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Rings Of The Mandarin To Start In Iron Man #23
The five-issue arc is being written by Kieron Gillen and with art by Luke Ross The cover is by Mike Del Mundo and will be on sale this March. Tony battles for his life against supernatural forces unlike anything he's ever faced before The destructive and powerful Mandarin Rings have resurfaced, in search of new hosts[...]
Young Avengers Reinvents Comics Again. Probably More Than Once.
There is resolution, there is reason, there is music, there is sex, there is parental responsibility and, as you can see from above, there is love. But there's also more of the page-twisting comic play that Young Avengers has been famed for, somewhere between Acme Novelty Library and The Filth. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie established that[...]
The Postmodern Pinky Swear: The Young Avengers Wrap Party
Almost the entire creative team were there, including Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Annie Wu, Ming Doyle, Matt Wilson, Christian Ward, Becky Cloonan, Joe Quinones and a special appearance by a scale model of Emma Vieceli. Firstly, Gillen asked the audience if anyone minded the panel being recorded An avid podcaster, he recorded the audio and it'll[...]
Three, Three Hundred And Ancient Homosexuality
In the first issue of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, Gillen talked about how it was a reaction to Frank Miller's 300, after he got very angry with the book and the moral implications of the things it both missed out and added, including slave suppression and slave hunting that the society was[...]
When Laurie Penny Became An Iron Man Character (Update – Also Abigail Brady)
Laurie Penny is a British author and journalist, She is a contributing editor for New Statesmen and, as her website states "writes and speaks on social justice, pop culture, gender issues and digital politics for The Guardian, The Independent, Vice, Salon, The Nation, The New Inquiry and more." She goes by the name Penny Red online. UPDATE: And here[...]
Avatar Press Goes Same Day As Print On Comixology
That means for digital readers, you won't have to wait to get your fix of Kieron Gillen, Jonathan Hickman or Christos Gage. The first three same-day-as-print releases are: Absolution: Rubicon #5 The final explosive issue! The Polymath is beaten… John Dusk has saved the day… or has he? Even sick and dying the Polymath plans to take the[...]
Friday Runaround – What Is A Superhero Anyway?
WHAT TO DO IN LONDON TONIGHT COMICA PR: WHAT IS A SUPERHERO? with Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, Will Brooker, Richard Reynolds & Alex Fitch Tickets: £6.00 from WeGotTickets Where: Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, London, WC2H 0EB A SECOND DARKNESS Christopher Mitten draws the cover for the second print of Ash And The Army Of Darkness #1. YOUR COMICS ARE WORTH NOTHING Yahoo[...]
Wyatt Cenac Narrates His Marvel Stories On Marvel AR
Iron Man #17 had Kieron Gillen ruminating on Iron Men And there was nothing in X-Men or Nova despite cover promises… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrVBkkQuzRQ[/youtube] I don't know why but I couldn't get this page to work on Marvel AR. Or this Anyone else have any better luck? But What Now? Did have The Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac and[...]
Remarqued Uber Collection Sells Out Fast
I thought I saw Kieron Gillen with a spring in his step as he walked down the Thor: The Dark World red carpet at tonight's premiere, cheek by jowl with Jamie McKelvie. Well, we's got a lot to be pleased about, with Diamond Comic Distributors selling out of his and and Caanan White's remarqued enhanced Uber[...]
Ennis, Way, Gillen, Wolfer, Spurrier And Hickman – Avatar Press Solicitations For January 2014
Available with Regular, Wraparound and Torture covers by Rafa Ortiz and special Red Crossed Incentive cover. CROSSED: BADLANDS #46 WRAPAROUND Retail Price: $3.99 US Cover: Rafa Ortiz Writer: Daniel Way Art: Emiliano Urdinola MR, Color, 32 pages ***In Stores January 29, 2014 CROSSED: BADLANDS #46 TORTURE COVER Retail Price: $3.99 US Cover: Rafa Ortiz Writer: Daniel Way Art: Emiliano Urdinola MR, Color, 32 pages ***In Stores January 29, 2014 CROSSED:[...]
