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Ryan North and Javier Garrón have a new comic book crossover, announced by Marvel Comics at ComicsPro to a room full of comic shop owners.  Weapon X-Traction, starring Deadpool and Wolverine and running across eight Marvel comics this summer in special backup stories And yes, well timed for the release of the Deadpool & Wolverine/Deadpool[...]

At the ComicsPro retailer summit in Pittsburgh, DC Comics has told the assembled comic book shop owners and employees that they will be moving back from comic books going on sale on Tuesdays, to Wednesdays The change will take place in July, according to DC reps at the show The announcement got a standing ovation[...]

At ComicsPro, Geoff Johns laid out a schedule for the new creator-owned shared universe Ghost Machine, publishing through Image Comics Also, more creators joining Ghost Machine will be announced soon. First, he is declaring the 3rd of April to be Ghost Machine Day for the publication of Geiger #1, Redcoat #1, and Rook: Exodus #1. October 2024[...]

As revealed at the ComicsPro comic book retailer summit, DC Comics is launching their summer event Absolute Power in July by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, which focuses on Amanda Waller's plot to remove all superpowers from superheroes and villains in the DC Universe The preview artwork released shows how that directly affects Superman. Superman using his heat[...]

Now at ComicsPro, DC Comics announced the release schedule from June to November for the announced comics. June Gotham by Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age by Andy Diggle and Leandro Fernandez "This volume expands the mysterious and gothic world created by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola beyond the confines of Gotham City, introducing DC's greatest heroes as they[...]

And for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the other DC heroes to stop her. Announced at ComicsPro, Absolute Power will begin with their Free Comic Book Day Gold Title on the 4th of May, with a new story by Waid and a recap of the events from Dark Crisis, Knight Terrors, Beast World and the like that[...]

As reported earlier on Bleeding Cool, Boom Studios descended on ComicsPro's Annual Industry Meeting in a big way and promised 2024 would be a big year for one of their flagship, modern franchises – Keanu Reeves' Brzrkr. Boom President of Publishing and Marketing, Filip Sablik, announced during the publisher's morning presentation that award-winning and bestselling writer[...]

Hot off the announcement of Tiny Onion's seed funding and expansion into a production company, at ComicsPro's Annual Industry Meeting, Boom Studios is promoting the 10th anniversary of creator James Tynion IV's debut as an original author at the publisher with The Woods In a first for Boom, they are centring one of their Free[...]

Boom Studios has shown up in force in Pittsburgh for ComicsPro's Annual Industry Meeting, alongside Marvel, DC, Lunar, Diamond, PRH and the like. Not only did they bring their entire direct market sales team, but Boom also showed up with their largest ever contingent of creators, including the original Pink Power Ranger Amy Jo Johnson,[...]

And so it seems that Image Comics and Lunar Distribution will be doing something similar instead. The Image Select Retailer Award, announced to coincide with the ComicsPRO Summit (though Image Comics isn't attending), is intended to reward comic shops that go "above and beyond to serve their customers, expand readership, and grow a healthier marketplace." The[...]

In recent years, the former effective monopoly of the direct market from Diamond Comic Distributors was shattered by DC Comics, Lunar Distributors, Marvel Comics, Penguin Random House and everyone following suit, Lunar is known for incredibly secure shipping solutions, PRH for free shipping with Diamond caught in between.  They are still in between but are[...]

Because, while there is no mention of this in the solicitation, Bleeding Cool gets the word that retailers at ComicsPRO are being told that in end of Birds Of Prey #7 and the beginning of #8, will basically be a lingerie fashion show by the Birds Of Prey themselves, trying to flush their aggressor out[...]

The ComicsPRO Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh is running this week, from the 22nd to the 24th of February Battle Quest Comics are one of the many comic book publishers who will be attending, and making a few announcements along the way One of which will be publishing a double-sized issue of their Epic comic Epic[...]

Previously, Diamond Comic Distributors announced that it was postponing its 2024 Diamond Retailer Summit, planned to coincide with Megacon in Florida next month, as part of a two-year deal with Fan Expo, to avoid a conflict with the ComicsPro Annual Meeting, which is also planned for February. ComicsPRO Now Diamond has decided to entirely cancel the previously[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the story coming out of the ComicsPRO Summit over a week ago, that Diamond Comic Distributors was to reduce shipping charges to comic book stores by 40% by this summer and followed that with news as to how Diamond may achieve that, by bringing other family companies into the main areas of[...]

