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,…
Earlier today I ran the story that Marvel would be relaunching the Ultimate Comics titles with Foilogram enhancement covers, reminiscent of Marvel and many other publishers choices during the nineties, including Ghost Rider #15, the Fatal Atrractions crossover and Punisher War Journal#1. A few hours later Marvel put out a press release announcing the story,…
I understand that Francine Burke, international licensing manager at DC Comics was dismissed from the company two weeks ago. Francine had worked at the comics publisher for eighteen years and for several years at Marvel Comics before that. No official reason has been given, but there has been a noted tendency at DC Comics to…
We wouldn’t bitch if we didn’t care. There are basically three types of comics it hurts to wait for. 1) The terminally late comics. That come out so slowly snails could cross the Atlantic before the next issue rolls round. But they do come out. Planetary, All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder, Strangehaven,…
Gumtree is the UK equivalent of Craigslist. Lots of listings for houseshares, bicycles, tickets, jobs… oh and random sexual encounters of the filthy variety. I have to say I’ve been known to browse through a few to be entertained by the most degrading requests. But this one beats them all. Posted today in the London…
(SHORT ‘N CURLIES) – #1 SI SPURRIER BRAINFART: The next movie I write will be Jurassic Park 4: ADAMZOIC, in which a group of committed Creationists sneak onto a dinosaur-infested Island in an attempt to prove that humans and slavering proto-avian carnivores can live in harmony, as in Eden. The film will be 3 hours…
Chorion, the company that has already bought up the rights to Noddy and Mr Men has announced they have now bought the licensing rights to Dan Dare. The British space adventurer was recently revived by Dan Dare and Gary Erskine for Virgin Comics. Deals already done by Chorion include greeting cards, clothing, figurines and toys,…
WE ARE COMING (Warning, Torchwood: Children Of Earth reference in progress) WE ARE COMING. From Marvel Comics: WE ARE COMING. “Ultimate Comics Special Variants” WE ARE COMING. “The following Special Variant covers for the launch of the new Ultimate Comics line will be a Foilogram cover with the regular cover art surrounded by holographic foil.”…
So what’s the lay of the land regarding sales of DC’s bold new Wednesday Comics format. Well, stores that ordered conservatively sold out in seconds, thanks to media publicity and the fact that it’s just too gorgeous, while those who ordered exuberently still have some left. Hopefully the two will come together and do swapsies….
On the 17th of July, comic book writer/artist Bryan Talbot is to be awarded an honorary doctorate for his “outstanding contribution to the Arts as writer and graphic artist” by Sunderland University, the ceremony to occur at Sunderland’s Stadium Of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club. Talbot, best known for the likes of Nemesis The…
You know Jennifer’s Body, the new film starring Megan Fox as a naked demon, whose red band trailer failed to show any nippleage? (Don’t worry, a quick Google of the film with the Safesearch turned off should sort you out, folks” Okay, where were we? Oh yes. Jennifer’s Body. Anyway, Boom! are putting out a…
Dynamite Comics? This is ’3′ from BBC TV series Numberjacks. And this is ’5′. Notice how they are very different indeed? Then notice that on Super Zombies #5 out today, one of the covers reads #3 instead. The Fabia Neves cover on the right there. Terribly confusing for retailers, customers,distributors and probably the publisher as…
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…
