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Feeling restless, Viv Vision has left her fellow Champions to go to San Diego to do some soul-searching. She discovers the fledgling hero the Red Locust.

Superstar novelist and comic book writer Brian Keene has taken to Twitter to announce that he's currently working on a secret project for Marvel or DC,

Mark Waid is the writer of high profile books such as Champions and Avengers for Marvel, a veteran of three decades in comics, a former Editor-in-Chief, a digital comics company founder, and the owner of a comic shop. He also has some thoughts on Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing David Gabriel[...]

Written by Nick Kazden "Hi my name is Mark Waid, I've written everything." Comic veteran Mark Waid returned to Wondercon this year to moderate his own panel and talk about his 33 year-career in comics The prolific writer who is still juggling Avengers, Champions and Archie just brought Black Widow to a close on Wednesday. The man who[...]

But the latest announcement makes is seem like the comics may be moving a bit closer to the series. In a new Archie story arc from Mark Waid and Pete Woods called Over The Edge, the publisher claims that everything will change as Archie and his friends face mortal danger in the new event. Following in the[...]

He didn't look at this role and think this is a fun, silly bit of enjoyable work for a paycheck, he really layered in levels of pain, of implied history, of emotion into his portrayal, all of which culminates in this final swing at the character. Logan is a culmination of all those performances, but may[...]

Of course, much of the #AceAroJugheadorBust controversy is stemming from the comics, as Chip Zdarsky is leaving and Mark Waid comes in, and fears that Jughead's sexuality will be changed there…which would be an example of hiding or removing the characters sexuality as that would be the same continuity. The TV show…isn't[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Mark Waid knows how to write proverbial gold His take on the Archie universe has been exceptional In this issue we continue with Cheryl trying to take over Riverdale, while Veronica works her ass off to get back home to protect Archie (and well, all of her friends). Cheryl is incredible She's manipulative, coy, clever,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Since it was announced that Mark Waid would be taking over the Jughead title in the future, I've felt a little bad for everyone's favorite burger eating lazy man Waid is an exceptional writer, but the current creative team (Ryan North, Derek Charm) is pretty darn good. We open with Dilton who is attempting his[...]

The Hero Initiative has been rolling out new video campaigns lately with a new one just going up yesterday. It's not a lot of new footage, but then again

It will be an automated system where individual creators can upload their work seamlessly into the ComicBlitz system. That's if they have the investment… they've got their first grand (just about) already. Incentives include: $250+ 1 year membership to ComicBlitz $500+ 2 year membership to ComicBlitz $1,000+ Lifetime membership to ComicBlitz $2,500+ Lifetime membership to ComicBlitz, and 30 minute skype call with[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Mark Waid's take on the iconic Archie Andrews has so far been amazing Archie, and his colorful cast of characters, have really come alive with Waid behind the wheel In this issue we focus on resident genius, Dilton Doily Dilton has just created a new app that rates romantic spots Reggie finds out, and[...]

X-Men: Art by Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba and Edgar Delgado It makes quite a difference between this and writer Mark Waid's other superhero team book from Marvel, Avengers Avengers feels classic, and sure is kinda entertaining, but it does feel a little like retreaded ground Again, it's exceptionally early days, and this may change, but so far it's[...]

The possibilities are limitless." In other aspects of the industry, Puffinbottoms told us, hacks to the Twitter accounts of the likes of Nick Spencer or Mark Waid could "greatly increase Marvel's productivity" by giving the writers more time to focus on work with "less time spent on tweeting incessantly about politics or whether or not Superman[...]

Spinning the wheel of trades has us landing on Archie Comics today and the new Archie Volume 1 by Mark Waid, Fiona Staples, Annie Wu and Veronica Fish more specifically I used to see the Archie Digests at the grocery store and wonder to myself, "who's buying those?" They seemed kind of like dinosaurs on[...]

When we last checked in with Champions writer Mark Waid, he was feeling a little down after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, as were we all After seeing some of his colleagues vow to avoid conventions in "red states" – states that voted for Trump – for the next four years, Waid decided he[...]

