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By Spencer Ellsworth The female robots in IDW Transformers comics have been a source of controversy for years, as Bleeding Cool has previously reported Rachel Stevens gives a wonderfully thorough overview of the recent storylines and controversies in Women Write About Comics; go read it. In sum, IDW has recently introduced three "naturally occurring" female Transformers[...]

Thrill to Tina's "Friend Fiction", Louise's "Unsolved Mysteries and Curious Curiosities", "Gene Belcher Presents: The Musical", and more! It's an all-ages extravaganza that captures the feel of Bob's Burgers perfectly — because it's a comic 100% created by show writers and animators! 32pgs. Transformers: Robots In Disguise #0 – IDW (W) John Barber, Tom Scioli (A) Priscilla Tramontano,[...]

The Western steampunk horror role playing game Deadlands, originally published as a comic book at Image Comics, is seeing these stories – and new ones – collected by IDW. Deadlands Volume 1: Dead Man's Hand brings together a who's-who of superstar horror-western comic talent to launch this unique series that laid the groundwork for every horror-western series[...]

Bitch Planet #1 asks the important question in comic books today. It also happens to lead off with a great pull back and reveal that's reminiscent of the

IDW must have noticed as well, because they have, today, brought it back into print, along with the Marvel Covers volume, both reproducing the original work from the artists boards and making the pages as similar to the original boards. The Nick Fury book was also designed by Steranko, who created the look of the book and the[...]

Ever wanted steampunk Transformers? The Reformatted brand Knight Morpher figures turn into, respectively, a WW1-era submarine for Shockwave, WW1-era planes for Starscream and pals, and Optimus Prime becomes a lovely steam train. Or, if you're a fan of the complex, adult storyline in the IDW comics, you might want the Demolition Crue, (Not Wreckers),[...]

The brightest spot of the run was the Secret Six from Martin Pasko and Dan Spiegle which acted as both sequel to and reimagining of the short-lived 1960's series created by E Nelson Bridwell and Frank Springer Both the original and the weekly serial found a group of six strangers brought together by the mysterious[...]

You can see the finished version here and learn more about the project. Haspiel was also working on a pin-up for The Bigger Bang from IDW, by DJ Kirkbride and Vassilis Gogtzilas which played well to his flair for cosmic space and heroic themes. Haspiel's roster of current projects is extensive and he walked me through a[...]

Over the weekend, we ran a piece highlighting claims made by the Fans Against Fraud website regarding Connor Cochran and Conran Press over the

It turned out to be one of my favorite stories on 1983. 31 years later… I feel very old… IDW Publishing is collecting the original graphic novel plus the miniseries that followed it into one collection The Star Slammers: The Complete Collection also includes short stories, covers and pin-ups plus 60 pages of never-before seen work. And[...]

Back in 2010, Bleeding Cool ran a story about how the creators of the Last Unicorn comic book, published by IDW, were running a Kickstarter to fund extra pages for the comic that the publisher was unwilling to pay for. The comic was based on Peter S Beagle novel, and created by Peter Gillis, Renae De Liz[...]

Comic book creators Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Bob Budiansky, Jose Delbo,  Lee Sullivan, Stephen Baskerville, Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi, Nick Roche, Jason Cardy, John Paul Bove, Casey Collier, all known for their work on Transformers comic books, have all signed thirty copies of the hundred's edition of the comic book, published by IDW and they[...]

Okay we knew it was Ross Campbell. And we thought it might be Kelly Thompson. Right on both counts, The creative team of the new Jem And The Holograms comic book from IDW in March Take it away, PR piece! IDW Publishing is excited to expand its long relationship with Hasbro and welcome JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS to[...]

Yesterday, we scooped what purported to be a cover for the new IDW comic book version of Jem And The Holograms. The art was by Ross Campbell, who had made quite an impact creating fan-art recreations of the characters over the past few years. Yesterday, after we posted the article, he seemed to confirm that he was[...]

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: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. Maxx & Foxi talk about a ton of books this week, then there's a discussion of the 100[...]

Coming in March from IDW. Jem And The Holograms #1.  UPDATE: Looks like it's by Ross Campbell… who already has a line in updating Jem And The Holograms characters as fan art…. Coming in March from IDW. Jem And The Holograms #1.  UPDATE: Looks like it's by Ross Campbell… who[...]

It's Thanksgiving. A time of reflectiveness, of gratefulness , of charity, or family. And already the kids are running around the house screaming their

(I talk about toys like they're humans…haven't you ever seen Toy Story?) On to the comics! I could almost hear a Danny Elfman score playing in my head as I read Edward Scissorhands #2 from IDW Publishing, written by Kate Leth, with art by Drew Rausch This is definitely one of my new favorite comics[...]

With cross-media writers like Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, and Harlan Ellison contributing stories to the original volume of prose, it's only fair that comic artists get a chance to make that statement too, in their own way. The first issue of Shadow Show from IDW arrives today in shops, featuring the work of Joe Hill, Charles[...]

And, I couldn't help but promote IDW's Transformers Drift and TMNT/Ghostbusters. Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Black Friday getting, but we still have some great releases. DC's best book this week is Gotham By Midnight #1 headed up by Fawkes, Templesmith, and Jim[...]

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to

Today's soundtrack… @superchunk ( again ) pic.twitter.com/fXZiK3OPPx — Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) November 18, 2014 And editor-in-chief of IDW, Chris Ryall, was quick to respond. @TheRyanAdams So you should come do that comic w/us (@IDWPublishing) If for no other reason so we can trade UFO and Human Fly stories… — Chris Ryall (@chris_ryall) November 18, 2014 Yeah, there's a process for[...]

Legends of Baldur's Gate #2 from IDW Publishing, written by Jim Zub, with art by Max Dunbar, and colors by John-Paul Bove continues to be an action packed tale In my last review I talked about how much I enjoy Delina's character, and I was happy that the beginning of this issue provided us with[...]

Schultz, a fact not lost on the bounty hunter.  That they form fast friends with mutual respect is easily the most engaging part of the book, otherwise it's a somewhat understated opening to the mini-series, surprisingly straightforward.  There are no typical Tarantino-esque asides, cut-away to scenes of other characters engaged in amusingly banal talk, juxtaposed[...]

We made out best guesses a little while ago. But Diamond has now announced this year's skip week titles, comics that come to stores a week early over the holiday period, so there will still be comics every week at comic stores. Dark Horse has two volume 4 collections, with The Massive Vol 4: Sahara and X[...]

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to

So Dave Sim went and wrote this, for A Moment Of Cerebus, I did want to mention that the ONLY complete sets of CEREBUS ARCHIVE NUMBER TWO BONUS PRINT

So where did the rest of the marketshare go? Well, as we previously pointed out, Image Comics took 12.28% of comics sold and 9.77% of dollars spent, a significant 2-4 point jump, and both Dark Horse and IDW both put on a point or to each as week. The top selling book however, as we predicted, was[...]

And it's not the only Image Comics title doing well. UPDATE: Oh yes, as we first reported, Walking Dead was in the Loot Crate last month… which might also have really helped numbers! But it does also mean that Image's unit marketshare will be higher than that of Dark Horse, IDW, Boom and Dynamite – combined. Something I'm[...]

By Cameron Hatheway The My Little Pony comics at IDW Publishing are extremely successful, attracting a legion of die-hard fans both young and old Tony Fleecs, one of the talented artists of the series, was on hand at Comikaze Expo this past weekend and was nice enough to sit down and answer a few of my[...]