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New customers who aren't familiar with the previous logo are going to have a hard time understanding it." ThemeWatch: Fifteen DC blogs are running a crossover today, declaring it Animated Anthem Day Firestorm Fan, The Aquaman Shrine, Being Carter Hall, The BLOG from the BOG, BOO$TERRIFIC, DC Bloodlines, Diana Prince, Fortress of Baileytude, The Idol-Head of[...]

Just consider it closure. Scott McDaniel's motion trailer for Static Shock #8, published by DC Comics on Wednesday By Marc Benandis, Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZMWhbWDIwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: STATIC SHOCK #8 Trailer.mov (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZMWhbWDIw) Don't look at it as a comic book being cancelled[...]

On Friday, DC editorial types were stating that there were no more plans for Stephanie Brown, previously Robin, Batgirl and Spoiler in the old DCU, in current books. They were lying. Yesterday evening at ECCC, DC Comics announced that joining The Robins by Jeff Lemire in the expected Third Wave of New DC books towards the end[...]

It will be material written in the voice of the main character, Callum Israel and will both give backstory and context and even expand on the stories in the main part of the book. These are not "extras" in the familiar sense of the term — sketches and script excerpts, letters, pinups, etc., but actual content;[...]

Cosplay photographer Jay Tablante of the Phillippines is a bit of a Bleeding Cool favourite. Here are a few of his latest cosplay works... Green Lantern

Unscripted, reality CC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGWZx6d2IXY[/youtube] This week, we feature footage from the vantage point of our booth from the Second Annapolis Comic Con which has grown into a very crowded 2 Day convention in the Southern area of Maryland, a very well organized and fun show run by fellow retailer Steve from Third Eye Comics & his cohort[...]

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a piece looking at a current comics industry trend away from exclusive contracxts with prominent creators, specifically at Marvel and DC. Well no one seems to have told the new Valiant Entertainment, who have just signed up their X-O Manowar artist as an exclusive comics creator. I'm not sure what competition there was[...]

It's a lovely summer's day in London already. I've spent today in Soho Square, reading comic books and watching people come by. Some had comics, books,

It's a lesson in perspective there. Elephantmen from Image gives us a tender kiss that is both moving and haunting, representing a state of mind, of obsession rather than a physical presence. And then there's the Cover Girls hardcover from Image featuring the female pin up and comic work of Guillem March And well, yes, um… there's[...]

      Is it really only ten years since Dan DiDio, smuggled into DC by Warners as a co-writer on Superboy with Jimmy Palmiotii, was made a Vice President – Editorial, and began his rise to power within the company, making publishing changes along the way and ultimately seeing his vision for the company accepted, with the[...]

Gendercrunching January 2012 January wasn't particularly great for either publisher, with both DC and Marvel just barely reaching double digits for female creators DC won this race to the bottom by a small margin, continuing to squash Marvel's recent upstart aim for the top spot Also, we take a look at female characters on Marvel covers. DC[...]

Last week, Editorial Vid, the publisher of DC Comics in Mexico announced they no longer had the rights to do so and had ceased publication This has been confirmed by general manager Paco Jimenez, who has left the company after twenty years. There is a rumour that another publisher may pick up the license in May,[...]

Batwoman won another GLAAD award for DC Comics this year, under the title Outstanding Comic Book in New York Other nominated comic books were Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Secret Six, Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller and X-Factor. This is a second win for writer/artist JH Williams III, who won two years ago with Greg Rucka for Detective[...]

The Canadian government intervened and a week later, Finch flew! He is also doing some work for a revived DC series called Dial H for Heroes. "It's about this guy, who, when he gets into trouble, runs to a phone booth and changes into whatever character channels through him," Finch says, wondering if the Cartoon Network series Ben[...]

When Batman was arrested for driving the Batmobile without tags/number plates. Of course not, he's trying to preserve the car's secret identity! Don't the