorian Gray, Mina Harker, Abraham Van Helsing, Dr Sweard,[...]
Walking Dead #166 Swipe File With The Death Of Gwen Stacy? (Major Spoilers)
But reading it I was reminded of another famous comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man, otherwise known as The Night Gwen Stacy Died.   And that very specific death scene. Well, when reading today's The Walking Dead #166, and came across this… Can I be forgiven for going straight to that classic scene? As for Rick…  Sorry mate, I don't think she'll be[...]
Wondercon Virgin Thoughts From a Veteran SDCC Attendee
At Comic-Con, the actual comics seem to be overwhelmed by big studio movies and free posters no one will want three months later Even though there might be fewer comic panels at Wonder Con- Marvel had literally no presence- comics felt more important Sometimes SD feels like it's full of people who only care about[...]
Well, At Least Everyone's Talking About Marvel Comics Today…
Micheline… Does Marvel have a problem with diversity in its comics? Comic book critic, J A Micheline (@elevenafter), tells #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/vwOuD1z30X — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 4, 2017 "Marvel vice president of sales David Gabriel recently claimed that he had heard from retailers that they 'didn't want female characters out there'[...]