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It was just such a delight to read this 3 part story. Be Brave! Pick up Bravest Warriors, and share it with the one you love. Julz Hendricks is a co-host of the all female podcast Chickcast, as well as the We Be Geeks podcast (www.webegeeks.net)She is a huge advocate of kids' comics but reads a lot[...]

I always feel good about this, because a part of me feels like I'm encouraging a small group of kids to continue on the tradition of being inspired by and loving comics Kids aren't going to understand anything happening in the New 52 or Secret Wars, they need a comic that's targeted directly at them,[...]

Here's a wonderful photo of Harvey Pekar I watched Seth shoot in 2009: I was going to tweet about tonight's #GameOfThrones, but I just read that @sethkushner died and now I just want to read his comics — david golbitz (@davidgolbitz) May 18, 2015 rip @sethkushner​​ Kind, brave, funny, talented, brave in the face of adversity A[...]

I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Dark Horse Comics upcoming release Midnight Society: The Black Lake Having heard about the release, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to dive in before it hit comic store shelves Written and illustrated by Drew Edward Johnson, Midnight Society: The Black Lake follows the[...]

The series has been picked up by Image Comics, and arrives June 17th. Empty Zone features a seriously "flawed" central female character in Corinne White In this hybrid of sci-fi, suspense, and horror, Corinne meets a nightmare world in a "dystopian cityscape", but is equally burdened by her own past Jason Shawn Alexander joins us today[...]

The first appearance of the character Squirrel Girl is in Marvel Super Heroes #8 Winter Special 1991. And, in near mint condition, but not in a CGC slab,

Marvel has registered the trademark Timely Comics for "Comic books; printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork, education, entertainment, and online services, and downloadable electronic publications." Timely Publishing was established in 1939 by Martin and Abraham Goodman to pubish new comic books, with Marvel Comics #1 before it changed names to Timely Comics  in 1941. It[...]

Uncanny X-Men #600, the final issue by X-Men writer Brian Bendis was intended to be published this month. That is no longer the case. Instead, it appears

They may be good people, trying to do good things from their own perspective, but then so have many tyrants. This isn't a strange thing for the comics, of coure, Repeatedly over the decades the structures of SHIELD, or similar, have been stripped away for this kind of overreach Indeed, that's what the Civil War comic[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, Ales Kot is the kind of creator who can't stop experimenting, testing, pushing the boundaries of the comics form Having just completed his deconstructionist spy series Zero and the subversive superhero satires of Secret Avengers and Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier, he has launched the teen dystopian Science Fiction series The Surface and[...]

It's a sad day for comics, with the passing of Seth But this is what you have been reading this week. Cartoon courtesy of Martin Hand. Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1. Replacing The FF And X-Men On Secret Wars Image With Marvel Studio Characters 2. The Identity Of The New Female Thor Leaks Online (Marvel Official UPDATE) 3. So What[...]

Here's hoping. But if they do include comics, I really hope Valerie D'Orazio gets in touch.   I don't know if this will include the comic book industry. I have asked. But Nikke Finke, the requisite months after leaving Deadline has announced Hollywood Dementia. My website will present short stories, novellas and novel excerpts written by Hollywood insiders like myself[...]

At ACBC, Marvel Comics announced a few post-Secret Wars notes. They publicly confirmed Bleeding Cool's report of getting a Howling Commandos series, featuring Marvel's monstrous characters in the lead, from Werewolf By Night to Frankenstein's Monster. We already knew that A-Force would be an ongoing series – and we have run  the rumour that Old Man Logan[...]

Well, Dark Horse Comics may have been listening. Announced at Anime Central on Saturday, Dark Horse has licensed Kengo Hanazawa's I Am a Hero zombie survivalist manga, their first adaptation from publisher Shogakukan It will be published in a  2-in-1 omnibus format, and begins with fully-painted color pages that began each of the Japanese volumes[...]

