From Image Comics, bestselling writer Matt Hawkins (Tales of Honor) and artist Rahsan Ekedal comes Think Tank: Creative Destruction #1 The story centers on an unknown enemy who savages the technological infrastructure of the US Panic and conspiracy theories spread as David Loren and his misfit science team continue work on the TALOS project, trying[...]
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Bleeding Cool has long championed the work of Francis Manapul at DC Comics, as he created many an innovative approach to comic book storytelling, especially on The Flash We have also enjoyed his work on Detective Comics, and wrote about it earlier today.
But it will be a short lived stay He writes on Twitter.
Today is[...]
Recently, DC Comics ran a back page ad on all its titles for Instocktrades and DCBS, heavy online comic book discounter services.'
And retailers weren't happy So much so, that DC Comics issued an apology, citing the decision to run the ad as a mistake and blamed the move from coast to coast.
So the ad running in[...]
I have to say, I never thought that AVX variant cover for Midtown Comics would still continue to have such sway in the comic book marketplace.
Well, at San Diego Comic Con, you can now get his Marvel character designs in pin form at the Marvel Booth We'd give the booth number but seriously, it will[...]
Ollie Masters, of Vertigo's The Kitchen, has a new series coming out from Boom! Studios. We may discover more at San Diego, but for now here's what the
It's all getting rather San Diego Comic Con-ny isn't it? Corinna Beckho and Randy Green are creating the five issue mini-series Lara Croft And The Frozen
Heavy on the high definition... Marvel October Previews instore today (apart, it seems, in the UK) in high definition and alphabetical order. But first, a
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!
Fight Club[...]
McFarlane Toys has done rather well with their Walking Dead Construction Sets. Letting you recreate your favourite scenes from the TV show and/or comic
"Kept" is not freedom.
And so, it saddens me that the guy in charge of shepherding the Fury Road comic so fundamentally misunderstands his own source material. Theresa Juriso, The Mary Sue
… that doesn't seen to have harmed sales either and DC Comics have also sent that book back for a second printing as well.
It's a cliché that[...]
I have always told people that the two best panels at San Diego Comic Con are Sergio & Mark on Thursday afternoon and The Black Panel on Friday morning, which has been running since 1998.
And while the former continues to entertain a reasonable audience, the latter fills to capacity, and you have to run to[...]
This image may include imagery and ideas that some may find rather offensive.
First an encounter, a century and a half away, with a familiar symbol.
As we have seen so very vividly in the last few days, certain symbols can express and embody so much that their presence and absence can have a very emotional and[...]
One of the skills of a fine commercial comics writer woring on a work-for-hire property is to take a phrase or a moment so associated with a character and find a totally different context for it that seems so obvious, the second after it is used.
Which is how this very familiar Midnighter monologue over the[...]
That will end up on Youtube.
Maybe take some poster advice from Secret Wars Journal's second half.
Or find some use for Wolverines-who-died-too-young-now-revived-by-Hank's-time-travel-experiments who never really lived as an X-Man, from X-Tinction Agenda…
Secret Warsiness out of 10 Doomheads:
Secret Wars by Hickman and Ribic
Secret Wars Journal by Tieri, Aukerman, Isannove and Silva
X-Tinction Agenda by Guggenheim and Di Giandomenio
Giant[...]
The original cover depicts four stars of the series: Red Sonja and Vampirella (two characters with long traditions of comic book adventuring), as well as literary heroine Dejah Thoris (from the Warlord of Mars novels and comics) and Jana from Frank Cho's Jungle Girl The photo reenactment features four lovely cosplayers: Tabitha Lyons as Red Sonja,[...]
The last issue of Action Comics saw the police of Metropolis descending upon the neighbourhood in which Clark Kent lives to burn it to the ground, for reason of alien cooties, or somesuch, now that everyone knows Superman's secret identity.
Anyway, Superman has an issue with that, as you might expect And in today's issue from Greg Pak[...]
Just don't tell too many people, okay?
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London, who will be making their first trip to San Diego Comic Con together later this week But first, they have a signing with Si Spurrier today and an exhibition launch and talk with Mark Buckingham on Saturday…
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In IG-90, however, the speech patterns are far more HK-47.
Embed: And here's a Youtube link to remind you…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1gTas7OAA[/youtube]
Threat: Buy it or be eviscerated, meatbags…
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London, who will be making their first trip to San Diego Comic Con together later this week[...]
Avatar Press has three books hitting shelves tomorrow starting off with God Is Dead #37, then Uber #26 and finally War Stories #10. All books comes with
We've been looking at the lateness of Secret Wars titles here, here and here. Well more titles continue to fall down the schedules, here are some new
Ariel Olivetti has done a retailer exclusive cover for Red Sonja / Conan #1 that has that classic feel that you'd expect from a Robert E. Howard story.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U229B_5V37s[/youtube]
Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop writes,
Hey Fandom, I'm back with another week of New Comics Now! Brian K Vaughn's new Image #1 is here, and you need it, even if you hate Canada We Stand On Guard is a double sized $2.99 book you won't regret buying[...]
Some of which are based on Cartoon Network TV shows such as Adventure Time, and classic comics like Peanuts. This week brings us an anniversary issue of Regular Show with their 25th issue, written by Kevin Church, with art by Mad Rupert In this stand-alone story, Benson gives all Park employees fitness devices to encourage them all[...]
Roar Comics and AG Properties debuted a new reading experience for children of the '80s (and their kids) An all new series of Care Bears comics! For the first time in nearly 25 years, the comics will continue, written by Georgia Ball (My Little Pony, Scooby Doo), with illustrations by Melanie Gillman (As the Crow[...]
However, that's not keeping me from being vocal regardless!
Who is eligible to vote?
Comic book/graphic novel/webcomic creators (writers, artists, cartoonists, pencillers, inkers, letterers, colorists
All nominees in any category
Comic book/graphic novel publishers and editors
Comics historians and educators
Graphic novel librarians
Owners and managers of comic book specialty retail stores
Who is not eligible to vote?
Comics press or reviewers (unless they[...]
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.
While I didn't read it at the time, I do remember this iteration of Plastic Man coming out waybackwhen; I mean, if[...]
Looking for a fun unique platform that will expose you to some awesome comics? Well, look no further! I had the pleasure of chatting with Steve Blatchford, creator of zco.mx, a website dedicated to self-publishing cartoonists and their readers.
Christine Marie: Hi Steve! Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me here on Bleeding[...]
We have a first look at the new Archie #1 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. This issue has a boat load of covers and exclusives. Looks like Archie is going
By Joe Glass
Earlier this year, Brian Andersen had a very successful Kickstarter for his comic Stripling Warrior, about a gay Mormon superhero, that also got a lot of media attention.
Andersen has been making LGBTQ themed and starring comics for some time now, and has also been a major part of the visible gay comics-making community.
We[...]
Did you miss the #ValiantSummit at Twitter HQ? No worries, thankfully they saved the Periscope broadcast. So, for the next twenty-four hours you can watch