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,…
Directors of Menace II Society and From Hell, Albert and Allen Hughes signed The Twelve and The Filth artist Chris Weston to create storyboards and concept art for their upcoming feature, The Book Of Eli. It was this work that took him away from The Twelve for a period (and a longer period after Hollywood…
Friday’s schedule for San Diego Comic Con is released. And it’s the conflicts that always define who you are. Will you go to the spotlight on Mike Allred or on Charles Vess, both at 10am? Will you sneak out at 10.30am for Neil Gaiman and Henry Sellick’s Coraline DVD panel or are you going to…
In the wake of several competing nominations in the Harvey Awards, Patch Novak, occasional Bleeding Cool contributor, looks as the Zuda phenomenon Zuda, a webcomic subsidiary of DC comics, may be one of the best ways for untested talent to get into the industry. No other company out there offers you the chance to get…
The media onslaught over “the first mainstream comics’ gay kiss”, “the first superhero gay kiss” or even the “first comics gay kiss” over X-Factor #45 continues, as all journalists become churnalists, repeated the mistakes of others and indeed emphasising them in the hunt for a more punchy headline. But what was Marvel’s first gay kiss?…
Do you know how arduous it is to prepare for San Diego Comic Con? Very arduous. I say this, typing at 2.35 Saturday morning after spending hours trying to order a Dollhouse DVD for pickup at San Diego (I succeeded! Yay!). But thankfully major comic industry bloggers (who have all had proper comics jobs in…
Oh okay, okay it’s Ryan Reynolds, recently seen as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and slated to play the yuckster mercenary in a Deadpool movie. Whether that will be affected by the Green Lantern news is unknown. The movie will be directed by Goldeneye and Casino Royale‘s Martin Campbell, and expected to start shooting…
“There’s one thing I always meant to ask Jack back in the old days. I wanted to know about that doctor of his, the man who appears out of nowhere and saves the world except sometimes he doesn’t. All those times in history when there was no sign of him. I wanted to know, why…
In Speculator Corner last week I stated that people might want to pick up a few copies of X-Factor #45, still then at cover price. It didn’t take long for the rest of the world to catch up. Okay, the media seem to be going apeshit about X-Factor #45 featuring the first superhero comic gay…
There is often as much skill in the placing of an advertisement as in the creation of it. Media Buying and Planning are all about creating the biggest impact with the elements available. But sometimes events just combine to create the perfect ad. Like in this week’s issue of Green Lantern, with an ad for…
Who Waits For The Watchmen? A Five Disc Set coming in December. How do we know? A $10 voucher inside the Watchmen Three Disc Set just being released. Damn, that’s sneaky. Featuring the Black Freighter animation threaded into the movie, the Under The Hood documentary, a new commentary by Snyder and Gibbons and the Watchmen…
It’s not just the Adam Strange strip in Wednesday Comics that’s been keeping Paul Pope busy. He’s also been working with Complex, taking material from a photoshoot and redrawing women based on those shots. And so we have two young ladies in various poses, one drawn, one not, in a house of mirrors. Some people,…
Much has been made of The Office USA star Rainn Wilson twittering the following four hours ago @rainnwilson and @nathanfillion are about to go meet with DC COMICS! Could be some good shit percolating… With Firefly star Nathan Fillion adding Some great shit percolated at a meeting today with @rainnwilson and @nathanfillion. And, I grabbed…
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…
