Tag Archives: news comics

How did Boba Fett manage to get Han Solo’s Carbonite frozen body all the way from Cloud City to Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? There’s a story there, and after 41 years it’s finally being told. (Image credit: Steve …

How people get their comic books and graphic novels has changed somewhat with the COVID-19 pandemic, but one way that’ll never change is getting comics from libraries. While libraries have been visited less in the past year due to the pandemic, it has also illuminated how readers can use their …

Artist John Paul Leon died Sunday morning, May 2, surrounded by his friends and family. His death is attributed to cancer, which he battled with for the past 14 years. John Paul Leon was an artists’ artist, well-known and respected inside the comic industry as much (if not more) than …

If Thor’s hammer Mjolnir is an unstoppable force and Captain America’s shield in an immovable object, the age-old physics question about what happens when they meet might be answered in July 14’s Thor #15, the start of a new “Midgard-shaking” story arc by series writer Donny Cates.  Thor #15 variant …

Booster Gold has always prided himself on being a celebrity superhero (sometimes, albeit, just in his own mind), but now he’s found a new medium to conquer: social media (of course!). (Image credit: Dave Johnson (DC)) (opens in new tab) In the new limited series Blue & Gold, DC’s dynamically …

Things go from weird to weirder in April 21’s X-Force #19 (opens in new tab), as Quentin Quire goes into the Astral Plane to confront the psychic demon that’s haunting Krakoa. And as suspected, this demon looks, sounds, and acts a whole lot like the rebellious mutant. Here’s a preview …

Return to the bygone high school days of CW’s Riverdale in the upcoming graphic novel Riverdale: The Ties That Bind (opens in new tab).  (Image credit: Thomas Pitilli/Andre Szymanowicz/John Workman (Archie Comics)) (opens in new tab) Writer Micol Ostow and artist Thomas Pitilli are telling a Four Rooms-style story of …

ComicsPro President Jenn Haines has spoken to Newsarama about the Marvel and Penguin Random House deal.  Marvel’s decision last week to change its distributor to comic book shops (‘The Direct Market) from Diamond Comic Distributors to booktrade powerhouse Penguin Random House Publisher Services will have a broad impact across all …

For those reading X-Men, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer than usual for the next issue: eight weeks to be exact. Following today’s X-Men #19 (opens in new tab), the next issue – X-Men #20 (opens in new tab) –  has been delayed until May 26. (Image …

Alex Horley has finally gotten an opportunity to draw two of his favorite heroes from his childhood together: Spider-Man and Conan. Marvel has commissioned Horley to draw a variant cover for Savage Avengers #20 (opens in new tab) featuring the two, who are members of the eclectic team. “A marvelous …