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Get your digs in before your enemies can… As part of a series of announcements that every publisher will be making before the release of the November-shipping Diamond Previews in two weeks time, Marvel has announced Secret Wars Too a one-shot Secret Wars parody to ComicBook.com. By the likes of Jonathan Hickman, Chip Zdarsky, Sergio Aragones, Ryan Browne, Al Ewing, Rob[...]

Avatar Press has two new books hitting the shelves this week, God Is Dead #40 which asks what would Gods do with worshippers and War Stories #11 as the

In comic shops this week is the latest issue of Jonathan Hickman's mythological mash-up, God Is Dead As the war of the Gods devastates the planet, mankind only wants one thing… for all the Gods to die Written by Mike Costa and drawn by Nahuel Lopez. God is Dead #39 All of humanity has prayed for it[...]

By Joe Glass Jonathan Hickman has been enjoying a hugely successful career at Marvel, even bringing their two main universes to an end in this year's mega-event Secret Wars As well as that, he's been making fantastic creator owned work with Image that is regularly blowing fans away. So it is perhaps without much surprise that the[...]

Such as that Jonathan Hickman, currently writing the direct market industry's best selling title Secret Wars, is taking a wee break afterwards – but will return with a comic that he will draw as well as write. Jonathan Hickman broke into comics in that way with The Nightly News, sent blind into Image Comics submissions, using[...]

East of West team Nick Dragotta and Jonathan Hickman joined the Invisible Republic team Corrina Bechko and Gabriel Hardman to discuss how they stay working in comics Moderator David Brothers began the panel with Hardman and Dragotta explaining the plots of their projects. "They're very different Even if you have a similar idea to someone else,[...]

By Joe Glass Marvel are starting Friday at SDCC with their panel on the massive Secret Wars event currently taking over their whole line. Panel features senior Marvel editor, Tom Brevoort, Jonathan Hickman (the writer of Secret Wars), Josh Williamson (artist), Charles Soule (writer Inhumans Rising)…and hopefully Sana Amanat. They started with a short video advertising Agents of[...]

I don't think it would be as bad as everyone thinks. — Jonathan Hickman (@JHickman) June 29, 2015 Today sees the publication of Jonathan Hickman's God Is Dead #37 Written by Mike Costa and drawn by Nahuel Lopez, he continues the tale of a world in which God died and in his place all the other deities[...]

In this week's Secret Wars #1 there was one stand out scene for many. As the world ended, the Kingpin sent out word to all and sundry for one last drink

And the narrator stating quite clearly that God exists. But which god would this be? And who is speaking now? Those who have read the original Secret Wars series may recall that Doom himself had a little encounter with that Beyonder. And after an initial failure… Ended up the victor. Note that Jonathan Hickman is bringing back all sorts of[...]

And that's the story Jonathan Hickman has been telling for years and years and years… Time to go back and reread everything! Ever! Oh, but first, lets see Black Panther rubbing Obama's nose in it all…. …one head of state to another. Today's comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, launching a Music & Comics Gallery on Friday, 12 comic[...]

And, especially for male readers, making us very uncomfortably self-identify with that eye, owning the male gaze and being responsible for it. No need to mention crossovers, just one simple moment of grabbing many-a-reader and making them an unwilling participant in the narrative. Grant Morrison, Jonathan Hickman, Geoff Johns, Ales Kot, Jeff Kline? Kelly Sue DeConnick wins… Today's[...]

Which is pretty decent when you break it down. Of course, this is a Jonathan Hickman comic So there may be title pages, chapter breaks and varous symbols dancing around pages to help expand it a little But as folks are now judging comic books by the amount they weigh, every gram counts! Secret Wars #1[...]

Including Thorr… who had a certain hammer with a different legend… So when Thor became unworthy, it was worth tracking down… And now in today's New Avengers #32 by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Deodato, Thor prepares to go into battle with the hammer of Thorr… …against impossible odds and certain death[...]

