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The book was finished and paid for. And then never published. A sci-fi graphic novel about nanotech and body modification, the only mention of it I could find online was on Phil's Facebook page where he puts up an image (which we had to modify ourselves sadly, you can find the original here) and writes, well a coupla[...]

This is the cover to Vertigo's new series, Bodies.   DC Comics have got David Finch to draw a 1-in-13 variant cover to help goose sales of the first issue, which will also be fully returnable to retailers who order 90% of their orders on American Vampire: Second Cycle So, given your prejudices about Finch and the[...]

During that period, she rose to the Executive Editor of the Vertigo line which she created establishing a long line of mature readers comic books and graphic novels, including Y The Last Man, Hellblazer, Preacher, Fables, Kill Your Boyfriend, Pride Of Baghdad and Invisibles, as well as reinventing the likes of Sandman, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol,[...]

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes the return of Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to

And this is, after all, a Vertigo book. But that's not actually what I'm talking about when I say that The Wake, issues #8 and #9, leading up to the series finale in #10, is getting scarier It's the mental stuff, the unexplained stuff, and the eerie way that people react to things. [*Mild spoilers for issue[...]

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Bleeding Cool welcomes Talking Comics, from Excalibur Comics, Cards, and Games in Shreveport, Louisiana, to discuss this

Bane #1 Vertigo: Vertigo Quarterly Cyan #1 Dark Horse: Star Wars – Rebel Heist #1 (of 4) Image Comics: Southern Bastards #1 DC Comics: Superman Batman Vol.1 (Trade) Image Comics: Pretty Deadly Vol.1 (Trade) Chronicle Books: Kids Are Weird And Other Observations From Parenthood (HC) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY BOOKS: Top Shelf Kid's Club Fantagraphics: Hip Hop Family Tree Two-in-One Marvel: Rocket Raccoon #1 IDW Publishing:[...]

Comic writer Joe Keatinge has spoken out about the comic Cyan, published today by DC Comics/Vertigo, on Tumblr I reproduce his statement below The bolding is mine. Today sees the release of the first of four quarterly Vertigo CMYK anthologies It has a Cyan cover. The issue is advertised as featuring a collaboration between Ken Garing and me,[...]

The signing will commence at 5PM.  Wednesday, April 30th The Vertigo Quarterly Launch/JHU's 1st Birthday party will be held at JHU Comics at 32 East 32nd Street in New York City from 6-8PM this Wednesday.  They say: "What do you get when Amy Chu (Girls Night Out, The VIP Room), James Tynion IV (Batman: Eternal, Talon), Larry[...]

Spotted on the corner of 86th and Lex, a phone box with a special message… This is new evidence that the quarter of a million dollar advertising budget boasted of by Shelly Bond is being spent… On more than Sandman Overture. Hinterkind, the new Vertigo series by Ian Edginton and Francesco Trifolgi is certainly getting a push. [...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: This week is exciting! The art of Elektra had us drooling! The awkward familiarity of Eltingville Club had us in stitches! And getting to know The Watcher made[...]

Since taking over for Geoff Johns, Jeff Parker's run on DC's Aquaman has been getting a lot of positive buzz, so we are happy to give you a preview of issue #30 that hits stands this week along with the Vertigo title Dead Boy Detectives #5. [...]

By Devon Sanders Recently, artist Yanick Paquette drew attention to the fact that certain publishers don't pay any sort of royalty or give cover credits to some of comics' most important and hardest working creative, its colorists, and we covered it here at Bleeding Cool. I reached out to one of the medium's best, Rico Renzi, colorist[...]

It was a full hall shortly after the opening of Wondercon and just as DC's booth at the con is front and center, DC snagged one of the earliest opening panel times for the show as well in their "all access" approach. Panelists included DC's Co-publisher, and penciller on Superman Unchained, Jim Lee, and 3 editors,[...]

Timothy Carson writes: With the upcoming release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it’s no surprise that Peter Parker’s comic variation is flying off the

This is the second of the three-part Red Daughter Of Krypton story. The newest, most powerful Red Lantern can finally put her new powers to use! A cosmic menace from the darkest recesses of Kara's past is back! Only this time Supergirl is a Red Lantern and can channel all her rage against anyone – and[...]

When I got an e-mail last January while traveling in the UK from Cliff Galbraith, one of the co-founders of Asbury Park Comic Con asking me if I would be

  We mentioned the earlier New 52 version of Wonder Woman that was planned by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang, but in the new TwoMorrows magazine Modern Masters Volume 29: Cliff Chiang, we also get a look behind the scenes of the Vertigo Batman comic that never was Or, The Bat-Man, closer based on the character's[...]

Timothy Carson writes: It’s one hell of a week for Aquaman; Japan, Mexico, and Russia are submerged in Senior Undertow himself, drowning the majority of

Vertigo's Hinterkind volume one is here, and while it's not happily ever after for humans, at least we can read about our demise for just $10! Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, I'm back with New Comics Now! This week I have a lot of All New Marvel Now that[...]

But there's no turning back now, that's for sure. Well, it's hard to recover from the deep thoughts in Overture enough to read any other comics, but we forge ahead with the also very high-minded series The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy from Vertigo The previous issue, #6, peeled back the layers on the[...]

So we waited. And waited. And it was worth every second, Sandman Overture #2 is published today, and it is as beautiful and wondrous a comic book as issue

By Timothy Carson It seems The Walking Dead lost some steam this week, for the latest issue of Ms. Marvel blasts its way to number one in some pretty

This week their special segment includes: Catfish Quiz. Books reviewed in this episode include: Vertigo: American Vampire Second Cycle #1 Marvel Comics: Superior Spider-Man Annual #2 Marvel Comics: Ms Marvel #2 Marvel Comics: Thor God Of Thunder #20 Image Comics: Sovereign #1 DC Comics: Batman And Aquaman #29 Marvel Comics: Uncanny X-Men #19 BOOM! Studios: Clockwork Angels #1 DC Comics: Batman: Bruce Wayne Murderer TP Dark[...]

By Dylan Gonzalez Beer: Dark Hollow Imperial Stout Brewery: Blue Mountain Brewery Darkness enveloped my night as I poured out a bottle of Dark Hollow, an

This Saturday, the  Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will have special guest JH Williams III popping by to their Sandman exhibition for a presentation

It's quite a full line-up, so dig into this week's comic releases. Books featured in this episode include: DC Comics: Justice League Of America #13 Marvel Comics: All-New X-Men #24 IDW Publishing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #32 Image Comics: Stray Bullets: Killers #1 Vertigo: Royals: Masters Of War #2 Image Comics: Mercenary Sea #2 Image Comics: Manifest Destiny #5 Marvel Comics: Captain Marvel #1 DC[...]

Well, you seemed to like it last week. So let's do it again... To quote Mallrats "what, in the back seat of a Volkswagen?" Welcome, one and all to another

Bleeding Cool understands that Mark Doyle, currently a DC/Vertigo editor, will be the new Batman Group editor at DC Comics. He replaces the departing Mike Marts, who was escorted out of the DC offices by security, as is standard, after he announced he was moving back to work at Marvel Comics. One slight blip is that Mark[...]

Ahead of the Final Order Cut-Off date of February 3rd for Sandman Overture #2, DC Comics are encouraging retailers to up their orders with the promise of