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The Batman And The Daredevil – Much More Than Miller
Like many other characters in comics, he has changed with the times, the culture, and even direction of DC Comics. When Batman was first introduced he was like many of the pulp heroes of that time such as the Shadow and The Phantom Less of hero and more of a vigilante seeking justice even if it[...]
Save A Comic Shop In Chicago – Membership Has Its Privileges
This is Defiant Comics in Forest Park, Illinois. This is Brian Fisher, its owner. Wait, no, that's Gene Ha who recently signed there to promote his Dark Horse comic, Mae Anyway  Brian is looking to make some friends As, as the store name suggests, not going down without a fight He writes, We've been open for three years[...]
Valiant Comics Launches Harbinger Renegades #1 – Faith's Second Ongoing Title
Together, the HARBINGER RENEGADES are moving from town to town, building their ranks, and subverting authority one mind at a time…and setting out to prove once and for all that behind their power, there has always been a purpose. On November 16th, Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson bring the Renegades roaring out of the underground and[...]
Harley Quinn Against An Army And Other Top Suicide Squad Moments
With the Suicide Squad hitting theaters today, DC has not forgotten about the comics that they came from In this latest video from DC All-Access, they take a look at the top 10 Suicide Squad Moments from the comics This includes when they took on a super villain team called Jihad, the time Harley Quinn[...]
The Hero Initiative Brings Steve Englehart To Baltimore
It was an extremely enjoyable and educational hour. Folks going to the Baltimore Comic Con on September 2nd – 4th will have a chance to visit with Engelhart and get their comics signed thanks to the Hero Imitative The charity organization that races money to help comic creators in need is bringing the writer to the convention[...]
Comics In The Class Room – Symmetry And Future Race Relations
Hawkins and Top Cow are producing some of the best pure science fiction in comics.   And if you haven't been reading the series, or you are a student at FGCU, here is the first issue for you to read. A professor at Florida Gulf Coast University has assigned the first volume[...]
Extended Preview Of New Black Mask Series, The Forevers #1, On FOC Today
The San Diego Comic-Con preview edition of The Forevers #1, the new comic from Black Mask Comics by Curt Pires and Eric Pfeiffer's new Black Mask book has just sold for $99. If you want a copy for a little less than that, the Final Order Cut-off date for issue 1 is today Pires' previous Black Mask comic Mayday[...]
From Spider-Man Noir To Kung-Fu Noir – Fabrice Sapolsky On Intertwined
Fabrice Sapolsky is known for creating the magazine Comic Box and for his work with Marvel Comics He and artist Fred Pham Chuong recently had a successful Kickstarter project for the comic Intertwined Now, the story he refers to as kung-fu noir is being published in October by Dynamite Entertainment Byron Brewer chatted with Sapolsky[...]
Gaspar Saladino, DC's Letterer From Sixties Covers To Arkham Asylum, Dies At 88
Gaspar Saladino worked for over fifty years in the comics industry, and was famed for his lettering, logo designs and advertising for DC Comics, his work so distinctive, only his first name was necessary Before there was Prince or Madonna, there was Gaspar. Born September 1st 1927  in Brooklyn, he died on Thursday, 4th August 2016, weeks short[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Queen Sonja #1 From Ortega And Rubi
Dynamite is having a big line-wide sale over at Comixology for the next week and they've sent us a bunch of free comics to share with you guys A little bit of everything We're near the end of the sale and we've come to the last book of the batch, and it's a good one. Queen[...]
Marvel Registers Trademarks For IVX, And Others
Well, looks like we know what Inhumans Vs X-Men will end up being called. Marvel Comics has registered a bunch of new trademarks, including IVX, World Of Wakanda, Solo, Slapstick, Bullseye, Foolkiller, Great Lakes Avengers and Prowler These are all new series that we know of launching from Marvel Comics and demonstrates a certain investment in[...]
The Biggest Things Selling At Comic-Con Are Intellectual Properties
About 15 years ago, Hollywood was just starting to take notice of independent comics Sony won a bidding war for a new comic called 30 Days of Night from a new publisher called IDW It put the IDW and the creators Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith on the map It started the trend of every[...]
It's Good To Be The President – Mike Perkins
'It's important to get out there and meet the fans' – Mike Perkins on his Presidency of Contern By Olly MacNamee With his artwork on Carnage hitting it out of the park and now the announcement of his presidency at next year's Contern International Comics' Festival Florida based UK artist, Mike Perkins, took time out of his holiday[...]
Amy Chu Says Kelly Sue DeConnick Is A KISS Jedi
They've appeared in comics from Marvel, Revolutionary, Image, Dark Horse, Platinum, Archie, IDW and starting this October, Dynamite Writer Amy Chu talked to Byron Brewer about bringing back the music icons to the printed page and just who turned out to be a big help witht he series. Covers A-D are by Goni Montes and Cover G[...]
Warning: Don't Search For "Young Animal" On eBay
When launching a new comic book, comic book line – or any project really, it's always a good idea to do a google to see if there is anything you may not want to be associated with. Well,  you search for Young Animal on eBay, this is what you get. If you search for Young Animal ashcan,[...]
Champions #1 To Get A 1:1000 Cover – And This Window Cling
For the launch of Champions #1 from Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos, Marvel Comics is going all in for a big launch Well, getting the rights to the title back will have cost them a pretty penny in legal fees Here's where they make it all back. And now Marvel is to make a 1:1000 cover[...]
Flash: Earth One Isn't The DC Comics Project JMS Is Finishing
Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on news from San Diego Comic-Con that J Michael Straczynski reported he was quitting comics, in preference for novels and plays And that he just had a couple of possible projects to finish, one from Graphic India and one from DC Comics. Dream Police, his series from Image Comics with Sid[...]