Lying In The Gutters Archives

Mid-size publishers like Avatar, Dynamite and Aspen REALLY benefitted from a lack of Marvel and DC on the convention floor at Wizard World Philadelphia,

The Eagle Tribune reports the ground breaking news that the Hampstead Public Library in New Hampshire is readying itself to stack comics intended for

Is that a slightly misleading title for a BleedingCool.com post? Well, yes but it was irresistable.And it's not actually false, it's just defined by

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool was the first to point the finger at the unprecedended success enjoyed by the first issue John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chew

Valerie D'Orazio has written a lot about comics and sex as part of Occasional Superheroine. But not really the kind of material one can, um, use on a

Steven Hoveke used to be the Operations Manager of Wizard Entertainment in 2007. He currently runs small publisher Square 1 Press who have published a

Chew #1, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, came out a couple of weeks ago. About a police detective who experiences psychic visions of everything he

I've just suggested to the good lady wife that was go for a weekend away in France for her birthday. She loved the idea. At some point I'm going to

The image used to promote the Dark Reign: The List - X-Men at conventions this weekend has drawn some comments... while Namor's left thigh disappears

Over at the Marvel.com message boards, Marvel.com writer Kevin Mahadeo has posted the first official confirmation by Marvel of the Dark Reign: The List

The Secret Society Of Super-Villains Showcase volume solicited a year or so ago never happened, because Bob Rozaskis chose not to sign away his

This is your cut-out-and-keep guide to my attempts to alert the comics industry of a major scam going on in its midst. Right from the beginning, we knew

"As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list--I've got a little list" The List is the new Dark Reign mini-event-ish

The just-announced Marvel solicitations for September missed out quite a few chunks. Some Marvel Zombies here, some Amazing Spider-Man there... but what

You know that odd theory about asking the Universe for something and wait until it delivers? You know, taking the idea of prayer, removing anyone actually

The Marvel Zombies are back in September, as a series of one-shots. Marvel Zombies Return: Spider-Man with Nick Dragotta brings back the horrific undead

Marvel have made the solicitations for the September issues of Amazing Spider-Man classified for now. BleedingCool managed to find the credits for the

Marvel have made their full solictations for September nice and public, sending them out to websites. Some of those titles have classified solicitations,

So Marvel may be making certain solicitations for their September releases classified -  and I can understanding not wanting to spoil any surprises... but

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on the upcoming Wednesday Comics series from DC, spotlighting its cover and deliberately misunderstanding the listing

This Wednesday, Marvel will ship 39 serialised comic books. Twelve X-titles - Astonishing X-Men #30, Timestorm 2009/2099 X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #512,

It's Friday morning, if you're still recovering from last night (well, Thursday is the new Friday, after all you wouldn't want to spoil your weekend would

It was rumoured in my last Lying In The Gutters column that Boom! had taken the licences from Diamond Distribution-linked publisher Gemstone. They are also continuing the previous series' numbering system and creators with Walt Disney's Comics And Stories at issue #699 by Riccardo Secchi and Stefano Turconi and Mickey Mouse & Friends by Stefano Ambrosio[...]

Rian Hughes has designed a new series of T-shirts for Forbidden Planet. Hughes best known in comcs for designing the Forbidden Planet logo, drawing Dare

Everyone's talking Swipe Files these days, it seems Chris Ryall was keen to point on his blog the following artwork sporting certain similarities... The

One year it was the Bone One Volume. Another, it was the three hardcover Lost Girls box set. San Diego Comic Con International does have a habit of

Sneak peek Kyle Baker artwork was been released for the entertainingly numbered Deadpool#900, featuring Deadpool in a series of swanky locations. But how

Licensable Bear TM #4, written by Nat Gertler from About Comics, is well known for featuring the first comic book appearance of Barack Obama, when he was

From the September 2009 Marvel solicitations: The Marvels Project #2 Torch #1 Okay that's just weird. And while DC Comics are putting out both All Star

From Paddy Breathnach, the director of Shrooms, starring Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Carter, MyAnna Buring, Andrew Lee Potts and Martin Compston, Red Mist is a