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Jacob Edwards, owner of Time Tunnel Comics in Hickory, North Carolina, has been reported as helping in the arrest of a 22-year-old Justin Bradley Johnson on a charge of attempted rape Johnson was charged by local police with one felony count of attempted second-degree rape in connection to an assault in a shopping centre Edwards[...]

They can come and have a go at table-top gaming, which has become incredibly popular." Erica Edwards has opened a new comic book store, 2nd Time Around Comics and More in Conover, North Carolina which gets its name from the antique store in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books Edwards is also one of the[...]

Frankie's Comics was a comic book store in Apex, North Carolina, that closed last year as it pivoted to become an online store, though they promised they would be reopening a brick-and-mortar store at the end of March Also known as Hoknes USA, Frankie's Comics specialises in exclusive retailer variant comics, such as the exclusive[...]

It is being held at the Lexington Cinema in North Carolina, on Saturday 10th October 2020 and hosted by the  Ssalefish Comics chain of stores. We at Ssalefish Comics are happy to announce that we'll be helping the folks at Lexington Cinema in Lexington, NC put on an old school comic show with a mind for[...]

Chris Underwood, owner of comic store WatchWorks Comics in Mocksville, North Carolina, posted the news to Facebook earlier in the month, It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that today is the last day for WatchWorks Comics I always wanted to be a part of something that I have loved since I was[...]

With only eight episodes remaining, DC Universe and James Wan is offering "Swamp Thing" fans a look behind the scenes at the hard work behind the series.

One person who has no interest in having any finger-pointing going North Carolina's way is Guy Gaster, the Director of the North Carolina Film Office. Gaster contacted Comic Book Resources (CBR) to push back on earlier reports that an administrative/paperwork mistake involving grant funding for the series led to its being shut down The state official[...]

Were WarnerMedia executives' "creative differences" and being less-than-pleased with the direction of the show to blame? Was the series just "collateral damage" as WarnerMedia continues to figure out its future streaming plans – and DC Universe's place in it? Two reports on the matter – both from Star News Online – address how the overall funding[...]

Rainbow Six Siege fans will see the Siege Major 2019 will be coming to Raleigh, North Carolina this August with $500,000 on the line Ubisoft released the full details as the second biggest R6S tournament returns to North America this summer, running from August 12th-18th from the Raleigh Convention Center The Six Major Raleigh follows[...]

We can't wait for Joyland to become part of Freeform's offerings and haunt our viewers as only Stephen can." – Karey Burke, Executive Vice President, Programming and Development, Freeform Hard Case Crime Published by Hard Case Crime in June 2013, here's a look at King's Joyland: Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story[...]

Last week, North Carolina state lawmakers enacted an anti-gay/transgender law that removes all local related anti-discrimination measures, and specifically targets transgender people from using public toilets or a gender other than what appears on their birth certificate It was signed by Governor Pat McCrory on the same day. This week, the Facebook page of the North Carolina Comicon and the Oak City[...]

Micheal's Marvels is a small comic book store tucked away in Sanford, North Carolina. Or at least it was. A fire in a neighbouring building spread and the store, and its contents, burned to the ground. No one was killed or injured in the blaze on Sunday afternoon, but the cabinet shop where the fire is believed to have[...]

This is a T-Shirt that Bleeding Cool EIC Hannah Means-Shannon bought while taking a recent trip to the mountain forests of North Carolina and Tennessee. And for some reason, was proud enough of her purchase to show off to me, picked up in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I don't[...]

Gerard Way is joining the likes of Charlie Adlard, Adam Hughes, Neal Adams Stacy Lee, Cliff Chiang, JP Leon and Bernard Chang as the big comic book names of North Carolina Comic Con in November. So as well as all the comic book aficionados, expect a rather large contingent of My Chemical Romance "killjoys" to join[...]

The line for Free Comic Book Day at Acme Comics in Greensboro NC has already begun. Trey arrived at 3:40pm today and Macy arrived a few minutes later...

Before the recent top-secret DC creative summit, Bleeding Cool ran a suggestion box, printing suggestions from actual DC comic creators about how they'd

Here are submissions by current working DC Comics professionals for Bleeding Cool's DC Suggestion Box ahead of this weekend's creative summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. An open bar during meetings. Don't try to make a hero sandwich out of croutons  Take the Norm Breyfogles and Jon Bogdonovs off the work horse bench instead of dividing the next[...]

This weekend sees DC comics creators from across the country head to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a creative summit, with editors and publishers on hand. That's if they can escape blizzard bound New York. There will be workshops, brainstorms and lectures, and it is likely that the future of the New 52 will be hammered out (or[...]

Artists and writers, cover artists as well, as evidenced by a workshop on cover art being led by Andy Kubert. Around seventy invites have gone out to DC comic creators to join their peers for a few days in three weeks at a location in Charlotte, North Carolina with Bob Harras, Dan DiDio and editors, running[...]

Richard Lee Ketcham, 41, better known in the comics industry as artist Rick Ketcham, was arrested yesterday and jailed in North Carolina, on felony charges of Indecent Liberties With Children. There are no further public details, but I am led to understand that will change soon. Rick has been an inker on books such as Punisher, Legion[...]

  A flip covers for Doctor Who #1 by Andy Diggle and Mark Buckingham from IDW. The front cover by Charles P Wilson of Stuff Of Legends without logos

Lobo co-creator, Roger Slifer, appears to have been the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Writer Flint Dille has posted (via Jim Salicrup); Okay, here's

      Jesse James went to Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina They even let him in! Dear Bleeding Cool, This week I attended Heroes Con in Charlotte N.C for the first time It was very high on my bucket list So many people had laid out the foundation for me before I had even arrived[...]

Just like how Greensboro City Council of North Carolina have just voted unanimously to nickname the city "Comic Book City, USA" on Free Comic Book Day each year Just for the day, mind you May the 5th this year. Local comic shop Acme Comics (as nominated in the Retailer category in the Eisners for its fourth[...]

Bleeding Cool has pointed out how, after increased discounts and valuable variant cover distribution, comic book retailers basically getting all their copies of Avengers Vs X-Men #1 without costing them a cent. Well Ultimate Comics of Durham, North Carolina seems to have taken that to heart On April 3rd, for their Avengers Vs X-Men launch party[...]

From May next year until January 2013, Iron Man 3 will be filming in Wilmington, North Carolina And they need a thousand extras And that's where Premier Casting comes in. You want in? They need people of all ages, shapes, sizes, ethnicities, gender, the lot Register for the Wilmington area here if you're up for it[...]

But Acme Comics in Greensboro, North Carolina has just opened the doors And as the live webcam feed seen above, they have all the Free Comics and stacks of Free Comics bags waiting for the crowd outside. It's Free Comic Book Day everyone Let's watch See if we can spot Fred Van Lente, Nick Spencer, Chris[...]

Those of you who know me well know that I appreciate shameless huckstering in comics. From Stan Lee to Mark Millar, the ability to whip a crowd into a