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,…
Todd McFarlane’s unfinished pencil and ink double page spread from an upcoming issue of Spawn. His solo artistic involvement in the issue will be a surprise to many as it wasn’t announced or solicited – until now. I wonder if they can get that dent out with panel beaters or something.
I’d like to welcome everyone back to The History of the Modern Comic Book – a column that (roughly) parallels my class (of the same name) which I’m teaching in the Department of History at Michigan State University. Last time around, I introduced you to the class – we looked at how the class was…
Where The Pitt worked best was in the contrast between it’s two protagonists, the cheeky psychic Timmy and his half brother the hulking humourless Pitt. Where the The Darkness/Pitt works is by turning Timmy into the peanut gallery and let the contrast increase between the dour Pitt and the cocky Ennis-created-and-still enthused Jackie Estrada who…
Chris Weston has been talking about his storyboarding and concept art working on the upcoming Denzel Washington vehicle The Book Of Eli, and how it predated his work on The Twelve by fourteen months… this was the first visual ever done of the character, created to accompany the screenplay when it was pitched by writer…
Bleeding Cool ran a preview of this issue, earlier this week. The series has been set in and around a superhero team which have made an effect on history, but not too much. Just enough to piss the right kind of people off. Set up against state oppression in the sixties but to keep themselves…
Lets be frank, I’m not here for the hack and the slash. It would be easy to criticise the fight scenes as being, well, fight scenes, they’re not particularly original, but then what fight scenes are? There are some specific tropes here, a sharp object stuck inside someone must be then used against someone later,…
The Washington Post looks at the closure of Big Monkey Comics store, in central Washington, and follows up on the performance of other comic shops in the city. Who all say they’re doing fine… Okay, is The Carrier actually the first graphic novel exclusive to the iPhone? Or is this another exaggerated PR claim. Anyone?…
Can I really create another article just from twitter feeds? Apparently, yes, I can. Rob Liefeld has been tellin the troops; Walking into Deadpool movie meeting!!! Yowza! Great Deadpool movie meeting! Lauren Schuler Donner and her team are headed in the right direction! Deadpool movie- YES! Ryan Reynolds is on board!!! Deadpool movie checklist- DP…
Last night, Bleeding Cool put together a report from the Las Vegas Sun on an arrest over illegal drug dealing with the identity of Yaoi Press publisher, Yamila Abraham. There was some initial fuss around Twitter, some doubting that this was the same person. Now, Yamila Abraham has publically responded to the Las Vegas Sun…
Yamila Abraham is the publisher of Yaoi Press since 2004, who put out a number of yaoi and hentai maga comic books for the English speaking market, homoerotic and pornographic comics for a female audience. Very successful in their field, Abraham distributes her books across America and internationally. It turns out that might not have…
Notice. No use of the Twilight logo. The font, yes. The logo, no. A lawyer might try it on, but Bluewater Productions have taken a lot of care with this comic book not do do anything too lawyer-baiting but still to all eyes appear to be a Twilight spinoff. It’s a heady balancing act, moving…
Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool reported on the closure of the Beanoland theme park at Chessington World Of Adventures. Based on the British weekly comic book, the cast of the show weren’t going to take it lying down. They made quite the splash of it. And broke out the custard pies. And water bombs. For…
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…
