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Gary Spencer Millidge’s Strangehaven Returns In May, After Eight Years

I loved this comic so much. But it’s been eight years since the last issue of this cross between The Archers, The Wicker Man and Twin Peaks. It’s Strangehaven, folks. That meticulously detailed self published comic from the nineties and …

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Late Night Fun: Night And Day Nurse Gets Neal Adams Art

GSK’s Night and Day Nurse cold remedy is getting a new print ad campaign from a familiar artist named Neil Adams. The theme of the ads are focused around the horrors of missing out on important and life-changing events because …

Are Comic Book Publishers The R&D Department For Hollywood?

Are Comic Book Publishers The R&D Department For Hollywood?

With the fact that a lot of the big budget movies hitting the theaters are based on comic books, I know that both Hollywood and investors are watching what the publishing arms of Disney and Warner Brothers are doing very …

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Mark Millar Confirmes Starlight Comic, With Goran Parlov

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Mark Millar had applied to register the trademark Starlight as a comic book. And so it has come to pass. Hollywood Reporter has confirmed it as a new comic by Millar from …

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Before Five Years Later… A DC Earth War?

Five Years Later kicks off in September after a little teasing for Free Comic Book Day. But what comes first? I’m hearing that DC will be filling the summer with another war to follow Trinity War. And just as that …

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The First Man To Possibly Bag And Board His Comics Sells His Collection To Pay For Medical Treatment

Comic collector Steve Landman of Kildeer, Illinois has been diagnosed with Anti-MAG IgM Peripheral Neuropathy which attacks his immune system and is taking away his ability to walk. And to pay for the treatment and its heavy side affects, to …

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Bleeding Cosplay – Odin Allfather to Edward Elric

Ian Mageto writes: Over the last two decades, the world of cosplay has exploded. Which was once the hobby of a few super fans has grown into a phenomenon that has spawned international competitions, internet celebrities, and national televisions shows. …

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How To Deal With The Benching Of Rogue

So, did you read Uncanny Avengers #14? No? Are you intending to? Then stop, turn right around.

The rest of you, onwards! Especially those of you still weeping…

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This Week’s Elephantmen #52 To Have Preview And Flip Cover For Jonathan Ross And Ian Churchill’s The Revenger

Bleeding Cool has been following the upcoming publication of The Revenger by Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill for some time now. This week, we get a better look at the comic with a five page preview ahead of next month’s …

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Lying In The Gutters – 2nd December 2013

Image thanks to Tony Wolf… I don’t think anyone is ever going to agree on Killing Joke. But I think everyone is going to continue arguing about it forever. So… what have you been reading this week? Top Twenty Traffic …

Aquaman: The Teen Drama, Part One: A Bleeding Cool Premiere

Aquaman: The Teen Drama, Part One: A Bleeding Cool Premiere

Part One. Here we go. Aquaman The Teen Drama. Same time tomorrow for part two. and this week at 1p, ET, 10am PT, 6pm GMT. A five-episode series that bring the prince of Atlantis… to a whole new world. TUMBLR: …

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A New Week, A New Teaser From Jason Latour And Mahmud Asrar For Marvel’s Future

Jason Latour has been writing Punisher MAX, A+X and Winter Soldier for Marvel, Mahmud Asrar has been on Indestructible Hulk. Looks like they agve….something new together for Marvel in March. Future. Hmm. 2099?   Loose Ends (with Chris Brunner & …

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Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics

Monday December 2nd The sixty-ninth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). …

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Batgirl, Killing Joke, Justice League United – Sunday Trending Topics

It was actually a pretty busy holiday weekend on the comics internet. Here’s something from late last night:  It appears to be an original page from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s The Killing Joke from DC Comics which differs from …

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Cyber Monday Comics Deals From Publisher To Publisher… (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Free digital comics!! Cyber Force 1-5 http://t.co/8k8Lj92UW5 Think tank 1 http://t.co/0tiiScTLHV Son of Merlin #1 http://t.co/iQt9SnEPzq Buy “one” get “two FREE online SALE until midnight eastern standard time 12-02-13 at Larryscomics.net. Here’s how it works. Buy a book. You’re …

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Small Press Favorite Picture Box, Inc. Announces Closure

Picture Box, Inc. headed by founder and only full-time employee Dan Nadel, has announced that it will not be releasing new titles in 2014. What’s surprising for readers is that Picture Box has continued to be a critical success with …

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Our First Glimpse Of The Script To Ms Marvel #1 by G Willow Wilson

