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,…
The last issue of No Hero had one of those endings that is hard to forget, even if you were to hit your brain with mind hammers. It also seemed to be a bit of a “Yeah? Garth? You think Crossed is oh-so-shocking? Well take a look at this then! Hah!” on Warren Ellis’ part….
Bored To Death aired on HBO in the USA last night. And yes, it’s rather fun, surprising and inner-smile-worthy. Anywaye, the protagonist’s friend is a cartoonist based on the author’s friend and collaborator Dean Haspiel. This has been mentioned. Not-Dean: I made you a therapist, look at that. Jonathan: I wish you’d made me someone…
Kurt Amacker has continued his interview with Alan Moore at Mania. While recapping his opinions, over how he negatively influenced his superhero genre as a whole, he also specifically jumps on Blackest Night. I was noticing that DC seems to have based one of its latest crossovers in Green Lantern based on a couple of…
The great thing about local papers is that they have lots of space to fill. And not enough to fill it. So if you are a publicity minded fellow they can be gold mines. While they are still being published, that is. Eisner winning shop Tate’s Comics gets some local Miami press. Comic book writer…
The heirs of Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, The Silver Surfer and Thor and have sent notices terminating copyright to publishers Marvel and Disney, as well as film studios that have made movies and TV shows based on characters he created or co-created, including …
Okay, he’s working on it for a cover probably. A distorted, disturbing perspective shot of our favourite adamantium-laced mutant eternal. What’s not to love? But can I be the only one who looked at that initially and thought “ooh, Thalidomide Wolverine!” It’s not just me right? Right?
One&Other is a remarkable public arts event in central London. In Trafalgar Square there are four main plinths on each corner. Three of them are filled by King George V, Henry Havelock and Sir Charles James and the fourth is empty. There have been many suggestions how to fill it, from Nelson Mandela to Margaret…
London comic shop They Walk Among Us had its going away party last night with Jon and Sabina Browne hosting a motley crew of customers, friends, professionals and a strange mixture of the three. The shop will become Ace Comics soon and both Jon and Sabrina will find new exciting ventures to keep themselves busy……
The homepage of Cerebus TV as featured in Cool passim, has seen a minor alteration. Starting with a brief fading-in-and-out stab… We are all the single funny animal in the world of humans. …the promise… Watch this space for details on how to win Dave Sim’s one and only store signing of 2010, to be…
Congrats to David Gallaher and Steve Ellis from jumping from their online comics High Moon for DC/Zuda, to print comics across the way with Hulk: Winter Guard out in December. That’s if you can find it amongst all the other Hulk projects. Because there”s also Fall of The Hulks Alpha by Jeff Parker and Paul…
Brian Bendis is returning to Fanboy Radio for the 25th of September. And they’ve managed to get Jim Mahfood to celebrate the event with this rather snazzy piece. A week ago, a comics studio contracted me teling me they were owed money from a prominent comics publisher, who would not return their e-mails. So I…
Comic book artist Josh Adams talks about the world he finds himself in, the industry, the family, the personality traits…. So any of you who took the time to read the column last week, most likely saw Tom Brevoort’s response to my shared experience with former Marvel Talent Coordinator, Chris Allo. Initially, upon reading what…
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…
