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Happy birthday to Eve. This is a week in which we said goodbye to Moebius. And Marvel announced a new dedication to comics created for digital devices,

As the year's comic conventions yet again begin their seasonal march through the summer, so the traditional emails to Bleeding Cool come in, asking about

Link to the above can be found here... Very happy to welcome Lee Barnett to Bleeding Cool this week with his new column, The Adult In The Room. That's how

Dear DC Comics, A couple of years ago, you very kindly sent my daughters a box full of DC merchandise for kids. My very picky five year old daughter Eve

GutterWatch: Thank you Gutters. Most appreciated, Now please hire me. ToyWatch: I was struck watching the Leveson inquiry yesterday, how much Nick Davies'

The Image Comics Expo and London Super Comic Convention - two new shows on the same weekend half a world apart - it's the sign that convention season is

In April, Boom are publishing four comics I've written... The Avengefuls drawn by Joshua Covey, Captain American Idol drawn by Chris Haley, Scienthorlogy

Gary Friedrich, Tony Moore, Before Watchmen, there's a lot of unrest going on in comics at the moment. Even Ken Penders' case against Archie Comics may

Picture it. You're Mark Waid, flicking through the Boom! listings in Previews (out tomorrow folks) and you come across this ad (which one retailer very

Today our thoughts are more with the friends and family of Mike Pandel, also known from the A Comic Show video blogs as Tri Force Mike. Only three days he

This would have been the week of the DC logo at Bleeding Cool. But then the Russians all started tuning into our discussion of the ending of the second

Starting in Dark Horse Presents #8, out the first week in February, a surprise listing! Almost as much a surprise to me! The Many Murders Of Miss

A much better version of the Dr Seuss Batman that I ever came up with... so what have people been reading on Bleeding Cool this week then? Top Twenty

A special Lying In The Gutters this week, not only the top twenty posts of the week, but also the top twenty posts of the year... and a very obvious

One comic fan's Christmas presents from his girlfriend... photo courtesy of Reddit. You think you know what the biggest story of the week was? You'd be

Remember remember the Fifth Of December. This is Julius Caesar as designed by Jack Kirby for a 1969 production. Okay, so what have people been reading

The Avengers and The Justice League courtesy of dNa... 39 today, I shaved my beard off. Mid life crisis over. But now I look like a potato. Okay, so what

And people say weekends are slow for traffic. Not when Frank Miller speaks, they are not. And the stories haven't quite finished in that regard, either.

Good advice for all these days. Welcome to another week's worth of tip top stories. Allegedly. So have you been reading - and what have you been ignoring?

Paul Gravett is one of the most respected people in the British Comics Industry. Dubbed the Man At The Crossroads by Eddie Campbell, he is principally

Home from New York Comic Con, watching Stephen Fry on the TV, it's good to be back in Blighty. And the weekly cycle starts again. Apologies for the late

By Eve Johnston (6) By the next Lying In The Gutters, NYCC 2012 will be over... but for this week, if you want to get in touch while I'm in town

Looks like Starfire hasn't really changed in all these years... Top Ten Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. Spoiling The Ending Of Catwoman #1 2. Liam Neeson

For those of you who remember twenty years ago... we've had gender, we've had race, I told you sexuality would be the next to cause a storm. And Archie

Sorry about the brevity, as you may gather, it's been a bit of a rushed weekend. Next week I will bore you at length about something, guaranteed. Top

I like a good time travel story. Oh let's be honest, I probably like a bad time travel story. But this was not one of them. Let's rewind.

A regular look at projects on Kickstarter and Indiegogo being funded by you, but still in need of cash. Do let us know who, if any, you choose to support.

Eyes up, Hawkeye. This is the week that comics exploded across the media. We've probably seen more coverage of the DC Relaunch than anything since...

Happy America day, America! And no the above comic book is not happening. I don't think it is, anyway. So, DC began to lose its dominance of the news, as