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It was an ending. DC Comics announced the cancellation of six of the books launched in their "New 52" initiative With the cancellation of two of their titles, 100% of African-American DC writers, Eric Wallace and Marc Bernardin* of Mister Terrific and Static Shock, respectively, were laid off. 100 percent. Two writers. Both of them. Let that sink in; in[...]

But its not exactly the comic I can give to my daughters, who enjoy Wonder Woman in non-comics form. Well, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, a new digital-first-then-print comic from Gail Simone, Ethan Van Sciver, Amanda Deibert and Cat Staggs has the potential to be that It even appears to have Barbara Gordan back in the wheelchair… SENSATION COMICS[...]

That's comics, fashion, politics and everything else. So for us, it means we're doing thing right But what does it mean for you? It means the Bleeding Cool is a great way to reach your audience if you are looking to sell to comic, film or pop culture fans We have a variety of advertising options[...]

At @Marvel's retailer summit presentation when the @StarWars logo went up on screen, my heart sank just a little. Sorry to see it go. — Scott Allie

In their new August solicitation announcements, DC Comics have revealed that Birds Of Prey, their Bat-related female team up book has been cancelled with issue 34. BIRDS OF PREY #34 Written by CHRISTY MARX Art by ROBSON ROCHA and OCLAIR ALBERT Cover by JORGE MOLINA On sale AUGUST 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL[...]

And will be doing so through news comics web sites. I'm not sure if that includes Bleeding Cool I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Dynamite have been increasing in size and prominence of late And you know what? I heard that DC buyout rumour spinning out of Motor City Comic Con again… From the Diamond Retailer Summit[...]

  Come on, say it with me.  From the Diamond Retailer Summit at Las Vegas... looks at Multiversity #1... The Batman 75th Anniversary Variant Covers

As announced at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas, Marvel will be publishing a free magazine to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of Marvel Comics #1 in 1939, distributed free to comic stores, twice as many copies as they ordered of Original Sin #0. So there should be a lot out there then[...]

To launch the Original Sin comic from Marvel Comics last month, Marvel made bags of "eyeballs" available to retailers to give away with the comics, to coincide with the plot of The Watcher being killed and his eyeballs taken by unknown forces. I know, lovely Well, The Watcher had two eyeballs, remember… As seen at the Diamond Retailer[...]

  Snapped at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, our first look at the new character that Superman will be going toe-to-toe with in the debut

and a couple of variants to boot. Original photos courtesy of Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics, Detroit. As seen at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas (and really I should be cut and pasting that by now) your first look inside The Death Of Wolverine, weekly by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven in September…[...]

Why these titles, particularly? Because although Dark Horse has long been known as a company that produces a mad variety of miniseries for its favorite titles, Hellboy included, several of their comics lines are deeply embedded in long-form storytelling Among those long-form titles, which have a structural unity based on maintaining continuity, are Abe Sapien,[...]

Spinning out of the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas comes the news that the long awaited Annihilator comic book series from Legendary, will be out in

That would be an interesting way to start. But also in September, just as all the DC New 52 titles are getting 3D motion lenticular covers for the month… so is Deadpool! With 3D staning for 3 Dancing Deadpools! The cheeky so-and-sos. We also see him on the Death Of Wolverine Party variant, desecrating the body of the fallen[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, Bleeding Cool has learned that Marvel will announce their new Star Wars comics the week before San Diego Comic Con. Bleeding Cool has previously reported there will be two ongoing series We have an inkling of the involved creators (and did post a cryptic teaser once)[...]

For some reason. And have a couple of Guardians-related covers while we're talking about it. Original photos courtesy of Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics, Detroit.     Coming out from the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas. We teased that something like this might be happening after recent plotlines in the current Guardians Of The Galaxy comic book. But in September, Marvel[...]

X-Men… Photo courtesy of Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics, Detroit. AXIS has an "A" and an "X" in its title It also has an "Is". Well, at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, we got a better idea of what it "is". Axis is a loaded term, whether referring to the Axis powers in World War II of[...]

Ever since the DC New 52 reboot of 2011, Marvel folk have been asked if they would ever reboot their universe as DC have done (a number of times) and have said no, they prefer sliding changes in continuity when necessary and they like to make everything that has happened, count. But at Diamond's Retailer Summit[...]

I like Chew. A lot. The comic from John Layman and Rob Guillory has kinda invaded my life. And now it has taken another step. At the Diamond Retailer

This week from Top Cow we have two books coming out. A Voice In The Dark #7 from Larime Taylor and Artifacts #37 by Dan Wickline and Rom... yes, I know

We've got some more Dynamite announcements today from the Diamond Retailer Seminar. I didn't see this one coming. Battlestar Galactica: 1880, a steampunk

Armor Hunters is the big summer event for Valiant and folks at this years Phoenix Comic Con will get an opportunity to get an early copy of #1 with an

  From the Diamond Retailer Summit at Las Vegas, some unseen peeks at upcoming Original Sin and Amazing Spider-Man... And an actual weapon damaged

Viz Media have offered retailers attending the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas an extra 8% discount on their top ten titles, including their best

The folks behind Anomaly, the immensive colour graphic novel that was heavy on the Augmented Reality are back. And were showing off what's to come at the

    Remember, what happens in Vegas, etc etc... At the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, Valiant promised theyld stick to nine books a month

Another announcement from Dynamite at the Diamond Retailer Seminar is a new Jennifer Blood series by The Punisher and 2 Guns writer Steven Grant. Jennifer

Titan Comics has been talking to retailers at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas. And yes, they have promised that, along with Tenth and Eleventh Doctor Who comics, they will have Twelfth Doctor comics "soon". Right now retailers can order Doctor Who Preview bundles (of 50) and Dr Who exclusive covers can be commissioned and ordered[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Retailer Summit, news from Red Giant Entertainment, who made quite a splash with their four pack of free comic books for Free Comic Book Day. Well it looks as if there are more to come, Red Giant will launching their new range of comics in the autumn… absolutely free again.   Described as[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, Diamond Comic Distributors announced a new plug-in option from the Diamond retailer website, enabling retailers to automatically show New Releases, Comics and Non-Comics items of the month (adult items excluded) on their own website directly from Diamond. Retailers can customize how to show the info and select the date[...]