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Dynamite has both Magnus: Robot Fighter #5 and the special Magnus Robot Hunter #0 issue hitting comics shelves on Wednesday Like with some of their other books shipping on July 9th, they've teamed up with Bleeding Cool to present the preceding issues to give readers a chance to catch up with the series before picking up the[...]

But now with the strings of Fourplay and the burr of Gaiman still ringing in my ears. As I walked out, I almost bumped into comics fan and comedian Lenny Henry, who knows Neil of old  from Comic Relief and producing the TV series Neverwhere he was on his way to see Neil[...]

Our trusty toy-collecting reporter Christopher Smith made an unusual discovery at Meijer, a Midwestern grocery/sundry goods chain. He says: I expect to

Where the first two focused on his DC Comics work and Dynamite work, this one will focus on his Marvel work The Marvel Art Book will be 48-pages and signed by the artist for $30.00 at the show. The bigger announcement is that Ross will be making available 11" x 17" prints of the covers he's[...]

Bleeding Cool and Dynamite are trying something new this holiday weekend. We are going to be putting up the preceding issues to all of Dynamite's new

Stjepan Sejic has created a new comic called Death Vigil. It clocks in at 46 pages for the price that Top Cow usually sells their 22-page books. That's a

By Alasdair Stuart Terry Martin is one of the hardest working people in modern genre fiction. The head of the award-winning The House of Murky Depths,

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode95.mp3] Following on from last week's chat with rising talent Steve Orlando (which you can still listen to here), this time around I welcome back veteran writer, journalist and comics campaigner Clifford Meth to discuss his new Kickstarter campaign for Dave Cockrum's Futurians! Cliff and I discuss what he learned from his previous Kickstarter for[...]

In recent years, Foster has produced an impressive body of work, both with web comics and self-published graphic novels He has also become quite the journeyman, but as he explains, it took Foster a long time to harness his passion and get out into the world – both literally and creatively. Much of Fosters' work is[...]

By Jeremy Konrad Imagine if you will that you were offered a chance to go to San Diego Comic Con as a reporter for Bleeding Cool. Chance of a lifetime

The Wednesday Warriors know that familiar feeling, a homecoming of sorts. Hero Comics in Phoenix, Arizona, closed last week after over 20 years of serving comic book, collectible and gaming fans The store opened in 1993 under then-owner Hubert Gwan Erin Barragan purchased the shop in 2002 and operated it with his girlfriend, Lisa Hudson, up until Sunday, June 22, 2014. Hero was the third[...]

You really feel like you're being transported to a different time, and that's how I judge the great artists from the bad ones. If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, or Dungeons and Dragons, this might be the comic series for you! I'd also recommend this comic to new readers because[...]

DC Collectibles decided to celebrate the 4th of July by taking their newly announced DC Comics Bombshell Stargirl Statue to Dodger Stadium I'm from L.A and I'm not sure I get the connection there… and why is it in a swimming pool? Anyways, we get a really nice look at the new statue. [...]

It all leads to their best hope: the Phantom Zone?! ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #3 As an epic space battle rages above the Earth, how will humanity and the other heroes of the DC Universe cope with this Day of Doom? What we already know, thanks to Superman #32 by Geoff Johns and John Romita, is how Doomed is going to[...]

By Nikolai Fomich In 1994, Batman and I saved America. But I’m getting ahead of myself. It was the first of July, and the Environmental Fund Celebration

RT @bleedingcool Why The New DC Comics Royalty Deal Is A Bum One For Many Creators http://t.co/5vx8YHsz4t — Jimmy Palmiotti (@jpalmiotti) July 3, 2014 Chew on this awhile… RT @bleedingcool: Why The New DC Comics Royalty Deal Is A Bum One For Many Creators http://t.co/WccUISxFby — robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) July 3, 2014 So that was our biggest story yesterday[...]

We'll just make a few changes like introducing universal healthcare free at the point of need, ban the personal ownership of guns and you won't have to wait three months for Downton Abbey or Sherlock. The comics may have a few small changes as well, Superman will fight for Tea, Justice And The Empire, Captain America[...]

It's time to announce the winner of the Dynamite Charity Contest where the winner, having written a small essay about one of the charities being featured

From the final page of this week's Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bastien Vivès' graphic novel published earlier this year, Polina, a ballet epic set in Moscow and Berlin was a bit of a smash hit, especially in

Something's in the air. As well as Big Nemo, there is Little Nemo: Return To Slumberland from Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez starting in August from IDW… Then there is the Locust Moon Nemo project with an array of creators, currently on Kickstarter.   And on top of these, a French project by cartoonist Frank Pe. Four Nemo In Slumberland[...]

Javier Garcia-Miranda is definitely an artist to keep an eye on. He started out with Zenescope working on Robyn Hood Vs. Red Riding Hood and the

In 1986 Neal Pozner wrote a new Aquaman mini-series and came up with a new design for costume, basically a undersea camouflage. It was a dramatic shift

Have you finished reading the books you got yesterday and are already thinking about what to get next week? Well here we have a double shot of previews

By Ian Mageto Comics and Cosplay host and Bleeding Cool's Bleeding Cosplay columnist Ian Mageto presents a week of videos for "Con Week" where he investigates hot topics around how cons and anime conventions are run and what the experience is like for fans In this episode he discusses the problems and possible fixes for online[...]

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! A bunch[...]

Kline polled the 2000+ retailers, who do the bulk of their ordering from DC and Marvel, to find out what they were looking for – quality of comics, a range of genres, and making deadlines And as an aficionado of comic books, Kline knew that entertaining, solidly written and illustrated comic books would appeal to[...]

 Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin have quickly become one of the most tremendous powerhouse teams in all of comics, and if you've been reading the series you know why. If you haven't checked out the series yet, I obviously cannot recommend it highly enough  A heady brew of sci-fi, fantasy, and western, East of[...]

This is the cover to Vertigo's new series, Bodies.   DC Comics have got David Finch to draw a 1-in-13 variant cover to help goose sales of the first issue, which will also be fully returnable to retailers who order 90% of their orders on American Vampire: Second Cycle So, given your prejudices about Finch and the[...]

Kenneth Rocafort and colourist Dan Brown – though sadly that's not their actual Twitter handles. But it, and all the covers below, mark a sea change at DC Comics with, for the first time, colourist names on the cover, something Bleeding Cool made quite the issue about. Blond, Hi-Fi, T&R Horie and more, take a bow[...]