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,…
So Marvel own Marvelman. Wonderful. A deal has been made with Emotiv Records of Glasgow, and one John Campbell who has been representing Marvelman creator Mick Anglo. Enough to see Mick and his wife in comfort for the rest of their lives. This leaves Marvel free to publish the original Marvelman series from the fifties…
This is the face of Josh Hoopes as found on his recently added Facebook entry. His identity has been confirmed as the man responsible for the numerous scams that have plagued the comics industry of late, destroying the lives of a number of comic creators, blackening the name of publishers and causingcausing distrust across the…
The week after San Diego is often full of stories that didn’t quite make it to being announced at the convention and so kind of struggle out . Such as Jerry Bruckheimer acquiring the movie rights to Ashley Wood and Jon Gibson’s graphic novella World War Robot, from IDW. I mean, doesn’t that sound like…
I appear to have some photos and I’m going to use them. Shut up. No, really. Ain’t It Cool? It’s Bleeding Cool!!! A mini-WEF. Me writing toss. Storynotes. That’s where the magic happens. Dave, Dave, the man who keeps me juiced. Fucking hot girlfriend. No, really. No, REALLY. William Christensen, the man who pays my…
One of the Italian Communist parties, Partito di Rifondazione Comunista, has found inspiration for a recent run of advertising and merchandise (yes, yes, how very Communist) in Mark Millar and Dave Johnson’s Red Son series for DC Comics. Commissioned when Mark Millar was not exactly a name, it was much delayed, and the series was…
It didn’t quite work on the Cup O Joe panel. So here, for the first time, is the way Marvelman’s transformative word works, a la Marvel Comics… We say goodbye to the last of the original Daleks. “To be honest, I’m just delighted that Marvel have acquired the rights legally” – Neil Gaiman on Marvel’s…
It shipped yesterday in the US, from the smallish publisher with the annoyingly spelt name Th3rd World Studios. But it has already sold out fast. This all-ages dark fantasy made an impact on Free Comic Book Day, was ordered in relatively small amounts, and made a splash at San Diego. This may be a perfect…
(SHORT ‘N CURLIES) — #4 SI SPURRIER BRAINFART: My next comicbook masterpiece, for which I shall be paid ten hundred thousand groats, will have the political mission of healing any remaining scars of the Cold War in the spirit of Interplanetary Unification, Amero-Soviet integration, and Ganging Up On The Fucking Germans. It will use the…
One of the most frustrating aspects of the Josh Hoopes affair is his constant repeated ability to go to ground and to return, often with the same phone number, address and contact details. Despite repeated attempts to pass information to the relevant authorities, he seems to act without interference. All I’ve been able to do…
The first in a series of columns by “Irene Alder” for Bleeding Cool. You have no idea what a muse is. That’s alright. I won’t hold it against you – unless I really like your work… Think about the last con you attended – perhaps the giant, flashy clusterfuck that is San Diego Comic Con. …
I understand that the eBay seller 4cornersconcepts is selling, amongst a bunch of eBay swag, a number of Blackest Night Sketch Covers. Special covers with a blank area for people to get comic creators to sketch in. The only thing is that DC never issued any such sketch covers. They’re fakem and this confirmation comes…
I’m trying to find some child-aimed, intelligent-adult-friendly material for my one and four year old daughters. I’d really love it if Marvel, say, would collect Sean (Joe The Barbarian) Gordon Murphy’s Wolverine Alphabet into an oversized hardcover – and then send me a copy.
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…
