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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is asking everyone who cares about the freedom to read comics, to take the opportunity to make a difference, and become members with the Spring into Action membership drive The goal is to sign up 500 new or renewing members by the end of May All month long they'll[...]

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

But Sterling Gates and Derlis Santacruz really do… it looks like DC Comics just weaselling their way out of a previous commitment. One thing to recall however, the creator equity program is a voluntary one Certain creators have entered into specific contracts with DC regarding characters they have created – this won't affect Watchmen say, even though[...]

James Tynion IV is a young writer on the rise. A protégé of Scott Snyder, he's graduated from writing back-ups in the Bat-office to helming two upcoming

Because the Orphan Black story operates at multiple points in time from multiple perspectives, and works to some degree as a mystery with sudden significant reveals, following the lives of central clone Sarah Manning and her sisters works very well in comics format That is, if the creative team can handle the complexity of it. IDW[...]

There will also be a costume contest, artist VIP reception, discussion panels and a screening of the documentary She Makes Comics. Founded by Chelsea Liddy and sponsored by local store Green Brain Comics, owned by Katie Merritt, the show has launched a crowdfunding campaign, with variant editions of Swords Of Sorrow #1, admission to the show, and to a[...]

From Brandon Graham's King City... And from Gene Ha's new Kickstarted comic, Mae.   Let's flip that for clarity... Gene Ha gives Bleeding Cool a "mea

We just recently saw what the solicitations for July were going to be and now we already have the advanced solicitations for Valiant's Book Of Death comics coming out in August of 2015 Those titles are Book Of Death #2, Book Of Death: The Fall Of Ninjak #1 and Book Of Death: Legends Of The[...]

The Illuminati are the secret society that rule the world. Originally the Bavarian Illuminati of 1776, the phrases has reoccurred over the years, more

However, this is the only brand new character being launched by DC Comics in June, it's a teen book, the kind that Scott Lobdell has a decent reputation writing, is tied to Superman and the popular Doomsday storyline and is, frankly, DC's best hope for a breakout character since Harley Quinn. A tragic monster story at[...]

Monthly subscription box Loot Crate is pushing an exclusive T-shirt for their Unite box in May, and suggesting with the name and the below visual that it might have something to do with the Avengers… Just a guess. Get an added discount with the BLEEDINGCOOL code if you want it. Nerd Block has launched a comcis-only-plus-a-t-shirt box called Comics[...]

The PR announcement has been given by Papercutz to CBR. That Convergence: Green Lantern Corps creators David Gallaher and artist Steve Ellis are bringing

Do you judge a comic book by its covers? If so which do you choose? Here are a few now looks...issues #5 to #8 of Convergence. The new cover look of

Mark Millar held a contest for Free Comic Book Day, for stores whose empoyees dressed up as Millarworld characters, to win him for a store signing. Entries were meant to be until Friday but yesterday it seemed that Jetpack Comics of New Hampshire, a regular contributor to Bleeding Cool, was so far in the lead that[...]

Prog 1929 arrives this week from 2000AD, landing in print in the UK on the 6th of May and in print in the USA on the 6th of June. It will be available

We have to exclusive extended previews from Dynamite this week. First up is the start of their big summer event Swords Of Sorrow #1 written by Gail Simone

If you have an unfinished comics project, a web comic or a project you feel passionate about and want collected in print; then contact Phil Hall atinfo@borderline-press.com and we'll discuss the future! Well, it appears that Borderline Press will now be an unfinished comics project, at least for a while Owner, ex-retailer, ex-publisher of the Borderline[...]

Thanks to Jordan Hart...  

When you have a title or even like Swords Of Sorrow, at some point you will need to actually design the swords in question. For Dynamite's big upcoming

In November DC Entertainment will be releasing a deck of tarot cards featuring their comic characters drawn and designed by Sara Richard. But the

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

In stores this week from Avatar Press, the 77th issue of Crossed: Badlands, God Is Dead #35 and Uber #24. Crossed: Badlands #77 Uber scribe, Kieron

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this week's upcoming books, speculating about where they are headed, and discuss their favorite storylines Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Thanks for pressing play! It's another exciting week at comic shops[...]

Media guests also signed autographs for fans during the weekend. Panels included a look back at the history of Marvel Comics, a preview of what is ahead for Marvel and DC movies and television shows, and how to break into comics. At this "mini-show" in Minneapolis, about 100 exhibitors sold Golden and Silver Age comic books, movie[...]

Have you ever found yourself trapped in a horrible relationship, feeling powerless to escape? Did you long to find someone who would treat you like a

Issue #10 is going to show us again how diverse comics can be in subject matter and style, and keep things fresh by exposing us to new ideas and formats we might not have ever encountered before. In this issue, we have a criminal business world in The Suit, a political sci-fi drama in Colonus, as[...]

#1 Convergence: World's Finest Convergence: Detective Comics #1 The Multiversity #2 Fantastic Four #645 (Marvel, $5.99) By Jeb D. We didn't know it at the time, of course, but Fantastic Four #100 was the twilight of the Stan Lee-Jack Kirby partnership; they would do just two more issues together before Kirby left for DC And from the cover, it looked like[...]

IDW and Marvel are giving you Star Wars comics – big and small. In Big, that's the Artists Editions Massive oversized hardovers that reproduce original artwork as close to the originals as possible, bound for readers to drool over. During its original nine year run at Marvel, an all-star list of artists provided material for these now[...]

Announced at New York alongside #4Hero and a second series of Justice League: Gods And Monsters. DC’s Hero Project. A new TV show that sees Machinima,

This combination of powers will result in The Humble Kids Comics Bundle Supporting Children's Book Week packed with popular titles from a variety of award-winning publishers Noteworthy contributors include Abrams, Image Comics, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM!, Top Shelf, Papercutz, No Starch Press, Little Pickle Press, and more. Humble Bundle Director of Books, Kelley L Allen, shared[...]