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John Nee, who used to be a DC Comics Vice President after the Wildstorm buyout posted on Facebook, regarding the concern over the Gary Friedrich court decision. This saw the destitute co-creator of Ghost Rider, Gary Friedrich agree to pay $17,ooo to Marvel for the sale of signed Ghost Rider prints over several years But[...]

Bleeding Cool ran an article yesterday on accusations that the upcoming London convention, Kapow, was a bit of a sausagefest when it came to comic book

Mystery toy features aside, we've had a pretty good look at The Amazing Spider-Man movie version of the lizard at this point, and despite some early

Apologies.]: With permission, I'm quoting key points my dear friend and own legal advisor/contract consultant (since 1992) Jean-Marc Lofficier raised on his posts to a Yahoo forum discussing Ty Templeton's cartoon concerning the Gary Friedrich v Marvel judgment Jean-Marc succinctly notes WHY this judgment has changed EVERYTHING for anyone who has worked for Marvel, or[...]

With the second movie coming out this weekend, Grace Randolph brings us a look at her favourite Ghost Rider comics, such as they are, for Think About The

The five premier publishers distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image and IDW, all operate under the Final Order Cut Off, or FOC system This means that retailers can make their final pretty-much-guaranteed orders for comics long after the deadline for other publishers, This helps retailers order comics closer to the on[...]

And while we can't save him from Marvel, and his small place in history, we can help him have a place to live, ongoing And I can only promise you this If you find yourself in a bad situation, whether for heath or other reasons, I and others, will join to help you Just as[...]

Of late, Marvel seems to have moved their solicitations for upcoming comics to a bit of a bullet point approach Such as; Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #9 Brian Michael Bendis (W) • David Marquez (A) • The Police Have Miles Squarely In Their Sights! • Prowler Versus The Scorpion! • Is The Secret Of The New Spider-Man Out?! 32 Pgs./Rated T+ …$3.99 or Hulk[...]

He'll be drawing a new Marvel book, Spider-Man: Ends Of The Earth, written by Dan Slott, to tie in with the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man arc. You can see more of Tony's work, pin up and panel-to-panel pencils on his blog. And here's an earlier Spider-Man  visual of his; Thony Silas is a Brazilian artist, best known in[...]

I guess we'll find out this week… probably in another of those Marvel Live blogs.   Fred Van Lente is writing a new Black Widow series, to come out just after a certain movie I bet they're really hoping they actually call her Black Widow in this film. Anyway, it's being drawn by Wellington Alves, reuniting the[...]

Neal Adams writes for Bleeding Cool, about Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich; Fellow creators, we can help Gary Friedrich without taking any kind of position in his case with Marvel Gary is sick, and he's about to lose his house, and though he will tell you he is not destitute, he needs help. If I have to[...]

Exiled is a new comic book coming out from Marvel in May in the jetstream of the Avengers Vs X-Men crossover. I understand it's written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by his Dark Reign: The Cabal artistic partner Carmine Di Giandomenico. Odds are it might be the subject of one of these Marvel Live Blogs that are[...]

It's been about three years since Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion And finally they're getting a little closer By moving into the same building. Recently, Marvel have been publishing a number of Disney titles, some developed by Boom, some by Disney Italia While Disney Publishing has been developing kid-friendly Marvel stories for publication and licensing worldwide,[...]

X-Men Covers | Marvel Heroes | Comic News | News | Marvel.com The war to save the Marvel Universe in continues this May as the Avengers go head to head against the X-Men while the all-powerful Phoenix Force hurdles towards Earth! Fantastic Four: Season One On Sale Now | Fantastic Four | Comic News | News |[...]

Remember when Stan Lee sued Marvel for his share of the Spider-Man movie profits? Marvel settled for the full $10 million only a few days after a 60 Minutes profile of Stan that painted him as the victim of Marvel's and Sony's corporate greed My point? If you want to help Gary, you'll have to[...]

Scott Dunbier, creator of the Absolute format at DC Comics, also pioneered the Artists Edition at IDW, printing the original lattered art of classic comic

We begin with a few Avengers Bobble Heads at Toy Fair 2012, courtesy of Paul Nicholasi of Idle Hands, slide through the Avengers Super Hero Squad figures

That Marvel Comics are demanding $17,000 from Gary for selling signed prints of Ghost Rider, a character he co-created, and a credit Marvel are stating he can no longer appear under. Steve Niles has set up a page to take donations to help Gary out, including a Paypal button. UPDATE: Donations have now ceased Thank you all! And[...]

But what else is going down? Wel Jim Lee will also draw a four page gatefold spread for DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day comic, written by Geoff Johns. Well as Marvel is boasting about cutting titles, DC are increasing them by bringing back annuals – which could be a useful place to put those fill-in issues[...]

The love of both is both geekish, just one is more socially acceptable than the other. Well, now the comic book reader gets to feel like they're watching sports with this new video from Marvel, presented by comedian Jesse Falcon and Marvel editor Jeanine Schaefer And a glimpse of how Marvel may be promoting Avengers Vs[...]

As a result of the Ghost Rider case between co-creator Gary Friedrich and Marvel Comics – a case that Gary is still appealing –  Marvel has demanded that he pay them $15,000 This is the money Gary has raised over several years, selling Ghost Rider prints at shows such as San Diego Comic Con. The implications[...]

As we reported yesterday, Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich is facing demands of $17,000 from Marvel, who claim that his selling of Ghost Rider prints at comic book conventions was unlawful The demands arose after Friedrich tried to make royalty claims on the use of the characters he created in the Ghost Rider films Not[...]

This includes Dynamite, with special Comics Pro variant issues of three of their comics, one published, two not yet, and extra copies of the rarer Warriors Of Mars #1 cover. Who can be the first to get them on eBay? If you're going to the show, do let Bleeding Cool know how it goes… I'm hoping[...]

Recently, Marvel triumphed in court against Gary Friedrich, the creator of Ghost Rider, as to whether any moneys or rights were owed to him from the use of the characters in movies, with the second movie starring Nicolas Cage on its way. And while the court decided that Marvel owe Gary nothing, they also decided on[...]

BostonWatch: Front page of the Boston Herald, yesterday. BBCWatch: Scottish vampire comic gets a little interest… Mandragora Productions/Invictus Films, which also operate from Glasgow, have a film option on the comic book story. School of the Damned by John Farman, Jim Devlin and Dave Alexander is described as a horror and gothic romance. The story begins on St Kilda[...]

http://vimeo.com/36253146 'Nuff said, true believer.

And with that, it ends. The Punisher, the MAX version of him at least, is dead. And the world moves on. Even as Nick Fury fights against it. This is a

It was the recent ICV2 interview with Marvel Senior Vice President-Sales David Gabriel that did it Answering a questionnaire with no followups, he managed to dodge some questions by answering different ones, and throw some googlies at the opposing team But he's hardly alone in this, DC's Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood[...]

He wrote one of my favourite Marvel stories of recent decades The four issue Unstable Molecules, featuring… well, a version of the Fantastic Four at least It won an Eisner Award back in 2004, a rare achievement for Marvel at the time. But now James Sturm has chosen to boycott Marvel Or at least the Avengers[...]

And that's a good thing. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: "How Come DC Sell More Graphic Novels, But I Always See More Marvel?" "Rich, just an observation You recently reported how DC Comics was outselling Marvel in terms of graphic novels and trade paperbacks in comic stores Yet in every comic shop I go into, I'm more likely to[...]