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Marvel Agreed With Disney Not To Put Out Big Hero 6 Comics
Are there any plans for "Big Hero 6"? Alonso: There are no plans. Any particular reason why? Alonso: The characters and stories that have appeared in our comics are very different from what they are in the film Releasing material that would be viewed as movie tie-in product would be a disservice to filmgoers[...]
Swipe File: Red Sonja And Red Reaper
Okay, the bottom bit of the Swipe File always talks about how Bleeding Cool doesn't judge regarding swipes. How we understand that they are often part of
Dynamite Brings Alice Cooper And Ex-Con To Comics Shops – Exclusive Extended Previews
A fun way to kick off a back-to-work Tuesday. EX-CON #1 Duane Swierczynski (w) Keith Burns (a) Tim Bradstreet (c) Dynamite is proud to present Ex-Con, the next book in a series of creator driven comics – with The Creators Unleashed, featuring all new concepts and characters from the industry's best and brightest! This month, we present Ex-Con,[...]
And Finally…The Comics Being Sold To Pay For Breast Enhancement Surgery
Considering how many superhero comic books have existed to show idealised fantasies of women in poses designed to show off their bodies with a thin veneer of storytelling to justify the whole exercise – well, for once, there's no pretence here. Using a gif based on this image as well: You can browse the comics on sale,[...]
The Season Between The Seasons – Guggenheim Talks Arrow Season 2.5 Comic
In a conversation with THR, Marc Guggenheim and Keto Shimizu talked about what to expect in the digital first comics Arrow Season 2.5 which focuses on the five months between the end of season 2 and the beginning of season 3. Guggenheim started by letting folks know why they want to read the comic: "Season three is[...]
Patrick Blaine's Painted Hulk Samples Are Amazing
Scanning through Facebook I came across a post by comic artist Patrick Blaine (Green Lantern: Tales Of The Sinestro Corp)… who's birthday was yesterday, so happy belated birthday… In his post he talks about how he took a couple years to teach himself to paint and now wants to work full time in comics again[...]
Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Heart Of The Shadow? Part I
He's been in comics, movies and radio programs Orson Wells gave him voice in the late 1930s and Alec Baldwin gave him a face in 1994. He is said to have inspired many of the heroes we know today including the title character from Alan Moore's V For Vendetta and his closest facsimile Batman Bill Finger[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 1st September 2014 – Taken That And Party!
And… that's what happens when someone learns today of something you ran back in February, but it makes it to the front page of Reddit… thank you, Brendon. Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week Liam Neeson Says Nobody Gets Taken In Taken 3 Welcome To El Paso's Mayhem Toyz & Comics & DeviantArt Images  Marvel Comics' The Avengers To[...]
Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics
Tuesday, September 2nd The ninety-seventh meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby) The event is free and open to the public. Presentations will be "A Conversation with Thierry Smolderen"[...]
Marvel Declines To Answer Questions About Star Wars Royalties
Marvel Comics are to republish Dark Horse Star Wars comics in a new format, Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol 1, those comics created to follow on from Episode III, Revenge Of The Sith. It will contain the Dark Horse titles, Star Wars: Republic #78-80, Star Wars: Purge #1, Star Wars: Purge — Seconds To[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – The Blood Queen #1 By Brownfield And Casas
To continue to promote their new DRM-free digital comics, Dynamite has sent us the full first issue of The Blood Queen written by Troy Brownfield and art by Fritz Casas It's a unique tale the crosses the historical serial killer Elizabeth Bathory and a fairy tale setting. For more on the Blood Queen series, click here. [...]
Tales Of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
While I have been inspired a lot by "American Comics", Julie and Lydia's influences are more of "European Style", creating diversity in the book, yet our art styles complement each others Julie's storytelling and palette just makes Bluebeard's tale come alive while Lydia's story is just fun-filled and gives out a "Pixar" kind of feeling[...]
Doing A Little Sherbet, With  Everyone From Amy Reeder To Shaky Kane
It's a tonal throwback to 80s/90s mature reader titles where the humour was as dark as the subject matter and comics were barely censored at all. I think a glance at our animated trailer probably illustrates that better than my words can here: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz8CK1bNErc[/youtube] (Trailer by: Lance Erlick featuring animated art from Joshua Mathus, Alice Meichi Li, Amy Reeder, Leila[...]