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,…
Okay so somehow, involving a coincidence of times and schedules and my wife speeding through surburban London to Putney train station in time for me to head west, I managed to make my way to Caption, the UK’s longest running comic convention, for its twenty-second year, for the final day, only a couple of hours…
Bleeding Cool recently reported on a number of debts owed by the Dabel Brothers as part of their comics publishing company, Dabel Prothers Productions. One studio, Lynx, from Brazil, has gone one step further and has made their list of debts owed by the Dabels public. There are a number of unpaid amounts for comics…
Today may be a little on the slow side… I’m (not) off to Caption, the small press comics convention in Oxford, for a quiet Sunday. Still, I’ll have a small report on my return and there’s at least one article queued up for later as well. If Jamie McKelvie lets me out from under his…
Marvel Comics are currently conducting surveys regarding the future of the Marvel Digital Comics Universe service. While these are still clearly ideas under discussion, hence the survey, it does give you an idea of the directions the company are considering. Firstly, one survey tells us that “Marvel is considering adding a top tier membership program….
Faster Than Light is an anthology from Oran Utan Comics, available in print or as a digital download. You know what to expect from small press comics. Scratchy artwork with badly proportioned arms, dead eyes, and production values that are either shaky or use over the top Photoshop skills that make each page look like…
Jeff Balke is a comics artist who works the convention circuit, creating instore comics events and working the internet well. Principally operating as a colourist, he’s pioneered a service he calls “sketch colouring”, taking the “sketch variant” covers now so common from publishers, and colouring them for their owners. It’s a neat trick, it’s a…
Naturally, because I live in Britain, I’ve been asked about the American healthcare system and whether some system of socialised health care should be created for the country, will it fail under American expectation, and will death panels be set up to condemn the elderly and infirm? Put it this way. Every year for about…
Okay, so I first heard about a The Walking Dead series from HBO, being worked up with Guillermo del Toro and Don Murphy a while ago. It was slow in progress but the kind of thing that media attention could kill, one of those on-again-off-again relationships. It’s not unknown, so I put it to the…
It’s not news that Chew from Image Comics has been a successful book. It’s not news that there have been multiple prntings of issues. But certain copies have hard a hard time getting through the distribution system of late, leaving many retailers in certain parts of the world wailing and pleading for copies of #1…
One year after Platinum acquired early digital comics publisher Wowio.com, they have decided to push it to the side of their operations, what President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Altouinan calls “leaving WOWIO outside of the new “peripheral vision” of the company.” Which, as far as I understand it means that Platinum will stride forward…
I believe this is one of those “you read it here first” moments. Trouble is, there’s not much more to read. Basically, JG Jones is continuing to work on DC Comics covers, such as the upcoming Batman/Doc Savage book. But what’s taking up most of his time is something more personal. It’s likely that the…
Courtesy of Chicago and a couple of Marvel Anniversary parties at Barnes And Noble, this is what a few Marvellous comic book creators may be up to in the imminent future… We’ve been awaiting the Young Avengers relaunch for quite some time now. Well, it appears that Allen Heinberg has already written the first four…
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…
