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Dark Horse Comics is issuing a special edition of the Essential Kurtzman Jungle Book, a 1959 graphic novel, that we've mentioned before. This edition, however, limited to 175 copies, will come with a slipcase and , incredibly, will include a tipped-in, signature on a cancelled cheque by the book's late creator Harvey Kurtzman, who died in 1993. The family[...]

By Jason Karlson For well over a decade now Fantagraphics have published the deadpan comics of Norwegian cartoonist John Arne Sæterøy, familiar to many by his pen name, Jason "I've been both surprised and grateful" explains Jason over e-mail at finding an audience outside of Europe "Originally, I expected foreign royalties to be sort of a[...]

First Second is happy to an announce an all new series entitled, Science Comics. The first three  books of the Science Comics series will cover the topics of Dinosaurs (MK Reed and Joe Flood; Spring 2016), Coral Reefs (Maris Wicks; Spring 2016), Volcanoes (Jon Chad, Fall 2016), and future volumes, published one per season, will address[...]

We told you that the first three issues of Old Man Logan were getting second prints, along with a bunch of Secret Wars issues and Secret Wars: Secret

One of our more popular stories this week was that of Ashley A Woods announcing she was to be working for Marvel Comics We'd like to apologise for what we did to her website. It's back up now. We also looked at her new comic for Stranger Press, Niobe: A Life created with Sebastian A[...]

It's a fine line to walk, but one that has spurred what I  hope are some fun scenes. BB: Corinna, with your experience with Planet of the Apes, you are the queen of bringing franchises to comics Do you find the Aliens franchise as enjoyable to work with as you once said POTA was? CB: Haha, thanks![...]

"DC Comics co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee Burbank, CA 8/28/2015 (photo by John McCoy Daily News)" Ex-CBR writer Beau Yarbrough ran a relatively-puff piece about DC Comics move from New York to Burbank for the LA Daily News. During which, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio responds to recent stories on Bleeding Cool reporting a financial shortfall, a[...]

And because it's late on Friday, with a long weekend ahead, here's a Frank Cho sketch cover for A-Force #1, with his own take on She-Hulk. And a

Here we have previews for two Valiant titles shipping on September 2nd. First up is X-O Manowar #40 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval, the second part

You ever wonder how the retailer exclusive covers worked? Do the retailers track down artists and get them to do the work? How does that all go about.

Next Saturday, on September 5th, from 6PM to 8PM, Blastoff Comics in North Hollywood will be hosting a very special release party for the collected trade edition of the hit Dark Horse series Lady Killer Creators Jamie S Rich and Joelle Jones will be in attendance, with Jones having flown in just for the occasion[...]

The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion. We're being invaded by Canucks! It's like a Skroce comic or something on this show. Welcome the wonder Ed Brisson to the podcast; writer, artist, letterer, this guy does it all He took time out of his busy schedule writing Image Comics The[...]

I'm taking a few moments to draw attention to the fact that an excellent bi-weekly podcasts exists hosted by comics creators and indie publishers that reviews books and Kickstarters of interest, titled Comics For Grownups This week co-hosts Andrea Tsurumi (cartoonist and illustrator), Joshua Malbin (author) and Alexander Rothman (cartoonist, poet and editor of the[...]

By Olly MacNamee Following in the paw prints of their successful first family-fun charity day at the Cannon Hill Park Wildlife Conservation Park this past Easter, the Wild About Comics team are returning to do it all again on Monday 31st August providing the families of Birmingham one last big hurrah to summer whatever the weather,[...]

With Exodus: The Life After, Gabo and I are getting a chance to tell big epic stories with an intimacy that you can only do in comics, and, specifically, at Oni. I don't know about you, but they had me at Ernest Hemingway I love the concept of this story and I can't wait to get[...]

Dark Horse is expanding on the hit anime, novel, and game series Fate from Type-Moon. Gen Urobuchi and Shinjiro’s Fate/Zero is a faithful manga adaptation

The comic book with the most amount of characters in its name for some time, Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Star Wars: Shattered Empire was solicited as by Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto. JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #2 (OF 4) MARVEL COMICS (W) Greg Rucka (A) Marco Checchetto For the first time in the new Star Wars canon,[...]

From this week's issue of They Are Not Like Us. We get a bit of a book group recommendation. The first novel Fowles write (but the third published in

A reader writes in excitedly to tell me that they have just bought a Marvel licensed T-shirt from Universal Studios that features both characters from the

Talking to CBR about the appearance of Cassandra Cain in the upcoming Batman And Robin Eternal weekly series from DC Comics, Tony Daniel wanted to make something very clear. She's also one of my favorite characters I loved her in "Batgirl," and I loved working on her with Geoff Johns as she was in our "Teen[...]

But click here and use the BLEEDINGCOOL code if you want to take a chance! Whereas Z-Box seems to be all about the comics…  Nerd Block Classic has a Hyperspace theme and, it seems, one of the first Star Wars: The Force Awakens items right out of the blocks, with Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica thrown in. Using the[...]

Amazing Spider-Man #1 was solicited thus: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 & 2 DAN SLOTT (w) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (a) Spider-Man has gone global! Parker

In October, Marvel Comics is running a "What If" five weekly event title. What If Avengers #1 by Joshua Williamson and Mike Norton is being renamed What If X-Men #1 instead The solicit still reads, What if the AVENGERS lost the war? •  Years after the fall of Earth, CANNONBALL leads a small team of surviving mutants in the deepest parts of[...]

It was announced the other day that Marvel Comics is to put out a final ninth issue of Secret Wars in December. The final eighth issue was meant to be out the first week of October, but as the sixth has slipped to mid September We could presume that the seventh will now be out in October and[...]

Dynamite and Paizo, Inc. have announced a new Pathfinder miniseries starting up this November. Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain will be a six-part

They are presently at work on a fully restored re-issue of their acclaimed graphic novel Breathtaker for Titan Comics. On his own, Mark Wheatley has most recently had his work for CBS Television featured on The Millers and Super Clyde, and his work includes Frankenstein Mobster, Radical Dreamer, Return of the Human, Hammer of the Gods,[...]

Watching someone literally lose their head, from the angle he shot it, and with the colouring that Aikau (series colourist Aikau Oliva) chose was top notch comics I also loved a couple of sneaky-funny moments in the issue – like Holmes telling the hypnotist to leave his own office, or Houdini trying to charge a[...]

Here we have a preview for the two Top Cow books shipping next week. Poseidon IX by Tini Howard and Philip Sevy and Tales of Honor: Bred to Kill #2 by

The Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They say: Foxi and OVC3 are here to guide you through their top 5 single issues and the newest trade paperback you can't live without. Books Featured for August 27, 2015: DC Comics: Prez #3 Marvel Comics:[...]

By Olly MacNamee Following on from the success of their first sci-fi graphic novel, Metal Made Flesh (2014), comes a proposed sequel, Blood and Oil, from