Comics Archives

Inside this week's eighty-year running British weekly Beano comic book, we get a new edition of the strip that has been running since the seventies, The

But when reality is threatened by a force that even the Devil can't handle, Lucifer calls on the only weapon that can prevent total megadeath: Evil Ernie himself! Will the antihero-to-end-all-antiheroes take his place as the world's most unlikely savior… and how will he handle the revelation that his former lover, Mistress Hel, has replaced[...]

This week from Avatar Press we have two issues of Crossed: Badlands which kick off a new story arc both written and drawn by Mike Wolfer. Crossed:

The Backers know what they're getting because we've given it to them before–really solid graphic storytelling and entertaining comics Our long time fans know we can create great horror comics because we've done that before, so we're not asking them to invest in an unknown This is the same team that gave you the Spectre,[...]

Dynamite is having a Greatest Hits sale until July 31st on Comixology where they are offering up digital comics like Battlestar Galactica, Green Hornet, Red Sonja and Wild Cards: The Hard Call by Game Of Thrones author George R R Martin To go with the sale they've sent us the first issue of the Wild Cards[...]

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 Bleeding

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! JLA Gods and Monsters continues this week[...]

A very casual Casual T-shirt, sold by Who Are Ya designs… And a Herb Trimpe cover for Godzilla King Of The Monsters published by Marvel Comics in the seventies… I wonder if that's a T-shirt printing firm he's stomping? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

By Jason Strangis Terry Cronin is an inspiration to independent creators looking to self-publish comics and novels He helped start the cult comic book series Students of the Unusual and has delved into writing books through his detective novels A fixture of the Florida comic book scene, Cronin also has regularly attended the San Diego Comic-Con[...]

And quotes Amy Reeder, co-creator and artist on Image series Rocket Girl, saying, Creators who work for the top publishers occasionally crowdfund their own projects — like Reeder and Montclare, with the Image Comics-published Rocket Girl Their Kickstarter campaign raised $38,037, which covered some living expenses and production costs before Image's royalty checks began arriving But[...]

This week sees the kick-off of this year's Boston Comic Con. Which seems a good a time as any to register the trademark for the name for "Organizing and

I’ve been interested in Dark Horse's Harrow County since before the series came to print, having seen some promo artwork, and then hearing about the

In an article for ComicBook.com, written and edited  by Marvel's ex-PR guy James Viscardi, he reports the word from his old boss, Marvel's David Gabriel

Diamond will be holding their 2015 Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore from 23rd-25th September and has announced the publishers sponsoring the show, at what levels, which also suggests their level of involvement in the show. The Summit opens at Diamond HQ, followed by a trip to the pub on the 23rd, followed by publisher presentations and[...]

Loot Crate is the daddy. The biggest comic book themed subscription box of them all. And, after celebrating the Heroes in July, in August it goes for the

At Otakon today, Kodansha Comics took the opportunity to announce three new titles from the publisher from next year. They kicked off with Queen Emeraldas, a space opera manga by Leiji Matsumoto serialised in Weekly Shonen in the seventies but never translated to English – officially at least It did however inspire an anime in the nineties which was[...]

But when it comes to decapitation in entertainment, no one made it quite as iconic as the Highlander films and TV franchise. Though I think Eternal Comics could probably have learnt from ISIS' production values Because they are now publishing a newly licensed comic book Highlander 3030, set in the far future of the Highlander universe and[...]

superhero – comics in the US are being dragged, sometimes screaming and kicking into the 21st Century lately, with calls for greater diversity in representation in race and gender One particular minefield has been representation of transgender characters since there is so much confusion and ignorance with a few writes landing themselves in hot water[...]

We showed off Skelton Crew's plush Poyo last week. This week it's their line of collectibles based on Alan Robert's Killogy comic from IDW, debuting at

Welcome Back, a new trans-temporal and high action series arrives from Boom! Studios on August 19th, written by Christopher Sebela, with art by Jonathan Brandon Sawyer and covers by Sawyer and James Harvey. It seems to contain many elements that are part of the comics conversation right now, and yet it has some very special features[...]

Fox and Crush Soda are running a competition and promotion ahead of the upcoming release of The Fantastic Four movie. Collecting codes form all four chose

Answering questions on Tumblr about previous projects she was working on for DC Comics, Gail Simone stated, I might have meant the huge thing I am still working on, that hasn't been announced yet. Curiouser and curiouser… one inquisitive soul asked Gail, and got a response, Anonymous asked: Are the Birds involved in the huge thing you haven't[...]

I think he did a pretty cool job. The cover is for Comics to Astonish in Baltimore, Maryland and is available here: http://www.comicstoastonish.com/ Artist Fabiano Neves did up a retailer exclusive cover for Red Sonja / Conan #2, the miniseries being published by Dynamite and Dark Horse But in doing so, Neves decided to[...]

Taken at a Hobby Lobby this weekend... even when referencing the classic sixties/seventies/eighties look of Marvel, there is no room for the Fantastic

To go along with the Jim Butcher's Dresden Files Omnibus Vol 1, we have the first issue of Storm Front written by the characters creator Jim Butcher and

David F. Walker, who recently worked on the Dynamite series Shaft, is scripting the new solo series for DC's Cyborg. Walker spoke with DC All-Access about

Yes. Those kind of hooters. A watercolor pin-up for David Petersen's Mouse Guard art book published by Baltimore Comic Con. On sale at Baltimore Comic Con

They'll hang 6 feet long— one big comics story.       Harvey Pekar was possibly the polar opposite of Stan Lee While developing a public media persona, that's to increasing coverage of the man and his work, including a number of appearances on David Letterman, and eventually an internationally distributed movie, he stayed very much the man he was,[...]

Catching up with a few bits and pieces I missed while at San Diego Cmic Con. Such as a breakdown of some of the characters appearing in Marvel's

The closest thing that the UK has to Glenn Beck, Richard Littlejohn, found himself shocked by the response to last weeks column for the Daily Mail. the