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The Image Comics Expo and London Super Comic Convention - two new shows on the same weekend half a world apart - it's the sign that convention season is

We saw that Toronto has its own Batman. Well this was spotted there as well. Clearly there's a Bat community starting up there... and in a week full of

Gary Friedrich, Tony Moore, Before Watchmen, there's a lot of unrest going on in comics at the moment. Even Ken Penders' case against Archie Comics may

  Although Before Watchmen wins the story of the week, if you count up all the separate articles, it's Doctor Who that wins the day by busting

Today our thoughts are more with the friends and family of Mike Pandel, also known from the A Comic Show video blogs as Tri Force Mike. Only three days he

This would have been the week of the DC logo at Bleeding Cool. But then the Russians all started tuning into our discussion of the ending of the second

A much better version of the Dr Seuss Batman that I ever came up with... so what have people been reading on Bleeding Cool this week then? Top Twenty

A special Lying In The Gutters this week, not only the top twenty posts of the week, but also the top twenty posts of the year… and a very obvious demonstration of how the long tail works in website hit counts. Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1 Amazing Spider-Man Building Blocks Confirm A Spoiler Rumour 2[...]

One comic fan's Christmas presents from his girlfriend… photo courtesy of Reddit. You think you know what the biggest story of the week was? You'd be wrong… welcome to the final Lying In The Gutters of the year Do pop by the site at the weekend for the Rumour Awards 2011… Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The[...]

Merry Christmas all, to those who get Lying In The Gutters by e-mail Bleeding Cool will be running through the holiday season, including Christmas Day, though there may be a slightly reduced service as everyone shuts up shop. But before then, what have you been most fascinated about at Bleeding Cool this week? Top Twenty Posts By[...]

Remember remember the Fifth Of December. This is Julius Caesar as designed by Jack Kirby for a 1969 production. Okay, so what have people been reading

The Avengers and The Justice League courtesy of dNa... 39 today, I shaved my beard off. Mid life crisis over. But now I look like a potato. Okay, so what

And people say weekends are slow for traffic. Not when Frank Miller speaks, they are not. And the stories haven't quite finished in that regard, either.

Good advice for all these days. Welcome to another week's worth of tip top stories. Allegedly. So have you been reading - and what have you been ignoring?

Paul Gravett is one of the most respected people in the British Comics Industry. Dubbed the Man At The Crossroads by Eddie Campbell, he is principally

Apologies for the late Lying In The Gutters, hope it brings you up to speed… Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1 Gail Simone Quites Firestorm 2 The All-New, All-Different Age Of Apocalypse #1 3 Supeman's New Crime Fighting Outfit Suggests Possible Budget Cuts In Man Of Steel 4 The Fate Of Krypto 5 Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman Series In[...]

By Eve Johnston (6) By the next Lying In The Gutters, NYCC 2012 will be over… but for this week, if you want to get in touch while I'm in town (Wednesday to Thursday), you can email me on richjohnston@gmail.com, text me on +44 7801350982,  leave a message for me at the New Yorker Hotel on[...]

That was the DC Relaunch that was. And now... it's starts all over again with issue 2s. Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. No More Mutants: 52

Looks like Starfire hasn't really changed in all these years... Top Ten Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. Spoiling The Ending Of Catwoman #1 2. Liam Neeson

For those of you who remember twenty years ago... we've had gender, we've had race, I told you sexuality would be the next to cause a storm. And Archie

Manolis Vamvounis, Aaron and Jason, Greg Baldino, Collectors Cornered, Kate Kotler and Elliot Serrano, Heather Kenealy, Paul W Franklin and Siike Donnelly. You can subscribe by e-mail to the weekly Lying In The Gutters on the right of this page Unless you are reading this on e-mail Then you don't need to. Eyes up, Hawkeye. This is[...]

Happy America day, America! And no the above comic book is not happening. I don't think it is, anyway. So, DC began to lose its dominance of the news, as

From Invincible #51... So what's been happening this week? Well, the Retailer Roadshow for DC has been rolling out across the country, basically saying

I think DC has won Lying In The Gutters. Top Five Stories That Had Nothing To Do With The DC Relaunch Whatsoever 1 Death Comes To Fear Itself 2 Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who 3 Another Round Of Questions With Rob Granito 4 Who Really Wrote X-Men First Class? 5 Marvel Advertisises DC And DC Advertises Marvel Ten More You May Have[...]

Apologies to any non-Brits, the above strip won't make a lick of sense. But then we get baseball films, so I think we're even. Top Ten Traffic Stories Of

Alpha Flight, from Comic Book Queers... this was the week where Josh Hoopes came back in a most unexpected way, DC abandoned market share for the last

Welcome to another Lying In The Gutters, forgive me, I may have gone a little overboard with the illustrations this week, forgive me, but it is a rather auspicious occasion… So what have you folk been reading lots of this week? Let's find out! Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1 Pajamas To Give You Marvel Women[...]

So that's what I'll be doing on the 2nd of April. And it seems the world's media will be there, from Japan, Germany, the USA, Frace, Italy, Spain,

Four New Character Banners From Winnie The Pooh Which We Can't Review Due To An Embargo But Could Probably Get Away With Praising Here Because Who Would Come Looking For A Rave About A Hand-Drawn Animated Family Film In The Links Section Of Lying In The Gutters? Hopefully Not Disney, Because I'm Just Going To[...]

Last year, January proved a turning point for Bleeding Cool as traffic ramped up. It was no difference this year, with a record breaking week that will