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Courtesy of Brian Bendis and Sara Pichelli. He writes, Cover to All new X-Men 32 By Sarah Pichelli this is real! have a nice weekend :-) And the cover

Taken by Danimal at Big Wow in San Jose, here's a photo of Art Adams' upcoming Original Sin spread that appears to feature... Well, the Marvel Universe.

I bumped into David Hine on the Dockland Light Railway platform heading into yesterday's MCM London Expo, laden down as he was with comics to sell – including his signed script-with-a-signed-comic innovative way for writers to, basically, do what artists do at comic conventions. He also told me of his current plans and some work on[...]

Talking to the Kill Shakespeare folk at MCM London Comic Con, I learned that, now that this revisionist Shakespeare comic book has been transformed into a

At the MCM London Comic Con yesterday, I had the immense pleasure to meet Richard Starking once more, signing and selling plenty of Elephantmen comics at the Travelling Man pavilion. He had a good chat about all manner of things, from Bob Wayne to Zoids And he also showed me a lovely picture of something I[...]

In cinemas in the US over Memorial Day weekend, Bleeding Cool has been told that Marvel Comics will be running ads for the Miracleman comic book. The ad will run in  365 cinemas, before PG-13 films, and Marvel have told retailers that it is expected to be viewed by two-and-a-half million people It will run approximately[...]

And today it will be even bigger. Oh and on the way hone? Popped by Gosh Comics for their Becky Cloonan signing… I'll shortly be heading out to the second day of MCM London Comic Con today, with the kids. But here's how it was looking on the admittedly quieter Friday… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeCkv1olJ4[/youtube] And a[...]

By Kirk Staley At this Chicago Comics and Enterainment Expo, I had three reasons main reasons for attending this expo First, it was to beta test my new cochlear implant upgrade. The reason I was beta testing my new cochlear implant was in order to get ready for the big time–San Diego Comic Con[...]

But, with a well-executed all-out assault of cosplay, cupcakes and competitions with some pretty spectacular and exclusive prizes planned Nostalgia and Comics are definitely leading the charge here in Birmingham and it will be a tough celebration to beat I reckon, even nationally For a man is old enough to have had a free bus[...]

Even though you still make comics, you make no effort promoting the X-Men anymore The presence of the GOTG is further proof of movie interests. With the response Ay-Yi-Yi, you guys with your magic mind reading helmets Sometimes a cover is just a cover, you know? It is, Tom But a picture tells a thousand words[...]

By Christine Marie Vinciquarra If you’re looking for a graphic novel that starts off with a bang, I promise you that Saga will not disappoint. This story

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode90.mp3] After last week's catch-up with Jeremy Holt & Tim Daniel (which you can still listen to here), this time around I'm very pleased to welcome aboard the amazing Steve Skroce, whose series Doc Frankenstein will see its long-awaited conclusion from Burlyman Entertainment this summer. Steve and I discuss how it feels coming back to[...]

A classic collection of work by Chris Claremont and John Bolton in a 192 page graphic novel, Black Dragon, is coming to shelves from Titan Comics on September 10th It's a work of the sword and sorcery genre but includes historical elements, like introducing Eleanor of Aquitaine as a central character And let's be honest,[...]

If you named a tabletop RPG from the 90's I probably played it at some point. Dungeons & Dragons/Pathfinder is a classic for good reason and I have a lot of nostalgia wrapped up in that style of old school fantasy adventure, but I also really love the White Wolf games (Vampire and Werewolf in particular)[...]

You might just change the way female heroes are perceived in comics. Here's the trailer for the collection: Strong Female Protagonist has been a webcoming accruing quite a following for the past couple of years as artist Molly Ostertag completed her degree at the School of Visual Arts Graduation completed as valedictorian of her class, she[...]

Boom. Sonic Boom. And do we have our Future New Teen Titans? Heretic, Klarion, Lagoon Boy... And is that Jesse Quick?

By Jared Cornelius   Welcome back to Valiant Effort, my look at the Valiant Comics universe.  The rules are simple, it's like Thunderdome, "two men enter", "one man leaves."  I'm kidding, it's not like that at all.  I take one of the current Valiant Comics series, and recommend you read it based on other pieces of media you might[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent Comics books are truly the result of a collaborative team of creative individuals If we are fortunate, each week we'll be lost in a seamless story assembled by writers, artists, pencillers, inkers, letterers, and colorists As I become more involved in comics – as a consumer and[...]

He's very busy, he's very good and I talked to him about Ordinary, his new series from Titan. Alasdair Stuart: Rob, what led you to Ordinary? Was the idea a reaction to something in superhero comics or just an idea whose time in your brain had arrived?' Rob Williams: It was movies, actually The recent influx of[...]

This was July's solicitation from Marvel. IRON PATRIOT #5 ALES KOT (W) GARRY BROWN (A/C) “UNBREAKABLE” PART 5 • The conclusion of “UNBREAKABLE” arrives --

Bleeding Cool was first on the mark to point out why Invincible #110 may suddenly become a very collectable comic book. Well, the market seems to be ahead

Last week, we let you know that BOOM! Studios' Lumberjanes #1 had sold out with a print run three times its initial orders. The week before that The

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! The second[...]

We announced on Bleeding Cool a couple of weeks ago that award-winning pop culture photographer and comics creator of the recent Kickstarter success Schmuck, featuring the work of 22 major indie artists, Seth Kushner was diagnosed with rapid-onset Leukemia and undergoing his first round of chemo, after which Kushner received the difficult news that he[...]

Hermes Press, already bringing back Buck Rogers in comics form, are also looking to create new stories for another pulp hero of the past. Peter David and Sal Velluto are creating a new six issue mini-series for Lee Falk's The Phantom starting in September and are, according to the publisher, expanding "the canon of one of[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the story that DC Comics' longest standing executive, Bob Wayne, would be stepping down from the publisher when it moves from New York to Burbank. Reaction was swift, Bob Wayne and I started one week apart at DC back in '87 I know how tired I am now, and he's WAY older, so[...]

I recall tracing over a magazine, that helped me tremendously in drawing realistic people and faces, and that's how I still advise people to do. BC: Who were your biggest influences? JL: Back when I was little, my parents would buy us siblings a couple of weekly Chinese children comics (some of the popular ones is Doraemon)[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent For the third year, Emerald Knights Comics and Games of Burbank, California is holding a month long series of charity events to raise funds for the Shriners Hospitals for Children "It was a perfect fit for the type of store we are," according to Morgan Perry, Public[...]

He has a lineage and history as impressive as any hero in comics today How far back does your connection to him run… not just as a creator, but as an aficionado? HOWARD CHAYKIN: Sorry to disappoint the enthusiasts, but I'm not a fan of the original material.  When I was called upon to do the book[...]

Jack Katz was a contemporary of Will Eisner and Jack Kirby's and his science fiction epic The First Kingdom has been preserved in its first four volumes by Titan Comics, now reaching its fifth The fifth and sixth volumes of his lifelong project have never, in fact, seen publication before and it's a triumph to[...]