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At MCM London Comic Con, at the ComicsPRO presentation, Rebellion/2000 AD was giddy about next year's fiftieth anniversary of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd, and had lots to show off Bleeding Cool previously reported confirmation and details about the Dave Gibbons 2000 AD Apex Edition, details of Rogue Trooper collections relations to the movie, Judge[...]

Sorry, Omar, I got this one out first… at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, Steve Morris of Rebellion and 2000AD gave a presentation at the ComicsPRO event There was quite a lot of 2000AD stuff to announce, ahead of their fiftieth anniversary next year, the fiftieth anniversary of Judge Dredd, as well as 2000[...]

Steve Morris of Rebellion and 2000AD gave a presentation at the ComicsPRO event at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, including news about Rogue Trooper The animated movie directed by Duncan Jones will premiere in France next month at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival This has given 2000 AD and Rebellion the perfect[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con/ComicsPRO this weekend, the entire black-and-white original run of Judge Dredd from 2000 AD will be reprinted by Rebellion Publishing in the Compact Comics line popularised by DC Comics, once a month, every month starting in January 2027, through to the end of 2028 At that point, they will decide[...]

With the Judge Dredd cover by Mike Perkins revealed at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, at the ComicsPRO retailer event, 2000 AD Prog #2500 will be out in September, 48 pages for £4.99, on the 16th of September 2026, ahead of the magazine's fiftieth anniversary next year And well ahead of Amazing Spider-Man #1000,[...]

Announced at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, at the ComicsPRO retailer event, the 2000 AD 2027 Annual will include a new Judge Dredd by Rob Williams and RM Guera, Robo-Hunter by Garth Ennis and Chris Burnham, The Out by Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison, Hawk the Slayer by Alec Worley and Staz Johnson, Fiends[...]

At MCM London Comic Con, at part of the ComicsPRO presentation, Steve Morris of Rebellion dropped news on a whole bunch of projects to the retailers in the room Including news of a full colour hardcover complete omnibus edition of 2000AD's first superhero, Zenith, created by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, and coloured by JP[...]

Matt Keller, Director of Speciality Sales, took to the stage at ComicsPRO in Glendale today, following the Absolute line, to talk about Batman books Well, not the Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb Batman #163, you needed Bleeding Cool to tell you about that, and no one in the room was asking about it But Bleeding[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news out of ComicsPRO this year that Marvel Comics was going to launch a new series based on the character Symbie, by Joe Kelly and David Baldeon, introduced as a cute symbiote in Amazing Spider-Man, and that he would have a role in the upcoming Queen In Black event At the[...]

As we reported from ComicsPRO last month, Robert Kirkman announced the next phase of the Energon Universe beginning in M.A.S.K #1, the all-new series from Dan Watters and Pye Parr launching in June from Image and Skybound. And that comes on the heels of learning that the Energon Universe has sold over six million copies worldwide[...]

But what's come next? Well, there have been hints. DC ComicsPRO 2026 presentation with Chris Conway At the ComicsPRO retailer event held at Glendale, California, ten minutes from DC Comics' offices in Burbank, Absolute Group Editor Chris Conroy announced the first Absolute Universe event mini-series, unnamed, for later this year, saying "It's the first Absolute Universe event[...]

The Silver Sprocket Comics presentation at ComicsPRO was quite the thing Owner Avi Ehrlich has suffered more than most from the travails of comic book selling, publishing and distribution this year Something he reflected on at the beginning " Look, all of us in this room, we're f-cking here in 2026 It's certainly a year,[...]

At the ComicsPRO retailer event, Mad Cave Studios announced a new project I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else So I thought I'd mention it Pop Kill: Big Candy by Jimmy Palmiotti and Dave Johnson, a sequel to the crowdfunded Pop Kill from 2020, which Mad Cave Studios picked up and republished in 2025 Pop Kill:[...]

John Cusack's first graphic novel, Momo, will be published by Mad Cave Studios in July, drawn by Ignacio Noé and lettered by Taylor Esposito. Nicely in time for San Diego Comic-Con, where he is expected to make an appearance, retailers at the ComicsPRO event last week were told by Mad Cave VP Mark Irwin that "It's insane[...]

Hunter Gorinson of Oni Press announced a new title at ComicsPRO, by Curt Pires and Juan Gedeon And he wanted the comic book retailers in attendance to chant it along with him "Hey guys, see the name of this book, say it with me because it's so much fun: Super Mondo Mega Mutts! Yes! If[...]

