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    Bocepheus and Comicbookman are in the Outhouse discussing recent Indy Comics news and related events. Really they do, for over five minutes each and every time!    
INDY COMIC NEWS ARCHIVE
#162-091613
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#161-090913
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#160-090213
ALL INDY UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the orange glow of the Alternate Reality parking lot! Samurai Jack returns to IDW, Unity returns to Valiant, Lions Forge picks up licenses, troubles at Archie and more!
#159-082813
ALL IMAGE/DARK HORSE UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Moons of Uranus' second location! The 300 return, 12 issues of Alex & Ada, Halo moves to Dark Horse, IDW future Artist Edition's on Hellboy and more!
#158-080513
ALL IMAGE/PODCAST UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Moons of Uranus' first location! Dead Body Road, the Magi, Teen Witchblade and Velvet are all new titles coming your way. Chaykin's Image work and more!
#157-072913
ALL INDY UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Oak Lawn Comics!   Knuckles lawsuit at Archie settled, Uber and Crossed at Avatar, Terminator by JMS, Simonson pulls a Ragnarok at IDW and more!
#156-072213
IMAGE AND MORE UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Blackbeard's Comics! Boom's big time creator exclusive, Southern Bastards, Sex and Master Builders, Mark Millar's new comic line and more!
#155-071513
ALL IMAGE UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Hodge Podge Comics! Image United update, Walking Dead #115 arc, Joe's Comics explodes with projects, Rick Rememder and more!
#154-070813
ALL INDY UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of Heroland Comics first location! Body Bags and Phonogram return to Image, Cursed Earth and Judge Death at IDW and more!
#153-070113
ALL BOOM/ASPEN UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of D&B Comics final location! Sons of Anarchy comic, Boom acquires Archaia, Aspens 10 for ten program, another Executive Assistant title and more!
#152-062413
ALL IMAGE/VALIANT UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of D&B Comics third location! Eternal Warrior returns, Witchblade creator returns, Harbinger Wars, Bloodshot, HardCorps and more!
#151-061713
ALL "D" UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of D&B Comics second location! Project Super Powers update, Grindhouse, Shaolin Cowboy returns, Lobster Johnson and more!
#150-061013
VALIANT AND MORE UPDATE!
"On the Road" rain delay detour to Alternate Reality
! Valiant back pays creators who were stiffed in the 90's, Valiant backup features, Lady Rawhide, Jenkins exclusive with BOOM and more!
#149-060313
ALL IMAGE UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of D&B Comics first location
! Image Founder on Kickstarter, Walking Dead update, Savage Dragon, Invincible and more!
#148-052713
IMAGE/DYNAMITE UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the former location of the Comicbook Emporium
! Fatale update, Joe's Comics future slate of titles, the Chew Showtime series, Red Sonja restart and more!
#147-052013
IDW/DARK HORSE/ASPEN UPDATE
"On the Road" from the former location of Friendly Franks Comics in Alsip!  Rocketeer/Spirit x-over, Hellboy in Hell, IDW Artist Editions, Elite Saga in Fathom and more!
#146-051313
VALIANT/IDW UPDATE!
"On the Road" from the
Alternate Reality parking lot! Archer & Armstrong update, Thunder Agents returns, UNITY is back, Star Trek name change and more!
#145-050613
"On the Road" from the Alternate Reality parking lot! Avatar's new Garth Ennis series, Manhattan Projects & Bedlam update, Dark Horse gets a new property Boom's new Clive Barker title and more!
#144-042913
X back from Dark Horse, cancellation at Oni, Stelfreeze's the Daymen invade Boom, Jasper Jenkins is a Bouncing stoner at Image and more1
#143-042213
O'Barr on the Crow, Frank Cho, Conan and Kickstarter, Daniel Ways Gun Theory returns, Quantum & Woody the lost issues and more!
#142-041513
Death of Darkness, birth of two Star Wars titles, the return of Quantum & Woody & the goat and the passing of an Archie creator and more!
#141-040813
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Zero and more by Ales Kot , Hell Yeah, Thief of Thieves, Aphrodite IX returns and more!
#140-040113
Six Gun Gorilla from Boom, Dream Merchant from Image, Quantum & Woody return, Uncanny from Dynamite and more!
#139-032513
IDW PLUS UPDATE
Little Kiss, TMNT with Eastman art, Max Brooks at Avatar, On Line comics and more!
#138-031813
X-Files Season 10 at IDW, Valiant expands this summer, Archie Zombies at Riverdale, Ghosted from Image and more!
#137-031113
Return of Absolution, Bedlam at Image, Conan and Brian Woods, Fred van Lente teases Walking Dead and more!
#136-030413
X-Files returns to IDW, Harbinger Wars by Clayton Crain, Uber at Avatar, Joe Hill has a Thumbprint and more!
