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,…
Comic book artist Josh Adams talks about the world he finds himself in – the industry, the family, the personality traits… It’s a shame that on such a busy week for me the whole comic industry decides that it’s to put everything on it’s head. I apologize for this being rushed and likely short. I’ve…
It’s very hard to estimate the sales of comics from publishers. Naturally this is sensitive commercial information, and the best guess we get is from Diamond’s reports of how comics sold in a month compared to each other, based on sales in the direct market to North American shops. Then, if a lowly publisher lets…
A few weeks ago, staffers tell me Diamond sent an e-mail to all their employees thanking them for their hard work, and stating that while Diamond did better than expected this year, sadly the current climate prevented them from increasing anyone’s salary. Of course, right now, many people are just grateful to be hanging onto…
I was rereading Black Hole by Charles Burns the other day, sighing to myself that I never really see this kind of comic any more. A detailed suburban surreal horror, portraying the mundane reality in as lush a fashion as possible. Black Hole was possibly the pinnacle of this kind of approach, but Jeff Nicholson’s…
A 48 page hardcover volume for Image Comics next year, Rocketbots is part of a recent drive to push comic book creators and their work into the young children’s book market. As a parent myself, I know the common paucity of such work, a few nice illustrations, in hardcover with some knocked-off copy, it often…
A Springfield Comic Con? No, really… it’s happenng this weekend. The world’s greatest detective Steve Bissette is trying to track down who pencilled the artwork designed for the Kenner Swamp Thing toy line based on the TV cartoon – as well as the bizarre choices that influenced it, the movies, the live action TV show…
For the last few years, Chris Allo was Marvel’s Editorial Talent Co-Ordinator. I understand that, for unknown (to me, at least) reasons, he is suddenly no longer with the company. I do know however that it is not related to the Marvel/Disney buyout. Caught on the fly, and losing an employee who had a one-to-one…
That’s the thing about Red Sonja. Even when it’s freezing cold, and she needs a heavy coat, she’s unafraid to flash some skin. She reminds me of those old Playboy-esque shots of a women in furs, standing on a street corner flashing her bits. Except that they were even scarier than Red Sonja. They say…
Follow me here. Marvel publishing makes millions. Marvel films and related licensing can, over time, make billions. Marvel films’ success are based, in part, by the good feeling towards their comics, the media buy in of the fans buzz, the A-list actors willing to take lower salaries to be in something cool, the genuine enthusiast…
This is the making of Nero, the antagonist from the recent Star Trek movie. Much was made at the time over how two dimensional the character felt, and IDW’s Star Trek: Countdown was published, fleshing him out a little, in his time before the jump back in time. The same creative team are working on…
Paul Levitz was the great defender of the comic shop and the direct market, a system that allowed individual creators to bring ideas to a mass audience with relatively low costs. And yesterday, he announced he was stepping down as President and Publisher of DC Comics, now DC Entertainment. The direct market, set up by…
Orson Welles makes for a great comic book character. And I don’t just mean as the voice of Unicron. In this final issue of a quite astonishing superhero comic book from IDW, we’re given a long run through the history of Savior 28, the superhero born ot the beginning of the twentieth century, who just…
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…
