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,…
Apparently I’m not allowed to say anything much about this week’s Doktor Sleepless #13 as it would be spoileriffic to the max. There’s no preview for you to flick through and get annoyed after the sixth page when it just stops. You don’t get to see any of it. Even reproducing this cover is a…
The Media Development Authority of Singapore has announced eight graphic novels by local talent, funded by the First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative and published through Chuang Yi Publishing. Each creator received $8000 and were mentored by Chuang Yi. Damn.Everyone move to Singapore immediately! Malorie Blackman lists her Top Ten Graphic Novels For Teengers…
Well, we know the name. Turf. A new four issue comic book mini-series by Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards, to be published around March next year. It will probably come out from either Marvel Comics under their creator-owned Icon imprint, or from Image Comics. Expected this to be confirmed later this week or early…
This image appears in Younger Than Jesus, a directory of artists to accompany the New York exhibition of the same name, featuring work from five hundred artists aged under thirty-three, the age that Jesus was crucified and presented in the style of a phone book with alphabetical listings taking in young artists across the world….
The end of Monsters, Inc. the movie changed everything. Suddenly it was laughter that provided power for Monstropolis, not screams, and it was the funny monsters that were raking it in. That’s where this new Boom! comic is set, taking the original TV ad dialogue from the movie and twisting it to the new reality….
I’ve been talking about the IDW Ten Years volume, DC’s’ Wednesday Comics and the bear box set of mini-comics of late, and enjoying the format busting aspects, sometimes almost as much as the comic itself. And there’s a danger one can do that with the squarer-shaped Viking #3. Because nothing looked more odd as seeing…
This is the cover to Titans #18 shipping in October by Angel Unzueta. And this is Jennifer Connelly. Can’t see it? Hang on… Flip it and put it side by side… Swipe-tastic? Any of the other poses ring a bell?
Ian Rankin in to launch the first of the new Vertigo crime graphic novels, Dark Entries, featuring Vertigo stalwart John Constantine investigating supernatural abnormalities on the set of a reality TV show. Copies will be available at the Edinburgh International Book Festival – and he’s brought new attention to it by announcing that he will…
The decision of much of the comics industry to both stay and socialise at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel during the San Diego Comics Convention has caused much concern from the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual communities, as the hotel’s owner, Doug Manchester, is a prominent donor to Prop 8 lobbyists and supporters of those who…
Expect sales on Booster Gold #26, Doom Patrol #4, Adventure Comics #4, R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 and Outsiders #24 to rocket in November. Seriously, each issue could top 100,000 orders or more and see DC dominate the charts with a number of titles that never normally getting the top fifty. Why? Because sales on these comics, and…
Lance Sells is the Creative Director Of Motherland, the company behind today’s release of the Spider-Woman Motion Comic from Marvel. I asked him to tell me not only what went right with the motion comic – but also what went wrong. Excuse me while I ramble. A history of motion comics according to Motherland: We’ve…
Marvel may have led with the news that the Sony PSP will be lanching hundreds of Marvel comics as part of their new Digital Comics offering, but this is not a one-publisher-only format. The October/November/December (no one is quite sure) launching format from Sony will also list non-Marvel comics and graphic novels… though don’t expect…
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…
