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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! Looks like[...]

First, Bacardi publish a comic by Warren Ellis and Mike Allred about one of their less controversial founders. Now Cuervo want to get into the game,

In honor of the fast approaching Halloween holiday and the big Vampirella digital comic sale over at Comixology, Dynamite Entertainment has sent

Tonight, Rian Hughes is appearing at Gosh Comics in London, on behalf of the centre for adult learning, City Lit. Hughes is well known for his design and advertising work, his typographical work and for his comics work, three spheres that oddly seldom cross. He drew Grant Morrison's Dare, he designed the Forbidden Planet logo as well[...]

A year ago Vito Delsante and Sean Izaakse started a Kickstarter for a comic of their called Stray. They got $11,000 of their $8,000 goal. And in January

Akira Toriyama, famed creator of Dragon Ball, began work on a new comic two years ago, his first comic work for thirteen years. Published in Japan, Jaco

That's the cover for Ben Dunn's oneshot comic out in January, Science Is Magic. The battle of the sexes is more pitched than ever, divided between

Henchmen is a comic about, well, supervillain henchmen. New issues from small press publisher Robot Paper have been thin on the ground however, but after

My first-ever comic book script was for DC Comics' The Shadow in the mid-1970s One of the issues I wrote back then was "The Night of The Avenger," which was the first time these two illustrious Street & Smith heroes met In the 1980s, I had the chance to work with Walter Gibson, creative force[...]

Pulp Magazine fans will find this news interesting. Steeger Properties, LLC have acquired the copyrights to nearly 150 pulp magazine titles originally

Humanoids Publishing has announced that The Metabaron will return in 2016 in a four book series, based on a story by series co-creator

Just last night, we were saying that next week we'd see the official Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer following Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as announced by

Bill formerly worked at Lola, Michael Symon's restaurant, and eventually decided that he wanted to venture out to leave that normal, fancy restaurant box and have a little more fun and a little more freedom to make whatever he wants. DG: And you can call it whatever you want. SB: Yeah. DG: Like, this one's yellow so we[...]

If you love super heroes like Batman and Spider-Man or just comics in general, you'll appreciate this unique look into this world Please check it out and spread the word.   Do you remember when folks used to put out those videos of comic creators talking about their work back in the eighties and nineties? Well[...]

By Christine Marie Vinciquarra In times past, Hannah Means-Shannon ran the weekly column Live From The Comic Shop! at Conquest Comics in Bayville, New Jersey Editorial duties shut that down, but now a new champion has arisen from among Bleeding Cool's writers, Christine Marie Vinciquarra, to give it new life Three cheers for Christine! Despite the[...]

Well, it seems the season for The Third Testament: The Lion Awakes from Titan Comics You've got an ancient relic, a crypt, a monastery, and the terrors of the Inquisition–it's right up there with a good re-watch of Hammer Horror films and if you're on the East Coast of the USA today like me, it's[...]

draws Batman! This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue. Could we see Superman with a new belt or are they going to dramatically change it? With the return of all the Pre 52 stuff coming up at DC Comics, could we see the[...]

To accompany the release of a number of Disney licence comic books, including Frozen, Pixar and the Disney Princesses, Joe Books is publishing a series of

But a) his commute is now reduced significantly and b) he's taking it rather badly. So, Batman doesn't use guns, but he's happy to deliver a punishment beating to helpless criminals who have surrendered, to the extent that they will need hospital treatment. In today's Batman Eternal #29, he can bring two helicopters down… with his fists! Heeeeeeeeeee's batty! Comics courtesy of Orbital[...]

But this suburban pastoral doesn't make for very exciting comics Good thing Drake is secretly the crime-fighting powerhouse, Darkwing Duck! Whew, we were worried this would be the most boring solicitation copy in history! Darkwing Duck, aided by Launchpad, Goslynn, and their many allies, fought the forces of darkness in his beloved city of St[...]

Remember the first page of All-Star Superman? Ales Kot and Michael Walsh on Secret Avengers definitely do, in what is rapidly becoming Marvel's best title. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.  Following the release of In Real Life, soon to be published byFirst Second, we'll have the pleasure of receiving Cory Doctorow here at Orbital for a talk on November 12, at[...]

As Marvel release the latest of their Summer Event teasers with Steve McNiven revisiting Old Man Logan, to accompany  Civil War, Age Of Ultron Vs. Marvel

In honor of the fast approaching Halloween holiday and the big Vampirella digital comic sale over at Comixology, Dynamite Entertainment has sent us

Yet some retailers don't seem to have ordered a single copy. Oh yes, and it's out for Christmas. Joe Books is basically saying to comic stores "would you like some money? Here!" And if your readers just can't manage 376 pages of Frozen, then there's a 48 page comic book (using actually drawn comic book pages) out in[...]

Two comics, two companies Amazing Spider-Man and Harley Quinn, both big sellers, both out today, and both having female characters criticize the inappropriateness of the costumes of their female guest stars In Power Girl's case, herself. And Silk is standing right there but you can't see! Not only is there a lack of sisterhood, but she[...]

In stores, digitally, wherever you go. If you are a Buffy comics fan planning to read your copy, stop reading now. If you are a Buffy fan who doesn't plan on reading the comic, but the suggestion of something important happening might make you change your mind for this issue, then also stop reading. If you are  Buffy[...]

sometimes they show him with girls, sometimes he never seems to be going out with girls. Today, as Multiversity gets even more meta than usual, Grant Morrison revisits the topic, via Alexis Luthor, Damian Wayne's girlfriend, Of course, he's not content with going after Batman's sexuality… But he also goes after his very own audience, the folk[...]

Bleeding Cool has been following the rather intricate decisions that led Marvel Comics not to publish any new Big Hero 6 comics or reprint any of their Big Hero 6 comics ahead of the upcoming Disney movie loosely based on their comic. Instead, Yen Press has the rights to republish the Disney-originated manga published in Japan[...]

Maybe that might have affected his behaviour in All-New X-Factor today? Even for the man in charge, it's always time to kick back, read some comics and drink a cup of coffee. Though Bee & Puppycat #5 take a coffee from happiness to sadness… maybe you should have a look inside to see if that makes anything better[...]

But it happens before the events of the next comics. Then the beginning of Deadpool #36, the first thirteen pages. Then I'd skip to Axis #3 The first fourteen pages. Then the first panel of page fourteen of Deadpool This one. Then pages fifteen to seventeen of Axis. Then the rest of page fourteen of Deadpool. Then the rest of Axis. Then[...]