Donny Cates Archives

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the story that Donny Cates had been paying off the pull lists of customers at Austin Books And Comics in Texas (With permission from Donny Cates, okay, Reddit? Seriously now.) But it looks like it wasn't just one store and their customers who were the beneficiary of his generosity Dragon's Lair[...]

Most, if not all, of you know of the comic writer Donny Cates In an amazing show of support for not only the store but for you as well, has decided to pay for your pull lists If you still had a pull list in the store as of yesterday, it's now paid up He[...]

Donny Cates posted to Twitter the other day "I can't afford to help everyone, but as all of my titles are still in production I'd like to help some artists whose books just got postponed If you are one of these artists, and you would like to do a commission for me DM me or[...]

I have also heard rumours that we may see a more immediate independent comic book crossover including Donny Cates, other A-list creators, and a bunch of creator-owned characters, as part of an Image Comics superhero universe crossover that will also include DC's Wildstorm books Again, that is all still to come. But that hasn't stopped big[...]

Well, kids love to play at dinosaurs don't they? Let's call this V-Rex going forward. VENOM #24 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Mark Bagley THE WAR WITHIN! VENOM ISLAND CONTINUES! •  Cletus Kasady may be gone, but CARNAGE is another story – and its evil has infected Venom and the entire ISLAND OF BONES. •  As every living thing on the island hunts him,[...]

Donny Cates, the self-proclaimed Bad Boy of Comics, is a global entertainment superstar and fashion icon But how can he be fashionable without his own pair of venom high-top sneakers? It's a question that deserves an answer, so Cates took to Twitter to solicit help in finding a pair of said sneakers from his loyal[...]

Bleeding Cool has been hearing some very interesting things about Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's latest collaboration after God Country, Thanos and Guardians Of The Galaxy And they are taking it back to Image Comics I understand it may be the first creator-owned 'event comic' – something comparable to Absolute Carnage or Secret Wars in[...]

Is this the fastest Marvel Omnibus ever? Absolute Carnage Omnibus, collecting the series and all the spin-offs, will be out in August. Absolute Carnage Omnibus Hardcover – August 11, 2020 by Ryan Stegman, Marcelo Ferreira, Andrea Broccardo, Filipe Andrade, Donny Cates, Frank Tieri, Emily Lerner, Al Ewing 800 pages. The lethal killer Cletus Kasady casts his symbiotic[...]

If you are in the neighbourhood, check them out. VENOM #22 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Mark Bagley "VENOM ISLAND" PART II •  Donny Cates' VENOM epic continues in grand fashion after ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, joined by industry legend and celebrated VENOM artist Mark Bagley. •  That's all you're getting out of us for this one, True Believers! After all, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE isn't quite[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported that Donny Cates was promoting Venom #22, out tomorrow, as something that would change things. I'm so happy you all like the start of Venom Island in issue 21 but I NEED you to understand something… Issue 22 is the craziest issue of Venom I've ever written It's horrifying And it will[...]

And people like Donny Cates get rather annoyed especially when that clickbait is about him I don't blame him. But this, this right here is not clickbait Clickbait fails to deliver on what it promises It tricks you But when I write that Donny Cates is writing the Justice League in Thor, I totally mean it[...]

Donny Cates and Jim Lee will be attending a special signing event at Torpedo Comics OC, Orange County, California in a couple of weeks Two such high profile signings in one store is a rarity, and Lee and Cates have never signed together before Torpedo is using it to help push their VIP service, in[...]

Today sees the publication of Thor #1 by Donny Cates (#13 on the power list) and Nic Klein, just after Cates put a lid on all his cosmic storylines in Guardians Of The Galaxy, only to then totally reopen them all, first in Absolute Carnage #5, Venom #21 and Incoming #1, with Knull on his[...]

Why Marvel has a comic coming out called Iron Man 2020 and not, say, 2020 Vision is beyond me. The 10 most-read stories yesterday Mark Millar On Why Revealing Superman's Secret Identity is a Bad Idea – And Why He Revealed Spider-Man's. Erik Larsen Says Colorist Who Poorly Recolored Marvel Comics Presents #48 Cover Should Be Killed Ubisoft Releases[...]

Along with the biggest creator-owned launch in recent years in Undiscovered Country, 2019 was Scott's year and 2020 should be too – at least until the DC reboot comes along. Donny Cates (Up) Can this man do no wrong at Marvel? He revived Venom from a low to a top seller, kicked off the Absolute Carnage[...]

Cosmic Ghost Rider is a hit Marvel Comics character created by artist Geoff Shaw and The Bad Boy of Comics Donny Cates. Cates, who is currently ranked third in a poll to name the 2019 Bleeding Cool Clickmas Savior, behind Wolverine's Two Dicks and The Snyder Cut of Justice League and ahead of Terrific Production LLC's[...]

