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The "official" stuff might, however, make this less of a critical examination of the club. CBGB & OMFUG was a New York City music club based at 315 Bowery in the East Village that ran from 1973 to 2006 Founded by Hilly Kristal with Karen Kristal, it became the central hub for the American punk and[...]

Yesterday, I broke the news that David Bogart was retiring from Marvel Comics after twenty-five years, as Marvel plans to move from New York to Los Angeles and David… doesn't But talking to a lot of people, the biggest surprise is that most Marvel Comics staffers are making the move When DC Comics did similar[...]

Last week, I broke the news that it was D-Day for Marvel Comics staffers, deciding whether to move from New York to Los Angeles with the publisher I have more to write, but this was the biggest news I've had from that I understand that David Bogart is not making the move with Marvel Comics[...]

On Saturday, the 10th of October, at the Javits Centre for New York Comic-Con 2026, Marvel Comics promises to give Spider-Man fans "a major announcement that will turn their world upside down." It's part of the Marvel Comics: The Spider-Web panel held at 3.30 pm at North Room 405 Will you be there for it? Marvel[...]

Marvel Comics and the US Open tennis competition, this week, launched an original Spider-Man comic built around the 2026 tournament's theme, "Celebrating Our New York Story." Just as, you know, Marvel Comics is moving from New York to Burbank The irony is palpable. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid[...]

The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center is once again inviting fans, historians, and New Yorkers to walk the streets that shaped one of comics' most influential creators, Jack Kirby, this Saturday, the 29th of August, from 11 am-12.30 pm The annual walking tour of the Lower East Side neighbourhood, where Jack Kirby grew up[...]

So this is… we're all facing a period of change." Screencap He painted a vivid picture of what that change looks like on the ground for the people who still live and work in New York "If I come up to you in the room and say, 'Hi, we're moving 3,000 miles away You want to come?[...]

New York, Austin, Los Angeles and London, and talking on stage with Scott Snyder, Robert Rodriguez, Zack Snyder and Joe Hill There may even be livestreaming options… Photo (c) Sophy Holland, used with permission 13th of July, 7pm EST Frank Miller Live In New York City with Scott Snyder, Great Hall at Cooper Union[...]

Yesterday, New York City officially unveiled Jack Kirby Way, a co-naming ceremony of Essex Street, on the corner of DeLancey Street in the Lower East Side, where the creator of the Marvel Universe and a good chunk of the DC universe, Jack Kirby, was born and raised It also inspired Ben Grimm's home neighbourhood and[...]

And they told me that today's impacts affect Marvel employees in both Burbank and New York, across most areas of the company as a whole, that's film and TV production, comics, franchise, finance, legal, and more Moreover, they are the result of the overall reduction in Marvel's film and TV output, further efficiencies from the[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, the business bought by Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop as part of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, will be attending New York Toy Fair, using its Diamond Select Brands identity In a missive, they state that Diamond is attending the annual NY Toy Fair, running February 14th through February 17th: "We're busy[...]

Anyway, next week as part of the Cloaked Crusader: Lecture and Wine Tasting – Liberty 250 Program at the Fraunces Tavern on 54 Pearl Street, New York, on Tuesday, the 10th of February from 5:30 to 7:30pm, former Marvel editor and current comic creator representative and manager, Renee Witterstaetter, will be talking about comics and[...]

And in a manner fitting of current policy, appointed a crook in charge of rounding up these illegal immigrants living (literally) alongside the rest of us. Venom #252 by Al Ewing, Tom DeFalco, Jesus Saiz, Paco Medina, Ron Frenz Who needs South Park, right? As Doc Ock spouts his credentials as to why he is putting boots and[...]

Isabelle Carty has been on the show floor of New York Comic Con 2025 and has given us a little walk around the place, up, down, and all around New York Comic Con is the biggest such show in the USA, produced and managed by ReedPop, and has been running since 2006 Go wander around[...]

The Jack Kirby Museum of New York will be offering a Jack Kirby Walking Tour of the Lower East Side on what would be his 108th birthday, this evening Those interested are encouraged to meet up at 6:30 pm on the SE corner of Essex and Delancey in front of the Essex Market The tour lasts approximately[...]