If Doctor Who wants to appeal to kids more, they should hire a fifty year old writer like Mark Waid, following Marvel's example with The Champions comic book That would be totally on fleek Netflix and chill, sis. The Mirror also offers some spoilers for next season, though we caution that they are about as reliable[...]

If you're planning to unleash hatred or bigotry at your local comic convention, you'd better check that Mark Waid isn't on the guest list first, lest you have a table flipped on you. Last week, Bleeding Cool told you about Champions artist Humberto Ramos's decision to stop going to conventions in "red states" – states which[...]

After all, why should a promotional comic book image stay locked away in the watermarked vaults of CBR's web servers just because they happen to be a loyal media partner of Marvel Comics? It's with that in mind that I've infiltrated Valnet Inc.'s headquarters and liberated Alex Ross's cover to Avengers #4, which swipes homages Jack Kirby's[...]

Legendary Comics has put out their first superhero story, Axiom by Mark Waid and Ed Benes I just finished reading it and it reminded me a lot of a DC Elseworlds story It would be a very good one because of the twist I want to be able to talk about the twist… but what[...]

Back in March, Rich told us about a new superhero comic coming from Legendary by Mark Waid and Ed Benes It's called Axiom and the tagline is "When humanity's savior becomes its worst nightmare." Not bad, eh? Kind of gives that, "What if Superman had gone evil?" feel At the time it was listed at[...]

Zombies) David Petersen (Mouse Guard) Matthew Dow Smith (Last Sons of America) Charles Soule (Strange Attractors) Brian Stelfreeze (Day Men) James Tynion IV (The Backstagers, The Woods) Mark Waid (Irredeemable). BOOM! Studios have announced their plans for the 2016 Baltimore Comic-Con which includes four exclusive convention covers and a whole lot of creators The convention takes place September 2nd – 4th[...]

Is this Mark Waid's chance to comment on the current political climate as he has a rich man running for office and no one knows if he will save the town or destroy it? ARCHIE #8 Veronica's father (and Archie's arch-nemesis!), Hiram Lodge, is running for Mayor of Riverdale! But will he save, and even improve the town—or will he[...]

In what may be one of the best Ask Marvels to date, writer Mark Waid answers fans questions including how do you handle writer's block, why Thor is the hardest Marvel character for him to develop in a story, and how much does continuity matter when writing a story and Tom Brevoort's role in keeping it[...]

July sees the launch of two new creator owned series from AfterShock Comics by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Wilfredo Torres, Tim Seeley and Gus Storms… welcome to Captain Kid and Lifespanners Oh and look, the second print of Insexts #1 gets a solicitation – that's how they used to do things in the old days… welcy to[...]

New in shops this week is the seventh issue of the relaunched Archie series written by Mark Waid with artists Veronica Fish, Andre Szymanowicz, Jen Vaughn and Jack Morelli In the issue Veronica's father finds out that she's dating Archie, the boy who destroyed their planned mansion Needless to say, Hiram Lodge is not happy[...]

So we've seen Mark Waid has a lot to say about the portrayal of Superman The biggest fan of the character, he was denied from writing the Superman comic at DC Comics by Paul Levitz, then hired for the book by Dan DiDio to replace James Robinson, only for legal to force DiDio to switch him back[...]

Comic artist Veronica Fish, who drew the promo image for the CW's Riverdale series, joins writer Mark Waid as the regular series artist with Archie #6 in shops tomorrow. ARCHIE #6 The biggest comic series of the year continues into 2016! Archie and Jughead are on the outs with each other, and now Archie has no one to help[...]

The first book you'll be able to get on the first Saturday in May is FCBD 2016 Archie #1.   Mark Waid and Fiona Staples reimagine an icon in this special FCBD reprint of the best-selling first issue of Archie! Change has come to Riverdale in the can't-miss kick-off to Archie's new ongoing series! As the new school[...]

Archie Comics has sent out a preview for Archie #6 by Mark Waid and Veronica Fish The latest issue in the revamp is set to hit stores February 17th so right about now is the final order cutoff If you like what you see here you should probably mention it to your retailer that you[...]