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Beginning this July, X-Men Red will have a new regular artist handling interior art. Starting with issue #6, artist Carmen Carnero will be joining writer Tom Taylor to bring the adventures of Jean Grey-led X-Men team to visual life. Carnero has previously illustrated issues of Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Cyclops and The Punisher, holding the distinction
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Ahead of the June 7 election in Canada’s province of Ontario, voters of the nation’s largest region are faced with a difficult decision as they weigh the platform (or lack thereof) from each candidate. However, there is a less conventional option for residents: A vote for Superman villain General Zod. Yes, the almighty Kryptonian is
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ComiXology looks to take a big step forward with its comiXology Originals line — comics exclusive to the digital distribution platform — with Friday’s announcement of both moving into publishing creator-owned comics for the first time, and offering a print-on-demand option for select comiXology Originals titles. This is a significant expansion of the comiXology Originals,
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Artist Eddie Campbell is working on a full-color edition of From Hell, the massive and meditative Jack the Ripper epic he created with writer Alan Moore. Campbell debuted some of the newly colorized images in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, and announced that serialization will begin in September. RELATED: Alan Moore’s Watchmen Feud With DC Comics, Explained
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Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag’s acclaimed webcomic Strong Female Protagonist has been updating twice a week for more than five years, building acclaim and followers with each installment. Of course, you already know that, because not only is the webcomic thriving, but Mulligan and Ostertag’s Kickstarter campaigns to fund trade paperbacks of the series
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Marvel Comics has followed up on its previous Infinity Wars teaser asking, “Who Will Death Claim?” with a new image that might give X-Men fans pause. The new image from J.G. Jones and Nolan Woodard features Star-Lord, who we’ve known was part of the event from the initial announcement, alongside newcomer Emma Frost under the
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After taking the world of social media by storm, Rob Liefeld‘s all-new, original parody character “The Pouch” will debut in Bloodstrike #23 for its “Bloodstrike Brutalists” story arc, along with being featured on a special variant cover for the issue. “The Pouch” is in reference to Liefeld’s generous use of pouches on many of his characters from the
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Titan Comics has provided CBR with covers and solicit information for products shipping in August 2018. When you’re through checking out these solicitations, be sure to visit CBR’s Indie Comics Forum and discuss these Titan releases with fellow readers. Titan Solicitations – Last Six Months The Raid #1 (of 4) Writer Ollie Masters Artists Budi Setiawan,
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On Friday one of the founders of Image Comics, artist Erik Larsen (of Amazing Spider-Man and Savage Dragon fame), answered a fan question wondering what was the best way to pitch a comic to a publisher. Larsen said that a pitch should be, “As brief as humanly possible. Ideally your introductory letter could fit in a single Tweet.”
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Jeff Lemire and Mark Millar have never met, but they have shared a mutual admiration for years. So when Millar cold-called (well, emailed) Lemire asking him to write Hit-Girl — featuring the breakout star of Millar’s Kick-Ass franchise — the Canadian cartoonist didn’t hesitate. And now that it’s happening, Lemire’s bringing Mindy McCready to his
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As Brian Michael Bendis prepares to start his runs on Superman and Action Comics following a six-issue Man of Steel weekly miniseries, the writer already knows his goal for Superman: making the Man of Steel relevant in a “weird and different” time. During a recent interview, CBR asked Bendis what elements of the character he was looking to highlight. “What he represents to our
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When it was announced that longtime Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis was not only making the jump to DC Comics but that he was also taking over both Superman and Action Comics following a six-issue Man of Steel weekly miniseries, some fans expressed concern over whether the writer would effectively “undo” much of what’s made the post-Rebirth Superman so great —
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It’s nearly here: After more than six months of anticipation, Brian Michael Bendis’ full-length Superman writing debut arrives next Wednesday with DC’s Man of Steel #1, illustrated by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. Sure, fans have seen glimpses of Bendis’ take on Superman in the Action Comics #1000 and DC Nation #0 short stories, but
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In issue #2 of the 2014 event prologue anthology series Edge of Spider-Verse, writer Jason Latour, artist Robbi Rodriguez and colorist Rico Renzi gave readers an exciting new take on the Marvel Universe and one of its flagship characters. The story took readers to Earth-65 and introduced them to that world’s Spider-Woman, Gwen Stacy —
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Kelley Jones illustrated some of the most celebrated and recognizable Batman images of the 1990s, including the “Batman & Dracula trilogy” which started with 1991’s Red Rain, and much of the covers for the pivotal “Knightfall” storyline. Now the artist is set to make a major return to the Dark Knight with the Batman: Kings
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Ontario’s Comic Con Revolution awarded celebrated comics creator Stan Sakai the first-ever Joe Kubert Distinguished Storyteller Award. The award honors Sakai’s 30-plus-year contribution to the comic book medium, for which he is most famous for creating the character Usagi Yojimbo. Sakai started out in comics in the early-’80s as a letterer, contributing to several independent
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