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The City of San Diego has issued more than $200,000 in fines related to unauthorised advertising during San Diego Comic-Con this year, ten times more than the $19,000 they imposed last year, highlighted by a $160,000 penalty against Marvel Studios and its advertising partner, Los Angeles-based Elevue Outdoor, for covering the Gaslamp Quarter arch with[...]

@thatrichjohnston Putting The Avengers: Doomsday Sign Up For San Diego Gaslamp District #SDCC for #bleedingcool ♬ original sound – MUSIC AND ME We saw this starting to go up yesterday during one of Bleeding Cool's lunchtime walks It even made it onto TikTok But a little later on, there was a lot more to see, as[...]

San Diego Comic-Con is two weeks away And it's not just the attendees who are cosplaying, many of the restaurants, bars and nightclubs will be as well Here are just three: Temaki Bar, Borrego Rooftop Kitchen and Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine … if you know of more doing something special, get in touch at richjohnston@bleedingcool.com Photo[...]

Fantagraphics will be at Booth #1721 at San Diego Comic-Con with a bunch of their creators and comic books, a number of which will debut at the show before going on sale at comic book stores in the coming weeks They are Lovers of the Empire: Vol 1 by Yudori, Bimbo Agitprop by Raquelle Jac,[...]

Ignition Press is expanding its presence at San Diego Comic-Con, continuing its outside pop-up, but also having a showfloor booth #5531, and continuing to debut advance comic books with its Cold Open issues featuring an original, self-contained story that introduces the reader to the world, as well as behind-the-scenes material, special sneak peeks, and information[...]

Expect to see a lot more of this at San Diego Comic-Con. You'll Never Leave This Place Alive #1 (W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Heather Vaughan Five friends Four houses One seemingly perfect life… But no one who discovers the truth will leave it alive… Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded[...]

The Meeting of Styles festival, organised by Vision Culture Foundation and sponsored by San Diego Comic-Con, is scheduled for Sunday, the 19th of July, the weekend before SDCC, at Wilson Avenue and 17th Street in National City, San Diego In which comic book artists from around the world will fly in to paint cartoon-themed murals[...]

He stated that fans should be picking up Final Boss issues because an announcement would soon be made (before San Diego Comic Con) Many social influencers in the comic book community jumped on this news and pushed out the urgency to secure copies While no official announcement has been made (or teased), fans of FINAL[...]

We named Kelly Thompson, Jason Aaron and Al Ewing as contributors before getting the news that it would launch at San Diego Comic Con last year and getting the full creative line-up for Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Absolute Superman, Absolute Flash, Absolute Green Lantern and Absolute Martian Manhunter Since then, the titles still top[...]

Expect to see this previewed at San Diego Comic-Con But don't expect this to be another addition to the Energon Universe, which now includes Transformers, Void Rivals, M.A.S.K., and Rom. G.I Joe X Tomb Raider And now a bigger spoiler image before we go further with new revelations You have been warned.   Spoiler warning Because this will involve the[...]

How American Comic Books Are Celebrating The Semiquincentennial Today, From DC To the White House

Three years ago, Bleeding Cool looked at a San Diego Comic-Con panel on the origins of the show, alongside an oral history by some of its founders published by Fantagraphics, See You At San Diego: An Oral History Of Comic-Con, Fandom And The Triumph Of Geek Culture and a number of those founders Or rather,[...]

Also, I have a bunch of variants for San Diego Comic Con Available exclusively online." And now Mark Brooks has announced a new Absolute Batman #22 exclusive cover from Mark Brooks Art, drawn by… Andy Kubert These are the prices… Absolute Batman #22 cover by Andy Kubert Cardstock Trade Dress: Unsigned – $50 Bundle: Both Editions double signed –[...]

Any other item signed, $100 per item. 18th of July, 7pm PST Frank Miller Live In Los Angeles with Zack Snyder, Wilshire Ebell Theater The event will be followed by a book signing. 22nd-26th of July, Frank Miller Special Guest San Diego Comic-Con 29th of July, 5-6pm BST Frank Miller Signing, Forbidden Planet Megastore, Covent Garden, London[...]

Jeff Lemire quits as writer of DC Comics' Justice Society Of America after two years, with JSA #24... timed for the Semiquincentennial?

Thomas Jane, Mike Carey, David James Kelly and Diego Yapur's The Lycan in Ablaze's official full September 2026 solicits and solicitations

And that's before all the new DC Next Level books are announced at San Diego Comic-Con for October, including, we are betting… ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #12 (W) Deniz Camp (A/CA) Javier Rodriguez THE JAW-DROPPING FINAL ISSUE! It all comes together here: green and white, life and death, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, free will and fate, crime[...]

The winner will be announced on Friday, the 24th of July at the Lunar Retailer Panel, part of the ComicsPRO Summit at San Diego Comic-Con which we talked about here, and the winning store will receive a commemorative medallion to display with pride, an Image Select Retailer Award window cling for their store's window, a[...]

ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer trade organisation and activist group is hosting their ComicsPRO Retailer Day for San Diego Comic-Con 2026, being held on July 24th in Room 31ABC of the San Diego Convention Center, where traditionally the old Diamond SDCC Lunch Summits used to be held And will represent Penguin Random House, Lunar Distribution,[...]

JSA #21 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui goes back to DC All-In Special, the start of the Absolute Universe, and what happens next

Titan Comics' San Diego Comic-Con 2026 booth #5537 will debut the following exclusive comic books and other merch from the 22nd of July to the 26th… and then, no doubt, flip on eBay Especially Gun Honey, Doctor Who and Conan… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left:[...]

Original comic book art dealers and exclusive variant cover commissioners, Felix Comic Art, have announced a new project that has been years in the making and will debut at San Diego Comic-Con A recreation of the first volume of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynne Varley, on its fortieth[...]

John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen #1 sells multiple copies from $80 to $100 on eBay

We named Kelly Thompson, Jason Aaron and Al Ewing as contributors before getting the news that it would launch at San Diego Comic Con last year and getting the full creative line-up for Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Absolute Superman, Absolute Flash, Absolute Green Lantern and Absolute Martian Manhunter Since then, the titles still top[...]

And that's before all the new DC Next Level books are announced at San Diego Comic-Con for October, including, we are betting… Javier Rodriguez video screencap Absolute Martian Manhunter was published by DC Comics as part of the Absolute Universe in March 2025 and concludes this week, as a surrealist psychological horror/thriller with psychedelic noir elements[...]

American Mythology's shared universe, the CursedVerse, begins in their full September 2026 solicits, compared to Absolute and Ultimate universes.

Talking about the upcoming Giant-Size Youngblood published by Image Comics for San Diego Comic-Con week in July 2026, Rob Liefeld says that it is "chock full of signature moments that shape the future of the franchise! We reintroduce fan favourites The New Men, who were recently glimpsed in Youngblood #100 They will continue to play[...]

This will be an upcoming Youngblood cover." And now we have three variant covers for Giant-Size Youngblood #1 out in July and going to FOC… Liefeld says "Part of the pure joy I have experienced in my career is putting fresh, new talents under the spotlight and the "Young Bloods," as I call them, came out[...]

Bad Seeds, K.O., Absolute Power and Absolute Crisis across the DC Universe this week (Spoilers)

Reader Alessandro Apreda3h shared "Fun fact: the Italian version of X-Force 1 book didn't come with collectible cards… but with a pair of sunglasses for the beach :)" But more than anything else, Rob Liefeld's New Mutants and X-Force are responsible for what we now see as "nineties" comics, and the kids buying Cable and[...]