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Last Week's Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 16th July 2015
No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, Georgia Jetpack Comics of Rochester, New York Fat Jack's Comicrypt of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Who had this to say, Not a bad week Nothing really exciting to report 1872 1 Secret Wars caught me by surprise[...]
Three Jobs Available In Comics In New York City
Firstly, Valiant Entertainment needs a Marketing & Communications Manager. Job Requirements • BA in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or related field • 1 to 3 years of related experience in publishing or entertainment • Excellent writing and communications skills • An in-depth knowledge of comics and the broader pop culture landscape • Ability to think strategically, deliver under tight deadlines,[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Vampirella #1 By Trautmann And Reis
Michael Straczynski's Twlight Zone and more digitally… but again, this is the last day to get over 15 different omnibuses… 4,000 pages of digital comics. Five years ago Dynamite Entertainment kicked off the return of Vampirella with a new #1 by Eric Trautmann and Wagner Reis It went on for a lengthy run before being[...]
Swipe File: Bill Sienkiewicz And… Guess Who?
Comics and illustration is a tough field, a tough life's choice to pursue, and I give props to anyone trying to make an honest go of it. Key word here is honest. Left is a 30×40 in painting I did in the early 90's for a Superman exhibition in Nebraska Right is a print for sale by[...]
Book Of Death Concludes In The Valiant Solicitations For October 2015
How will Ray keep Magic safe, avoid the federal manhunt that's closing in on him, and stop his impostor before they kill again?! Be here as the next pulse-pounding story arc from New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (All-New Hawkeye) and comics legend Butch Guice (The Winter Soldier) brings us one step closer to[...]
From Strip To Script – Gotham Central #2
By Josh Hechinger Welcome to From Strip to Script, where I take a page of finished comic art and try to derive a script from it, to see what I can learn from the exercise. Okay, look…I'm going to pull you aside, conspiratorially, for a second. All clear? Just us? Okay. I have mixed feelings about "filmic comics". "What are[...]
SDCC '15: Shannon Watters Talks The Future Of Lumberjanes
Gaining two Eisner Award nominations and critical acclaim the world over, as well as a movie option, Lumberjanes is a force to be reckoned with in comics Watters, co-writer and co-creator, will be continuing on with writing and editing duties when Stevenson leaves the series after issue 17 Watters was kind enough to take some[...]
SDCC '15: Gays In Comics – 28 Years Later
By Joe Glass Roger Klorese moderated another Prism Comics hosted LGBTQ panel, the annual Gays in Comics panel that has been running at San Diego Comic Con for an impressive 28 years The original moderator was in fact in the audience, who had been involved in that very first panel way back in 1989 A longer[...]
August Previews Covered By I Hate Fairyland & Batman & Robin Eternal
The August edition of Diamond Previews, out next week, has Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland from Image Comics on the cover and Batman And Robin Eternal from DC Comics on the back. Gems of the month include Dead Vengeance by Bill Morrison from Dark Horse, Lois And Clark #1 by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks from DC, Back To[...]
SDCC '15: The Dark Circle Comics Panel – The Fox, Black Hood, The Web And More
By Mike Sangregorio Midday Saturday Archie Comics held its Dark Circle Comics panel to discuss a few of the superhero properties, and characters, that have recently been reintroduced by the company and why some of these newer, more modern versions may not be what longtime fans have come to expect. For those not familiar with the brand,[...]
Colourist, Clydene Nee, Declared Legally Blind, Asks For Your Help
Clydene Nee was a comic book industry colourist, working on comics for Image, Dark Horse, Malibu and Universal, including the colour designs for the look of Spawn. She has now, however, been declared legally blind from diabetic retinopathy, after a serious of health issues and major delays with insurance, is in even worse financial straits. I met her[...]
Ron Salas Draws The Pirate Phantom
Tonight we have Ron Salas' process art for King: Prince Valiant #3. The issue is written by Nate Cosby and the colors are by Luigi Anderson. Interesting
Mega Swag! SDCC Edition – Group Round Up
Rich and I were still working on comics business throughout Monday so we'll be bringing you the remainders of news and reports still coming in To be honest, and this is something of a humble brag, Rich and I put off doing our swag shots because it would take a lot of unpacking of plastic[...]
Is This The Return Of Adam-X?
When Fabian Nicieza was asked about the Age Of Apocalypse Sceret Wars series Will you create any new mutants for this series? Some ["Secret Wars"] X-comics have new characters, like "Years of Past Future" and "X-Tinction Agenda." He replied, Yes Sort of There is a new X-Man named Burner We are giving him "the Sunfire treatment," the way[...]
A Comic Show – Ant-Man, Suicide Squad, & Superman!
Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom SDCC is over, we saw tons of comics coming to get excited about (Milestone!), actually liked the Suicide Squad trailer, and won a Batman figure with an original Jim Lee Sketch! Now it's time to get back to the new comic day A Comic Show![...]
All-New All-Different Marvel Solicitations For October 2015
and the Secret Empire, and races against time in Baron Zemo's Bloodstone Hunt! Bucky Barnes returns as the Winter Soldier, and the Falcon steps up to wield the shield for an all-new era! Iconic tales of suspense from a score of industry legends! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #169-175, #255 and #445-448; CAPTAIN AMERICA (2005) #8-9[...]
Prepare Yourself For Pure Genius In Saga #30
From Image Comics, written by Brian K Vaughan, with art by Fiona Staples, Saga #30 has it all So you'll probably remember how tortured and heartbroken we all felt way back at the end of issue 19 when we saw this image below and Hazel's narration "This is the story of how my parents split[...]
Did You Get An SDCC Exclusive We Can Never Go Home #1 Variant?
Well, did you? Because if you managed to snag one of the 50 numbered copies available from New England Comics' Black Mask signing, it is worth a pretty penny. One copy has sold for $559, while another went for $539. The hottest comic in shops is becoming the hottest variant from San Diego. Would you pay that much for[...]