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,…
I’ve managed to tie up two strands from differing Josh Hoopes scams together. One is that of Joe Pruett of Desperado, one of a number of well known publishers who paid “Art Adams” in advance for a book called Messiah, through the agent “Jeff Henzel.” He received a cover and some sketches, but paid a…
IDW have just confirmed it. As Comic Con International: San Diego starts to groan into existence, on Wednesday, July 22nd, so my first Doctor Who comic with EricJ, Doctor Who: A Room With A Deja View is published. Basically, it’s now become a San Diego Comic Con comic, as much as the Complete Strangers In…
Predators In Iraq During American Occupation. That’s your high concept for this comic, and a rather effective one it is as well. Okay, the countries have been changed to protect the innocent, but we see pampered isolated suits being shipped across the city by hard-working, loyal, fearless grunts, as they are wiped out and the…
Thor has been one of Marvel’s surprise performing titles over the last couple of years, ascribed principally to the writing of Babylon 5, Changeling and Amazing Spider-Man‘s Joe Michael Straczynski on the title. This was a real turn around for the book, a title that had languished and been cancelled, put on hold for a…
It’s been a while since I read Usagi Yojimbo. It always struck me as a kind of Groo-lite, just not as funny or inventive. And why buy Usagi when there was already Groo? 121 issues later it’s a different story. Groo is an occasional treat, possibly past its best, but Usagi seems on top of…
Heidi MacDonald: Gareb Shamus just bought Toronto Comicon? Marv Wolfman: and another one bites the dust. Neil Gaiman: Good morning, Universe. Looking good. I see the sun came up today as well. Big thumbs up on that one, great idea. I’ll get out of bed then. Geoff Johns: 21 hours until I see Transformers 2…
Diamond’s Previews has censored the appearance of a swastika on the solicitation for The Boys #34 from Dynamite. Previews is distributed to a number of German comic shops and German law forbids material featuring a swastika for promotional purposes. This extends even to works like Maus. As a result, Diamond have confirmed that they won’t…
Okay this is a late book. Some may expect that from the meticulous designs of Brian Bolland, but this all reprints. And it was meant to come out in December, I think. But hey. The phrase “said the actress to the bishop” is an earlier, more eloquent version of “that’s what she said” in an…
Do you think Michael Bay’s Transformers 2 has a strong pro-gays-in-the-military subtext? What you haven’t seen it let alone considered it? Well go, come back again and we’ll talk. Right. So what do you think? You still don’t see it? Well, when you have all those tough soldier army dudes standing alongside Autobots, and they…
This is my first real encounter with William Shatner’s Tek War. The TV movies and series didn’t play here, the books weren’t exactly high profile and the role playing game just passed me by. Started as a collaboration with sci-fi author Ron Goulart, the books ran through the nineties, and were part of the whole…
I was recently talking about how the superpower theme in comics is mostly used to represent adolescent rage, that half world between being a child and an adult, when we think they can do so much, yet aren’t allowed to. As anyone will know who has sat in a British pub with a bunch of…
I really get annoyed by bad Scottish accents in American comics. I’m not Scottish myself, but some of my best friends are. And I feel entitled to be offended on their behalf. It’s the way it works. oh, and I have a Scottish surname, so that’s as good as. I don’t know, maybe it’s something…
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…
