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,…
Next week sees the publication of Stuff Of Legend #2 from Th3rd World Studios. When ‘#1 was published a couple of months ago, it was an instant hit, leading to sellouts and the after market reacting strongly (though it has settled down since). However with orders for #2 traditionally below those of #1, the whole…
Back in March, I reported that Ian Sharman of Orang Utan Comics was told to change the name of his graphic novel Young Gods by the legal representatives of Barry Windsor Smith. Windsor Smith had previously published a Young Gods series within the Storyteller anthology for Dark Horse, more recently collected and remastered for Fantagraphics…
020 Bugger the robot head that steals my cigars. I love these Gil Kane BLACKMARK pages. It’s pretty genetic post-apoc barbarian fantasy. Archie Goodwin, once again writing for Kane, does his best, but he had to follow the genre (“Obey and enjoy the genre,” Michael Moorcock once said), and, you know, it was the 1970s……
“Now I don’t read comics because I’m, what’s that word, an adult” – Graham Norton — The ultimate crime of a British convention, running a bar badly, has been apologised for by the Birmingham BICS organisers. They won’t be using that venue and its hardcore dance music again… but they do want to make sure…
(Dear FCC, I bought my copy of HALO 3: ODST. With my own money. From a shop. That I walked into and then out of. Oh, and I got a discount.) Last week, I was messing about with HALO 3: ODST. I wanted to see what the game engine would let you do when you…
Bloomingdale’s have signed a deal with DC Comics to market and sell a line of DC Comics superhero-inspired clothing. As part of DC’s 75th Anniversary Celebrations, everything from cuff links to T-shirts will be available, aimed at the “holiday” market. The line has been designed by Converse, Psycho Bunny, Jack Spade and more. And in…
October 2010. October 2010. That was the date George Perez was giving people at Baltimore, as he burns through the pages, for the publication of the long awaited, much delayed graphic novel featuring DC Comics’ young superheroes in a now-very-out-of-continuity tale, Teen Titans: Games. To be fair, a number of dates have been given before,…
This is one of the many dangers of IM. Send a quick note to moan to a friend about frustrations surrounding the launch of one’s e-comic, and before you know it you’ve agreed to do a column and are batting back and forth vile puns on Tubeway Army song names for use as titles. So…
Three days till I fly out to Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con (look everyone, they put the Wizard World name back in, albeit in smaller type!) and I haven’t even started preparing. I don’t even know what hotel I’m meant to be staying in. This will be fun.. Central Park is warm this time…
Later this month, an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman will be released from Del Rey. It is being adapted by Stephen King regular Robin Furth, who also worked on adapting Dark Tower for Marvel Comics. The art for Talisman is by Tony Shasteen. The first issue will be released on October…
To be fair, it was never going to be a book greenlit by Marvel Comics. But Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth, a Greek comic book biography on the life of philosopher Bertrand Russell is currently No 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List – Paperback Graphic Novels and is the 4th bestselling graphic…
I previously posted that Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood, me, and a smattering of friends hit the streets to promote The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, the new film by Terry Gilliam coming out in the UK on Friday. Well, now there’s video evidence. Especially, evidence that Tony Lee could, if he wished, become a seriously convincing…
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…
