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When DC Comics relaunched their line as the New 52 in 2011, the fact that the maintay character of Barbara Gordon was no longer to be Oracle, the wheelchair bound informational guru, architect and archivist of Birds Of Prey but back in the Batgirl suit, irked many fans But they were placated by lieu of previous[...]

Titan Comics have announced that there's going to be a very special international focus on Doctor Who comics on July 26nd, drawing in retailers, fans, no doubt cosplayers, and of course, you, the comics readers I'm thinking this is going to be something like Hellboy Day as celebrated by fans and retailers a little while[...]

I got a chance to read Terminal Hero #1 by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski and came away with some thoughts about the book. After having interviewed

Jim Lee draws Dave Cockrum's The Futurians Clifford Meth writes, If you were compelled to list the pivotal moments in comics' history, you'd have to admit that the revitalized X-Men, beginning with Giant-Size X-Men#1, was as important to the direction of Bronze Age comics as General Patton was to the outcome of World War II[...]

I am very thankful to Nick for the opportunity to bring Dawn together with a character I grew up loving. BC: What is next for Dawn and for yourself? Will we be seeing more Dawn comics in the future? Do you have any other projects in the works? JML: After I have completed Dawn & Vampirella I'll[...]

That said, it's been over two years on Earth 2 and eight with DC Comics, and I feel the time has come for me to take my next step. To see out my contract, I'll be doing a short but personal project with my all time favourite character, then…… I'm stepping into the world of Creator[...]

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: This week Spider-Man popped up a couple of times, the New Suicide Squad has some odd couples, Grayson was just awesome and Foxi came for a visit! Please be[...]

For the first time ever, Tonner Doll Company is going to be set up at this years San Diego Comic Con. And like everyone else, they're going to bring out

I love seeing behind the scenes how pages are done, so when an artist shows the step-by-step process, I think its worth taking a look at. Gabriel Hardman

By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Bleeding Cool's Bleeding Cosplay columnist Ian Mageto presents another episode of Comics and Cosplay, and this time he dives into the root cause of why so many people hate the show Heroes of Cosplay on the Syfy Channel The episode also takes on the infamous cosplay article discussing[...]

By Tony Pannacio "It's not an 's.' On my planet, it stands for 'hope.'" — Kal-El speaking to Lois Lane, Man of Steel (2013) In Action Comics #1, Superman knocks out a guy who had been beating his wife, distinguishing him immediately as a hero whose mission is to protect and serve those who are oppressed by[...]

Valiant Entertainment use digital delivery service Dropbox a lot, it seems, to ferry files around the work, from creator to the office to the printer, to an open server in Miami were we can download the lot. Sorry, sorry, I was getting them mixed up with the BBC. Anyway, they were happy to be the subject of a[...]

That's equally appropriate when you're dealing with two titans of comics, whose work makes you feel a little dwarfed anyway, but this experience is so immersive that it's no longer just a metaphor. When the package arrived and I heard it was "really big", I thought that was an exaggeration Once I saw the scope of[...]

The mingled material remains of the London Rose and the Twin Towers haunt the New York of Thomas Alsop and how Chris Miskiewicz and Palle Schmidt's character confronts these mysteriously connected legacies is sure to be as thought-provoking as it will be entertaining. Come back next week when artist/writer Palle Schmidt and I chat about comics,[...]

Lawrence Ganem, Vice-President Talent Relations at DC Entertainment has been in touch with DC creators about changes to the way they get paid. It's all

Just within the 48 hours timeframe that comics legal and media Tony Panaccio recommended (and Tony will be writing an update for later today), DC Entertainment have reversed their decision not to allow the Superman 'S' symbol to be used on a memorial to an abused Canadian child, Jerry Baldwin. And just as it was social[...]

And we're going to see some prison flashbacks down the line, so there's more to their relationship than what we see in issue #1. BC: You are known as a crime writer but this is your first real crime story in comics Why haven't you tried the crime genre in comics before and what is the difference[...]

Welcome to Cover Variance on Bleeding Cool where we collect a few of the recently released…. An Amazing Spider-Man #4 retailer exclusive variant by J Scott Campbell for Conquest-Comics But be warned, when Campbell posted a link to the store, it crashed their website! They've fixed it now, and will have copies at the Toy Matrix[...]

It's more like the ghost of Bendis, the Bendis that was, still hanging around the comic book. I quite like it, actually.   Comics courtesy or Orbital Comics in London, about to host a launch party for South London comics publisher Avery Hill.   Once upon a time, Brian Bendis used to write Todd McFarlane Spawn spinoff comicbooks[...]

And there's no DC folk… Shame, because there are DC comics it seems, at least according to All-New X-Men Stuart Immonen's swan song on the title, folks. And yes, there are Bob Evans Restaurants in the Marvel Universe as well. And in Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, they have Craigslist too Seems a long way from those days when[...]

So who knows Batman's identity in the New 52? The Batfamily know, Tim Drake worked it out, Superman knows – and so Wonder Woman probably knows too. But recently we saw that Lex Luther had worked it out too. And in the new issue of Grayson? With a last page spoiler, another one to add to the[...]

The SuicideGirls community of alternative female models have a burlesque performance in San Diego on July 26th. SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque show

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent This was my second year attending the nation’s largest convention dedicated to anime and

Hitting stands this week from Dynamite are quite a few books including 2 separate issues of Magnus: Robot Fighter, a new Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Blood

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, I'm Aaron for A Comic Show with a stack of new comics now! DC's new wave of books starts here, Spidey 2099 and Deadpool have their day, and Walking Dead isn't nearly as gory as Spread! DC's Grayson #1 was a solid execution of the[...]

From the 2013 Denver Comic Con we have a clip of Doug Tennapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim, talking about creating comics and how you can't take no for an answer or put control of your career in other people's hands. [youtube]http://youtu.be/5OmW0fXKW4w[/youtube] This showed up on Youtube this weekend but is a bit older[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent It was serendipitous that I ended up attending the last half of Comfort Love and Adam

Comics legend Bernie Wrightson was taken to hospital today after a series of small strokes According to his wife, Liz, tests are being done and surgery is possible but his cognition and spirits are good On her facebook page she stated: "Overall he is okay, as we got him to the hospital FAST Send good[...]

On Facebook he writes, WHY I WON'T BE WATCHING FOX'S "GOTHAM" THIS FALL: Back in 1981, in a story called "To Kill a Legend" in DETECTIVE COMICS #500, artist Dick Giordano and I created a character named Barbara Kean, the fiancée of Lt James Gordon (This was set on a parallel Earth where counterparts of the "real"[...]

By Cameron Hatheway In a post-apocalyptic world where demons, zombies and agents of the damned roam the earth, only one gang known as the Wrenchies are