BBC’s First Person has run a short film about G Willow Wilson and her motivation and inspiration behind writing the new Ms Marvel series. Along the way we see a few new character designs and a little snippet of script, …

Aquaman: The Teen Drama – Brand New Trailer

Aquaman: The Teen Drama – Brand New Trailer

This just popped up on Patrick Willems’ YouTube channel… a clip from today’s Bleeding Cool premiere of Aquaman: The Teen Drama, an episode running every day this week. You know, I think I might have some related news for Patrick …

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Official Plot Blurb For Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Oh, And Don’t Worry, Chris Cooper Hasn’t Been Cut

There’s a lot of tattle doing the rounds about this new plot blurb and cast list for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

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Warner Bros & Leonardo DiCaprio Team For Bill Watterson Biopic

The Tracking Board is reporting that Warner Bros has grabbed the Dan Dollar penned biopic A Boy And His Tiger about Calvin And Hobbes creator Bill Watterson.  The film will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Roy Lee and Rock Shaink and …

“I’m Barry Allen” – New Arrow Promo Clip Shows Us How The Flash’s Alter Ego Enters The Show

“I’m Barry Allen” – New Arrow Promo Clip Shows Us How The Flash’s Alter Ego Enters The Show

Looks like an important ep coming up this week.  Here we see Barry Allen’s intro into the Arrow series.

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Star Wars Now Has An Instagram Account, And It’s Very Vader-Centric‏

All of the rumours I’ve been hearing couldn’t really be that spot-on, could they?

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J.C. Chandor To Write And Direct Vince Lombardi Biopic

Legendary have acquired the rights to Eric Simonson’s play Lombardi for Chandor to work from.

First Teaser Trailer For Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain

First Teaser Trailer For Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain

Moderately enigmatic but considerably more creepy.

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The Coens’ Next May Be A Sword-And-Sandal Epic Set In Ancient Rome

Well, they’re writing it right now, at least, but will it ever become a reality?

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A Good Look At The Amazing Spider-Man’s Green Goblin Answers The Father Or Son Question‏

A nice, clean shot of a detail from the recent Amazing Spider-Man poster.

Ron Burgundy Tops The Local News In North Dakota

Ron Burgundy Tops The Local News In North Dakota

In what may be the boldest viral marketing move yet, Will Ferrell took to the airwaves as his Anchorman character Ron Burgundy… and anchored the news. Ferrell sat in on local CBS affiliate KXNews of Bismark, North Dakota and did stories …

Six-Minute Long Trailer For Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Six-Minute Long Trailer For Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Props to the marketing team over at Fox for cutting together such a long clip that doesn’t spoil anything substantial.

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The Grand Theme of The Day of the Doctor – Look! It Moves! By Adi Tantimedh

 Adi Tantimedh writes; I’ve been reading the reviews and commentary about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor over the past week.  All the smart analysis by fans who loved it, the dumb rants by those …

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A Double Murder In Gotham’s Past And A Grundy In Arrow’s Future (UPDATE)

Bleeding Cool has been told by our lovely new Warners source (who has been so useful this morning)  that “the pilot script for GOTHAM has Detective Jim Gordon trying to solve a very famous double homicide.” Would it be that …

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JJ Abrams Regrets His Silly Mystery Box Games Over The Villain Of Star Trek Into Darkness

Well, I don’t think anyone’s surprised he regrets the way this all went down, but I have to say I kind of agree with him on this one.

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First Look At Daniel Radcliffe As Igor In New Frankenstein From Sherlock And Chronicle Creators

Prim and proper suit, shaggy hair, and no hunchback.

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The New Hourman TV Show For CW Mixes It Up

We know that CW is developing a TV show based on the DC character Hourman, in which the lead is granted superpowers upon taking a drug, but they only last for an hour a day. Bleeding Cool has been briefed …

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Young Justice, A Real Teen Drama TV Series For The CW

Today, Bleeding Cool premieres Aquaman: The Teen Drama, a parody project airing every day this week, from Patrick Willems and the Afterwards They Will Explode team. But it looks as if DC Entertainment have been paying attention to the hype. …

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Spring And Fall – The New Slots For DC Entertainment Low Budget Superhero Films

Bleeding Cool already mentioned how, with David Goyer attached, Warners were looking at movie treatments for the likes of Suicide Squad, Booster Gold, Deathstroke, Team 7 and more. Well, it looks like this will be DC Entertainment’s big news for …

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Six Quick Promo Clips For The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Features A Bit Of Web-Slinging And Swinging

Mid-air Spider-Man shenanigans of a distinctly CG variety.