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In March, a number of stores ran streaming videos from a bunch of publishers, showing off upcoming comic books, and interacting live with customers across

By Jeremy Konrad Archie Comics has been around for 75 years, which is a huge accomplishment Last year, they took a massive risk with the launches of Afterlife with Archie and Sabrina horror-themed comics, and asked us as retailers to be there along for the ride with them And with them we were It was a[...]

This is the Loot Crate variant cover for Bravest Warriors: Tales From The Holo John #1, out in May, and coming in May's Loot Crate. This usually adds

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

Five prints isn't enough. But before we get a sixth printing, Marvel is issuing Star Wars #1 in the Director's Cut format along with Darth Vader #1. So

I went into reading the first issue of Lantern City with high expectations. Having the knowledge that there was already a reputation for the comic made me

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to use a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, and there were questions from other creators and retailers as to why Archie Comics[...]

It's another bloody silhouette. Titan Comics have announced that their upcoming Doctor Who crossover event written by Father's Day/Human Nature writer Paul Cornell.  But rather than the Three Doctors event we expected, it turns out it is The Four Doctors – wit a mysterious white silhouetted Doctor in the background of one cover. Is it the Ninth Doctor?[...]

Matt Fraction has told the world in his and Kelly Sue DeConnick's newsletter, that he will be appearing in Late Night With Seth Meyer as a guest in a

  French newspaper Le Figaro has landed the cover of the new Corto Maltese graphic novel. The creator of Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt, died twenty years

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to launch a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, but there were other creators and retailers who wanted to talk, including Mark[...]

These are the lucky four winners to the Adobe Students comics competition, who will be creating a new Avengers comic book with Marvel writers, and flown out to San Diego Comic Con to debut their work… Here's some of the work that caught the judges attention From Emil Friis Ernst, a Danish animator. From Hayden Sherman of RISD,   From Chad Lewis at[...]

Tony Lee used to write the IDW Doctor Who comic book, and was also credited with co-writing the Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover published by the same

We didn't run it back then because, you know, it's one thing to spoil a comic the day before publication, it's another before it's even been written… Of course, just as with Sam Wilson taking the role of Captain America in the comics raising the question of whether Anthony Mackie could take the lead in Captain America[...]

In this week's exclusive extended previews we have a look at issue three of Project Superpowers: Blackcross by Warren Ellis and Colton Worley. A trip Down

This Wednesday, May 13th, Prog 1930 of 2000AD arrives in print in the UK and internationally digitally. It will arrive in print in the USA around June

The second series of Alex De Campi's Grindhouse anthology comic for Dark Horse Comics has continued its tradition of guest artists from all over the comics industry – and all over the world And for the final issue of Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out, de Campi finds herself in France, recruiting Milo Manara Who has[...]

Tonight we have free for our Bleeding Cool readers, Red Sonja #74 by Eric Trautman and Marcio Abreau from Dynamite Entertainment. This and many other Red

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

Artist Evan "Doc" Shaner has posted all of his model sheets for Convergence: Shazam #1 on his tumblr page. Notice on how each page he does a head shot of

By Joe Glass At MCM London, starting the weekend of May 22nd, UK Independent comic creator Mike Garley and his team (Josh Sherwell and Michael Stock)

That sentence alone should make you pause and think about the great things that can happen in comics Oh, and his dinosaurs are absolutely gorgeously drawn in fine lines and pastel colors If this had been your coloring book as a kid, you would have been all over it, you know it. Only here we actually[...]

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[...]

For the last few years, Paris Comics Expo has been held in November in the city An attempt to recreate the kind of Comic Con experience more common in the USA.    You probably get the idea with that Lots of media, comics guest from around the world, cosplay, comics and… stuff. Sadly there won't be one in 2015[...]

It's able to bridge the classic DC Comics heroic feel, the darker tinges of Flashpoint, and the outright cartoonishness of Captain Carrot naturally without anyone feeling out of place on the page His fight orchestration is actually quite fun, showing the characters using their vast power sets resourcefully Grummet also stages the final panel not[...]

When I first started reading BOOM! Box's Giant Days, it quickly sky rocketed to my top five favorite comics Following the lives of Daisy, Susan, and Esther was an enjoyable entertaining experience from day one Seeing the girls survive a crazy flu last month was pretty funny, so I couldn't wait to see what John[...]

This morning we were fast off the blocks, reporting the new line of Archie Comics titles for Riverdale Reborn to be funded by Kickstarter. Shortly afterwards, we received a response from Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater I understand that this will appear elsewhere but for  now, you can read it here. Take it away, Jon. We live in[...]

If you missed out Free Comic Book Day last year, know that there are still plenty of titles that can be ordered from Diamond Comic Distrubutors by your retailer. That includes Secret Wars #0 and All-New All-Different Avengers. So don't pay $5 to $7 online, there are better ways. And while the DC Comics titles are no longer available[...]

Marvel writer G Willow Wilson tweeted earlier today, regarding the return of Ms. Marvel after the Secret Wars event. Last issue of MS MARVEL: CRUSHED is

Here's the Fiona Staples variant cover for The Wicked + The Divine #11, just in time for FOC… While Jupiter's Circle #3 gets a couple of variants, both from Frank Quitely I understand that Death Sentence #1 London will be getting a Gifts For Geeks variant while Minions #1 will have a Books-A-Million variant. But for Secret Wars? Well, we[...]