Where Do They Get Their Ideas From? Image Comics At NYCC
Alejandra Bodden writes; The panel consisted of Ron Richards (Director of Business Development at Image Comics) as the moderator, and panelists: Tim Seeley (REVIVAL), Antony Johnston (UMBRAL), Joshua Williamson (Ghosted), artist Wes Craig (DEADLY CLASS), Glen Brunswick (REALITY CHECK), Ales Kot (ZERO), and Kieron Gillen (THREE). To start, Richards asked the panelists how their ideas began[...]
A Few Creative Details For The Marvel UK Revolutionary War
Courtesy of the Starlogged blog at the London Film And Comic Con earlier this month, with the team talking about the current Revolutionary War event at Marvel comics, reviving the old Marvel UK characters of the nineties. An undefined period of time has passed since the original sub-universe and MyS-TECH have been defeated.  In a parallel[...]
Marvel's House Of Ideas Or Is That House Of Irony
It's the end of a LONG weekend, most of the guests and fans are extremely hungover and tired, and this extends to the tech and facilities of the convention centre, which clearly must have also been on an all-night bender. Marvel's House of Ideas panel was supposed to discuss the various digital and multimedia aspects of[...]
Kieron Gillen Does Not Write About Zombie Nazis – The NYCC Uber Panel
Elizabeth Heyman writes for Bleeding Cool: After arriving fashionably late to his own panel, author Kieron Gillen showed nothing but excitement when explaining the inspiration and direction of his recent hit comic Uber. The new title published by Avatar Press explores the question what if the Nazis did accomplish creating an Ubermensch serum and began turning soldiers into mass[...]
Speculator Corner: Three #1 And Its Relationship To Frank Miller
If Three #1 doesn't sell, even with extra discount, the retailers are stuck with them. Written by X-Men, Young Avengers and Iron Man writer and rising star Kieron Gillen, art by Ryan Kelly of Lucifer, Local and Saucer Country Art from Jordie Bellaire, colourist for Marvel, Image and Dark Horse And Marvel letterer Clayton Cowles (who[...]
Where's Loki? (UPDATE)
Especially when Kieron Gillen says things like; We've done what we wanted to do I think that's the best way of putting it "Young Avengers" feels similar to Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker's "Immortal Iron Fist in that this is a 15-issue statement It can be collected in three trades and maybe even one big omnibus[...]
Get Kieron Gillen's Uber #1/2 With Bleeding Cool Magazine #8
And another exclusive comic – Kieron Gillen's Uber #1/2 Siedlinde Make sure you tell your retailer to order you a copy Or five, your call. BLEEDING COOL – OCT13 PRODUCTS SHIPPING: December 2013 ***The #1 Selling Comics Magazine is Back With Features That Are Not Available Online! BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE #8 Retail Price: $1.99 US MR, Full Color, 104 pages PRODUCT[...]
Marvel Brings Back The Acetate Cover For Origins II
Never mind the quality, feel the width! Well, Marvel are fighting back, giving their new series for December, Origins II by Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert an acetate cover, the likes of which adorned the Marvels comics back in the day. Retailer attendees at New York Comic Con will get a free cover preview and some[...]
Young Avengers 11 Image Released By Accident
He contacted Marvel to let them know and they gave him permission to release it. The Thor Battle Variant by Deodato Jr and colors by Rain: This is the solicitation text for the issue and the regular cover: YOUNG AVENGERS #11 KIERON GILLEN (W) JAMIE MCKELVIE (A/C) THOR BATTLE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE • They say you can never go home[...]
Melksham Comic Con 2013 – Bigger, Better, Badasser
We've assembled a lineup that is about twice the size of last year's event, and includes Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, Dylan Teague, Simon Furman, Emma Vieceli, Rob Williams, Ben Oliver, Lee Townsend, Mike Collins, Kate Brown and Paul Duffield. As ever, people can get stuff signed or get personalised sketches from the artists, provided you get[...]