Not so much the New 52, as the New 17. This is the list I’ve been given of comic books that will still be offered by subscription after their tenth issues, halved from what it was earlier in the year. Action Comics Batgirl Batman Batman And Robin Batman: The Dark Knight Catwoman Detective Comics Flash…
They are known for both working on Marvel’s top ape character in Agents Of Atlas, one Gorilla Man. In August, Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman will be creating more monkey business together for Boom, with a Planet Of The Apes Annual. Along with Corinna Bechko, Daryl Gregory, Carlos Magno and John Lucas, telling untold tales…
Greg Capullo once said that, when leaving Haunt, he had a choice between working on Batman and Wolverine, and went with the relaunch of Batman with Scott Snyder. Turns out that the temptation may have been even harder, and that he was offered the opportunity to draw Avengers Vs X-Men. In an interview he says;…
If there is a Big Bad of the Justice League, comprising Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Cyborg, then you can be sure he’s going to be the Big Bad of pretty much everyone. And Geoff Johns has been seeding him for a few issues now. In issue 3 of Justice League,…
At Kapow in London, during the Avengers Vs X-Men panel with Kieron Gillen, CB Cebulski and Joe Quesada, they showed off some upcoming Avengers Vs X-Men pages… one of which seems to show a certain Professor X returning for issue 6… We also got a teaser that Illyana and Black Widow will star in an…
One question asked at the DC panel today at Kapow, was about Dan’s interview with the Advocate in the USA. Specifically over the decision not to change any character’s sexual orientation when relaunching the DC Universe. At the time Dan stated they would introduce new LGBT characters rather than switch orientation, but the question asked…
At Kapow’s Image Comics panel this morning, with Eric Stephenson, Nick Spencer and Bryan Hitch, Jonathan Ross stated that he had plans to launch a comic book podcast, because of his contacts in media and comics. He also talked about planning new comic books with current collaborators Bryan Hitch and Tommy Lee Edwards but also…
Announced at Kapow 2012, Jock, artist on Batman and Dredd, and co-creator of The Losers, Jock, will be working on a new comic called Nelson with British comedian, writer and voiceover Peter Serafinowicz. Go to YouTube for a flavour of Peter’s work. Developing…
At Kapow in London this morning, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio states, regarding the company’s publishing plans, that DC Comics will stick publishing fifty-two ongoing titles in the DC Universe but they will always be “new” and constantly refreshing. Look forward to September and those zero issue folks… Might be a few more new books starting…
Lots of news from Kapow today, including tidbits from Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Charlie Adlard, and much, much more. Next week BC hits Phoenix Comicon, which includes the BC Fan Awards, so go vote before it’s too late. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Recolouring Of The X-Force Omnibus Coming at some indeterminate point, an X-Force…
From the Virgin TV media guide… Thanks to Dave Williams.