And comics news reporting sites become implicit in that market distortion every time we run them as a story. This is quite the rarity in modern monthly comics Divinity, the new series from Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine for Valiant Entertainment has seen its #1 has gone to a fifth printing. While Divinity #2 has gone to[...]

This Chaos Comics character has been thriving over with Dynamite this over the last two years and now she is part of the deal the publisher has made with The Brewing Factory The piece is based off of the work of the late Michael Turner and sculpted by Jason Smith. Women of Dynamite: Purgatori Statue Price: $189.99 Art:[...]

This voluminous online, open access project later crystallized into a printed volume that I will probably be campaigning for as a milestone of comics journalism for the rest of my life: Leaping Tall Buildings This book collects over 100 portraits of comics creators of all stripes together with essays about their life and work, and[...]

This September, Titan Comics will release Norman Vol 2 – the second volume of the horror comedy written and illustrated by Stan Silas Here young Norman swaps the playground for the campsite, as he journeys into the woods to toast marshmallows – and his classmates. Norman Vol 2: Written/Drawn by Stan Silas If you go down to the woods[...]

We have an exclusive first look at the solicitations and covers for three title from Dynamite Entertainment shipping this August. John Carter: Warlord Of

Superman: Red Son was one of the most iconic designs to come out of an Elseworld comics The book was done by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson and Killian Plunkett and the character has found a way to live on outside of the initial story including other DC comics and video games Now the gray-suited Man of Steel[...]

Comics are going through an incredible renaissance at the moment, with more astonishing tales being produced than the average person could possibly hope to keep up on One of the most explosive areas of growth are kid-friendly comics San Francisco's premiere comic shop, The Comix Experience is taking it upon themselves to create a new[...]

Recent titles such as Action Comics and the self-titled comic by Greg Pak and Geoff Johns have been receiving much praise as of late But for me, the best Superman stories I have read are Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman and Mark Millar, Dave Johnson and Killian Plunkett's Superman: Red Son Both are[...]

Even with a .9mm automatic in his hand and a wealth of experience under his belt, the veteran thief still finds himself in deadly trouble when his well-laid plans go violently off the rails in a pair of violent, pulp fiction capers. President of Action Lab: Danger Zone, Jason Martin shared his thoughts on Gravedigger: Mills[...]

One day I decided that it needed to be introduced to comics, cartoons, independent publishing.  There had been a lot of talk over beers with friends about the comic buying audience It seemed at that point that the exhibitors were outnumbering the public at many events What could or should be done? Grow your audience[...]

2: The Dead will feature 72 comic pages alongside a cover and art gallery featuring artists such as Stanley Chou, Jason Smith, Richie Pope, Nathan Nelson, and Eric Pfeiffer. Featuring edits by Marvel Comics' Heather Antos (she's the one responsible for Unlawful Good and works on every Star Wars book alongside Deadpool), with letters by Zakk Saam. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/740997472/stronghold-volume-2 Twitter: @BrianVisaggio @kemiroart @HeatherAntos @ZakkSaam [...]

I'm not a business guy, I suck at marketing, and I am not particularly savvy at social media… so why the hell is my kickstarter 200% funded? I have no idea, I just make comics I'm probably the least qualified person to run a kickstarter So here is my best advice on how to haphazardly[...]

Bleeding Cool welcomes back We Be Geeks, hosting a variety of guests and covering a wide range of geek topics. The trio is reunited on this weeks episode

It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion. And Secret Wars #2 is the top selling book from every retailer on our list, a feat only previously matched by Secret Wars #1[...]

We have an exclusive first look at the pulp titles from Dynamite Entertainment that will be shipping in August. They include the second issue of Will

After Convergence and Batman, Harley Quinn continues to be DC Comics' top seller Accompanied by sales successes of Princess Leia, Thor, Silk and more Harley Quinn, there's further eveidence of the new appeal of female-lead comic books in the industry at the top. Image Comics puts six books in the top 100, two of which are[...]