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This is a first look at the plastic bags that DC Comics is giving out to comic stores on Batman Day, June 23rd, celebrating 75 years of the invention of the character by Bill Finger. Which comes in a year before British retailers would have been legally obliged to charge five pence each for them. So, stock[...]

From the solicitations... Ghostbusters #20 Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c) THE FINAL ISSUE OF GHOSTBUSTERS! Mass Hysteria comes to an end and

 We always hope to know more, and interesting new discoveries are found with each passing year, but overall, groups of comics history enthusiasts are examining the details in an organized way, interesting new books are being written on a regular basis, and more and more people are paying attention. And when you've paid attention long enough,[...]

Sometimes it feels like everyone killed Kennedy. And with time travel, who knows, maybe everyone did. Future Proof is a new comic from Bliss On Tap,

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: Make sure to check us out on Facebook! Books covered in this episode include: Dark Horse Comics: Eye of Newt #1 Boom! Studios: Bravest Warriors #21 IDW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #35 Image[...]

Early this week he (and we) posted a gif he created showing the step by step process of creating the cover for Sensation Comics #2 Well now he's put together a gif for his variant cover for Green Lantern #58 This time he includes some of his lightning/photo reference and you can see how an[...]

But putting the "comics" in a comic con should include some substantially educational programming for comic fans who want to increase their knowledge and become more a part of the conversation, especially since comics are an under-documented art form where a lot of knowledge can be gained from person-to-person discussion And all the better if[...]

You'll see it released from Titan Comics on October 8th (oh, that sounds a long way off). But first you'll get your preview of A and B covers of #1 and interior pages courtesy of Titan Comics:   Yes, we love this book already on Bleeding Cool And I think if you take a[...]

What are your feelings about Jack Kirby and how has he affected your work? NATHAN FOX: Having not grown up reading mainstream/superhero comics I'm not sure I can make a statement one way or the other It's a bit of both Now as a working professional I can more than see how his work has inspired[...]

It is far from it–it's an excellent experiment into hybrid genres that makes a strong statement and stakes new claim for comics dramas that engage with average life So I'm strongly recommending Benson's Cuckoos even if you've never read a funny animal comic or think you have an aversion to them This book is something[...]

Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, currently exhibiting the work of Shaky Kane.   In the UK, there is currently considerable debate about our continuation as a member of the European Union Indeed, there is much debate in many European Union countries along similar lines, with a rise in nationalist party representation in recent European elections. The[...]

Dynamite Entertainment, publisher of the trademark-skirting Warlord Of Mars, recently came to an agreement with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, who previously

Black Mask launches a new comics, Pirouette, in September By Clive Barker's co-writer and Zenescope author Mark L Miller and Zenescope artist Carlos Granda (cover by Alé Garza) it tells the story With slightly more clothes on it seems Slightly. The circus is the Greatest Show On Earth, unless you're the attraction Raised from infancy by duplicitous[...]

With the corporate move about to finalize, you have to wonder if DC has "conceded" New York City to Marvel. I'm convinced that the only way to get into the Midtown Comics booth without one of their discount cards was to drop down from the ceiling, Mission: Impossible-style. Coolest Product of the Show: Origami Comics (created by[...]

 Quentin is not just a comic collector – he's got a spinner rack in his house!" "First and foremost, this is a dream project to have both Quentin and Matt, both master storytellers, collaborate for the first time by bringing the scope of cinema to the comics medium," says Dynamite CEO/Publisher Nick Barrucci.  "I can't express[...]

We've already looked at a bunch of names of creators associated with what we are dubbing the DC Comics Band-Aid, an event expected to be announced at San Diego Comic Con headed up by Marie Javins Previously we'd mentioned Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Grey, Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza as being attached. We have been handed the following list by[...]

Hallowe'en Comic Fest is the Diamond Comic Distribution owned-and-organised event in Hallowe'en to act as a counterbalance to Free Comic Book Day in the spring. With a bunch of comics to be ordered to be given away for free, over the Hallowe'en period With less of an emphasis on new comics, or the promotion of new[...]

Anyone care to draw it? Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage channels a number of artists this week, including Richard Corben and Moebius, as our hero tries to distract himself from the attraction of women by transforming his world into that of underground or European comics artists With disasterous results. From Batwoman, there Actually I think Batman is constantly[...]

Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, currently exhibiting the work of Shaky Kane. So, Marvel's guilt-filled Original Sin event continues with a new issue and new crossovers, directly and thematically today, with Original Sin #4, Avengers #31 and Nova #18 So what are today's Original Sins? Well, with Nova, as solicited, it's been finding out more about[...]

Whatever you say online doesn't actually count… Red Hood And The Outlaws #32 is published by DC Comics today Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, currently exhibiting the work of Shaky Kane. I've never been the biggest fan of Scott Lobdell's work I think Generation X with Chris Bachalo was probably his high point for me, and[...]

A style that sits somewhere between Frank Quitely and Tony Millionaire – both of whom have also drawn Batman. Bertram also had a strip in the recent Detective Comics #27, though that was flanked by other styles in an anthology format. It is scratchy, it is cartoony, it has characters with pudgy faces and big eyes. It looks[...]

Pre-orders are all sold out I'm afraid folks. But here is what it will look like, box and all, courtesy of John Layman.

This week we see the release of the final issue of Aphrodite IX from Top Cow. Writer Matt Hawkins and artist Stjepan Sejic wrap up this series and lead us

Alien Legion: Uncivil War #1 lands on June 25th, a single-issue series from Titan Comics written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Larry Stroman, and Carl Potts and colors by Tom Mason The series brings back the original creators on Alien Legion, Dixon and Potts, in all new stories for the first time in 15[...]

I just couldn't take another confrontation, half-hearted explanation or another "band-aid" in the form of a t-shirt. Women of all nationalities, shapes and sizes love comics I've been a comic book collector since the age of 12 I have tattoos of my favorite comic book character and working towards Marvel and DC half sleeves In my[...]

There was something about the stories that clicked with me in the same way comics had I was lucky enough to write a few prose stories for The Phantom and the Avenger, so when I got the chance to talk to fellow pulp lover Michael Uslan about his upcoming project for Dynamite, Justice Inc… I[...]

One of the things I really depended on for balance was my favorite hobby, comics, and coincidentally there was this new website that was right up my alley called Bleeding Cool I read everything that the site posted Checking for updates was part of my daily routine and that gave me something to think about[...]

It was the digital first comic that opened with controversy, the hiring of Orson Scott Card to write a Superman story for the anthology series. The

As part of a series of events alongside the Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK exhibition, they had comics scholars Will Brooker and Sarah Zaidan  to deliver essays about the history of superheroes which, while interesting, might not have brought a crowd out on a Monday night in London. But that was okay, because they[...]

Only Ravana knows what rewards and punishment await the winner and the loser in this duel of horror hostesses. "Fans of good comics should love this book because I am giving it 200 percent," says writer/artist Joseph Michael Linsner. "I've been in the game for 25 years, so I've learned a thing or two I'll be summoning[...]