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Shadowman is undoubtedly one of the biggest characters in the Valiant stable, right up there with X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Bloodshot, Dr. Mirage and the lot

Andrew Wheeler wrote for Comics Alliance, At Emerald City Comic-Con earlier this year I was lucky enough to be on a panel on diversity and representation with David F Walker, two months after his Cyborg title was announced During the panel Walker, a black man, mentioned something about the character that I had never considered; Cyborg[...]

Aside that, from the title, one could presume that it was a university of college for DC Comics' characters of a more sorcerous and youthful nature Tim Hunter and friends. But I understand there was a creative and editorial logjam over what was expected from the book after it was greenlit And no party seemed to come[...]

Michael Bay's 451 Media Group announced the launch of its 451 Interactive Publishing division that will focus on a merging of printed graphic novels with

This morning we mentioned that DC Comics was down over $2 million on planned revenue/expenditure for 2014/2015. Here's where the other shoe gets dropped I understand from a number of senior sources that DC editorial have been told to "stop Batgirling" and go back to "meat and potatoes". Batgirling was the internal phrase at DC Comics, inspired[...]

Okay, so, it's no Star Wars #2. But when Valiant's summer crossover event, Book of Death, kicked off in July, the publisher was quick to tout the fact

Here are the comics published within the last thirty-odd years that have been burning up the top of the charts and selling between $59 and $50 All raw copies, no slabbing here, no variant covers, no convention exclusives, no hardcovers, no TPBs, no artificial collectibility, just the standard books that, if you have them in your[...]

ComicsPRO, the trade organization of comic book retailers, has announced that registration is now open for retailers and publishers to join Local Comic Shop Day. Bleeding Cool has reported on this promotion before, timed to coincide with Small Business Saturday, on November 28th, and learning lessons from the In Store Comic Con Kick-Off, it will see stores[...]

Although much of his research has been since discredited at the time it led to Congressional hearings and for the comic industry to institute the Comics Code to censor their titles, which put Harvey Kurtzmann out of business and infantalised the comic book medium in the USA. Now Dark Horse and Kitchen Sink have, together, registered the name[...]

I never got past pitching the first part, though, as word came down we wouldn't be redefining the character as such. A few important disclaimers, though… first, I have no idea how high or low on the totem pole that decision was made, or for what reasons – but my editor on the book was the[...]

HURLEY offer up a startling reflection on the cost of looking good in this procedural science fiction tale. both published by Image Comics, have sold out and gone to second print. Both second printings will be in store on the 16th September Bleeding Cool understands that Wolf #1 by Ales Kot, Matt Taylor and Lee Loughridge… Bestselling new star[...]

Bleeding Cool has previously reported that the newly to-be-relaunched Blade comic featuring the daughter of Blade, has been delayed. I understand from

Word reaches Bleeding Cool from numerous well-connected sources that, according to the books, DC Comics are down over 2 million dollars for the financial year beginning in 2015 than they were originally budgeted for, so far. And why? I'm told that it's a mixture of excess costs from the move from New York to Burbank, over and above[...]

If you can't cope with them, then you probably can't cope with comics at all. Which does seem to be the case with one comic creator Who, when told that anthology editor Taneka Stotts didn't want to see a completed comic book, and he should stop sending her individual pages of it, replied, https://twitter.com/neekaneeks/status/635244348007776256 I'm not sure exactly how interested Heavy[...]

One of the things that made the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie swing was the music. Via a Sony Walkman, Peter Quill's remaining gift from his mother, it

This is the wedding cake ordered by married British couple Kia and Billy Bunning, as posted to Facebook by Life Of Dad. Cake made by Tier By Tier,

Bleeding Cool have received some well sourced information that may explain, in part, certain decisions made regarding Marvel characters and sexuality of

We've got to exclusive extended preview for two Dynamite comics shipping this week The first is for the Sherlock Holmes Vs Harry Houdini trade and then Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja / Jungle Girl #2. Sherlock Holmes vs Harry Houdini TP Writer: Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery  Artist: Carlos Furuzono  Cover: John Cassaday When the world's most famous[...]

But tomorrow they are holding this month's event Feminism & Comics at Gosh Comics. It seems to be more popular that usual Indeed, 352 people have signed up on Facebook to attend, with over fifty more showing interest. It's not that big a shop. As a result, Gosh Comics have started issuing free tickets on Eventbrite[...]

If it was even him. Because there was actually another from Marvel, a certain peter.parker@marvel.com. I'm told none were from DC Comics, Diamond, Image, Boom, IDW, Dynamite, Avatar, Dark Horse, Valiant, Archie, Comic Book Resources, Comic Book, Newsarama… or from Bleeding Cool. Because that's another thing, all manner of faked identities are used from people who were probably just curious. There[...]

Top Cow has three trades coming out this week. First up is the Mega-Church/Heist tale from Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal, The Tithe. Then Hawkins works

We have Ariel Medel's process art for John Carter: Warlord of Mars #10. It's based on a script by Ron Marz and Ian Edgington with colors by Nanjan

  Bleeding Cool welcomes back the podcast Mighty Marvel Geeks, hosted in part by Mike Ehmcke, who also hosts the podcast We Be Geeks, which runs on

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this week's upcoming books, speculating about where they are headed, and discuss their favorite storylines Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Thanks for pressing play! It's another great week of comics for[...]

Carlos Morales sends us quite a full gallery of Wizard World Chicago cosplay this past weekend and describes it as "overall a great show". I'm hearing the

From BOOM! Studios, written by, Brian Augustyn (Batman: Gotham By Gaslight), with art by Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man), comes Crimson Vol. 1 HC.

Part of Z2 Comics launch of new comics will include the original graphic novel Ashes: A Firefighter's Tale, written by Mario Candelaria and illustrated by Karl Slominski The book is heavily New York-centric and explores the life of a young man who suffers an extreme injury on the job and has to cope with the[...]

So right off the bat I’m going to say that I feel like a bit of an imposter reading Over the Garden Wall, because I haven’t watched a single episode or

He's getting a new series from Marvel Comics Does that mean the value of his previous appearances will rise? It depends – do Marvel have big plans to revive Death's Head, put him in Guardians Of The Galaxy, make his the centrepiece for their next cosmic event? Or is it a trademark move now that[...]

Unfortunately… …and they still aren't. And there's probably a reason for that.  I bet Bill didn't vote for Ms Marvel's winning place at the Hugo's at the weekend. This is just one of the more resonant, topical and telling moments of the very-final, that's-it-forever, honest-to-goodness-Evan-means-it-this-time story of the Eltingville Club – and they do get their just desserts. But it's okay,[...]