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After a day spent at the first ever Atlantic City Boardwalk Con, I had some choice items of con swag to congratulate myself about. As anyone who's looked

Photos by Russ Shannon I don't live all that far from Atlantic City, so it would have taken quite a big reason to keep me from going and checking out the

On Monday, May 18th at 10 AM PST, Sideshow Collectibles will be making their latest art prints available for sale. These prints tend to go very quickly...

Valiant is heading to the Denver Comic Con May 23rd - 25th where they will be set up at booth #436 with an exclusive DCC cover of Drop Dead #1 by artist

Amanat said that if you're trying to bring more people into the comics fold, especially younger women, this is a great entry point She urged people to "hand this comic over" to siblings and friends. Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #1 on sale June 10th featured the Banshee Squad, led by Carol Danvers, who's the[...]

So how did these two spider-women spend their last days as Earth incursed upon Earth? Announced at the Women Of Marvel panel at ACBC just now, courtesy of

Are you looking for funny? Well, we've got an exclusive first look at the covers and solicitations for Dynamite Entertainment humor titles shipping in

Thank you Ryan Panagos for talking a walking tour of the Marvel Booth at ACBC this weekend. Indeed the whole show is organised by the folk who usually do

Schedule organizer, writer/artist Bryan Talbot, who's also one of the founders of the Lakes International Comics Art festival, said "For any lovers of the comics medium, or for artists in search of a publisher, this will be an unmissable event." Walking Dad Norman Reedus, star of "The Walking Dead," returns to Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this summer. Reedus, a[...]

Here are the top five spoiler-filled reasons you should be reading The Wake. 1.) Scott Snyder wrote it. Snyder started writing comics for Marvel Comics in 2009 until Vertigo published his first ongoing creator owned series American Vampire, earning him both a Harvey and Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2011 DC Comics snatched him up[...]

Works for Game of Thrones too. I've been pretty bad through my 'career' in indie comics so far at adhering to that rough principal, and maybe being reductive about why stories like Pratchett's worked was partly to blame But in 2013 I hit upon the idea of a city of toys, using a child-like fantasy as[...]

This week? Comics, looking at the history of the portrayal of the female form in comic books and pulp fiction, culminating with an interview with Frank. Frank has been in the news recently after drawing a series of cartoons parodying the infamous Milo Manara Spider-Woman cover Specifically The Mary Sue website was up in arms. Cho tells the[...]

Gosh! Comics in London is holding a launch party for the collection of Wytches by Scott Snyder and Jock, published by Image Comics. It will also be the only place you'll be able to buy a few select pieces of Jock's original art for quite some time, as he rarely sell his original artwork. The collection of Wytches[...]

We have the exclusive first look at the covers and solicitations for the Swords of Sorrow titles shipping in August from Dynamite Entertainment. With it

In stores on Wednesday is the second issue of Top Cow's new series The Tithe. From the same creative team the brought you Think Tank - Matt Hawkins and

Part of Dynamite's all-female written summer event is the four-part Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella / Jennifer Blood miniseries. It's being written by Nancy

The Blacklist has been a big hit for NBC and Titan Comics is hoping for the same thing The Blacklist #1 by Nicole Phillips and Beni Lobel will hit stores on July 22nd with a painted cover by Alice X Zhang and a photo cover of James Spader / Raymond Reddington. Below you can see the[...]

The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion. This time we welcome the other half of the creative force behind The Bunker, Joshua Hale Fialkov! He also is the writer of The Life After from Oni Press, the Devilers from Dynamite, Punks from Image, and Pacific Rim from Legendary[...]

August is a collectors delight as Boundless offers up four limited edition Lady Death covers and two box sets. LADY DEATH: APOCALYPSE #1 KICKSTARTER CVR Retail Price: $9.99 US Cover: Jason Eden MR, Color, 32 pages PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Previously only available to the Kickstarter supporters, we have a few copies left of this stunning painted cover by Jason Eden! Limited[...]

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[...]

We ran a few things to expect from the Secret Wars Battleworld, some of which were confirmed in Secret Wars #2, some which were not yet. But here are a

Not too much more than the cost of comics that retailers gave away on Free Comic Book Day. Many thought the $5.99 cover price for the series was too high And they were right But the liquidated price, even with a reasonable retailer mark-up will be an absolute bargain for a remastered version of one of[...]

If Batgirling is a phrase used internally at DC Comics, could Bombshelling be one as well? Starting in July, DC Comics will publish a new "digital first" comic called DC Comics Bombshells by Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Savage. The comic will highlight DC's superheroines such as Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batwoman fighting in World War II[...]

Bleeding Cool learnt today that Image Comics will be announcing that they will no longer offer "retailer exclusive" variant single comics It was a promotional program started by IDW for the launch of their Godzilla comic, then adopted by everyone from Boom to Avatar to Marvel to Titan to DC, where retailers could commission their own exclusive cover[...]

And he still has the reputation of one of the hardest working men in comics But his cancellation at ACBC has caused a number of issues Rob Liefeld Despite Stan Lee canceling his appearance for all 3 days at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Comic Con the web site still advertises his appearance Also, no J[...]

When the time travelling Bill & Ted hit our screens, the comparison was obvious. A time-travelling phone booth? Excellent! Although some folk did

On Wednesday, Bleeding Cool highlighted a T-Shirt seen onsale at Wal-Mart which seemed to encapsulate fears about Marvel's attitude towards their

Comics from Garth Ennis, Si Spurrier, Justin Jordan, Mike Costa, David Lapham, Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer.. what's not to love? WAR STORIES 01 TPB NEW EDITION $24.99 Writer: Garth Ennis Art: Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston MR, Color, 240 pages For the first time in a decade, the original War Stories are back in print! Fully re-mastered, these stunning[...]

In March, Marvel had a fifteen point lead in terms of marketshare over DC Comics. In April, the lead is still there but it's much,much smaller. Marvel's share of the comic book market dollars in April was down from previous months, as February's 38.44% rise to March 38.82% was reversed with April's 34.15%. And their sales of individual comics, which had jumped from[...]

A Danish fellow who attended the London Super Comic Con last month seems to have come away with quite a scoop A quick chat to another friendly Dane and we get a translation, regarding the upcoming plans for the legendary Bill Sienkiewicz. "Bill is going to draw a series written by Mark Millar, which they agreed on at[...]