Is This Is A Terribly Racist Tea Party Comic? Or Is It A Plant?
Pick a side, any side. This is the comic in question, two issues worth, courtesy of Ethan Persoff with commentary here.
Full of covers of classic superhero comic books reinterpreted thusly
Yeah I think you can see …
Tanya Does San Diego – What Happens When Pornstars Cosplay
I wouldn’t go Google Image searching for Tanya Tate while at work. Not very safe for it, you see, unless you work in either an advertising agency or in a brothel. Anyway the English madam …
Todd McFarlane Stealth Publishes Neil Gaiman’s Spawn Twice
The solicitation was clear;
SPAWN ORIGINS: BOOK ONE HC. story TODD McFARLANE, ALAN MOORE, DAVE SIM & FRANK MILLER art TODD McFARLANE cover GREG CAPULLO. MARCH 17 200 PAGES / FC $29.99 CLASSIC SPAWN REPRINTED IN …
Jim Muir To Write For CLiNT Magazine
Jim Muir, better known as The Reverend O’Badiah Steppenwolf on the Scottish comedy circuit, is another comedian joining Jonathan Ross, Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr writing for Mark Millar’s CLiNT Magazine.
On a Millarworld post, Mark …
Kieron Gillen’s Curfew Goes Live
A dystopian future (but then again aren’t they all) in a society with reduced civil liberties, Curfew is a new free online game from Channel 4 written by Thor/X-Men/Phonogram’s Kieron Gillen. A dialogue-choosing adventure, …
Saturday Runaround – The Damp Knight Returns
BatWatch: Chris Sims shows a great deal of intolerance towards Incontinent Batman. Doesn’t he know that this scene is only in there to help bolster a new character in the DC Direct line of action …
Sarah Palin Of The Dead
Out this Wednesday is Rotten #7 from Moonstone by Mark Rahner, Robert Horton and Dan Dougherty. So what can I tell you? It’s about a US civil war veteran Flynn hunting down the undead. Including, …
Gail Simone Switches From CBR To Bendis Boards
Gail Simone has moved her official message board from Comic Book Resources to the Jinxworld collection of creator forums headed up by Brian Bendis..
Formed at Comic Book Resources alongside her original You’ll All Be Sorry …
Jim Henson-Scripted Comic – Exclusive Details
As a student in the life-school of Kermit the Frog and long time admirer of Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, one tiny grain of news out of Comic-Con had my interest piqued than any other: …
Is This The First Gay Kiss On The Cover Of A Marvel Comic?
Well I can’t think of a precedent. And, yes I know it’s only a nuzzle, but still. I think this counts. Centre, far right, a couple of beards. As it were. Yes, it’s only a …
When Superheroes Get Old
SPOILERS: In the latest issue of Justice League: Generation Lost (which, incidentally fact fans has jumped from being a $2.99 day-and-date release digital comic matching the print version, to a $1.99 digital comic instead) a …
Short ‘n Curlies #46 by Si Spurrier
The Keyboard Is My FuckMonkey:
“Mind the gap!”
So shrieketh the subway-based baddie in underrated 70’s schlock horror flick Death Line, which is on my tellybox right now and therefore relevant, and coincidently acts as proof that …
Friday Runaround – A Super Marriage!
StarWatch: Lucasfilm writer Haden Blackman, responsible for a number of Star Wars comics, has resigned for the company, To do non-Star Wars things after thirteen years.
SaskaWatch: Los Luchadores Mysteriosos’ Evan Quiring will be at the …
Threadless From Jill Thompson, Cliff Chiang, Art Baltazar and Tony Moore
That’s right folks, to celebrate the San Diegoness still in the air, my favourite T-shirt company Threadless (I sit wearing one with a piece of cheese berating a cheese grater “You Monster!”) have commissio ned …
Mark Millar’s Brother Becomes Flying Nemesis For Charity
What if Nemesis was Superman?
Dr Bobby Millar, Mark Millar’s brother, is to attempt a sky dive dressed as his brother’s character Nemesis.
Raising money for a coash to take disabled children on day trips, auctioning of …
Frank Miller Turns Batman Into The Fixer
We knew for a while that the original Holy Terror Batman project from Frank Miller, originally described as Batman Vs Al Qaeda, wasn’t actually going to star Batman anymore. But who would the stand-in replacement …
Eric Basaldua Has Two Portfolios Stolen At San Diego Comic Con
Eric “EBAS” Basaldua, Top Cow penciler and Zenescope cover artist, had not one but two of his portfolios stolen from the Zenescope booth at San Diego Comic Con last Friday.
