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Bleeding Cool has repeatedly reported on Vault Comics' decision to move to give the first issue of a new comic book series to retailers completely for free and seeing subsequent orders get significant bumps Through its Free-to-Retailer programme, Bleeding Cool understands that Vault has given comic book retailers over $1,750,000 worth of comics with more[...]

Marvel Comics is to send out free sampler bundles in April to comic book stores for their Planet Of The Apes series Fall Of Man, based on the 20th Century Fox movies, written by David Walker and drawn by Dave Wachter, timed for the release of the new Kingdom Of The Planet of The Apes[...]

The Atomika: God Is Red Omnibus Edition features more than 75 pages of new art, including work by Simone Bianchi, Simon Bisley, Tim Bradstreet, Claudio Castellini, Travis Charest, Gene Colan, Glenn Fabry, Gary Gianni, David Mack, Angel Medina, Eddy Newell, Alex Nino, Lucio Parrillo, Eric Powell, John Romita Sr., Steve Rude, Arthur Suydam, and Michael[...]

For fans of the popular sports anime Free!, the swimming-centric property is coming to a cinematic conclusion soon – and now we have a look at what to expect (well, maybe). Back in 2013, Free! debuted to a loving, inclusive, romance-shipping audience that embraced its combination of swimming with interpersonal relationships It went on to earn[...]

And as an exclusive treat for you lucky, lucky Bleeding Cool readers, you get to read the entire first issue, from cover to letters page, soup to nuts, for free Legally No pirating, substacks or accidental ComiXology releases necessary, The Happy Hour collection by Peter Milligan and Michael Montenant will collect the timely series that SyFy[...]

The Epic Games Store is looking to give you a little holiday cheer that will make any gamer happy with 15 days of free games on their platform The company is offering up a free game every 24 hours, starting today with Cities: Skylines But once the 24 hours are up, the game goes back[...]

As promised, DC Comics has made hundreds of their comic books available free, digitally, on the DC Comics Reader for the length of DC Fandome So you have about, twenty hours left. Read Hundreds Of DC Comics Digitally Free Including Milestone Returns That includes full graphic novels like Kami Garcia's Teen Titans: Raven Collections like the first[...]

But we also noted that DC will be making over two hundred of their comic books available for reading, free, but just for the period of DC Fandome which will run from Saturday August 22nd from 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST for twenty-four hours, until Sunday August 22nd from 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST[...]

But it was fun to do anyway, and Dark Horse's free graphic novels and collections were eating up the charts So a quick name change may be necessary for this semi-regular feature, highlighting what may appear to be accidental deals but are probably promotional pushes Especially on Amazon, where people have sometimes picked up absolute[...]

At the time I remember thinking to myself, "I can get this done in two years, not a problem." Digital Version of Fantasy Graphic Novel, Fae Archaic, Now Free Courtesy of Kirk Trik. Those two years came and went, and the project wasn't even halfway done Either out of stubbornness or delusion I kept at it, making[...]

They state that they will "delay the print release of our upcoming titles originally scheduled for release in April and May of 2020." However, they will be accelerating digital releases, outsourcing work to freelancers, and looking to resume printing and releasing as soon as possible They state "we do not anticipate having to delay the[...]

Dave Sim, Benjamin Hobbs et al are creating a free, Coronavirus special digital-first edition of Cerebus In Hell, dubbed Crisis In Infinite Quarantine #1. (To be read in your BEST internal Rod Serling Monologue') Submitted for your amusement, one Benjamin Hobbs, artist for Cerebus In Hell?, locked in his home by a global pandemic of Biblical[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, Ankeny, Iowa writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. In previous columns, I have written about not having Free Comic Book Day About having something else instead Changing things up Being unique and different is a large part of why Rodman Comics is still open When we first opened, we did[...]

The series will be running monthly from here on in. But the first issue came out back in May, for Free Comic Book Day and may be harder to find than most at this stage So here, on Bleeding Cool is Hope #1 – also by Dirk Manning and K Lynn Smith – we have the full[...]

The company's head office, 2nd Studio building, Tokyo office and Animation DO office are at other locations. Kyoto Animation/Netflix The studio was at work on an animated movie of Free!, about a high school swim team Its release has been suspended indefinitely. Anime fans and colleagues in Japan and abroad posted messages of grief and condolences on social[...]

