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Lex Luthor's Big Surprise From Forever Evil #7 (SPOILERS)
And do make sure you read Forever Evil before Justice League. Because after doing a little computer work that seems a direct reference to the scene above, he comes to another conclusion. Welcome to your new New 52, folks! Well, it's one way to blackmail yourself onto the team I suppose. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London[...]
Phoenix Comic Con Works With Fire Officials To Increase Ticket Sales
Last week convention director Matt Solberg (one of the nicest guys you'll meet in comics) sent out a letter talking about the plans for next months show and what to expect. Hi All – Convention Director Matt Solberg here. For the first time we are instituting limits on the numbers of memberships we sell for Phoenix Comicon[...]
A Comic Show – Justice Lex's Forever Ego
Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's Aaron from A Comic Shop with a big stack of New Comics Now! This week made my month, not only were there great books from DC, Marvel, and Image, but I got my Geoff Johns fix! DC just rocked me 52 ways this morning[...]
Krypto's Butt? Call In The Puppy Criminals
So Superman/Batman #11 is out tomorrow, from DC Comics And this is the cover, honest. Which does, for the first time we believe, give Krypto a full spread naked butt shot. In such circumstances, we have no choice but to call in Chip Zdarsky…   Krypto, your days are numbered… So Superman/Batman #11 is out tomorrow, from DC Comics[...]
Two Number Twos Deliver – Iron Fist: The Living Weapon And Silver Surfer
By Abdulkareem Baba Aminu [*Warning: spoilers below for Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #2 And Silver Surfer #2] Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #2 from Marvel Comics Writer/Artist: Kaare Andrews Earlier in the story, orphan Danny Rand, after defeating the dragon Shou-Lao and gaining the power of the Iron Fist, decided to avenge his parents and set out, leaving[...]
Artist Spotlight – Walter Geovani of Dynamite's Red Sonja
I loved to see my brother drawing and he worked on a comic book shop, so my love for comics started very soon I grew up reading comics, and drawing comics, and when I was 14 or 15, I decided to send samples to an agency that had Brazilian artists working for American comics They[...]
Preview: The Wicked And The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
As seen at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas – The Wicked And The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, coming from Image Comics. Just a blurry, peek, anyway. Why am I getting an Eyes Wide Shut vibe at the top? The Wicked And The Divine knows how to count. And there is talking to[...]
Celebrating Dark Horse's Women In Comics – Elfquest's Wendy Pini Is Proud To Be A 'Tough, Stubborn, Long-Surviving Woman Pioneer'
Since 1978, the world of Elfquest has inspired the minds and artistic bent of generations of readers, and the unstoppable trajectory of its ever-expanding world has moved through various platforms, displaying the full versatility of the comics medium, from mainstream publishing, to self-publication, webcomics, and now back to print in a new incarnation with Dark[...]
Rodman Comics Went To Las Vegas – A Diamond Retailer Summit Report
Rod of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, is one of the contributors to the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List This weekend, he attended Diamond Comic Distributor Retailer Summit for the first time, this year in Las Vegas And took a few notes for Bleeding Cool… For my first summit it went well over all[...]
Image To Publish 'Artists Edition' Of The Walking Dead All Out War. All Of It.
Image Comics/Skybound is to enter the Artists Edition market started by Scott Dunbier over at IDW And they begin with the most recently completed Walking Dead story, All Out War. Similar formats from other publishers see the original art boards for the book reproduced as closely as possible, at full size on board pages, and bound with[...]
Archie's Red Circle Superheroes To Return, For Grown Ups, In November
Archie Comics have had a number of attempts to revive and republish the Red Circle line of superhero comic books with less than stellar results Beginning with the Shield created in 1939 for Pep Comics, The Black Hood and The Wizard, were relaunched in the sixties following DC Comics superhero revival, introducing The Fly and[...]
A DC Comics Bombshell Poker Set?
Mentioned at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, DC Comics representatives mentioned to retailers that they were considering publishing sets of playing cards marketed for playing poker, featuring the Ant Lucia-and-friends DC Bombshell Designs. It does feel that there are some rather geeky games of strip poker that will be being played around the world[...]
'What Goes On In Vegas, Ends Up On Bleeding Cool'
That was a line from a publisher in a Las Vegas bar last night, reading Bleeding Cool on his phone. Bleeding Cool has been running a fair few articles over the last few days, sourced from the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, courtesy of a number of friendly comic book retailers. In case you missed them,[...]
Surprise! – The Three Possible Solicitations Of Batman/Superman #11
This is the solicitation for Batman/Superman #11 from DC Comics out this week, and listed on DC's website. BATMAN/SUPERMAN #11 Written by GREG PAK Art and cover by JAE LEE 1:25 BATMAN '66 variant cover by MICHAEL ALLRED On sale MAY 21 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T A new arc begins following the events of "FIRST CONTACT." The[...]
Talking Comics – Discussing This Week's Upcoming Titles From Batman And Frankenstein To MPH And The Latest Broadcast
By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this week's upcoming books, speculating about where they are headed, and discuss their favorite storylines Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Thanks for pressing play! Finally, after so many months! The conclusion[...]
Artist Spotlight – Matt Triano Of Dynamite's The Devilers
I finish an issue in five to six weeks. BC: Where might folks have seen your work previously? MT: I started working in comics professionally in 2009 after graduating college; my first gig was a short Batman story for DC I've worked freelance at a number of comics publishers producing work for collections and anthologies in the interim, at[...]
A Legacy Of Heroes Continues In Connecticut
Recently, I spoke with the team behind the counter at A Hero's Legacy. This is the story of a comic book store with a legacy of heroes, but also, it is a story about the power of love…for shared passions, for community and, most of all: friendship. A Hero's Legacy is the second incarnation of Buried Under[...]