They were two large black Itoya …
Three Pieces Of Art On A Thursday – Marvel, Marvelman And Bagwell
CHEF:
Via Senior Marvel VP C.B. Cebulski, this artwork (left) was created by Mike McKone, Emily Warren and Chris Eliopoulos.
It was commissioned through Marvel to create a gift for the chef Bobby Flay to commemorate the …
Page Six One Six – San Diego Comic Con Blind Items
At every comic book convention, there are some stories that giving a name to would rob them of their power. And possibly launch lawsuits. Welcome to the return of Page 616 and the blind items…
1) …
The Alan Moore Signature Experience
Of late Alan Moore has been conducting more signing sessions in and around London and Northampton. And with Edinburgh Festival appearances on the way, there may be more and more opportunity wherever you like in …
Grant Morrison And Game Theory
One of Alan Moore’s recent arguments is that no one is writing or creating comic books, let alone superhero comics, as complex as Watchmen twenty-five years ago. While I’d argue that point, it …
Why I’m Excited About Marvel’s Osborn
Of all the books announced by Marvel at San Diego, Osborn was the one that intruigued me most. Firstly that I hadn’t heard anything about it before, secondly that it was written by Kelly Sue …
Greg Baldino On Black Comix – Part Three
Continued from part two
What is perhaps surprising, or more likely thought to be surprising, is how many of the artists have found a cultural connection outside of what’s considered the conventional comics readership. In addition …
Can Publishers Afford San Diego? Can They Afford Not To? (UPDATE)
How much do comic publishers spend at San Diego Comic Con? How much should they spend?
Because the problem is that they really can’t compete for headlines with the movie and game people anymore. Who are …
Marvel’s Digital Writers – And Midgetal Artists
So can anyone tell who drew these comics on the Marvel App? You know, without squinting?
Midtown On Time Square Not Quite Burning To The Ground (UPDATE)
The kitchen of a store at the corner of 40th St and Broadway in New York, underneath Midtown Comics, caught fire earlier today.
Midtown Comics was evacuated and, while there’s no news …
VIDEO: Image Comics Pavilion At San Diego
A talk to some of the Image Creators at the pavilion on Sunday at the end of the San Diego Comic Con. And we start with… Bryan J.L. Glass talking about the Mice Templar…
Kody Chamberlain …
Will Lethal Weapon 5 Be The Rehabilitation of Mel Gibson?
Waiting for Mel Gibson to stop disgracing himself is probably too much like counting down the days until he’s dead for it to be an idea I’m entirely comfortable with. At the moment, however, the …
Extended Ending For Inception… Sort Of
We could argue for hours about the last shot of this film. Who wants to get us started?
Kaboom Not Good Enough For “Bunch of Geeks” Says Gregg Araki
If actions speak louder than words it doesn’t really matter how accurate the quote at the centre of this story is; nonetheless, I believe it’s most likely to be 100% accurate.
There’s been a last minute …
Eight Thoughts About Sherlock: A Study In Pink
Well, Doctor Who may be over but we still have us three episodes of Moffaty goodness to get us closer to the Doctor Who Winter Special. Now I’ve been away and have only finally caught …
Full Length Sizzle Reel For The Other Guys
According to the title on YouTube this is a “featurette” originally shown at Comic-Con to promote The Other Guys. It’s made up of footage from the film – almost four and a half minutes worth …
Arthur Shots Go Back To The Future
Sometimes, being Batman is just not enough.
In the last picture you can see Peter Baynham, one of the film’s screenwriters – that’s him with the specs, looking right at Russell Brand. I’d expect he’s on …
Dead@17 Movie Loses Screenwriter, Finds Lost One
The ebb and flow of development pulls another one out into the sea: it’s away with Mike Dougherty, and in with Lost’s Javier Grillo-Marxuach for the adaptation of Josh Howard’s Dead@17 comics.
The news come from …
Wes Craven Tweets An Image Of Scream 4’s Killer… Perhaps
Wes Craven has posted an image from the set of Scream 4 to Flickr and his Twitter account.
Here’s a few things we don’t know by might assume about this picture:
That it shows us the killer.
That …
Frightfest’s Short Film Showcase Unveiled
Poor ol’ short films. They don’t get anything like enough love. They’re seen, mainly, as stepping stones to feature making careers, or novel things to pass about virally and only ever watch on a computer …
Mark Millar Casts For His Scottish Superhero Film
Mark Millar is casting on Millarworld for two small speaking roles in his upcoming low-budget Scottish superhero movie, that he’s written and is directing.
