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,…
Much has been made of Joe Michael Straczynski’s decision to leave Marvel’s Thor title, ahead of what he called the proposed Siege Of Asgard event. I’ve just learnt that, as the title of this piece states, that the upcoming Marvel Thor event will be called Dark Siege, in line with Marvel’s ongoing Dark Reign event,…
I walked into Chris Weston last night. As usual I have to come to San Diego to meet old friends who live down the road. Chris tells me that while he doesn’t have any new script pages for The Twelve to work from as of yet, he is expecting that to change shortly… I am…
Valentini? Lightweight. Nicky Barrucci? Momma’s boy. Darick Robertson? Infant. Whereas Tony Lee, William Christensen, Ben Templesmith and,um, some other people are hardcore. I’m not quite sure who I spoke to tonight. I vaguely remember holding a drunken court, Almost dancing, telling a bad joke and licking Ben Templesmith. And Tony Lee. And some other people….
I’m sitting in a cool air conditioned hotel room in the Manchester Hyatt wondering if I should daub pro-gay graffiti on the walls to salve my conscience, but it’ll only get cleaned off by overworked hotel staff… Landed in LAX earlier (with Antony Johnston, Antony Daniels and Gillian Anderson), got driven in by Pinguino (left)…
“What’s this Rich? We thought you said that you were flying out today? If you’re currently midway across the Atlantic then how come you’re posting this? That’s a mighty fine plug, even for you.” What can I say, that’s the power of the Dark Arts at my purvey (or some cunning use of this site’s…
008 A section from a list of things that happened to comics on a Phildickian alternate world in 2009: • David Gibbons knighted for services to architecture. “I was fucking robbed,” says Peter Cook, architect and co-founder of Archigram, who realises that without the knighthood he is no longer a loveable eccentric but now simply…
Okay, that’s my cab, I’m off to the airport. I’m flying in to Los Angeles, getting chauffered to San Diego by a good friend I met many San Diegos ago (and her boyfriend, obviously). Flying British Airways – I was in a right mood with them yesterday. I tried to check in online, to be…
Where: The Top Shelf Booth #1721 When: Opening of Wednesday Preview Night Why: The signed and numbered copies of the Surrogates Owners Manual, combining the first and second volumes of The Surrogates, soon to be a Bruce Willis-starring movie. The books will be distributed from no. 001 to 1000, starting with the first in the…
A few months ago, I heard that comic creators have been asked to write and pitch to the DC Comics imprint and ex-Image studio Wildstorm for a major creative shakeup of their shared-universe superhero titles for the end of the year. The core books of the imprint, WildCATS, Authority, Gen 13 and the rest will…
I thought I’d have something vaguely interesting to say about John Constantine and the subgenre of occult hero fiction this week, but with the rush for San Diego (I’m not going, but most of the people I know are), the day-job and having to write a report on a truly awful academic proposal about martial…
On his Millarworld board, Mark Millar wrote; I saw Kick-Ass yesterday in the company of the director, the other producers, Kick-Ass lead Aaron Johnson and his director girlfriend Sam Taylor-Wood. And oh my fucking Hell, this is going to be massive. Well, we kind of expect you to say that, Mark. I know, I know….
The British press have some wonderful shots of Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who. Going for the geeky scientist/university professor perchance? With, you know, Doc Martens boots. The TARDIS also looks more like a classic Police Box of the fifties, the kind you still find on the streets in odd places… SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER…
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…
