coronavirus comics Archives

A few years ago, Boom CEO & Founder Ross Richie urged the comic book industry to #boostyourLCS. The hashtag caught on quickly and still sees use, but

Comic Odyssey, the comic book chain with multiple stores across the island of Manila, has announced that it is closing all its stores on the island in

Two days ago, Lee's Comics of Mountain View, California, chose to close temporarily, for three weeks in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.

As San Franciscan comic book retailer Brian Hibbs pointed out on Bleeding Cool the other day, comic book stores have been ordering non-returnable product

This year's Free Comic Book Day was planned for the first Saturday in May. Books were intended to start arriving in stores very soon, but now, as a result

Private Eye Magazine is probably my greatest influence as a reporter. And this week’s issue, fresh off the pages, comes with quite the cover. And a

Diamond Comics has allowed all retailers to sell tomorrow's comic books today. Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported that Image Comics had made all FOC

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on comic book retailer Brian Hibbs, who informed fellow retailers that Image Comics - and only Image Comics - were

AfterShock Comics has finally issued a statement on COVID-19. No, it's not another spinoff of the series Animosity, Animosity: COVID-19, but the disease

Brian Hibbs, one of the leading comic book retailers in the direct market, co-founder of ComicsPRO and the man who created the Final Order Cut-Off system

I went last year. And the year before. And had booked my Airbnb on the coast already for May. Time to apply for a refund. Because Portsmouth Comic Con was

This weekend saw a bit of a social media explosion. Billy Tucci, comic book creator of Shi, posted the following on Facebook, PUBLIC POST for those

As the United States joins the list of countries entering country-wide shutdowns of many businesses and more people staying indoors, many folks in the

Cliff Biggers is one of the most influential comic book retailers in the direct market. And he wanted to share with us what he is telling his staff about

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on how Image Comics was one of the first comic book publishers to switch to work-from-home for its staff, in light of

ACE Comic Con in Boston is the latest show to be cancelled because of fears around the coronavirus pandemic. Anthony's Comic Book Art were to have been

As a number of comic stores switch regular orders to mail order, as a result of fears over the coronavirus, and Amazon marketplace also gets a massive

You may know Collector's Paradise of Pasadena, Winnetka and Noho from the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List. But, given the events of the Coronavirus, they

CGC, the comic book grading and slabbing company, has issued the following statement to its customers, regarding its decision to suspend travel for its

Every first Saturday of May, the comic book industry hosts Free Comic Book Day, when comic book publishers and comic book retailers conspire to give away

Fears around the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have closed comic book conventions and now comic book publishers too. This is what Bleeding Cool has

While some comic book publisher staffers are able to work from home, it's a little harder at a comic book distributor. Chris Powell, Chief Relationship

Bleeding Cool has learnt from multiple sources today that DC Comics staffers are being told to work from home from this coming Monday, March 16th. That's

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on Boom Studios decision to join Oni Press in a policy of working from home for all staffers, as a result of fears

This is the first of a number of major comic con events to not be cancelled, or postponed indefinitely, but postponed to a specific date. Reed POP, behind

Gosh Comics of London, launched Steven Appleby's cross-dressing superhero graphic novel Dragman last night (pictures throughout below). They have a busy

It looks like the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting comics beyond just the cancellation or postponement of comic cons, like WonderCon most recently. Bleeding

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Comic-Con International had cancelled April's WonderCon in Anaheim. No sooner had the word dropped that

Wizard Entertainment of the double-decade Wizard Worlds is to launch “Wizard World Virtual Experiences” just as WonderCon announced its

Bleeding Cool has received the following statement from Comic-Con International regarding the planned staging of Wondercon in Anaheim, California, for