Josh Williamson has been talking up the upcoming DC Comics event Knight Terrors at the ComicsPRO event, and it appears to be a linewide two-month crossover like Convergence or Future State with comics renamed and relaunched for that period Will every comic get a spooky name? That's what I'd expect Decapitation Comics,  'Acksaw Comics,  The[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news from the ComicsPRO Summit that Diamond Comic Distributors was to offer a cut of 40% to freight and shipping charges to comic book stores going forward Bleeding Cool now has more details of what is being offered to retailers and the impact it may have. Geppi Family Enterprises Chief[...]

Last week saw ComicsPRO in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a comic book retailer event in which publishers, creators and others promoted their work to comic stores for the year ahead Bleeding Cool already ran the leaked Bad Idea ComicsPRO video presentation to retailers, but there is more besides. Bad Idea Comics is a relatively new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Atom Freeman,[...]

The publisher attended ComicsPRO in Pittsburgh this week, amd produced a ComicsPRO sampler book as part of their swag bag handed out to retailers Included is a preview of Seven Years in Darkness #2, Josif 1957 #1, and yet to be announced Mother Russia Well, consider it announced now, it will be in the upcoming[...]

Especially, as with the presentation below, they dive into horror comics. As to content, Zenescope are best known for their "sexy" take on fantasy literature, including Robyn Hood, Belle the Beast Hunter, Cinderella the Serial Killer Princess, and Liesel Van Helsing, in a shared universe that began with their Grimm Fairy Tales books, as well as[...]

Today is the final day of ComicsPRO, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown until the 25th of February The retailer summit is being held again in person for the first time in three years The last one held in person was Portland in February 2020 … right before[...]

And they have their first presentation at the ComicsPRO Summit this week in Pittsburgh with hundreds of US comic book retailers, abouyt bringing their digital manga to print They also released their video presentation online. Frederick L Jones talked about how Saturday A.M, is a manga anthology inspired by Saturday morning TV cartioons, has been a successful[...]

In their collective Cartoonist Kayfabe identity, Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg gave the Keynote Address to ComicsPRO by video It may have been the first in-person ComicsPRO event in three years, but Ed and Jim were going to do this bit behind the screen And they had a message to comic book retailers, sell more[...]

From the AWA video presentation at the ComicsPRO Summit in Pittsburgh concluding today, Jeremy Holt, Garth Ennis, JMS, Jeremy Holt, Ed Brisson and Mark Russell talked about their upcoming comic books from AWA. Jeremy Holt: I'm the writer and co-creator of the upcoming graphic novel Gatsby through AWA Studios I want to thank AWA for believing[...]

Image Comics has just made their presentation at the ComicsPRO Retailer Summit 2023 And they just ran this Kyle Higgins video talking about the big upcoming crossover event for the Massive-Verse, The Catalyst War, beginning with Radiant Black #25 in July "Everything has been leading to this moment", apparently, and just how they have tried[...]

Skybound Entertainment concluded their first-ever ComicsPRO presentation by saving the best for last, as Morgan Perry (Brand Manager) from Skybound announced Void Rivals #1, the debut issue of an all-new series beginning in June from Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici, AKA the team behind the series Oblivion Song.  And while there's no news on Jake[...]

Skybound Entertainment took the stage today for their first ever ComicsPRO presentation with Morgan Perry, their Brand Manager and one of retailer Brian Hibbs' favorite people in comics, with a spotlight on some of their biggest books for the year including Michelle Fus' Ava's Demon and Dylan Burnett's Arcade Kings But they also announced that[...]

In Image Comics' ComicsPRO Summit presentation in Pittsburgh, VP of Sales & Publishing Planning Matt Parkinson took the virtual Zoom-stage to go over upcoming titles and boost a special thank you video from bestselling creator Rick Remender Bleeding Cool has managed to get a copy of it. Rick Remender promotes his work but also talks about what[...]

At ComicsPRO today, Vault Comics announced a new series for later this year, Unnatural Order from Christopher Yost and Val Rodrigues Described as "Zero Dark Thirty meets The Lord of the Rings" it tells the story of "a Roman soldier and a witch who lead a motley crew of heroes against a common enemy, the[...]

Okay, so Bad Idea Comics has just made their presentation at the ComicsPRO Retailer Summit 2023 And they just ran this video It is… a little on the meta side So bear with it while it begins, and imagine you are in a room full of retailers who have just been through twenty such videos,[...]