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The Weird, Dumb Reason April’s Bestselling Comic May Not Actually Be April’s Bestselling Comic Gizmodo You might have heard that there’s been a bit of a kerfuffle over what was actually the bestselling comic last month—but the real question isn’t whether it matters if Marvel’s first issue of Secret Empire or DC’s special issues of Batman and The Flash … Batman vs. Captain America: The Confusion Over April’s Best-Selling Comic BookHollywood Reporter Marvel comics are blaming the colour of a superhero’s skin for poor salesArabianBusiness.com Secret Empire, X-Men Lead Marvel to Top April Sales ChartsCBR (blog) all 8 news articles »

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BBC News

The Japanese manga comic helping Syrian refugee children dream BBC News “The situation in Syria is terrible – so terrible that I think it stops kids from dreaming. But it’s their dreams that one day will make Syria good again,” says Obada Kassoumah. “I wish I could just give them a little bit of hope and make them believe … and more »

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Bustle

Adam Warlock In The Marvel Comics Is A Totally Unpredictable Threat To The Galaxy Bustle Adam Warlock is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The mysterious new character was teased — spoiler alert — in the most informative Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 post-credits scene, and it’s clear that he’s going to play a major part in the … Top Comics to Buy This Week: May 10, 2017IGN James Gunn Suffered From Depression, Says Escapism Through Comics and Music HelpedBleeding Cool News Here’s how the cast of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ looks compared to their comic-book counterpartsBusiness Insider Geek –Tom’s Guide –Vanity Fair –NPR all 2,026 news articles »

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Comics Beat

The TCAF Interviews – Alabaster Pizzo on Sequential Comics, Colours & Online Reviews Comics Beat The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In … and more »

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CBR (blog)

Top Guns: The 15 Most POWERFUL Sidearms In Comics CBR (blog) Most comic book characters use their superpowers to fight on the right or wrong side of the law. For the superheroes and villains who don’t have special abilities, many of them must rely on an impressive arsenal of weapons to keep them alive. Bow and …

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Gizmodo

Open Channel: What’s Your Free Comic Book Day Haul? Gizmodo This year’s Free Comic Book Day offerings have had some staples, a few surprises, and at least one crazy reveal. Sadly, I’ve been stuck behind a desk for the past eight hours, so I will be living vicariously through all of your amazing finds. Let me … Time for heroes: How comic books came back with a vengeanceThe Independent Why you should care about Free Comic Book DayUSA TODAY All the free comics available on Free Comic Book Day, and our top picksLos Angeles Times Wilkes Barre Times-Leader –Lethbridge Herald –Statesman Journal all 94 news articles »

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The Press

Comics in good hands The Press We probably gave away a few hundred comics and quite a few were purchased too, probably even hundreds again,” she said. When Driver put the store and its 23 years of history up for sale in March, he said he wanted to be selective of who would take up … and more »

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CBR (blog)

When Did Baby Groot First Show Up in the Comics? CBR (blog) In “When We First Met”, we spotlight the various characters, phrases, objects or events that eventually became notable parts of comic lore, like the first time someone said, “Avengers Assemble!” or the first appearance of Batman’s giant penny or the …

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The Independent

‘The Walking Dead’ Creator Apologized For Killing A Major Character In The Comic This Week Forbes The Walking Dead is off the air and Fear the Walking Dead is around the corner, but big moves are happening in the source material that inspired it all. This week, The Walking Dead released issue #167, which killed arguably the single most major … The Walking Dead: Major character killed off in comics sparking fear for TV show counterpartThe Independent The Walking Dead comics killed off a major character – how will this affect the TV show?Metro Robert Kirkman apologizes for that shocking death in the Walking Dead comicBlastr Hollywood Reporter –CarterMatt –The Siver Times all 33 news articles »

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Nerdist

Meet the World’s First Comic Book Superhero with Down Syndrome … Nerdist At the end of March, Sesame Street introduced the world to Julia, the first autistic Muppet. At the time, Julia’s puppeteer and mother of a son on the autism. Lion Forge Comics Continues to Push Diversity in Comics with …Monkeys Fighting Robots (blog) First Comic Series Starring Down Syndrome Superhero Debuting with ‘Superb’ (Exclusive)Hollywood Reporter Lion Forge Comics: Forging The Way To A SUPERB BeginningSplash Report (press release) (blog) all 7 news articles »

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