You must be available for three days in Mid August, he needs …
Alex Pardee’s Sucker Punch Illustrations, And An Explanation Of What That Dragon Is All About
If you’ve seen the Sucker Punch marketing materials, you likely noticed the huge green mecha with a pink bunny face painted on it. Chances are some of you will have found that rabbit’s fizzog somewhat …
Sci-Fi In Wellies: Images From Never Let Me Go
Fox Searchlight have issued two new stills, one old still in better quality and a behind-the-scenes snap to promote Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go.
These don’t even whisper a hint of the power this story …
Mark Millar Speaks: Kick-Ass 2, American Jesus, Comics, Movies
For the most part, this post is going to be verbatim quotes from Mark Millar so I hope the voice in your head can do a good impression of him. Mine struggles with Millar a …
Rise Of The Apes – Best On Set Picture Ever? (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Bleeding Cool has received a cease-and-desist letter from Kasimira C. Verdi, Director – Intellectual Property, Fox Group Legal, 2121 Ave. of the Stars, Rm. 782, Century City, CA 90067, 310-369-3110.She says;
We are writing to …
Russell’s Got A Brand New Bag
Russell Brand’s next film project will have him buckling his proverbial swash as real-life, 14th Century English mercenary John Hawkwood who gave both his allies and his enemies across Europe a run for their money. …
Three Trailers For The Alien Anthology Blu-Ray Set
Here’s a teaser, a longer trailer and a novelty packaging-focused commercial for the Alien Anthology Blu-ray sets. Sold, sold and sold.
That last one comes from Dread Central.
I wrote a previous story, breaking down what will …
Teaser Poster For Tangled
A tonsorial tease from the Disney marketing moguls has cropped up on Yahoo.
Cropped was the wrong word, wasn’t it?
Tamara Drewe Subject Of Utterly Ridiculous Censorship
You may recall that The Expendables has been censored for cinema release in the UK. In that case, one little cut was made to lower the film’s rating from 18-and-over-only to 15-and-over-only.
Today, I see that …
X-Men To Shoot In Reading?
Monopoly fans may be surprised to find out that there’s more to Reading than just its railroad, apparently. A location scout from 20th Century Fox was seen nosing about Reading University this month taking snaps …
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV Buys Up HBO Catalogue For £150 Million
Damn it.
HBO has had a number of television shows broadcasting in the UK on a variety of stations with a variety of pay deals. Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Ricky Gervais Show and Hung play on …
Because You Loved The Poster, Here’s The Yogi Bear Trailer
Let’s see if you can impose such degrading readings onto this footage.
Thanks, Dan, for the intro. Now go fix that Ghostbusters script.
Kudos to Timberlake for the note-perfect performance. His Boo Boo is shaping up to …
Comic-Con Trailer For Thor
It’s hammer time.
And if that look at the movie isn’t enough, here’s a second trailer – this time for the Thor video game.
Lostmeister Damon Lindelof Rewriting The Alien Prequel… Into Something Else Entirely?
John Spaihts writing for the Alien prequel is pretty strong and very odd stuff. It’s full of sci-fi detail that goes so far beyond the normal that everything t ends up feeling quite fantastical, even …
First Look At Simon Pegg And Nick Frost’s Paul
I first read the Paul screenplay last year and absolutely loved it. Seriously, it kept me laughing throughout and I felt a strong desire to just see it see it see it. So naturally, any …
Tangled Featurette: Designing The Film’s Look
This pretty much speaks for itself, so just click play and enjoy some new and old footage, concept art and discussion of the design influences to Disney’s upcoming Tangled.
I’d have a drink at The Snuggly …
Edi Gathegi To Play Darwin in First Class
To me, Edi Gathegi is House’s Big Love; to most of the rest of the web, it seems, he is Laurent from Twilight; to Matthew Vaughn and the X-Men: First Class team, he’s Darwin. Deadline …
Poster For Perfectly Cast Yogi Bear Film Looks Odd
Very odd and a tiny bit creepy. The O with the mouth is the “wrongest” bit. Thanks for sharing, Yahoo.
But perfect casting. Hilarious. This film is going to be, for want of another word, surreal.
Rapid-Fire Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Roundup
Here’s what we know now about David Fincher’s remake of The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo and its proposed sequels.
A few news stories over the last week or so have confirmed, or at least reconfirmed …
Powered by WordPress | Entries (RSS)
