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,…
Over on The V Forum I’ve been involved in a political discussion about superhero comics. It’s my contention that the superhero in essence is a right wing construct, a might-makes-right thesis that exercises personal responsibility over collective contribution, emphasising individual acts of charity over government solutions. And that even though characters and plot may often…
After the departure of Joe Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel, Kieron Gillen and Billy Tan take over Thor for at least six issues. And there seems to be one very important change. The price will fall from $3.99 to $2.99. This appears to be the first price drop at Marvel for such a comic book….
Comic book adaptations of movies do not have the greatest of reputations. They generally condense the movie into far less of the sum of its parts, stripping the movie of its unique perspective, voice, scale and soul, everything but plot. And even then… You know, essentially what a movie adaptation does to a comic book….
Paul Levitz had been talking about the state DC Comics and his role within it. But there’s one piece of information that may have been missing. DC Comics can be a byzantine organisation within the labyrinth that is Warner Bros. But there are direct lines of responsibility. Well, I understand from senior sources that Paul…
Saw Lucky Soul and The Pipettes play last night at The Lexington in Islington, London. Yes, I was basically in an issue of Phonogram for a few hours. And there was magic. Acme Novelty Library creator Chris Ware launches a T-shirt today to benefit 826michigan, a youth creative education programme. BBC News splash wide with…
Last week, Bleeding Cool told you about the new multi-coloured promotional rings, released to tie in with the Blackest Night event comic and its spin off books, and what you might have to do to get your chunky fingerwear. And Augie pointed out that the reflection on the above image didn’t work. Well, anyway, DC…
Tank Girl has been up against mutants, zombies, kangaroos and Macolm McDowell. But she’s never faced the language police before. Well, looks like she kicked them in the crotch and called them pansies. Tank Girl: Skidmarks was a story that ran in Judge Dredd Megazine last year but many people missed her characteristically vulgar verbosity….
The third in a series of columns by “Irene Adler” for Bleeding Cool. At some point in every geek girl’s life you have to face the facts: You’re never going to look like Silk Spectre II. It’s not your fault. You eat well. You go to the gym. You take care of yourself. You probably even…
Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman, writers of the X-Men Misfits manga from Del Rey of X-Men: Misfits held a live chat on the publisher’s website. Raina: We’ll have at LEAST three more female characters in volume 2. Suvudu: Storm: Roman will also be writing the Avatar: The Last Airbender manga based on the James Cameron…
013 Jack Kirby’s move to DC, negotiated over a couple of years, was notable for several reasons. With few exceptions, people just didn’t cross town like that. DC and Marvel, still very much the only games in town (and that town was New York City, disguised as Metropolis and Gotham at DC but very much…
During the boom period of comics in the nineties, I was told a tall story about one comics publisher who used to take their company’s “premium” editions of their comics, gold, platinum covers, that sort of thing, to his local drugs dealer who would exchange them for certain substances. Apparently it was easier for the…
DC are putting out a second print of Blackest Night #1, the first issue of their smash hit event comic. As well as sporting an altered version of the variant cover of the first print, by Ethan Van Sciver, there will be a 1 in 25 availablility of the first print variant cover and a…
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…
