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Sure he's cocky and maybe even a bit whiny, but what drives him as a character? I guess it's time to mention that I haven't read all of Jason Aaron's Star Wars series, so maybe the revelation Kieron Gillen gave me in Doctor Aphra #7 will seem a bit obvious to many of those reading[...]

A Writer's Commentary: Kieron Gillen on James Bond Service Special, on sale from Dynamite. Cover by Jamie McKelvie and interiors by Antonio Fuso. This was an interesting project Nick and I have been talking about doing something together for the best part of a decade, and the stars have never aligned When he suggested a Bond one-off,[...]

presidential election, Kieron Gillen has successfully used the internet to rally voters to make Doctor Aphra the next action figure in the Hasbro's Star Wars Vintage Collection While fake news and stolen emails were the hackers' tools of choice, Gillen took to Twitter to ask fans to vote for the character he created with Salvador[...]

2, Kieron Gillen writes the Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic for Marvel So when Gillen found out that Doctor Aphra, who he co-created with artist Salvador Larroca during their Darth Vader comic, could be the next character to get a 3.75-inch toy release with Hasbro's Vintage Collection retro packaging, as reported yesterday by Bleeding Cool,[...]

But why not get a B+ guy and MAKE him A list on a book like this? — Declan Shalvey BOG BODIES out MAY 20 (@declanshalvey) March 28, 2017 Oh, snap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uurLMWX3MVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Daniel Bryan is furious with Stephanie McMahon about losing the WWE Title: Raw, August 19, 2013 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uurLMWX3M) Superstar writer and star[...]

Warren Ellis, Andy Diggle, James Robinson and Benjamin Percy have all jumped into the universe… now you can add the name Kieron Gillen The Wicked + The Divine, Darth Vader and Uber writer teams with artist Antonio Fuso for a OO7 one-shot special called Service and I got a chance to talk to him about the[...]

Dark Days: The Forge#1, the prelude to DC's Batman summer crossover from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Andy Kubert, Jim Lee, and John Romita, Jr takes

Expertly written by Kieron Gillen, these two became fast fan-favorites as soon as they were introduced Inevitably, everyone wondered when we could be bringing our own miniature versions home Thanks to Kotobukiya, if you are going to Star Wars Celebration you can They will be selling a ARTFX+ 2 pack exclusively at the convention, as[...]

Cover by Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's love and admiration of music is well documented Hell, both came to the audiences awareness through a comic about the very magic of music in Phonogram And The Wicked + The Divine, their latest masterpiece theatre of a series, is literally about popstars as[...]

Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars: Darth Vader) has been tapped by Dynamite Entertainment to do an over-sized special of James Bond with artist Antonio Fuso (Torchwood) Gillen is the fifth writer to jump into Dynamite's Bond universe joining Warren Ellis, Andy Diggle, James Robinson and Benjamin Percy He joins Antonio Fuso on[...]

Starting in May, the five-part story will kick off with a one-shot The Screaming Citadel by Kieron Gillen and artist Marco Checchetto, and continue through Star Wars #31 and Doctor Aphra #7 The duo will be investigating the infamous castle the Screaming Citadel, a castle located on the edge of space Gillen and Jason Aaron[...]

Marvel's successful launch of their Star Wars titles included a series by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca, Star Wars: Darth Vader. The series picks up right after Episode IV and shows us the Emperor's war with the Rebel Alliance from the side of the Imperials Vader was held in high esteem by Darth Sidious / Emperor[...]

According to Bleeding Cool Editor-in-Chief Rich Johnston, today is Karen Gillan day on Bleeding Cool. Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot of Karen

Avatar Press' December solicitations kick off with a bang as Kieron Gillen's Über returns with a new series Über: Invasion drawn by Daniel Gete With Hitler's conquest of Europe complete, he is now sending his super-powered soldiers to invade America And the theatre of the surreal continues with the eight issue of Cinema Purgatorio with stories by[...]

Alan Moore has given Uber, the superhero war comic by Kieron Gillen, Canaan White and Daniel Gete, his blessing. For the Kickstarter appeal to launch the return of the series published by Avatar, Bleeding Cool's owners, he says, "Situating the superhuman in its only credible real-life context, UBER gives us an appallingly logical and brilliantly-imagined world where[...]