After running through Exquisite Corpses, Odin, Something Is Killing The Children and Department Of Truth at ComicsPRO, James Tynion IV turned his Tiny Onion vision to something new, calling it his "fully solo-written original series in two years with a character I created with Ricardo Lopez Ortiz back in my self-published horror anthology series Razorblades[...]

Archie Comics may not have been presenting at ComicsPRO but Oni Press was, talking about the new Archie line from September, inclufding their backlist publishing line, and Compact Editions, with Hunter Gorinson stating "When we were here last year announcing a similar initiative for Adventure Time and Rick and Morty, I pointed out that, through[...]

James Tynion IV, owner and founder of Tiny Onion Studios, told the assembled retailers at Comics PRO, that "Last ComicsPRO, Tiny Onion announced the existence of the serial-killer Battle Royale comic series called Exquisite Corpses, releasing through Image Comics, and I want to thank you all for the incredible support you've shown this book to[...]

Lots of comic book retailers went to ComicsPRO, lots of folk took back swag, some of them have flipped them on Ebay already, here are the top selling ones so far including a signed Batman: The Dark Knight Returns which will have paid the hotel bill alone… add the rest of trhese up and it's[...]

At ComicsPRO, Abrams Books presented the upcoming Marvel Arts graphic novel they are publishing with Marvel Comics, Marvel Dimensions by Alex Ross, saying, "his previous book with Abrams was Fantastic Four: Full Circle" which they report as sellign 66,000 copies, "and we're thrilled to be able to bring Marvel Dimensions to the comic market here[...]

Because spilling out of the retailer roundtable discussions at ComicsPRO (and you can catch up with all our ComicsPRO coverage right here) is the news that DC Comics is going to launch a new personal decoration merchandise line based around DC All In, the Absolute line and the new DC Next Level titles And yes,[...]

As broken out of ComicsPRO last week, Bleeding Cool reported that the new Reborn: Ultimate Impact comic book would see the Origin Boxes from the Ultimate Universe carried to the Marvel Universe by Miles Morales for safekeeping, would see the creation of two new heroes for the Marvel Universe Even if one looks rather familiar…[...]

At the ComicsPRO comic book retailer event this past week (catch up with all our coverage here), Lunar Distribution co-owner Christine Merkler showed off all the publishers that had joined Lunar Distribution since last year, when the Diamond bankruptcy was all kicking off But also mentioning two that weren't on the display yet She began[...]

Atom! Freeman (or Adam Freeman) of Prana Direct Market Solutions, the people behind Comics! The Magazine, opened the presentations at ComicsPRO last week with the following address It wasn't what was expected… and you can catch up with our other ComicPRO coverage here. Prana Direct Market Solutions ComicsPRO 2026 presentation "We do a lot of stuff for[...]

Owen Johnson, Director of Sales at Rebellion Publishing, took to the stand at the ComicsPRO event this weekend to discuss the return of the British sci-fi weekly comic book 2000AD to North America, available through Lunar Distribution And for the first time, weekly, because it is now partially printed in North America. And you can catch[...]

At last year's ComicsPRO in Glendale, California, the familiar face of Boom Studios' Josh Hayes, Boom's Vice President of Sales and formerly of Diamond couldn't make it to the show So new face, Boom Studios Publisher Michael Kelly dressed up as him instead. ComicsPRO 2025 screencap This year, there was no way that Josh Hayes was going[...]

At the ComicsPRO retailer event in Glendale, California yesterday, Dynamite Entertainment announced two new comic book series for May 2026, Aladdin and Stitch 626, both coming with blind bag options and saying "Your wish is our command in May when we launch Aladdin written by James III and illustrated by Agnes Etern." And you can[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool broke the news that new comic book publisher Panick Entertainment would announce at ComicsPro that it was quitting Massive Indies in favour of partnering with Rocketship Entertainment for distribution to comic book stores through Lunar Distribution catalogue And that they would be doing this with three new titles The Accessories by David[...]

Announced at ComicsPRO by Rebellion yesterday, along with the news that 2000AD is now being printed in North America as well as the UK, is that Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, heading to its fortieth anniversary in 2027, will be getting a full colour omnibus, in the same fashion as the Halo Jones[...]

Scott Snyder offering issues of Absolute Batman to Greg Capullo was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday as ComicsPRO came to an end Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a[...]