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The Ultimate Fantastic Four, by Brian Michael Bandis, Mark Miller and Adam Kubert launched in 2004, part of Bill Jemas' initiative to relaunch the Marvel

Once upon a time, there used to be both a Fantastic Store in the centre of Oxford and a Comics Showcase, down the hill, at the top of the Cowley Road By the time I got there living at the bottom of the Cowley road, there was only the latter I met Brendon Connelly there… and[...]

The bundle is available on the website StoryBundle.com/comics. The first tier includes the following graphic novels, and comprises over 720 pages of storytelling: The Avenger Special 2014: The Television Killers Codename Action Noir tradepaperback Featuring Miss Fury, Black Sparrow & special guest The Shadow Zorro Vol 2: Clashing Blades The Spider Vol 1: Terror Of The Zombie Queen The second tier starting[...]

Today saw the release of Red Sonja / Conan #1 from the combined efforts of Dark Horse and Dynamite. Here we have a writer’s commentary by Victor Gischler

From the preview of Invincible Iron Man by Brian Bendis and David Marquez from CBR. A glimpse at what the new Iron Man suit can do...basically everything.

Titan Comics will be releasing Showman Killer: Heartless Hero from the legendary Alejandro Jodorowsky (The Incal) It's an epix science fiction tale of destruction, money and power portrayed in an uncompromising vision of terrible beauty… that's what the trailer below says The art is by Nicolas Fructus and it will ship in November.   [youtube]https://youtu.be/GD4zZG1YzDo[/youtube] [...]

It's really worth pointing what a polished and professional production Dirty Rotten Comics is as anyone going through their proper website will see The fourth edition of the comics anthology brings together over 40 comics creators over 90 pages and really encompases a wide range of styles, voices and approaches to the comics medium While[...]

There's strips that buck this formula, of course, but it's a basic spine on which new art, dialogue, and situations are mapped. Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics isn't reverse-formulaic, exactly, it's…alternatively-formulaic? Phew, that sounds awful, though Formalist over formulaic? Like, 99% of the strips feature an identical layout and identical art, and only the dialogue ever changes[...]

By Joe Glass You may remember from SDCC my report on the Grant Morrison Multiversity panel, where I noted (as did everyone else there, Morrison included I'm sure) an incredibly excitable young fan of the popular writer. I may not have made it clear in the previous report, but a big part of why I noted the[...]

Marvel has kicked down some covers and pages for their upcoming series Deadpool Vs Thanos that's being written by Tim Seeley and drawn by Elmo Bondoc.

How he did his own deal with Kindle, instead of taking the group Image Comics deal through Graphic.ly, so when that company collapsed and comparable terms couldn't be negotiated directly with Amazon, his were the only Image books available on Kindle. Also, he married Amanda Conner and together they create DC's best selling monthly title aside[...]

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! This week,[...]

The first video Swipe File on Bleeding Cool. And I doubt it will be the last... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cul8ted-AU&feature In Swipe File we

It's just not a good day for fans of LGBT superheroes at Marvel these days. Not only has Hercules been straightened out, but Northstar has had his

Today BOOM! Studios brings us John Flood #1, written by Justin Jordan, with art by Jorge Coelho (Polarity, Sleepy Hollow). The story follows main

Yet. The website for this year's third annual Florida Comics Experience, a one day comic con event, announced big changes for the show, taking place this weekend on August 8th The organisers wrote, At the end of last year, we began to work with the Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD) to infuse some "culture" into our pop[...]

Here we have process art from Will Eisner's The Spirit #2 which goes on sale today. From a script by Mark Waid we see the line art by Dan Schkade and the

Shane Davis has been sending out some neat promotional gubbins ahead of the release of his new Image comic book, Axcend, which is already playing havoc

The new issue of The Last Days Of Ms. Marvel is out. It is not quite the last issue until the world explodes and Secret Wars begins... and then Ms. Marvel

First we have a Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire variant cover by Francesco Francavilla, for Third Eye Comics... And another from Mike Deodato for Comic*Pop Collectibles  And then a smattering of Phil Noto designs for the upcoming Journey To Star Wars: Force Awakens Young Adult Novels   Well now, aren't these pretty?   [...]

I might have to revisit the Inferno HQ looking like the inside of Deep Space Nine sometime. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Who will be launching cartoonist Julian Hanshaw's new graphic novel from Top Shelf: Tim Ginger, on Friday.       I don't really know where Greg Land got this facial reference from, for today's Future Imperfect, but[...]

Let alone a final page scene the continues the budding bromance between the two. Almost… Herculean, isn't it? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Who will be launching cartoonist Julian Hanshaw's new graphic novel from Top Shelf: Tim Ginger, on Friday. Gotta catch them all. And in this case, we have Midnighter #3 by Steve Orlando and Aco, a[...]

Avatar Press has two new books hitting the shelves this week, God Is Dead #40 which asks what would Gods do with worshippers and War Stories #11 as the

Here we have a look at the art for the Baltimore Comic-Con exclusive cover for Red Sonja / Conan #1 from Dynamite and Dark Horse. The cover is drawn by

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMlC9JKqgw[/youtube] Aaron Haaland writes, Hey Fandom! It's another smaller week of new comics, but A Comic Show must go on Brian K Vaughan's We Stand On Guard #2 is more Imperialist America vs those freedom loving Canadians Airboy #3 has our despicable protagonists in the WW2 era bring their brand of cock out debauchery to the greatest[...]

Valiant has sent over an advance preview of Book Of Death: The Fall Of X-O Manowar #1. Part of the publishers big summer event, this one-shot is

  Now a days comic book companies are pumping out new comics left and right Then from there the formula is pretty simple Release a number of comics, and then those comics are collected into volumes if they do well Things can get a little repetitive But then something brilliant happens Amongst the madness of multiple[...]

Archaia, an award-winning imprint of BOOM! Studios, and The Jim Henson Company, an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years, are

By Jason Karlson The old adage 'never judge a book by it's cover' really doesn't work in the world of comics Up there on the shelves among hundreds of titles vying for our attention, it's the first port of call and important visual real estate for informing a potential reader and giving them a strong sense[...]

By Alex Wilson Paybacks, a new Dark Horse series written by Donny Cates ( co-creator of Buzzkill and Ghost Fleet) and Eliot Rahal (Dark Horse Presents