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Bleeding Cool was the first to officially confirm that AMC/Sony were making a TV pilot out of the Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon DC/Vertigo comic book, Preacher. And the market has sat up and taken note. And now, on eBay, a copy of Preacher #1 in Mint/Near Mint condition, though not CGC slabbed as these things often are, has[...]

The Light Brigade by Peter Tomasi and Peter Snejberg was published by DC Comics in 2004, collected and then republished in 2009. Reprinting a book allows

One of our New York correspondents, Elizabeth Heyman, writes for Bleeding Cool: The fifth issue of Vertigo's The Wake was already legendary among the book's readers a month before it was even released Simply alluding to the particular comic anywhere within earshot of a comic shop or an online forum would always be met with the[...]

I’ve been looking forward to quite a few titles this week and more than ever before, I’m getting the Wednesday twitch and wanting to get into the shop to

I understand that fresh in the wake of Preacher getting piloted by Sony/AMC, word of iZombie going into development at CW as well as The Flash, Constantine at NBC, as well as Gotham at Fox, that yet another DC Vertigo brand is to get the television series Unnamed as yet, but it does rather add[...]

Who could it be…?  Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at VIII FIQ (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) and he stated that both he and Paul Dini are working on a new Vertigo series. Most-Read Comics Stories Saturday: Paul Dini And Eduardo Risso To Create A Batman-Related Comic For Vertigo Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at[...]

Terra Zero has just interviewed Eduardo Risso at VIII FIQ (Festival Internacional de Quadrinhos) and he stated that both he and Paul Dini are working on a new Vertigo series. And it will star a character from the Batman comics. Let's let Google Translate fill you in Or at least, scratch your head quizzically. Eduardo Risso and Paul[...]

On Tuesday, Tim Pilcher launched Comic Book Bablyon at Gosh Comics a Kickstarter-funded memoir about his time in comics, principally working for DC Comics/Vertigo UK and Art Young Subtitled a Cautionary Tale Of Sex, Drugs And Comics, he wasn't kidding. We learn how Geri and Victoria from the Spice Girls auditioned to be Tank Girl[...]

Neil Gaiman was asked about the two month delay on Sandman Overture #2 we mentioned yesterday. He replied; Sure. I understand your disappointment and

Sandman Overture #1 came out in October, and each scheduled to come out every two months, with a special edition of the previous month's issue shipping

Announced by Comics Alliance from Vertigo Comics after DC PR gave them the nod, The Royals: Masters Of War, a six issue miniseries by Rob Williams and Simon Coleby, out in February. Set against the backdrop of World War II, The Royals: Masters Of War focuses on a version of the Royal Family whose power is manifest[...]

Bill Willingham has issued the following statement on his website. Fables Comes to an End With Issue 150. After more than ten years of publication, and

I’m writing live from my local comic shop, Conquest Comics in New Jersey, and trying to sum up my reactions to what can only be described as a massive

"A special one-off story written by Bill Willingham and featuring the return of fan-favorite gun-toting maniac Goldilocks Illustrated by exciting newcomer

DC Comics has reminded retailers that, rather than the JH Williams III/Hayden Blackman story for Batwoman #25, the book will now be a tie-in to Batman’s

Scott Snyder was signing and interviewing heavily at New York Comic Con, and fans couldn't have been happier with that, but in case you missed it, his big push, as he announced in the Vertigo Defy panel at the Con, is to clarify that there are some big transitions happening in The Wake right now[...]

This week I am picking up about twice as many comics as I'm reviewing, so check out my recommended list also. First off, we have Hinterkind from Vertigo, written by Ian Edginton, with art by Francesco Trifolgi This is an intriguing new series about animals, humans, and the lack of boundaries between them The art look[...]

   In the list of those who receive credit least, or last, for their work on comics, designers may well be at the end of the line. Some readers are

Read it if you want an insider story about confusion, isolation, and, of course, sex. Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #3 (of 6),continuing at Vertigo, has a stellar cover this week in gold, bringing to mind some of the early Tom Strong issues with its ancient culture themes, and it's also an excellent pulp[...]

And for additional help, DC is making all store advertising using Vertigo imagery, completely reimbursable Press, radio, TV, online campaigns for your store featuring Sandman Overture? DC will pay for them, completely Just get in touch with Diamond's Maryanne Marlowe for the paperwork first…   It is possible that some retailers have forgotten how issues of[...]

Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New York Correspondent for Bleeding Cool, writes; What if you could throw out a net and gather the best fan fiction in the

Gary Gray, our Senior Scottish Correspondent, writes; While this may have been physically the last talk at the Stripped stand of the Edinburgh

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is running a retailer membership drive. After announcing DCBS and Things From Another World as their first comic store

New series Collider by by Simon Oliver and Robbi Rodriguez for DC Vertigo has been renamed from the second issue as Federal Bureau of Physics. Why? It's down to an existing graphic novel, a live action webseries on YouTube and a planned indie sci-fi movie All on the central concept of six strangers transported across time to a[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon As Rich Johnston reported recently, sales are up on the Vertigo series The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy Generally speaking, the series has been liked and noted among new series, especially because of the particularly strong team-up between two creators who have their own cult followings When I read[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon When the covers for the new Vertigo Defy initiative on Collider and Trillium were revealed at Wondercon this spring, the first thing people noticed about Collider was PINK Something between dayglo and neon, really, but offset by black and yellow, it couldn't have popped more It was a strong, evocative statement for[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes; The Manhattan Projects #13 by Jonathan Hickman Glad to know that several pairs of Vans checkered slip-ons were recycled into

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MfbZWvnOc Aaron Haaland of Florida's A Comic Shop writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back with some New Comics Now including my

Bex Cook and Dan Oakley write for Bleeding Cool with photos by Joseph Kyle Schmidt: The Vertigo panel this year was packed with details of current and upcoming releases, a large parts of which was taken up with Fables content, the comic not having its own panel this year and it's creator Bill Willingham being absent[...]

Playing a little catch-up on the con day's events, here's some higher quality artwork for some of the DC and Vertigo news we've told you about today  Click for the biggie, as they say in England. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in[...]