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,…
Debuting at SPX today, Woman Of Action is basically a Black Widow-ish story with the copyrights filed off, smooshed with the British action spy genre and and David Tennant cast as romantic interest-come-brother. Based on that description alone, I can think of a fair number of male and female comics readers of my acquaintance who…
Last month, Bleeding Cool reported that Dabel Brothers Productions was in debt to Lynx Studios to the tune of $27,000. I’ve also recently been informed that the publisher also owes Cadence Studios another $11,000. This includes payment for Dean Koontz’s work on Frankenstein Vol 2, six months past the due date and money for the…
Earlier this year, Dan DiDio said that, after having so much fun writing Metal Men in Wednesday Comics, he’d be writing a new monthly comic book later this year, but gave no more details. Almost as if he were daring people to find out what the comic was. Well, he’s won, I have no idea…
Bleeding Cool previously reported on Staz Johnson’s work on the lingerie brand Agent Provocateur comic book-catalogue, featuring a Barbarella-Russ Meyer style futuristic sci-fi with babes in nipple tassles. I understand the second issue will feature another familiar comics name, this time Joe Rubenstein, a classic comic book artist who is still most associated for his…
It’s a great idea. Get the man who mashed up Pride And Prejudice And Zombies to write a comic that mashes up the Marvel universe with zombies, across various realities and worlds. And in this issue of Marvel Zombies: The Return… it’s basically a What If…? World War Hulk happened while the world was being…
The fourth in a series of columns by “Irene Adler” for Bleeding Cool. The spark of creativity is a tricky thing. Sometimes the idea is waiting there just below the surface, but it doesn’t seem to quite ignite. At others, it roars out of control, consuming everything in its path. Other sparks fizzle out and…
I’ve got a bit of freelance advertising work for an agency in London all day today… expect five more posts, one an hour for the next hour. Oh and there’s a new post from Irene too… and please behave in the comments while I’m gone? More than usual, I mean… — Talking of work, Brian…
The Keyboard Is My FuckMonkey: Let’s talk Plotting. I know: the wits’n’wags out there are already festering-up (or at least anticipating) a bad joke about moustachioed villains and Trying To Rule The World. Obviously I’m referring to the other kind — that icky, painful, unpleasant grope towards a workable Story Structure one’s obliged to overcome…
Did you know that the Comic Book Resources people own the dcuniverse.net domain name? I wonder what they’re going to do with that… — According to Heidi MacDonald, no one seems to know what the graphic novel Mal Chance that Platinum Studios has just signed a movie deal over, is. Well, the name change didn’t…
I do like it when comics do the kind of things that only comics can do. The time aspect of Manhattan in Watchmen was far more powerful in the comic when you could click back and forth, emulating his own power. Something I wholeheartedly repurposed for my recent Doctor Who comic for IDW. And Mark…
There’s something about Power Girl by Amanda Conner that I find intensely appealing. And no, it’s not just the obvious, it’s that I can’t shake the feeling that I’m just reading an extended version of The Pro, the prostitute-turned-superhero comic she drew for Garth Ennis at Image (with Jimmy inking as well). So keep reading…
Alan Davis is a legend in comics for a reason. His work is epic, clean, bold, full of great storytelling and enough pizzazz and showmanship to dazzle and excite without obscuring. And so when he draws an ex-humanoid-turned sea monster devouring Atlanteans and fighting X-Men off the coast alongside Namor in a bid by Norman…
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…
