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,…
Dark Entries by Ian Rankin and Werther Dell’Edera is the first of a new line of hardcover digest-sized crime graphic novels from DC Vertigo/Titan Books in their Vertigo Crime line. Which is all fine and dandy, except that this book could in no way be described as a crime story. There are no gangsters, no…
Steve Perry, writer for the Thundercats TV series and comic, Time Spirits and Silverhawks is a man in need. Currently suffering from terminal cancer, with housing issues, and without any kind of support, he needs your help. On his blog, Steve Bissette writes that “he has finally set up an address to receive mail after…
Is Logan a Wolverine… or should he be called Newt instead? This amphibian sticks its sharp bones out through its skin to attack predators. Snikt, baby, snikt! Times Leader interviews veteran and amputee Bryan Anderson, who featured in last week’s Captain America Theater Of War: The Solider On, written by Paul Jenkins, about his experience…
Eagle eyed readers will have noticed a missing solicitation for X-Factor in the recent Marvel listings for November. And they’re fearing the worst. On the ComicBoards forum, Peter David said; I’m busting ass on this book and sales still haven’t gone up. What did you think was going to happen?” While clarifying that this didn’t…
Stan Lee talked to Colin Paterson on BBC Radio 5 Live last night on Richard Bacon’s show, promoting his POW multi-media company and Time Jumper, talking about playing Larry King in Iron Man 2, lauding Alan Moore as the best writer in comics, with kudos to Neil Gaiman and Brian Bendis along the way, the…
Comic book artist Josh Adams talks about the world he finds himself in – the industry, the family, personality traits… I was talking with my girlfriend the other day and she told me an interesting anecdote regarding her and a friend of hers. She told me she had been having lunch with her friend and…
While the entire London comedy community decamps to Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival, those wacky Canadians are taking over emopty comedy theatres with their foreign nonsense. This includes Pia Guerra, artist from Y The Last Man who has art directed this sketch show and accompanying improv show, Canuxploitation, from the award winning Canadian Content sketch…
Darren G Davis, publisher of Bluewater Productions, talks about his life after testing positive for HIV, and how it informed his work in comics. Archie gets coverage for other reasons than his upcoming imaginary marriage. He’s singing along with Colbie Calliat in the new Veronica comic. No I have no idea who she is and…
For the last few years, London has been awash with free newspapers. There had always been a few free local papers, but the Metro morning paper from Associated Press, given away in tube and train stations, was the monster that started it. A couple of years ago, thelondonpaper was launched by News International, an afternoon/evening…
Zack Snyder’s movie Watchmen was criticised for being a little, how shall we say it, long. Oh and a bit dull. It seems that rapper/actor/producer Snoop Dogg just couldn’t make it through without his eyelids… drooping. Oh just watch the other night’s celebrity charity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millinaire, and see for…
This is how Newsarama reported the Blackest Night panel at San Diego; Fan asks if the character “Nekron” will be involved with Blackest Night. Looks like a no. And CBR; Is a villain called Necron involved in Blackest Night? Berganza: “Who’s that?” Johns: “I can’t talk about that.” At least Newsarama spelt his name right….
BrainFart: My next glittering ComicBook GloryWork will be a turgid melodrama about a meek but driven young man from the Wrong Side Of The Tracks (tangent: has anyone ever seen the right side?), who discovers a talent for sprinting at the age of 12. Through family tragedy, obstacle-strewn romance and the bitter temptations of performance-enhancing…
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…
