Comics

Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently filming in Aosta, Italy which has to be tough because one bowl of pasta and it's going to show in your spandex, but luckily, as these photos show, some of the costumes have pasta-concealing features. Elizabeth Olson said she wasn't going to go around in a scarlet swimsuit as The Scarlet Witch and she is sure not wearing a swimsuit. Sensible shoes and everything!

Thought Bubble in Leeds, UK—to be held November 9-15th this year—has rapidly gained an international reputation as one of the finest comic arts festivals out there. With a fantastic guest list and a friendly vibe, it's on many people's must-do list now. But with popularity comes growing pains. The show has just announced a bunch of changes including a move to curation for exhibitors, a higher fee for tables, and charging for tickets to a Saturday night party. The show has rapidly outgrown its venue, and a third hall used in 2013 is no longer available. So...something had to give, as they explain.

It’s been an age since I went onto a Marvel conference call – heck, it’s been an age since I did anything over here...

Hello and welcome to an All-New month of Marvel sales numbers NOW! Before we get started let’s look at a breakdown of what we have this month. 69 Marvel comics out this month 8 Titles double-shipped
8 new #1s (I did not count the Annuals) 8 Avengers Titles
6 X-Men Titles (9 if you count X-Force, X-Factor and Marvel Knights X-Men).

This month several titles get relaunches as part of All-New Marvel Now. Some of these are new teams, or characters getting a solo title for the first time in a while. Some are soft relaunches of recently ended titles.

Next month sees a launch which The Beat has been following on and off for the last few weeks. A new Transformers miniseries will...

With time travel and tons of extra characters so Fox can make sure they have them on their Marvel roster, even this new POSTER...

There's a big survey of retailers about current comics sales trends, ably put together by Shannon O'Leary up at Publishers Weekly today, called Despite...

So this is why God gave us the internet: Todd Spence created these True Detective homages in the form of Hardy Boys detective novel covers. More in the link.

March 22, 1994 was the debut of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1, the first appearance of Mike Mignola's now-iconic character. There have been special...

Oni just released a preview of their 2014 output and it's an eclectic mix for sure with books by familiar faces such as Ray Fawkes and Cullen Bunn, but some new people as well. (Can you guess which one is our favorite? Hint; Meow meow meow meow.) Here's what to look for in the graphic novel line-up for summer 2014 and beyond.

Over the last few years I've done a series of panels called "How to Get News Coverage" (organized by Rik Offenberger) at various cons...

Out this April comes a one-shot from Image Comics by the creative team of Nathan Edmondson, Alison Sampson and Jason Wordie. Called Genesis, this...