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,…
They Walk Among Us is one of the oldest comic shops in Britain, though it is better known as the comic shop that Tim Bisley worked at in Spaced, and the shop the Red Dwarf characters tried to find information about themselves in the recent revival of the show. Founded by Jon and Sabrina Browne…
Shipping today in the USA, tomorrow in the UK, Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Battle picks up with the adventures of an anti-christ who just wants to get on with things. This Preview for $1.99 gives you a taster of the book to come. When Oscar Jiminez took over this book, was it really so…
The Crown of Thorns starfish from Finding Nemo, published by Boom! Comics (left) – and it’s Wikipedia entry. See, that’s how you do research. Now, in other comics, there seems to be a bit of confluence in the Marvel and DC Universe right now. It started off with the media-friendly Death Of Captain America that…
So, you want to read Marvelman. The comic that simply everyone is talking about. How much is it going to set you back? Prices indicate the highest reach of recent eBay sales on non CGC issues. 1. The Complete Eclipse Collection. Miracleman 1-24, plus Miracleman Family 1 and 2, Miracleman Apocrypha 1-4 and Miracleman 3D…
When I was an adolescent, I had a guilty secret. Eighty Days Around The World With Willy Fog, a Spanish cartoon taking the seminal Jules Verne novel and anthromorphing it up. And I loved it, even if the title sequence was spoileriffic to the max. Most Brits of my age can sing along to “Fog,…
I thought it was my Doctor Who comps, I really did. This box sitting on my desk from IDW Publishing, sent to me while I was at San Diego and waiting for my on my return. And so I didn’t open it. And it sat there for a couple of weeks when I decided I…
The second in a series of columns by “Irene Alder” for Bleeding Cool. This morning at work I was handed a large stack of books and given a perfectly reasonable instruction – Sort by age recommendation. As I tucked into the job at hand the bosslady sashayed out. But not before looking over her shoulder…
011 No disrespect should be inferred, in the previous section, to Mr Loeb, currently in (I think) the third blush of an incredibly successful career in commercial comics. As well as being the man who gave us the story in which Vernon Wells pretty much orgasms in his leather trousers at the thought of killing…
Never run big stories about Marvelman, Brian Bendis and Grant Morrison simultaneously. It does nasty things. Anyway… David Swallow asked Mark Millar to add the dialogue he had removed from the American Jesus: Chosen collection to make it a little more palatable. Millar decided to go even further… (see scan left) J Scott Campbell keeps…
Everyone and their mother has linked to the “hilarious moment” where a couple of Liefeld haters found it hilarious to first, ask Rob Liefeld to apologise for Heroes Reborn, then present him with a copy of How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. Oh my sides. What some have missed however are some of the…
Yes, yes, yes, I know. I posted that thing about Matt Fraction and the supposed “Dark Siege” before being rudely mocked by Brian Bendis. And nicely mocked by Christos Gage. So I know that I’m risking even more mocking now. But lets try again. Take Two. Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel (Thor) are working…
So what did Marvel pay exactly to buy Marvelman from Mick Anglo and his representatives, Emotiv Records? And what kind of deals will have to be struck to publish the most famous run by (breathe in) Moore, Leach, Davis, Austen, Veitch, Totleben, Gaiman and Buckingham? One way is looking a bid that failed. By… well,…
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…
