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,…
Tonight BBC1 shows the first of the new five-part Torchwood TV series, Children of Earth, a new episode at 9pm each day this week. Directed by Euros Lyn, who BleedingCool pointed out as the director of the upcoming Doctor Who movie. io9 who kindly followed up on the BC piece point out that the movie…
The Guardian newspaper disappoints with lazy sterotypical headline “Comic-book economics and the markets” which is not about the $3.99 price point or Diamond’s minimum terms… However The Guardian and other papers cover the DC Universe/The 99 crossover announced last week with greater sensitivity. Even if some of their commentators don’t. Paul Levitz is quoted as…
Earlier this week on Cup O’ Joe, Joe Quesada asked Mark Waid to retell a story he’s told many times before, about being flown up to Vermont for the first time by a couple of fans on the pretext of signing at a comics store, only to find the store didn’t exist and he was…
It’s always fun to write about ZATOICHI, and the upcoming DVD release of the latest version of the franchise, ICHI, gives me a good excuse. Every country has a favourite rebel hero in pop culture, a character who’s not part of the status quo but on the side of the angels. Britain has Doctor Who….
On seeing Borat, it instantly became one of my favourite funny films of all time. You know, Holy Grail, Life Of Brian, Spinal Tap, Blazing Saddles funny – and there it’s stayed. But I was troubled. Not by anyone who was tricked into appearing into the film, that was fair game, but in the way…
Or Happy Indulgent Rebellious Stepchild Nation Day as we refer it it over here. Am I really doing a Twitter runaround on this? Yes, yes I am. But why should I be alone? Cut and paste your own favourite July 4th comics creator tweet in the thread below… Andy Diggle: “Congratulations on the anniversary of…
I understand that Native American activist, Leonard Peltier, extradited and arrested for the murder of two FBI agents in a reservation shootout in 1975, will be up for parole at the end of this month. Those events are very much seen as an inspiration for Vertigo’s ongoing comic book series Scalped by Jason Aaron and…
So what are the top conspiracy theories running around regarding this year’s Harvey Awards nominations? 1) Publishers Ballot Stuffing – Yeah man, I mean look, Nascar Heroes? Buzzboy? And that thing the guy from Gemstone posted about ballot stuffing to get them duck books nominated? And all them Zuda books man!!! Them’s stuffing them ballots!…
The Harvey Awards-Nominated Nascar Heroes #5 comic… And a familiar scene from the Speed Racer cartoon. Hmm. And Racer Z… any relation to Speed Racer’s Racer X? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the…
Happy Rebellious Stepchild Nation Day to you all… So what’s happening in and around comics then? Well, some celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, some with all-night parties, some with illegally downloading Watchmen: The Director’s Cut which has, Wolverine style, just been leaked onto the internet as a torrent file, three weeks ahead of San Diego…
Award winning comics and sci-fi writer Andy Mangels is in dire financial straits right now, a combination of healthcare bills, and rent issues. He writes Due to the economic situation, I am forced to sell my two most prized George Perez art pieces. It’s killing me, as I have immense sentimental attachment to them (not…
So you missed out on Chew #1, the biggest debut comics hit of the year? With second prints already sold out and third prints an age away, how long can you go without a copy of the first issue of the psychic-detective-who-can-read-anything-he-eats-living-in-a-world-without-chicken? On July 15th, Image Comics will have an answer for you. Buy Walking…
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…
