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Boom! So, the knew the Lumberjanes comic book was successful, as far as smaller publisher indy-style books go. But ow the bookstores have got hold of it

 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! And with[...]

The Dark Horse and Dynamite sword and sorcery collaboration comes to an end this week as Conan / Red Sonja #4 hits comic shops. Written by Gail Simone and

This week, the first new Fight Club story to hit comics format arrives with Dark Horse's Free Comic Book Day comic Written by the Fight Club novel's author Chuck Palahniuk, drawn by Cameron Stewart, with colors by Dave Stewart, the story included in the FCBD issue serves as an epilogue to the novel's Fight Club[...]

Because while that deals with Donatello's physical state… what about is mental state. What is his mind is… Splintered? And a journey must be undertaken… A bit of a swerve to those who were just expecting a metalhead… Today's comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, launching a Music & Comics Gallery on Friday, 12 comic artists have been tasked with[...]

Sometimes I just need a talking tiger. Or, apparently, a racist spider, from Wayward. And in Convergence: Infinity Inc, possibly the stupidest example of putting yourself in danger I have ever seen since Lois Lane threw herself off Niagra Falls – but who would really chase a chicken off a top storey roof? Okay, I'm sure some people[...]

Superior Iron Man has given us a new character, Jamie Carlson, Teen Abomination, the previously unknown son of the late Happy Hogan, a teenager trapped in a body that they doesn't recognise as theirs, and getting rather cross about it all. And in this week's issue of Superior Iron Man, giving us this one scene. "I really didn't now if[...]

And that's the story Jonathan Hickman has been telling for years and years and years… Time to go back and reread everything! Ever! Oh, but first, lets see Black Panther rubbing Obama's nose in it all…. …one head of state to another. Today's comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, launching a Music & Comics Gallery on Friday, 12 comic[...]

And, especially for male readers, making us very uncomfortably self-identify with that eye, owning the male gaze and being responsible for it. No need to mention crossovers, just one simple moment of grabbing many-a-reader and making them an unwilling participant in the narrative. Grant Morrison, Jonathan Hickman, Geoff Johns, Ales Kot, Jeff Kline? Kelly Sue DeConnick wins… Today's[...]

And that is how Snyder and Capullo portray The Joker, as an essential piece of us, but one that can severely warp us if we are not careful…. Also, it's a hell of a cool superhero comic book. Today's comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, launching a Music & Comics Gallery on Friday, 12 comic artists have been[...]

By Olly MacNamee Ahead of the annual comic fest that is Free Comic Book Day, I thought it a good idea to preview what's happening in the Midlands on the day, and even in the run up to May 2nd itself, with some local comic shops wanting your participation ahead of FCBD 2015, hence the heads'[...]

This week in shops from Boundless Comics is the fourth issue of the Lady Death: Apocalypse series by Mike Wolfer and Marc Borstel This new issue comes in seven different covers by artist such as Renato Camilo, Juan Jose Ryp and Richard Ortiz. Lady Death: Apocalypse #4 The conflict for control of the Under Realm reaches a[...]

We have two exclusive extended previews this week from Dynamite Entertainment. The first is Blood Queen Vs Dracula #3 by Troy Brownfield and Kewber Baal

I saw Avengers: Age Of Ultron last week. I'm watching Agents Of SHIELD right now. So how do both tie in? Both have Dr List, assistant to Baron Von

Locals were represented by Top Cow/Big Dog Ink, Devil's Due, Althita Comics, and others But there was a distinct lack of publisher presence there this year. It's Better To Travel It was great to see Carrie Goldman again Goldman a Chicagoan behind the Antibullying Coalition, which seeks to help educate people about bullying and give them the[...]

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom! Batman #40 is here! The end of Endgame! Climax of Snyder and Capullo's run. The

This issue kicks off the company's 25th Anniversary celebration. The year's can't-miss celebration officially kicks off on May 2nd in the FCBD 2015: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special – featuring two all-new stories and a myriad of never-before-seen special features chronicling Valiant's storied place in comics history! First, New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire and blockbuster artist[...]

And what better way to celebrate than to have a Kickstarter to pull together your comics into print form! Can you tell me how you came up with the story and what it is all about? CW: It might be best summed up as post-post-apocalyptic It's set in an alternate future in the wake of a[...]

Treat yourself to a journey through a family's creepy history on April 29th, with the release of Goners Volume 1: We All Fall Down, from Image Comics Written by, Jacob Semahn (Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man) with art by Jorge Corona (Feathers), Goners is an action packed, gripping comic that will stick in your memory for[...]

Because of how much reading I have on my plate, I simply can't afford to include the categories of Best Comics-Related Book and Best Scholarly/Academic Work If you have read every single book from those two categories, by all means get in touch with me and we'll give you the wheel for those two categories. In[...]

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. I don't usually do comics that dropped the same week that I write this column, mostly out of my own ill-defined feeling[...]

From BOOM! Studios, written by Simon Spurrier (X-Men: Legacy, Crossed: Wish You Were Here), with art by Jeff Stokely (Gotham Academy, Jim Henson’s The

By Nikolai Fomich Josh O'Neill believes in comics He believes in their ability to produce jaw-dropping and original humor He believes in their power to intellectually inspire and emotionally affect And he believes in their boundless potential, in "the limitless possibility of comics," as he puts it in his introduction to Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream[...]

In honor of the succinct traits of most of the comics both written by Mike Mignola, I'm not going to overburden this statement with a lot of verbiage If you've been following the radically interesting interpretation of the life and times of Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein Underground, then you know that in the series' opening[...]

Courtesy of Carlos Morales and Peter G from C2E2 for Bleeding Cool... do you see yourself? Anyone you know?  

The next issue of Jeff Smith’s ongoing comic book, Tuki Save The Humans #4 will be cancelled, and re-solicited in the October Previews for December

It's currently scheduled for July. But the very late Hawkeye #22 has, it seems, been ready for a while. Really, again, no idea about Hawkeye #22 schedule

It has been noted that recent weeks may have seen some stores bereft of DC Comics sales, as some find Convergence hasn't gone over as well with their clientèle as they may have thought. Well, tomorrow that will all change as DC Comics put out Batman #40, Justice League #40, Superman #40 and Multiversity #2. And in[...]

Actress Drea de Matteo was just interviewed by ten year old Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People in which she discusses the simple things that make her

Last week's Agents Of SHIELD made it official, Skye is "Daisy Johnson". Better known in the Marvel comics universe as groundshaker and son of Mister Hyde, Quake. There she is a mutant Agent of SHIELD Though the TV show isn't allowed to use mutants due to the publisher's deal with Fox Studios, she has become an Inhuman. And, as[...]