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,…
Grant Morrison has moved Hollywood representation from CAA to ICM. I wish I knew the significance of this, but Morrison does have a number of screenplay projects in the works, from We3 to Area 51 and probably a stack more and they have been a bit slow in moving forward… — Reuters has some fun…
Alan Moore’s first published work was in fanzines, such as the oft-sought after Embryo series he wrote and edited back in 1970. When he worked for Marvel UK, he would run fanzine reviews in comics such as Daredevils. And, in reaction to the government Clause 28 legislation, he self published and edited the AARGH anthology,…
While everyone who follows comics and movies has been paying attention to Disney buying Marvel in the last few weeks, I noticed a tidbit that no one has really commented on: Nikki Finke has reported that Hollywood studio MGM is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. As holders of the movie rights to James…
Family Fortunes is a British family gameshow based on the US show, Family Feud, in which competing families have to test whether their own opinions on a matter match those of the population at large. Basically, in a twist against all other gameshows, they compete to be the most average. All Star Family Favourites is…
For Brits, consider this a puff piece for the upcoming release of Pixar’s Up in cinemas. For Americans consider this promo for the upcoming DVD release. I know, I know, it’s divergent markets. Anyway. This morning they tethered the Up hot air balloon to the South Bank near Thames Bridge as a few local celebrities…
Long Beach, Mid Ohio and Birmingham. What’s the word coming out of them? Long Beach – Rob Liefeld: I am having the most awesome Birthday! My wife surprised me at the comic convention, my youngest son spent the day at the show with me! Mid Ohio – MovementMag: Why, yes, I do believe that is…
Back in the day, the BBC wasn’t as precious with its copyrights as it is now, which is why Terry Nation, writer of the second Doctor Who story The Daleks, was able to claim ownership of this race of alien mutants in a whole shell. And Bob Baker, writer of the arc The Invisible Enemy,…
The Hero Initiative, looking after comic creators who have fallen on hard times, has commissioned a series of original art covers for Wolverine: Weapon X #1 to raise money. PopCultureGeek has been taking photos at the Long Beach Comic Con and got a good run of the display… And thankfully those hundred Wolvie covers is…
This is an appeal on behalf of Cesar Feliciano. Comic penciller and inker, his biggest Big Two credit was as an inker on Suicide Squad, but his new series Full Moon Craze from Masterpiece is in the new Previews. However of late his young daughter, Alana, has been very sick indeed and has undergone a…
As the countdown to the launch of Cerebus TV gets closer and closer, the details are firming up. Jim Steranko and Dave Sim are working on a jointly owned production (as all material on Cerebus TV will be) in which they discuss the work of Mort Meskin, Joe Kubert, Reed Crandall, Carmine Infantino and Jack…
Last night, Charlie Brooker’s new games review show Gameswipe smashed onto BBC4, following his work on Screenwipe and Newswipe, iconoclastic abuse and criticism in a vein developed from the nineties voice of Victor Lewis-Smith into, basically, the voice of propgeek for the late noughties. Anyway, Brooker often invites guest commentators onto the show and in…
Apparently Long Beach and Los Angeles declared yesterday to be Stan Lee Day while Jeph Loeb read out the official proclamation. And all he had to do was open the Long Beach Comic Con with a pair of shears. Shame he didn’t decide to cosplay as Edward Scissorhands while doing it though. Here’s how the…
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…