Just back home from Kapow, the second such annual event from Titan, Brightstar and Mark Millar, taking place in Islington, North London. The show saw Jonathan Ross taking to the wrestling ring and showing off the skills he’s been learning the past few weeks. Eric Stephenson and Shaun Kirkman punting volume after volume after volume…
Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Dave Gibbons and Nacho Vigalondo held host to the Millarworld panel at Kapow in London today. Giving us a first look at this Quitely Jupiter’s Children cover… and a barrage of Hit Girl and Secret Society imagery. Dave Gibbons talked about that, while Mark prefers American settings for his comics, given…
Originally Green Monster Games, 38 Studios is a game company in trouble. But it may bring down a lot more than just itself. Founded by Curt Schilling, his games company received a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island if Schilling would move his company from Massachusetts in 2010. This month, the company missed a…
Coming at some indeterminate point, an X-Force Omnibus collecting Rob Liefeld’s run on New Mutants and X-Force. And this is how the recolouring is going by Thomas Mason…
Warren Ellis has been talking plenty at Kapow, in London today. Lots of questions, lots of answers, lots of laughs, an unlit cigarette and a can or three of Red Bull. Amongst the jollity, he talked more about Gun Machine, his upcoming novel. That it is centred on a cop who discovers an apartment full…
We’ve dabbled a bit in a retailer feature called Dealing Cool, in which we ask the owners or operators of comic shops in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada (and I suppose anywhere else in the world, really) to provide feedback for Little Bleeders to read and think about, reflecting the comics market’s performance…
On the Image Comics panel at Kapow in London, Charlie Adlard stated that, on the Walking Dead, he tries to make character lose a limb, an eye, an ear or whatever on the same side of the character, so that he doesn’t forget and make mistakes. However he does confess to being pulled up by…
Announced at Kapow at the Image Comics panel, Storm Dogs is a new comic book that’s a crime thriller set on another planet in the far future, with a frontier mentality, by David Hine and Doug Braithwaite. The pair talked about the thorough thinking through of the universe and its cultures over six months creating…
“Where did Ian Fleming end and Bond begin?” This, says Duncan Jones, is the essential question fuelling his upcoming movie, a biography of James Bond’s creator Ian Fleming to be framed as “a period action film.” The basis for the film’s biographical detail will be Andrew Lycett’s boook Ian Fleming, The Man Behind James Bond….
D.V DeVincentis co-write the screenplays for Lay the Favourite, High Fidelity and Grosse Point Blank – which I saw at a preview with Rich on the first ever National Cinema Day in the UK, and how we laughed (the first ever of… two maybe?) I’m quite the fan of those script, so I reckon it…
Comics editor Rich Johnston has posted his own account of Kapow! Comic Convention 2012, but since we somehow managed to avoid running into each other, the Bleeding Cool Film experience was hopefully different enough to be worth writing about. Among the first things that I saw was new footage from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, approximately…
So, there’s a title up there in the third person. That’s awkward enough, and now I’m about to start tooting my own horn so things good get pretty queasy. But this is probably the kind of thing I should tell you. Everybody says so. I won a Sony Radio Award this week. The big industry…
Story artist Jane Wu has posted a video to her site of an animatic made during the development of The Avengers. I can’t embed it (I’m in a foreign country using odd technology – literally) but maybe Rich will work out how and update this story. Or at least do some screen grabs of his…
Peter Willis is our man in Cannes. He is the co-owner of WhatCulture and will bringing you daily coverage of the 65th Cannes Film Festival. You will find him occasionally tweeting@peter_willis. It seems like Lawless might be a bit of a marmite affair. As with Drive 12 months ago, it’s dividing critics right down the line. On…
Big things, small beginnings and “the head.”
What is Item 47? Which scenes are getting longer? What do we now know about the alternate ending?
Sad news coming out of Cannes today is Jackie Chan’s announcement that he will be retiring from the world of action movies. The 58 year-old actor has had an impressive run, having starred in over 100 films, most of which were in the action genre. The decision, he says, is a combination of wanting to…
Rob Spalding writes for Bleeding Cool. Word from Cannes is that John Woo is going to be producing an English language remake of his second best Heroic Bloodshed film, The Killer. Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios (SSFS) has agreed to finance John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions The Killer, the English language…
I’d probably prefer an advert for Brave and darts, personally, but this will do for now. Or Prometheus and crown green bowling maybe?
Okay, maybe yesterday’s Arrow trailer wasn’t. Semantics. Call it a clip if you want. But this is definitely a trailer. Unless it’s a TV spot. And this is a banner. Or a promo picture. Or a how-not-to-photoshop tutorial. Thanks to Splash Page for the embed.
Rust & Bone and Reality, fresh from the fest.
Ridley Scott has started work on Blade Runner 2 and he’s planning to put a lady in the lead.
Having been moved to the verge of a standing ovation by Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in The Avengers, Rizzoli & Isles star Angie Harmon has decided she has to be She-Hulk. HAS TO BE. In her excitement, Ms. Harmon posed for a photo as though smashing the pavement. When she tweeted the picture, it…
