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What goes better with comics than coffee? Okay… I'm not a coffee drinker so maybe I'm not the one to ask But that's okay as Valiant's new partnership with Oren's Daily Roast and Midtown Comics isn't for coffee this time… it's for tea. Beginning Friday the 13th of June… always great to launch a new endeavor[...]

At which point her cousin introduces her to the one person that help him nearly tame his beast, a little old zen, hippy-dippy woman named Graceful Spirit. THE TWEAKS Overall this is pretty much in line with what was done in the comics I just want to embrace more of a comedic timing for our elements, without[...]

Byron Brewer caught up with the writer to talk about how the new series came about and why he likes working for different companies. BYRON BREWER: Steve, how does it feel to be working with Dynamite Comics for the very first time? And on such a special project! STEVEN GRANT: It's interesting I like working with different[...]

Something unusual in inception is making inroads into the way we view comics in Brooklyn, New York For the second year running, the Comic Book Theater Festival is bringing a myriad of comics-based plays to life in a number of interpretive formats, from performance comics with visual projections, to dance, to more traditional actor-based performances[...]

Together, they fight liberals. They wrote a joint article published in the Wall Street Journal taking comics, specifically superhero comics to task for being too liberal, taking the 2011 issue of Superman where he rejected his US citizenship as proof of this. That issue, published in April 2011, is perhaps the most dramatic example of modern comics'[...]

Researching actual historical engravings and illustrations of demons, Gillen puts a mad political and Machiavellian spin on the power structures of hell in his James-Bond-inspired, sex-driven, and slick but gruesome anti-hero Alastor.  Gillen may be nonchalant about the ways in which these elements have turned up in his other works, but in combination, this is[...]

But to promote the entire program of 1 for $1.00, they're about to make a bold print move that will appear as advertizements in comics appearing as early as next week. Taking a nod from this Marvel ad for the Original Sin storyline: They've sprung for a humorous approach: Watch out Marvel, folks might not be taking you[...]

But its the third new launch issue with a female lead character from Image Comics in September. This would be the first time Image Comics has launched three new comic book series starring women in the same month Ever. Welcome to the new ongoing series Oddly Normal by Otis Frampton. Oddly inherited her pointed ears and emerald hair[...]

Here's the full artistic list for the Harley Quinn Invades Comic Con International: San Diego issue, out next month. Amanda Conner, Marco Failla, Javier

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! And in[...]

Image Comics continue to lead the way in publishing new science-fiction comics, with a new series starting in September from Hoax Hunters' Michael Moreci with Vic Malhotra. Roche Limit is a crime series set in a colony on on the edge of an energy anomoly attracting the worst of the universe to its door And a[...]

I don't suppose this is how he feels about a reader or two, do you think? In Detective Comics, Batman seems to moonlighting as Squidman judging by the trail of inky stuff he seems to be trailing behind him Either that, or he had a dodgy curry last night and is hoping that no one will[...]

And the Hood… well, he looks like this. But underneath we know he'll be looking like this. Also, Lockjaw can be a real nag, it seems. But the biggy, like Man Of Steel, sees the superheroes going back to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You know, something like this might give someone the lesson that "with great power comes great responsibility"… [...]

Some we know, some we… can wait for, I guess. We also get a mention of President Dazzler as well as stints in the highest office for Captain America, Iron Man, JJ Jameson and… a certain Tom Brevoort? He's Vice President of Publishing at Marvel now, could this be an imminent promotion? And where now Xavier's Rebellion?[...]

At the DC Comics Roadshow in Chicago a little while ago, Wonderworld retailer Dennis Barger Jr complained about not being able to see variant covers before ordering them. DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio told him that in the future, retailers would be able to see such covers before the final deadline to order them and, apparently,[...]

DC Comics has released this graphic showing the anatomy of an action figure in reference to joints This shows how those figure with 32 points of articulation work… as opposed to the original Kenner Star Wars figures that had 5 points… 4 if it was Chewbacca. DC Comics has released this graphic showing the anatomy[...]

What to get this week at the shop? Well, you have six options from Dynamite including the first issue of The Blood Queen, the last issue of Ash And The

The Grand Comics Fest in Brooklyn is a thing to behold for many reasons: it's not an event that draws thousands of fans or has hundreds of comics creators (and God forbid any media movie or video game types), and yet it says a lot about comics and how to ensure the medium's longevity in[...]

Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. [audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/images/blog/The-Orbiting-Pod-Episode-153.mp3] They say: Welcome to Episode 153 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we reactivate our tastebuds with Chew/Revival, take root with Trees #1, make an appointment with Doctor Spektor #1, take a peek under the hood with C.O.W.L[...]

Chris Thompson, presenter of the Pop Culture Hounding podcasts that appear on Bleeding Cool, also works at Orbital Comics in London. And his keenness for the work of Ian Churchill has even him given a very special honour in tomorrow's final issue of Revenge by Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill. In which Griffen gatecrashes a rather important[...]

What would you say to the casual comics reader or non-gamer to steer them toward this read? JZ: When I came on board Pathfinder I made it clear to Dynamite and Paizo that I wanted to create a comic fans and new readers could both enjoy Everything you need to know is included so that fantasy[...]

What more could you bring to a book that already has Mike Costa's guiding hand deciding to turn a whole mythological epic into a detective story and one

Star Mage from IDW arrives in its third issue this week, written by science fictionally-immersed prose writer turned comics crafter JC De La Torre In fact, he's so immersed in sci-fi that he runs his own sci-fi themed podcast and has a TARDIS in his living room Star Mage debuted to a warm reception and[...]

Did Rich have enough content to update so frequently? What other co-conspirators might join him? Would Rich continue the ridiculous rumor of the year columns? Well, over the last five years we've learned that Rich is a blogging and gossip uncovering machine and that, yeah, the Annual Rumor Awards were here to stay. Disney to Buy[...]

Bleeding Cool has been publishing a number of articles about whatever it is that DC Comics are putting together in advance to cover the time they are spending moving across the country. We're calling it The Band-Aid It'll do for now. And millimetre by millimetre as we begin to peel it off, we're discovering more[...]

It's no secret that Lumberjanes is one of Boom's hottest titles right now, is the envy of certain rival publishers who have talked to me, has sold over

Bleeding Cool has learned that tomorrow Viz Media will be announcing that they will be distributing a number of high profile manga titles through digital

It's that time again, time for some 2000AD goodness previewed before the release of Prog 1885 this Wednesday. This week's issue features Judge Dredd:

Here are fourteen of the upcoming Batman 75th Anniversary Variant Covers shipping from DC Comics in June… and starting with one, in mid production, that you might not have seen anywhere else yet. Green Lantern #33 by Ethan Van Sciver Justice League #33 by Darwyn Cooke Justice League Dark #33 by Kelley Jones Action Comics #33 by Kevin Nowlan Detective[...]

The book was republished in 1986 by Kitchen Sink with an introduction from Art Spielgman in a deluxe format but has been out of print since. Well, now it appears that Dark Horse Comics are putting it back in print, listing Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book for December. A perfect Christmas present My hints begin now.     [...]