With the news that New York finally repealed a 117-year-old law that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse, alongside a three-month jail term And that Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill repealing the statute, stating, "While I've been fortunate to share a loving married life with my husband for 40 years —[...]

Hasbro has treamed up with Top Trumps to make a special edition of Monopoly, as they debuted Monopoly: Queens Edition in New York over the weekend As you can see from the board, they have taken many of the highlights of the burrough and highlighted them on this custom board Everything else is pretty much[...]

Limited copies of a special Batman 85th anniversary printing of Batman's first appearance in DC's Detective Comics #27 at SoHo News International, on the 30th of March for Batman Day – as well as other comic book stores in New York. Google Maps SoHo News International will transform their famous newsagents to give away the comic, one[...]

Two nights ago, the comic book store Everyone Comics x Collectibles in Long Island City, in Queens, New York, was broken into, at 3 in the morning The thief or thieves stole cash, a laptop, and destroyed the window of the store. Everyone Comics of Long Island City Broken Into, Starts GoFundMe Comic store owner Dimitrios Fragiskatos[...]

Written by Jermaine McLaughlin, Paul Eschbach and Von Diaz, as if it were narrated by the web-slinger himself, this is Spider-Man's guide to New York cuisine with Spider-Man's own hometown recipes, as well as those of fellow neighbourhood super heroes and friends from across the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man: The Official Cookbook: Your Friendly Neighborhood Guide to Cuisine[...]

And how she had unintentionally graffitted her cartoons across a new Indian restaurant, Jazba in the East Village, New York, believing it to be just a construction site She revealed her crime on TikTok recently, which she had joined to promote her new single, Grocery Store And she was going to return to the restaurant[...]

But the staff and customers of Jazba, the Indian restaurant on 207 Second Avenue, East 13th Street, in the East Village, New York, might know her for scrawling all over their walls Just not intentionally Because it turns out, as well as everything else, Kate Micucci is also an accomplished cartoonist Examples of which, she[...]

Every now and then someone drives a car into a comic book shop, with predictable results. The latest happened around 4pm on Thursday, the 21st of September, as a car drove into The Comic Shop, in Oswego, New York Everyone but the driver was uninjured, and he regained consciousness as the emergency services arrived. The store closed,[...]

He has also worked for, and with VIZ Media, Heavy Metal, Kodansha, Penguin Random House, and Wizards of the Coast. At Goats Flying Press, Sebastian Girner states that he "will bring his years of experience and lifelong love and passion for comics together to conceive, develop, and create a new generation of comics, against all odds![...]

This "consolidation" is down to rising costs, and the company has decided that the best way to continue to serve New York comic book readers is to focus on the operations of the "flagship" location, located at 299 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, and will continue to operate the webstore, online subscriptions, Ebay live social[...]

Thank you. This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, in shops heading to or going from Diamond's warehouses in Plattsburgh, New York, and it seems to have just affected stock being shipped from Penguin Random House's exclusive comics distributor for Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing to Diamond Comic Distributors for redistribution[...]

Reviving the eighties crossover series Inferno, it saw New York possessed by the demonic forces of Limbo once more Well, it is a Tuesday in New York. But after all the toys that have been broken have been glued back together and placed back in the toy box, there is a permanent change to the Marvel[...]

Last week, the comic book store The Spider's Web on Yonkers Avenue in New York announced that it was closing this weekend In a Facebook post, they stated "With a heavy heart and sadness, This announcement is hard for me to say……… It was the best of times and after much contemplation, I have decided[...]

In the DC Comics comic books, Jace Fox has recently become the Batman of New York City, in I Am Batman But in the real-life New York city it seems that Batman has been appointed to lead the board of election commissioners Though sadly, that is just Keith Batman, who must get this a lot[...]

This weekend past was New York Comic Con I have never been to a comic convention I have not enjoyed, and I have no doubt that if I could have attended this one, I would have thoroughly enjoyed it But from reports received by Bleeding Cool, it was a harder, edgier New York Comic Con[...]