#135-022513
DARK HORSE PLUS1
Abe Sapien plans, Killjoys from Gerard Way, Tomb Raider, CBG dies and more
#134-021913
IDW PLUS 1
Ghostbusters new team, GI Joe rebooted, Sex is slopping over everywhere and more!
#133-021213
INDY POTPOURRI
Lady Mechanica update, Shadow Year One, Archer & Armstrong #0, Bloodhound returns and more .
#132-020513
Wars in Toyland, Great Pacific, Helium, Star Wars and more!
#131-012813
IMAGE/IDW UPDATE
Rocketeer, Morning Glories, Hack/Slash wrap up, Top Cow graphic novels and more!
#130-012213
Morrison is Legendary, Crossed webisodes, Mars Attacks everyone, Giaman at Dark Horse  and more!.
#129-011413
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Walking Dead's Dixon Brothers, Jupiter's Children becomes Legacy, The Golden Age
and more!
#128-011713
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Oliver Twist in the future, America's Got Powers, Sex Crimes from Fraction and more!
#127.1-122712
Sixth Gun mini, Hellboy Hell on Earth, Devilers, Quantum & Woody and more!
#127-121712
IDW UPDATE
Dr.Who's 50th, Star Trek Countdown to Darkness, Byrne projects, GI Joe Secret Missions and more
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#126-121012
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Lost Vegas, 300, 4 Horsemen after the Prez, Pretty Deadly, Sex & Violence an
d more!
#125-111912
IDW UPDATE
The Hollows, Thunder Agents move, Judge Dredd, GI Joe outed and more!
#124-110612
Fraction's 2 Image books, Deathmatch, XO goes to Planet Death, Diggle loves nerds and  more!
#123-102913
BROUGHT TO YOU BY "D"
Dark Horse's BPRD, Dynamite's Red Team & Battlestar Galactica, Devolution and more!
#122-102312
Kirkman/Moore lawsuit settlement, Aspen's 10th Anniversary, Dark Horse and more!
#121-101512
Rachel Rising plans, Strangers in Paradise, Shadowman at Valiant, Judge Dredd returns and more!
#120-100812
IMAGE/DYNAMITE UPDATE
Joe's Comics returns, Masks begins, creative changes on the Shadow and more!
#119-071312
Boardroom problems persist at Archie, Godzilla Half Century War, Steed & Mrs.Peel and more!
#118-070212
118-ALL IMAGE UPDATE
It Girl, Thief of Thieves, Foot Soldiers and more!
#117-062512
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
BOOM's Superbia, Devil's Due returns, the Creep creeps and more!
#116-061812
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Revival, Bedlam, Walking Dead the Cutting Room Floor and more!
#115-060412
A Dark Horse heavy update with the Drucilla mini-series, Spike mini series, Gerard Way's next project is a Killjoy, Mark Waid' Insufferable, the death of print and more!
#114-052912
Alan Moore's Fashion Beast, Hero Worship, Bloodshot and more!
#113-050312
Hickman at Image, Drusilla mini series at Dark Horse, BOOM! comics and more!
#112-042312
ALL IDW UPDATE
Prophecy and the Spider at Dynamite, Rocketeer Series 2 at IDW, the secret of the Golden and and more!
#111-041612
ALL IDW UPDATE
Parker novels update, True Blood Ongoing, Judge Dredd to IDW and more!
#110-040912
RETURNING SUPERHEROES
The Ghost returns to Chicago in the pages of DHP, the Crow returns to IDW, memories of Scatman Crouthers and more!
#109-040212
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
The dirty secret behind Spawn writher Will Carlton and the semi-return of Witch Doctor!
#108-052912
108-KIDS CORNER UPDATE
Archie’s Kevin Keller gets boycotted, Garfield the Cat, Mark Millar does a kids book and part of the profits go to a kids charity and more!
#107-031212
INDY UPDATE
Voltron Rocks, Incorruptible & Irredeemable end, BPRD has an exorcism and more!
 
#106-030612
CREATIVE DIFFERENCES UPDATE
McFarland/Gaiman Miracleman lawsuit, ERB estate sues Dynamite, Stan Lee Media lawsuit over Conan and more!
#105-030112
ALL DARK HORSE UPDATE
Steve Niles Nosferatu Wars, Buffy's baby, BPRD Hell on Earth and more!
#104-022712
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
American Jesus, No Place Like Home, Darkness meets Euro-Gangs and more!
#103-022012
ALL IMAGE LEGAL BLOTTER
Todd McFarlane still in court over Marvel/Miracleman with Neil Gaiman, Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore fight over Walking Dead rights and more!
#102-021312
More on Archie Comics editorial soap opera, Kirkman & Liefeld just don't like each other, Crossed, Valiant and more!
#101-020612
ALL IDW/DYNAMITE
Shadow, Mars Attacks, Bionic Man, Bionic Woman, FCBD offerings and more!
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