ComiXology, the digital comics publisher/distributor have a limited edition print run collections of a number of their usually-digital-exclusive comics, as well as free pins for 2019 as well The ComiXology Originals 2019 Pin Set featuring five enamel pins that spotlight Durn from Stone Star, the "odd goat" from Delver, Bear from The Pride, the comiXology Originals logo,[...]

Not content with milking Wolverine's return for three one-shots, multiple post-credit scenes in the back of unrelated titles, and four four-issue mini-series, Marvel is also going to release a Director's Cut of Return of Wolverine #1. But in a surprising move, Marvel will give away the director's cut for free, at least to readers who purchased[...]

It's been a hit in Japan and we can only assume it will catch fire here, and being totally free kinda helps Be on the lookout for this game when it drops. JST ANNCD: Popular mobile game, FATE/GRAND ORDER 📱🎮 (@FateGO_USA) coming to the U.S SUMMER 2017 pic.twitter.com/c4hHGwigLT — Aniplex USA (@aniplexUSA) April 15, 2017 [...]

If you're not already onboard, basically every month there's a small selection of games that are totally free to download with no strings attached which you can play to your heart's content (Yes, you are subscribing, but you're not paying for the games, nitpickers.) The one the piqued our interest was an indie title called[...]

Starting tomorrow, Street Fighter V will be free to play on PC as part of a bigger plan to root out some of the game's bigger issues According to Capcom, they've been trying to iron out many of the connectivity issues we've been dealing with on the CFN (Capcom Fighters Network) You may notice it's[...]

Dates and locations can be found below. And the creators Owen Michael Johnson  and John Pearson have offered up that first issue to read for free, below If you like what you read, bundle packs can be bought from the Changeling Studios website hereand issue 4 is available for pre-order now. Olly MacNamee teaches English and Media, for his sins,[...]

The new Mockingbird comic written by Chelsea Cain has been described as a puzzle box of a comic. Which is the kind of thing that doesn't always suit a

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day 2016. But if you can't quite wait and want free comic books now, and don't mind them digital, but do want them legal, here is how to go about it. As well as a bunch of previews and previous FCBD titles, Marvel has Marvel's The Avengers #1, Marvel's Avengers Alliance #1,[...]

As part of the Instore Convention Kick-Off, Matt Hawkins, publisher of Top Cow Comics announced they are giving away fifty free Top Cow comic books, digitally to all. From Think Tank, to Genius, to Sunstone, to Postal, to IXth Generation… take your pick. And follow the rest of our In Store Convention Kickoff coverage here. Click here to download Think[...]

On March 23rd, DC Comics will be declaring it Dawn Of Justice Day, two days before the official release of the Batman V Superman movie. And stores will be giving away a reprint of Superman/Batman #1 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness.   But if you can't get into a store that Wednesday, it's also to be made[...]

On the last of #BlackComicsMonth – they get an extra day this year thanks to the mysteries of cosmology – we have eleven free comic books, by black creators or featuring black protagonists So that's free PDF downloads…. Genius #1 Postal #1 Or via ComiXology… Concrete Park Alabaster Shadows – code BlackComicsMonth Super Pro K.O[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWc7DYyJOwgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cinema Purgatorio with Max Brooks and guest starring Stephen Kramer Glickman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWc7DYyJOwg) Stephen Kramer Glickman talks Max Brooks (possibly being Max Brooks) and his contributions to life, Cinema Purgatorio and his lack of weed.. The new anthology comic from Bleeding Cool's owners Avatar Press launches this weekend at London Super Comic Con[...]

Comic book stores will be receiving batches of the Superman/Batman #1 from 2003 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness in time for the release of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Stores will be able to give copies away from the 23rd of March, wit the movie coming out on the 25th. Indeed, DC appear to be calling it[...]

The Final Order Cut-Off Date for the first trade paperback collection of Zander Cannon's Kaijumax from Oni Press is on Monday. Which is why today,we get to put up and embed the whole of Kaijumax #1 for free If you want more, you have till Monday to tell your retailer… The trade paperback is only $9.99[...]

But it's not quite the first time it's happened. The first issue of Kennel Block Blues by Ryan Ferrier and artist Daniel Bayliss will be officially posted by its publisher Boom! Studios on Tumblr for free, a month before it will be published in print for $3.99. More importantly it is doing this before final order cut-off on January 11th,[...]