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[audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/images/blog/The-Orbiting-Pod-Episode-163.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. They say: Welcome to Episode 163 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we stray off he path and go Wayward #1, check the charts for the latest POP #1, call it a night with Silver Surfer #5, talk it out with Sundowners #1, figure[...]

World War I didn't have any Private Ryans that were saved or any bastards that were inglorious; the biggest thing to remind audiences of its place in history is Ernest Hemingway and Lawrence of Arabia. 2014 marks the centennial of World War I, and First Second Books has perfectly timed the release of their latest graphic[...]

Oh, and they're only a bunch of kids. In The Wrenchies from First Second Books (due out in September), it's as if creator Farel Dalrymple shoved time-travel, aliens, magic and Moebius through a meat grinder and painted the pages of his young adult graphic novel with the final blended product At times it's hard to figure[...]

Bastien Vivès' graphic novel published earlier this year, Polina, a ballet epic set in Moscow and Berlin was a bit of a smash hit, especially in bookstores after picking up stellar reviews. Now his manga-esque series Last Man, first published in 2013 and now onto its fourth volume has been picked up by First Second to be translated into English[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: This week, Image number 1s really got us excited and special guest Leigh Luna lets us know what book she loves! Don't forget, you can always look for us on Facebook. Books reviewed in this[...]

But first, I'll order a pizza. The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza (First Second Books) by James Kochalka 110 pages, FC $12.99 Cameron Hatheway is the host of Cammy's Comic Corner, an audio podcast You can share your favorite non-traditional pizza toppings with him on Twitter @CamComicCorner. By Cameron Hatheway When destiny calls, will you pick up the phone and answer?[...]

By Jared Cornelius It's not really a secret to anyone who knows me that I'm a wrestling fan.  It's not a passion I wear on my sleeve, but in the 31 years

Faith Erin Hicks is launching a new trilogy of graphic novels, named The Nameless City from First Second Books. An unlikely friendship forms between Nameless City native Rat, and Kai, whose country has recently conquered her city.  The two of them must find common ground between their cultures and foil a sinister conspiracy.  Hicks has created[...]

There's Fairy Tale Comics from First Second, Shadow Now from Dynamite and We Won't See Auschwitz from SelfMadeHero. And the week after lots of new stuff, Shaolin Cowboy, Coffin Hill, Superman/Wonder Woman, Forever Evil Arkham, Memory Collectors, Triple Helix, Image launch comics Three and Rocket Girl, the final issue of America's Got Powers, the beginning of[...]

I understand that, later at San Diego Comic Con, First Second Books will announce a new graphic novel, The Ren. It is co-written by Joe Illidge, the subject of one of my more controversial interviews after he left DC Comics, and by Shawn Martinbrough, the artist of Robert Kirkman's crime comic Thief Of Thieves The book[...]

Winner of two 2011 Eisner Awards!   :01 FIRST SECOND ADVENTURES IN CARTOONING: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (W/A/CA) Andrew Arnold & Various Christmas is coming! The Magic Cartooning Elf and his friend the Knight join forces to make a Christmas comic for Santa to give to all the boys and girls in the world Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special is a[...]

Yesterday, the Horror Writers Association held its 25th annual Bram Stoker Awards, recognizing superior achievements in horror writing.  The 2011 awards consideration marked the first-ever inclusion of the category "Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel."  The contenders included: Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (First Second) Locke & Key Volume 4 by Joe Hill (IDW Publishing) Green River Killer[...]