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,…
UPDATE: Dates corrected Local #12 by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly, published in 2008. Geraniums And Bacon #4 by Cathy Leamy, published in 2007. Swipe File presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences and makes no allegation that either was inspired by the other. Swipe File subscribes to the concept of IdeaSpace,…
Age: 26 Height: Not very tall Weight: 9 stone or so BMI: ? I spend a disproportionate amount of time thinking about comics. My reading habits are pretty varied, Scalped is probably the best thing I buy every month, but somehow my thoughts always return to the X-Men. Recently I started rereading all my X-Men…
Bollywood supermodel Mallika Sherawat’s likeness will appear in an comics adaptation of the movie “Hissss” directed by Jennifer Lynch. The movie features Mallika as a “nagin”, a snakewoman. The movie has been picked up by Endeavour, who brokered the Slumdog Millionaire movie with Fox. Originally intended for Virgin Comics, with its ties to the Indian…
While Americans are looking forward to Zack Snyder’s extended director’s cut of Watchmen on Blu Ray format, pushing out to 189 minutes, full of opportunities to freeze frame, compare to comic book panels, and nip out for a bathroom break, it looks like Brits have been left out in the Arctic wasteland. Brits get what’s…
Column 1: Alas, superheroes are still naff I work in the Film and TV industry and occasionally write comics, so Rich has asked me to write a column about how comics interact with and are treated by film and TV. I’ve written a couple of superhero projects: JLA: AGE OF WONDER for DC Comics and…
Anna Mercury is a series published by BleedingCool’s parent company Avatar Press. Which is how I was able to get into the company’s server and grab a look at the issue shipping next week. Anna Mercury has got one of those Doctor Who ideas, basically a high concept that means you can tell all sorts…
John Cassaday announced to the live audience of the 200th Comic News Insider podcast that the long awaited final epilogue issue of the superhero archeology series Planetary would be published in October. Planetary 1 shipped in early 1999, with an intended bi-monthly schedule, but personal and professional issues caused the book to go on hiatus,…
Making money from comics speculation is simple. Buy low, sell high.Find something that is absolutely positively going to have more demand than supply, stock up and then sell when the price is right. Easy. Yeah right. The thing is, if everyone agrees that one title is going to be in demand in advance then the…
“He ain’t exactly up for a muff” Ten views so far. How fast can we get it to ten thousand? Thanks to stand up comedian Dominic Frisby for this one.
At the ComICA League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen event last night, Alan Moore announced that he was writing new episodes of The BoJeffries Saga for Steve Parkhouse, to be published by Top Shelf comix. The BoJeffries Saga is the long lost forgotten child of Warrior magazine. While V For Vendetta and Marvelman would go on to…
This image is from Daniel Pellizzari and Rafael Grampá new comic project “Furry Water”, two hundred pages in six chapters, starting in December. To be announced at San Diego. possibly from Image Comics, “Furry Water” will tell the story of the five brothers of the Nobunaga family. This, apparently, is Jackie Nobunaga . Hat Tip…
Yippee-kay-aye! Swipe File understands presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences and makes no allegation that either was inspired by the other. Swipe File subscribes to the concept of IdeaSpace, synchronicity, ideas whose time has come, and all the rest.
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…
