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,…
It’s Friday morning, if you’re still recovering from last night (well, Thursday is the new Friday, after all you wouldn’t want to spoil your weekend would you?), here’s quick run around the comics internet. — Rob Kamphausen’s board decides to launch a troll war on Bleeding Cool… — A Newsarama piece on Tyrene Gibson’s comic…
The new Previews catalogue for July from Diamond Distribution features new Boom! Studios solicitations for what are known as “the Mouse and the Duck” titles. It was rumoured in my last Lying In The Gutters column that Boom! had taken the licences from Diamond Distribution-linked publisher Gemstone. They are also continuing the previous series’ numbering…
Rian Hughes has designed a new series of T-shirts for Forbidden Planet. Hughes best known in comcs for designing the Forbidden Planet logo, drawing Dare and Rogue Trooper, is a world-famous design illustrator and has worked for many of the biggest brands. These are a first in a new line of Super Premium Fruit of…
Just wanted to take the chance to show the Wednesday Comics #1 cover again, as first shown on DC Blog, The Source. and not licked up by enough people for my liking. It folds over, so that the left hand side becomes the back cover and the right hand side becomes the front. Click to…
Everyone’s talking Swipe Files these days, it seems Chris Ryall was keen to point on his blog the following artwork sporting certain similarities… The first by Franco Urru is from 2007 and the second by Darick Robertson, more recently. I don’t know though. I can think of precedence… or even… …any more for any more?…
One year it was the Bone One Volume. Another, it was the three hardcover Lost Girls box set. San Diego Comic Con International does have a habit of providing consumers with one very very heavy prestigious item to fill their luggage allowance every year. With 1400 pages split over two hardcover volumes in one slipcase,…
Sneak peek Kyle Baker artwork was been released for the entertainingly numbered Deadpool#900, featuring Deadpool in a series of swanky locations. But how were those locations discovered? Well, googling “Limousine Interior” gives you the following as the third result. And “hotel lobby” isn’t too far behind. It does sure make for a pretty comic! However,…
Age: 27. Height: 6 foot. Weight 88kg. T-shirts with a comic character or logo on it used to be the principle way to recognise a fellow comic book geek in the street. It was an easy identifier. And all of them in an XL size. Simple, a nod of the head, nothing more need be…
Licensable Bear TM #4, written by Nat Gertler from About Comics, is well known for featuring the first comic book appearance of Barack Obama, when he was but a long-odds candidate for the Democrat nominations. In order to benefit HERO, the charity that raises money for comic book creators in difficult circumstances, About Comics has…
From the September 2009 Marvel solicitations: The Marvels Project #2 Torch #1 Okay that’s just weird. And while DC Comics are putting out both All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder and Batman And Robin simultaneously (you know, if the former actually came out), Marvel are soliciting Ultimate Comics Armor Wars and Iron Man…
This is the work of Federico Zumel, an Argentinian artist. I think his work is fantastic. Sadly, it seems, so did Josh Hoopes under his recent pseudonym of Ron Runstrom. A writer commissioned work from Josh, Josh sent that work to Federico, Federico supplied a series of pages, Josh supplied them to the writer who…
From Paddy Breathnach, the director of Shrooms, starring Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Carter, MyAnna Buring, Andrew Lee Potts and Martin Compston, Red Mist is a British hospital set student prank gone wrong supernatural slasher movie. It is released in the UK on July 3rd, then on DVD/BluRay on 13th July. Boy, these cinema/DVD schedules are getting…
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…