Alex Roberts writes for Bleeding Cool: "In 1980, a star was born in London… Jamie McKelvie was also born." This is how Kieron Gillen began the panel celebrating Jamie McKelvie, renowned comic artist Gillen, long-time collaborator of McKelvie, moderated the panel featuring only the two of them. McKelvie discussed he became an artist, drawing superheroes like Spider-Man while[...]

I am a friend of Kieron Gillen, and have known him for some years now from doing conventions in the UK, starting as an attendee to now an exhibitor with my own books Kieron has always been at pretty much every big show I've attended and has always been super friendly and supportive, and is[...]

You know, someone should consider a mature readers version of Pokemon Go based on Kieron Gillen and Ignacio Calero's Modded…. Here are Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press' solicitations for October 2016. CROSSED VOL 17 TPB $24.99 Cover: Raulo Caceres Writer: Christos Gage Art: Emiliano Urdinola MR, Color, 208 pages TV and Screenwriter Christos Gage returns to the grueling world of Garth Ennis' Crossed[...]

It can't be denied it's been a rough week for the LGBTQ community, wherever you are. Which is why the #queerselflove hashtag has been such an important

The first ongoing comic book owned by a publisher that was both a) a sales success and b) cancelled at its height because the creators said the story was at an end, rather than being passed onto another writer. And now Darth Vader is being cancelled as of issue 25 with a double sized episode from[...]

The standout for me is Modded by Kieron Gillen and Ignacio Caleres which is, simply put, Mad Max meets Pokemon And they are bloody blatant about it as well. Ignacio also seems to be channelling a far more detailed Simon Bisley, which is utterly perfect for this project.   It's a time of post apocalyptic trial with lawlessness rife[...]

  Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press have launched their direct digital comics offerings – DRM-free comics from their range of extreme offerings from the biggest writing names in comics. And in Cinema Purgatorio's case, ahead of next Wednesday's mass-market comic store date. The work of Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Max Brooks, Jonathan Huckman, Si Spurrier, Antony[...]

There is also War Stories #17 and the first collection for Kieron Gillen's Mercury Heat. (Bleeding Cool is a subsidiary of Avatar Press) Crossed +100 #14 Simon Spurrier continues to deliver shocking developments in the future world of the Crossed Humanity is taking a stand and fighting back against the rising tide of infection Future has managed convince[...]

Kieron Gillen writes on Tumblr (I mean, of course he does, this is not news) about the return of The Wicked + The Divine to comic book shelves after a wee break to get Phonogram out of the door. The FOC date is Monday, which is the last date that retailers can increase or decrease orders[...]

In stores this week from Avatar Press is issue #8 of Mercury Heat by Kieron Gillen and Nahuel Lopez This issue kicks off the second story arc as a plague comes to Mercury and it's devastating the mining planet (Avatar is the parent company of Bleeding Cool) Mercury Heat #8 The second powerful arc of Kieron Gillen's[...]

Today, The Wicked + The Divine and Darth Vader's Kieron Gillen writes about his contribution, Modded is R-rated Pokemon in the style of the Fast & The Furious in a Mad Max universe It's written by me I'm the Eisner-Award losing writer of various bits and pieces. Like the art? Of course you do Ig's a monster[...]

But, for Bleeding Cool owner Avatar Press, they are starting something new. Cinema Purgatorio, a horror anthology comic book including their work and the work of their friends, including Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage and more. And, yes, it's being funded on Kickstarter. The lead strip of Cinema Purgatorio is by Moore and O'Neill This ongoing monthly series will feature[...]

Right, from here on in, this is a major, last page reveal for tomorrow's Mercury Heat #7, the sci-fi police procedural comic book set on Mercury, by Kieron Gillen and Nahuel Lopez. If you were planning to buy the comic anyway, stop now and don't spoil yourself. If you were planning to read it in the trade…[...]

But here's just a snippet of Kieron Gillen, Jessica Martin, Paul Cornell and Rachael Stott talking at at Oribital Comics with Chris Thompson for the relaunch of the Comic Heroes magazine. It was most entertaining – possibly the highlight may have been Kieron Gillen stating that the "novel" as an artform was structurally ossified, whereas comics were not. Mr @kierongillen[...]

There new offerings include the fourth volume trade of Garth Ennis' War Stories, the eighth issue of Alan Moore's Providence and the ninth issue of Kieron Gillen's Mercury Heat plus Crossed +100 and Crossed: Badlands. WAR STORIES VOL 04 TPB Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover & Art: Thomas Aria Writer: Garth Ennis MR, Color, 144 pages PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Garth Ennis' visionary[...]