Donny Cates has been fulfilling a life's ambition to write Venom He even got to draw Venom for a Midtown Comics variant cover that now goes for silly money But he's not resting on his laurels He's already given Eddie Brock a son in Dylan Brock, formed from the codices of symbiotes Given us a[...]

Thor #1 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by The Bad Boy of Comics Donny Cates and Nic Klein, and we have a preview below, some or all of which may have already been seen in the various previews previously released. The preview shows us Mjolnir taking a victory lap following the War of the[...]

And Venom Island sounds like just the place – well he's been there before… VENOM #21 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Mark Bagley VENOM ISLAND BEGINS HERE! 'Nuff said! Rated T+In Shops: Dec 25, 2019 SRP: $3.99 Venom #21 is published today from Marvel Comics I bought mine from Piranha Comics in Kingston-Upon-Thames. Piranha Comics is a small south London comic store chain with[...]

Next week begins Venom Island storyline by Donny Cates and Mark Bagley, in Venom #21 This was the original tease. It was a reference to a classic cover – and storyline – by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen, from Amazing Spider-Man #347. In that story, Venom kidnapped Spider-Man and took him to an abandoned mine of a[...]

Today's Guardians Of The Galaxy takes on all of Donny Cates' big plotlines across Thanos, Death Of The Inhumans, Silver Surfer and Guardians Of The Galaxy, culminating in this one issue While over in Avengers #28 it's just as cosmic, because it's Christmas has Silver Surfer, Firelord and Terrax, as Three Wise Heralds following Yonder[...]

https://t.co/XqV799cOvZ — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 12, 2019 The news came as quite a shock to current Venom writer, global entertainment superstar and fashion icon Donny Cates, who posted his shocked reaction on Twitter. The WHAT https://t.co/vzh5x4r6io — DONNY⚡️CATES (@Doncates) December 12, 2019 Fortunately for The Bad Boy of Comics, Marvel hasn't canceled Venom[...]

Global entertainment superstar and fashion icon Donny Cates has expanded his sphere of influence, moving beyond his kingdom of Twitter to expand to the vast, unconquered territory of Reddit The Bad Boy of comics took to Twitter to respond to a screencap complaining about Cates' upcoming and highly anticipated Thor run with artist Nic Klein and[...]

We've looked at the reaction of Donny Cates – and the rest of the comic book industry – to the issue of comic book piracy We even had a few suggestions of our own to prevent it, including utilising hard digital marking tech to identify pirates Well, we didn't expect a ready example of the[...]

Ah, the love that dare not shut up, between Donny Cates and Jason Aaron But it seems that Jonathan Hickman has been drawn into the threesome Major spoilers for today's Venom #20 and Avengers #27 below, you have been warned. The Ultimate iteration of Venom was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley in Ultimate[...]

I wonder if this might inform Donny Cates' upcoming Thor comic run? Or his Guardians Of The Galaxy cosmic finale? Or will it all be in Venom? There is a lot of connective tissue being twanged around the place today… Venom #20 is published by Marvel Comics today in all good comic shops I bought mine[...]

Like this: https://twitter.com/TLoutpost87/status/1198960773000826882 And this: https://twitter.com/TLoutpost87/status/1197996181865021440 And this: https://twitter.com/TLoutpost87/status/1197761508522053633 But it was this Tweet that raised the hackles of global entertainment superstar, fashion icon, and former Bleeding Cool reporter, The Bad Boy of Comics Donny Cates, who has his own Thor comic coming out soon to compete with Terrific Productions LLC's version.   https://twitter.com/TLoutpost87/status/1198979030017564672 It seemed that Terrifically Legion Outpost 87 was experiencing a[...]

Donny Cates may be known as The Bad Boy of Comics, but he's not bad in the way a Thanos or Carnage is He's more like The Fonz, "bad" in the Michael Jackson song sense, but with a strong moral code, and he looks great in a motorcycle jacket. Case in point: when Cates was tagged[...]

Fan-favorite horse-alien character Beta Ray Bill is returning in the pages of Thor #3 in February, Marvel's solicitations revealed today for the third issue of the sure-to-be historic Thor run by The Bad Boy of Comics Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein But Bill isn't returning as Thor's friend, according to the solicit, but as[...]

Marvel has released a trailer for Thor #1, the upcoming relaunch from global entertainment superstar and fashion icon Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein In the trailer, Cates promises to break all of the gods in the Marvel Universe. "If you've read anything that I've ever done, you know that I like to dive deep into[...]