Awwwww… Jim Lee finished the most recent issue of Justice League #5 just before his new child was born, and while his wife Carla was rather heavily pregnant. He’s written that the new arrival held out until he’d finished his deadline, which was appreciated by all, I’m sure. But what tribute could Jim Lee make…
We know from the publicity that DC Vertigo are publishing graphic novel adaptaions of the Millenium Trilogy, with Denise Mina and Leonardo Manco adapting the first book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo into two parts. And in April they’ll be publishing a free teaser of the first graphic novel. But Bleeding Cool (alone it…
Recently, Bleeding Cool ran an article on how Marvel were looking to get certain creators out of their exclusive deals with Marvel, in an attempt to save money. And how Ariel Olivetti may have been a good example, locked into a two year excluisve deal with Marvel but suddenly appearing on the rejigged Men Of…
Toy News International ran these scans of images of DC toys and statues for 2012. But did they miss the headline story? Or is it a case of one side of DC not knowing what the other is doing? Because in May 2012, as part of the New 52 Cover Girls Of The DC Universe,…
The Sentry was a Marvel character created by Paul Jenkins in the model of Superman, but portrayed as an amnesiac divided soul, and is now Brian Bendis’ plaything in Dark Avengers. His first series was marked by internet hoaxes started by Marvel, stating that this was a revival of a Stan Lee character that we…
Crossed #6 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows is shipping from Avatar this week and in comic shops on Wednesday in the US and on Thursday in the UK. I’m happy to say that Crossed is one of my favourite books on the stands and I’d say that even if I wasnt’ being paid to…
French games publisher Ubisoft is to move into comics, with the publishing imprint Les Deux Royaumes (The Two Kingdoms). It’s first title, Assassin’s Creed, will be based on the game of the same name. Its first volume, Desmond, will be created by Eric Corbeyan and Djillali Difali, and published this November in France, Belgium, Holland,…
As I mentioned before, there is an IDW representative on the Archie panel at San Diego Comic Con. IDW, the West Coast publisher of titles such as Transformers, Locke & Key, Fallen Angel and Star Trek have become adept at taking original ideas and existing properties and providing an audience for them. So what are…
The Harvey Awards will be held this year on the Saturday night of the Baltimore Comic-Con, on October 10th. Interesting nominees this year sees Zuda, DC’s online comics line, making up most of the Webcomics nominations and bursting through into the actual New Series, on and offline, with seven nominations in total. Buzzboy and Diary…
Comic books have not had a long and proud history being adapted into movies. But it’s rare that they are actually adapted by the original creators, of see them making a significant impact on the finished work. Exceptions like Sin City and Persepolis, while not setting the box office on fire, have a consistency, voice…
005 This is a section about things people have said. There’s a quote I like from the Japanese film director Takashi Miike, and it goes like this: “We have to change the negative things into positive. In today’s Japanese film industry we always say we don’t have enough budget, that people don’t go to see…
Next week, Torchwood: Children Of Earth transmits every day on BBC1, with quick retransmission on the likes of BBC America and other channels around the world. Lots of hype, lots of fuss, lots of attention. But hiding in the medium of radio, lie three other Torchwood episodes, transmitted on BBC Radio 4 this week. Asylum…
A few weeks ago, Megan Fox said in an interview that she wasn’t interested in playing Wonder Woman because she thought Wonder Woman was “lame”. This prompted DC editors and creators at Heroes World Convention later to attempt damage control by proclaiming that this wasn’t true, Wonder Woman IS NOT LAME, really, honestly, everybody, please…
Seeing the success that Marvel has gained expanding their Avengers line, DC are planning two regular JLA titles. I remember being a big fan of Justice League International and Justice League Europe when they were running. This sounds a little different though. Well-known industry figures, confirm that Geoff Johns and Jim Lee will head up…
The Archie Wedding Panel kicks of at San Diego on Thursday, July 23rd in Room 4 from 11.30-12.30, not only will there be news about the wedding that will last a lunchtime, but Archie TV shows and movies to announce! Woo! Bring your own confetti! Michael Uslan, senior execs from Archie, IDW and more will…
Credit crunch? Recession? Depression? Nonsense, there’s always money to spend on stuff. Who needs clothes, food, healthcare or paying the rent? Not when there are things that need accumulating!! 1) Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Royal Mail Mythical Creatures stamp set 2) Rian Hughes’ Keep Gotham/Metropolis Tidy T-shirts 3) British War Comics collections at 45%…
Below you’ll see a photo of a poster, hanging on a bus shelter. It was taken by Little Bleeder Ian, who wondered: I don’t know if this is genuine viral marketing or just a bunch of students. You can see a #believeinsherlock hashtag on the bottom right hand corner. I went to Twitter and searched…
The above is a commission by Frank Miller, recreating the splash page from The Dark Knight, below, for one Felix Lu. Such a detailed commission from Miller, it would be quite a rarity these days and rather expensive. Albeit not quite as expensive as buying the original art, recently selling for almost half a million…
Here’s an orderly and dependable plot blurb for The Amazing Spider-Man, as issued by Sony and piling up across the net (and in my inbox) like wildfire right now. There may not be any bombshells in here, but the strands come together pretty clearly. You know – like a web. The Amazing Spider-Man is the…
The last time I remember reading a Legend Of Zelda comic was back in the nineties, from Valiant Comics before they decided to move into superheroes. There’s were also a few manga books tied into specific game releases but no US licenced comics for quite some time. This could change if Joe Madueira gets his…
He’s done gangbusters for DC Comics, taking C-list character Animal Man, whose return to the DC Universe from DC Vertigo had been lacklustre at best, and turned him into a surprise critical and commercial hit as part of the DC New 52. So it’s only natural that DC might tap him for any other bright…
I would assume that the success of The Lord of the Rings and the huge interest in The Hobbit, not to mention the extraordinary, eight-film success of the Harry Potter series, would encourage Warner Bros. to look seriously into all of their similar options, but the studio has not to move ahead with a long-developing…
