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Wood's surface influences of "punk rock" and cyberpunk are demonstrated in his aesthetic choices, utilizing the zine methodologies of early "underground" comic books and punk magazines and taking clear visual inspiration from the works of French comics artist Mœbius This is especially true of Mœbius's "The Long Tomorrow" (1975), a short story that had semiotic[...]

In this comic, Sundowners, he takes on the psychology of superheroes, how their obsessions would play out in a non-superhero world, but one very like our own where superheroes are a big part of pop culture, and sets it all to the tune of both horror and humor. Sundowners explores the lives of a "support group"[...]

By Christine Marie Vinciquarra Most of you probably know Bryan Lee O’Malley from a series he wrote between 2004-2010 called Scott Pilgrim. It was a vastly

On August 27th, a new comic arrives from Dark Horse, POP, and it is, simply stated, a boundary-pushing book regarding the themes we typically associate with the comics medium, as well as an unusual book in terms of art style It is a genre-mixer of wide scope, with adventure, spy, science-fiction, B-movie and pulp elements,[...]

August 1st-3rd Blood And Roses: Magical Girls By Sally Jane Thompson exhibition Orbital Comics Saturday 2nd, 3pm-4pm Doctor Who Signing Forbidden Planet  Rob Williams, Al Ewing and Des Taylor will be signing the first issues of the 10th and 11th Doctor Who Comics, including Forbidden Planet's exclusive versions. Friday 9th Open Night, and Saturday 9th onwards Orbital Comics Lords Of Infinity Exhibition The work of Cristian Ortiz, Andy Poyiadgi and James[...]

A couple of decades ago, Battlestar Galactica was this sci-fi TV show from the seventies and eighties that was roundly mocked for being cheesey, trite and quite a bit Mormon. When Rob Liefeld got the license to create comics based on the show, he picked them up for pennies There was no interest in the license[...]

  Can't deny Thanos looks good in the Guardians movie. The best comic book chin on the big screen since Judge Dredd,. And handily there's an original

Okay, that's not a new print, but it is the new Francesco Francavilla variant for the Original Sin Annual #1 (will there ever be a #2?) But getting second prints from Marvel Comics are Original Sin #5 #5.1 #5.2 and #6, Amazing Spider-Man #2 and #3, Uncanny X-Men #23 and Daredevil #6, Getting a third print is Figment[...]

A new collected editon of The Secret Service, or rather Kingsman: The Secret Service, is being rush-published by Marvel Comics for the end of September when they suddenly realised that that was when the film was out and someone suddenly decided that maybe it would be better not to wait until November for the book[...]

[Part 1, Looking at the Villains of Guardians of the Galaxy by Looking at the Comics was previously published on Bleeding Cool This is Part 2, Looking at the Heroes] By Ian Melton Tickets are bought and later today at the time of writing, the family will be seeing Guardians of the Galaxy.  My 8 year old[...]

The latest decampi comics from Marvel is out today, to coincide with the US release of Guardians Of The Galaxy The Guardians Of The Galaxy Infinite Comics One-Shot, by Tim Seeley, Reilly Brown, Iban Coello, Jacopo Camagni and Jim Charalapidis has the Guardians telling their own best stories… What happens when a very important part of your[...]

 Superman's 75th anniversary was in 2013, Batman's 75th anniversary was earlier this year, and we even noted Blue Beetle's 75th anniversary recently. It's hard to overstate how important the year 1939 was in laying the groundwork for the comics industry as we know it today By the second half of the year, DC's early success had[...]

First, here is a short video from SDCC with the cast of Bob's Burgers http://youtu.be/_pm8u1-S9cQ And the series creators are the ones working

When watching the Marvel logo introduction to Guardians Of The Galaxy, see how much of a dirty mind you have. As whether this image, clipped from a Marvel

I don't honestly believe that the concepts are the brand, in our world–rather, it's the talent. JC: For guys of my particular generation, our first exposure to your work was probably when you adapted STAR WARS for comics Now, it wasn't too many years after that you were doing AMERICAN FLAGG! — maybe five or six[...]

San Diego Comic Con has a no-smoking policy. But not, as yet, a no-shrooms policy. Joseph Kyle Schmidt writes, People plan their entire year around the

We have a sneak peek at what Valiant has in stores on August 6th. The aftermath of the big 25th issue of Harbinger starts here with Harbinger: Omegas #1

By Andrea "Yunie" McFall Joining with Cosplay Blog with a Brain, this is our next cosplayer interview, featuring GothamScarecrow! He's a creative cosplayer from Virginia, who encourages less elitism in the community! [GothamScarecrow as Scarecrow from Batman] Andrea McFall: What's your cosplay alias and why did you choose it? GothamScarecrow: GothamScarecrow, as one of my favorite characters is[...]

By Ian Mageto [youtube]http://youtu.be/05bDux3D7DM[/youtube] In this episode of Comics And Cosplay, host and Senior Cosplay Correspondent for Bleeding Cool, Ian Mageto gives a detailed history and background of Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel Comics This guide reviews all the most prominent members of the Guardians as well as other key players in the Marvel Cosmos[...]

Smith Remember when Vertigo comics were fucking scary? Of course you don't. The last thing to come out of Vertigo that was genuinely terrifying, Preacher, finished its run back in 2000, and its spiritual predecessor, Hellblazer, was axed after 300 issues so that good old boy John Constantine could be shuffled back into the New 52-ified version of[...]

As you read this, I am probably coming out of the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie with my eldest daughter. We'll tell you what we think in a moment, But

Annihilator, a six issue series by Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving, arrives from Legendary on September 3rd and that team up alone is a significant point

By Jeremy Konrad Going into San Diego Comic Con, the company I wanted to see the most out of was Hasbro. As an avid action figure collector, they hold the

By David Dissanayake  The more I read about the new ongoing Wayward by Image Comics, the more intrigued I became. Co-created by Jim Zub and Steve Cummings, Wayward is a story about teenage heroine Rori, a half-Irish, half-Japanese girl from Ireland who has moved to Tokyo with her mother for the first time[...]

By Cameron Hatheway Holy crap! When Image Comics throws an Expo filled with exciting announcements, they most certainly deliver! These weren't just your run-of-the-mill press releases, but rather an exciting extravaganza with an array of talented creators on-hand giving the dish on their latest projects with Image It almost seems as if the best talent in[...]

And the week after? We find out what happened to Mr Fantastic's testicles in Ultimate FF #6. So what will you be buying? Next week… DARK HORSE COMICS ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #5 MAIN CVR $3.50 ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #5 SAMNEE & BELLAIRE VAR $3.50 COMPLETE ELFQUEST TP VOL 01 ORIGINAL QUEST $24.99 FEAR AGENT TP VOL 05 I AGAINST I (2ND[...]

Now they are taking on Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson series. Mercy Thompson #1 (of 6) Writer: Patricia Briggs, Rik Hoskin Art: Tom Garcia ON SALE DATE: October 1 An all-new story set in official continuity, exclusively created for comics! You've never read a Mercy Thompson story like this before! Mercy Thompson returns to comics in an all new adventure by New York Times'[...]

One of the announcements going into Comic-Con that had people talking was the new Vampirella: Feary Tales from Dynamite. Now we have an exclusive first

By Sage Ashford A bit of gaming news that slipped under the radar during the massive torrent of geek news that occurs during every SDCC, Variety reports

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Holy cow was this a great week for comics! Foxi called in sick, so our 30th episode celebration is being put on hold until episode 33! Watch out…[...]