Category Archives: Comics

DC Previews Albuquerque On Animal Man

Back in July we let you know that American Vampire’s Rafael Albuquerque was taking over Animal Man. Today DC Comics has released a few uncolored preview pages of Albuquerque’s work along with an in-house ad that he did for the series. The …

Kickstart From The Heart: Billy The Pyro

Bleeding Cool’s Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn’t. Each week he will point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn’t normally be published by the …

The Star Wars Smashes To The Top Of Advance Reorder Charts

So most retailers seem to have advance ordered all the DC Villains Month 2D covers that they can .So others can get a chance. And right at the top is The Star Wars #2, based on the original drafts by …

A Wordless Preview Of Geof Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy #1

It does make it easier to see the artwork! Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow, coming from Dark Horse Comics. The Shaolin Cowboy returns, but nowhere in sight is there a dead Robin, any infinity gauntlets, or a single conquering Ultron-just flat-out …

On Women In Comics by Jeremy Whitley

Jeremy Whitley writes; Comics, I want to say first that I love you. I’ve always loved you. From the first time we met we’ve really had something special. From the first awesome issue of Amazing Spider-Man my dad handed me …

12 Reasons To Die, Number 3

Louis Falcetti writes; 12 Reasons To Die is a comic that boldly sits in a place of its own design, dangling bloody limbs into various pools of genre without committing fully to any of them. That’s a very good thing. …

Live From The Comic Shop: King’s Watch, Brain Boy, Eternal Warrior, Ballistic, Liberator, Killjoys

I’m live at my local comic shop Conquest Comics this week to grab some titles from the rather stuffed boxes and try to keep up with new titles as well as the ongoing gems that have been keeping my interest. …

Warren Ellis Returns To Monthly Marvel For Avengers Assemble

Warren Ellis is coming back to monthly comics as he will co-write issues #22-25 of Avengers Assemble with Kelly Sue Deconnick. The first issue is an Inhumanity tie-in. Deconnick will be writing issue #21 on her own before teaming up …

In Memoriam of Louis Scarborough Jr.

I tend to write these articles far too often. Sadly this one was missed, but thanks to Tone Rodriguez for posting it on his facebook page. I’m not sure who at CAPS (Comics Arts Professional Society) wrote this memoriam, but I wanted …

Hit #1 Sells Out Of Ten Thousand Print Run, And X-Files #1 Goes To Fourth Print

Hit #1, the new comic from Bryce Carlson and Vanesa R. Del Rey, published by Boom! Studios, went on sale in comic stores last week, but has burned through it’s 10,000 print run for the first issue, and is going …

Cover Variance: New York Comic Con – Walking Dead To Funko POP Stan Lee

Here are a few exclusive comics and related bits, to be made available at next month’s New York Comic Con. Nothing from DC Comics yet, obviously. Firstly, a batch from Marvel and Image/Skybound from the Diamod Previews booth. Funko POP …

Bar Codes For DC Comics 3D Covers – In Case Yours Have Melted (UPDATE)

There have been a few problems with the DC Villains Month 3D covers. No, not just the ones that have melted in the car. But problems with the bar codes being read through the lenticular sheen. If you are a …

In Praise Of Dan DiDio – Tuesday Trending Topics

Some very good points made by Rich here: It wasn’t just DC, everyone gained, especially Marvel. Then Marvel did their me-too event with Marvel Now and, in the last two years, we have seen rapid and repeated growth in the print …

Twenty-Three Thoughts About Twenty-Three Comics – It Came, Astonishing X-Men, Black Manta, The Riddler, Mongul, Mister Freeze, The Walking Dead, Adventure Time: Candy Capers, Court Of Owls, Solomon Grundy, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Harley Quinn, Avengers Arena, Kick Ass 3, Trigon, Sidekick, Killer Frost, Prophet, Manhattan Projects, Indestructible Hulk, Hit List And Robocop

Another look through a bunch of this week’s comics! The Carry On team debut in It Came, as official British Army soldiers to provide some much needed sexism and incompetence as a counter to… the existing sexism and incompetence of …