John Rozum recently talked about his problems as writer of Static Shock, citing that he was hardly writing the book, the actual work being split between artist Scott McDaniel and editor Harvey Richards, which is why he chose to walk off the book with issue 4, not wanting his name to be associated with work…
The Darkness #100 is on its way… And this is the first you’ll have seen of the Todd McFarlane (above), the Michael Golden (below) and the Marc Silvestri retailer incentive (further below). 48 pages for $4.99 US, it’s out the last day of February. But since the Darkness II game comes out today, it seems…
It was the recent ICV2 interview with Marvel Senior Vice President-Sales David Gabriel that did it. Answering a questionnaire with no followups, he managed to dodge some questions by answering different ones, and throw some googlies at the opposing team. But he’s hardly alone in this, DC’s Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood…
Pretty much as premiered last night at Sony’s The Untold Story special events, here’s the first full trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. This time there’s Lizard, there’s more back story and there’s a good sense of the “new” Peter Parker. I say “pretty much” because those of usat the events got to see it in…
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So who saw wild man of comics and horror movie director Hart Fisher on The Verminators on the Discovery Channel on Sunday 9 am?
Not me, I live in the UK. But if you lived in the states and missed, it, it will be rerunning through the week. And you can even buy it to watch here. Again, if you live in the States.
I may live and breath horror movies, but when you find a black widow spider crawling across your big toe in the bath tub and you’ve got rats staring at you through the window, it’s time to call in the professionals.
The episode is entitles Lights! Camera! Vermin! – which is probably the movie equivalent of Ker-Pow! Bam! Vermin!
The Guardian newspaper continues to give away free classic comics with every edition. Yesterday was the shooting issue of Roy Of The Rovers, today is the girls comic Bunty.
Ted Antony of the Associated Press looks at what the Disney/Marvel deal represents about America, one stuck in a fake nineteen fifties, another stuck in a modern moral morass…
The contrasts are stark and sometimes way too easy: New York vs. the Magic Kingdom. Wishing and dreaming vs. struggling and coping. Doe-eyed sincerity — literally, in Bambi’s case — vs. the worldly wisecracking of Spider-Man and the Thing.
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre are producing a comic book to promote hand hygiene. The first person who gets a dose of MRSA from reading a copy left lying around, do let me know. 5000 copies of this 12 page comic are being printed at a cost of $2000. See, healthcare providers in the USA do overspend…
Will Disney do anything about the Marvel gambling machines? Here’s a look at some of the available jackpot games…
Policeman is also superhero-for-the-kids Defuser? Are real-life superheroes getting really lame really fast? Yes, we know you won a superhero reality show on the Sci Fi channel, but that doesn’t mean you should actually be a superhero in reality. Especially one who seems to promote guns to kids.
I want kids to know guns can be dangerous, but they are also just a tool
Bit like yourself, mate. Apparently he has a comic book and a movie. I bet they’re just swell.
Artist of History of Violence, Vince Locke, has ocreated a graphic novel for rock band Cannibal Corpse called Evisceration Plague, the same name as their new album. Not available through Diamond, copies are only for sale at the Hot Topic booth during this summer’s Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour. Lovely.
While, for a slightly different audience, David Almond (author of Skellig) and Dave McKean’s (author of Cages) graphic novel, The Savage, is being reprinted for the Liverpool’s Reads programme, twenty-thousand copies to be given away to Liverpool’s “yoot”. The creators are also planning two future projects together…
Did anyone attend the Dating For Lesbian Nerds singles gaming night yesterday? Do let us know how it went.
And the John Byrne IDW comic that kick-started his career at the publisher, FX has its first issue available free on iTunes on the iPhone or iTouch.
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We’ve finally been given a look at Loki’s forces in the new, extended trailer for The Avengers, as premiered online just after a cut-down version graced the Superbowl. Here are four screen grabs from the single shot in which they appear with any degree of clarity: So it’s not the Skrull or the Kree –…
Here’s the new TV spot for The Avengers as premiered during the Superbowl – just, longer now. And that’s a good thing. For those of you who watched the Superbowl just to see this commercial, tell me: was it worth it? Related Posts:The Extended John Carter Superbowl Spot Is Here (Fixed) The Avengers Mini-Rushes –…
In yesterday’s webchat (referred to earlier), Alan Moore revealed that the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen project to follow the conclusion of Century this summer, is to be called Nemo: Heart Of Ice, and that forty of the forty-eight pages involved have been written so far… and that we’ll see it before the end of…
(Welcome Facebook people… please tell us who has linked to us, because we’re gettng massive traffc and we’d like to say thanks. And you can see more Bleeding Cool Doctor Who coverage here.) The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will tomorrow be playing The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, described in their schedule as: A musical celebration with…
Is it Spider-Man? Or has Iron Man just got a fancy new paint job? This is the costume he’ll be wearing in the upcoming Ends Of The Earth storyline, as the machinations of Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six are made clear. There’s webbing design on the lining as well. Related Posts:Spider-Man’s New Costume Gets…
When reporting early rumours about Before Watchmen, almost every name I was given turned out to be true – Darwyn Cooke, Brian Azzarello, JMS, Amanda Conner, JG Jones, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Adam Hughes and John Higgins. There was another name that I dismissed as it was denied directly – that of Kevin Smith. His…