Valentine's Day. The day when people send overpriced flowers to each other. And since you are spending over the odds, you expect them to actually arrive.

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Among them are Wytches #3 by Scott Snyder and Jock, Rumble #1 by John Arcudi, James Harren, and Dave Stewart, East of West #16 by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, last but not least is Bitch Planet #1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine DeLandro Image was also nice to include a t-shirt and handy, dandy[...]

Jonathan Hickman has been deeply and intricately plotting The Avengers and Secret Wars together, this will be the first evidence you'll be able to hold in your hand… This is the cover to Avengers #40 The first Marvel comic to have the new Secret Wars logo on the cover And, as the series currently is[...]

Avengers/New Avengers from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, with art by Leinil Francis Yu, Kev Walker, Simone Bianchi, Valerio Schiti, Jim Cheung, Mike Deodato, Rags Orales, Salvador Larroca and more Despite its pretense, this is really just one comic book, with each title taking a diametric opposite viewpoint but running one story for a few years now[...]

Do you think it will work? Probably not… man, that's a powerful page. And if you are grossed out by what follows… …then you should probably stay away from Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's East Of West, also out today… Cheers! Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London, currently planning a release even for the twelve year old comic book creator,[...]

Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim's new comic book from Image, The Dying And The Dead, as a Final Order Cut Off Date of next Monday – the last chance retailers have to up their orders and get enough copies before the comic goes to the printers. "TODAY, TOMORROW, THE GRAVE" A murder at a wedding reveals a fifty[...]

Of late, Brian Bendis has given us two specific plot points that seem to contradict what has been dubbed the Marvel Rolling Continuity, set in place since

It's continually fascinating, with gorgeous, art from Nick Dragotta and lush colors from Frank Martin, every issue delivers something you've never seen before, but the bigger picture often feels intangible. Now 16 issues deep, writer Jonathan Hickman throws his readers a bone with East of West:The World Subtitled "Sourcebook/Atlas/Encyclopedia/Timelines/Apocrypha", The World provides exactly that which is[...]

Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin Jr's ongoing Image Comics series, East Of West #16, has been on a bit of a break Well, it's back in December, and to give those orders a little fillip, a series of variant covers by the artistic team have been designed, seven, that all fit together The[...]

But no pics were allowed… Because at Times Square, Marvel just announced that to follow Jonathan Hickman's Time Runs Out storyline at Marvel, he will be writing a year long Secret Wars series, with Esad Ribic on art, starting in May This is something Hickman brought to them in 2012 when he first took on the[...]

In last week's Avengers we learned of a significant split between Reed Richards and Susan Storm, indeed with the latter hunting down the former, in the

But these start to involve each other more… directly. Jonathan Hickman's Avengers books have seen other dimensional Earths incursing on our own, threatening to destroy both unless one is wiped out And on these Earths we've had folks like these. Who rather resemble DC's Justice League. Well, in Grant Morrison's Multiversity #1, one of the Earths we encounter has a[...]

The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2014, supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is publishing by Image Comics on the 8th October –  with the Final Order Cut-Off date set for Monday. The writers on the comic are Jeff Parker, Stan Sakai, Marc Guggenheim & Tara Butters, Jonathan Hickman, Brian Wood, Amy Chu, Al Ewing, Robin Furth, Luke[...]

The group meets every Wednesday on Google Hangout to discuss news, the latest comics, and the pick of the week. This week, we're discussing East of West by Nick Dragotta and Jonathan Hickman. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJJy7_bQFc#t=0[/youtube] In our second episode, we are joined by Brandon Montclare, writer of the hit Image Comics series Rocket Girl, and Anwar Newton, a stand-up comedian and depraved viral sensation[...]

The group will be discussing the latest news, the week's best comics, and then the meat and 'taters: discussing East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta Click here to view the Google Hangout. Want to be heard? Join the New Age and use hashtags like those gosh darn Millennials that won't get off your lawn. #thebleedbc [...]