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,…
Baltimore means three things to me. Proximity to Diamond Comics Distributors HQ, The Wire TV series (sometimes I merge the two and imagine Omar in charge of stacking pallettes of Dungeons & Dragons. “It’s all in the game…”) and the Baltimore Comic Con. But despite this tweet; Now at the marriot bar waiting for the…
The countdown to the launch of Cerebus TV continues. The front page of the site now contains a short Cerebus animation as the Earth Pig rides a horse in silhouette. It also has the high bid for Dave Sim’s only store signing for 2010 (plus stock) at; I would like to bid six hundred and…
Frank Cho painting Poison Ivy at the Baltimore Comic Con. Detail from a photo taken by tacsatduck. — D. Gibbons in FlashForward? Totally named after Dave Gibbons. Official. — Congratulations to Mike Baron got remarried this weekend, to one Anne Fisher, who he met at a motorcycle show. Photos and details can be found here,…
This is the final Portuguese cover to Asterix: The Golden Book, published in ten days to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the character, featuring twelve short stories by Albert Uderzo and the late Rene Goscinny, some reprinted, some new, all with an anniversary theme. One new story sees the village surprising Asterix and Obelix on…
Today I spent the day walking around central London with a large sandwich board strapped to my chest persuading people that they really wanted to see the new Terry Gilliam movie, opening in the UK on Friday, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. Joined by Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood and a smattering of like minded souls,…
Directly after this weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con, Diamond hold host to a Baltimore Retailer Summit, where retailers can meet with Diamond and invited publishers, to learn about upcoming promotions and events, ask questions and try and resolve problems, and pick up both free swag like the Green Lantern Corps #3: Blackest Night Variant, increased discount…
Steamcrow is a company that creates odd little characters and sells them on buttons, posters, whatever they can lay their hands on, including the Monster Commute comic. I saw them at San Diego this year they were ever so cheery. And co-owner Daniel M Davis has quite the logo for his Twitter site. Isn’t it…
Bleeding Cool has received a copy of the filed lawsuit against Jim Shooter by Valiant Entertainment, the company currently publishing hardcover collections of early Valiant Universe titles which have featured new stories written by Shooter. But his role in the company went a lot deeper, as the suit reveals. We discover that, unbeknownst to the…
Not only is he now a university lecturer, not only is he creating a line of early 20th century prominent female biocomics, but now Fox is creating a pilot based on his pre-Hate series, The Bradleys, for a new prime time animated series. Considering this series can be seen as a forebearer of aspects of…
Newsnight Review is an art critic show that runs after the BBC’s premier news analysis show after its Friday tradition. Often high faluting, and often missing the point, it has infuriated me on occasion when I happen to know a lot more about the topic than the panellists. Once I recall Acme Novelty Library as…
CB Cebulski and Paris Hilton, courtesy of CB’s Twitpic feed. Heidi has details of the event here…
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, we explored some basic questions that lay the foundation for a look at the history…
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…
