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 It was at once both hilarious and shocking, as Kaufman put himself into this act entirely and actively tried to convince the world he had quit comedy and was now, indeed a professional wrestler. While Vince McMahon Sr. rejected Andy Kaufman's act and wanted no part of it (you can imagine his son would have lept at the[...]

❤️ https://t.co/TLcBP9EUH4 — Ricky Morton (@RealRickyMorton) February 7, 2023 The news of Jerry Lawler's suffering a stroke and undergoing emergency surgery was then reported by Action News 5 in Lawler's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Jerry Lawler celebrated his 50th anniversary in the wrestling industry in 2020  He's had a truly legendary career, both in and out of the ring, as[...]

Pro wrestling fans are plenty pleased with VICE TV's newest wrestling docuseries, Tales From The Territories, which debuted on Tuesday night this week and featured a legends roundtable discussing the good old days of the Memphis territory  Viewers were presented with amusing and gasp-inducing first-hand tales of a decidedly more violent and "real" time in pro[...]

 In the two-minute scene from the upcoming episode about the Memphis territory, we hear from legendary promoter Jerry Jarrett as he tells a gruesome tale from his younger days with him in the ring as a wrestler  As his audience of his son, WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett, and fellow WWE Hall of Famers Jerry[...]

Well, that was a busy few days in Memphis, Tennessee Here are 52 stories from ComicsPRO – mostly covered by Bleeding Cool but there's more besides And bound to be more to come out later in the week… Full house at the Diamond Comics Q&A at @comicspro annual meeting pic.twitter.com/HxCAnQGKAK — Matthew Price (@nerdage) February 16, 2017 State[...]

Here are two of ComicsPRO variants, Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern #1 and WWE #1, being given to attending retailers to ComicsPRO in Memphis, Tennessee, from Boom! later this week. The Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern cover is by Felipe Massafera and is part of the 1-in-50 copy incentive "Spectrum" cover series by Massafera. The WWE cover[...]

Next week sees the big ComicsPRO event for comic book retailers. Are you going? Do let us know. Here are a few of the freebies that will be awaiting

Last night at ComicsPRO in Portland, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson gave an impassioned speech which, among many things, talked about the dangers

Their presentation may have been minor at ComicsPRO compared to DC Comics. But it was a Marvel employee who took home the major ComicsPRO recognition.

https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/701122681052098561 Uh oh... UPDATE: She found it...

Sarah Graley is writing Oni Press' spin-off mini-series of Rick And Morty, entitled Lil' Poopy Superstar. It launches on July 13th. Writer / Artist /

Here's your first look at the cover to Fresh Romance Vol 1, the print version of Rosy Press' digital comic anthology, revealing at Oni Press' presentation

It wouldn;t be the first time the question has been asked. But in June, Oni Press are publishing a new homosexual take on Robin Hood called Merry Men,

Joshua Hale Fialov is in good spirits with his new exclusive creator-owned singing with Oni Press... welcome to Tumor, a new original graphic novel with

Announced as part of Joshua Hale Fialkov's exclusive deal with Oni Press, the cover by Tony Fleecs is being revealed at ComicsPRO. Add onto his TV

It's one of the longest running titles in the comic book direct market. Well, Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurttt are bringing it to an end in June with The

Valiant just wrapped their retailer presentation at ComicsPRO 2016, where they offered a number of new insights into their upcoming 4001 AD crossover.

DC Comics were in Portland to tell retailers about Rebirth. But retailers had some other things they wanted to talk to DC Comics about. As marketshare and

Marvel PR has given the PR to themselves for the artwork for Civil War II drawn by David Marquez shown off at ComicsPRO in Portland  today. All-New

https://twitter.com/mr_oberts/status/700757221261479936 There we go. Marvel gave the official PR to ComicBook. Announcing at ComicsPRO that Deadpool vs.

Last year, Comedy Central cancelled the animated sitcom, Brickleberry. The show followed a group of park rangers as they work through their daily lives in

At ComicsPRO, Titan Comics - as well as announcing Warhammer 40,000 comics and Sherlock manga, also announced a line of comics using the Hammer Films

Last year Bleeding Cool reported that the sales of the Japanese manga based on the BBC TV show Sherlock has been banned from the USA. We theorised that

So what kind of swag have retailers at the ComicsPRO event in Portland been able to pick up? Here are some reports... And it started with ashcans for The