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,…
Tonight, the first Graphic Novelist fellowship from the The Arts Foundation will be discussed as part of ComICA, the largest English-speaking comics arts festival in the world, taking place in London right now. The prize is worth £10,000 – that’s about $16,000. Judges Pat Mills (creator of 2000AD), Posy Simmonds (Tamara Drewe) and Paul Gravett…
James Asmus, Scott Snyder, Simon Spurrier, David Lopez, Stephen Thompson, C.B. Cebulski, Becky Cloonan, Tim Fish, John Barber, Mike Allred, Chris Yost, Michele Bertilorenzi, Leonard Kirk and Dustin Weaver are put a few of the creators of new Marvel series Nation X shipping in December, an anthology mini-series looking at the post-Utopia X-Men landscape, with…
Yesterday, Cages creator Dave McKean was on hand for the opening of a gallery of his manipulated photographic work, at the Artisar Studio in Tenerife, Spain, that will appear in an upcoming book, Pholk, a contraction of “Photos Of Folk” And thankfully, Dave McKean had his camera with him to take photos… of his photos….
I remember when the Daily Mail printed reaction from Buckingham Palace that they were “utterly appalled” at the planned X-Statix appearance of Princess Diana as a mutant zombie returned from the dead. As a result of this and pressure on Marvel’s West Coast, the book was changed. Years later, Joe Quesada would express in outrage…
Comic artist Kaare Andrews, best known for his groundbreaking series of Hulk covers, has directed the new sci-fi thriller movie, Altitude, starring Jessica Lowndes and Julianna Guill. Now this is an unfinished trailer, with much of the special effects yet to be added. But that’s not going to stop us is it? Absolutely not…
That’s right! The anthology comic Pop Gun‘s fourth volume is actually going to have a cover. I believe the Image book considered not having a cover but then realised that that would just make the first page the cover, defeating the purpose. Then they considered not having a first page to get round that problem,…
So, Phonogram #5 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson from Image Comics has been withheld from sale this week and those stores that received copies told to destroy them in preparation for next week’s replacement print run with the corrected barcode. But what if you just can’t wait? What then? I sent intrepid…
Boston Globe on the state of the local comics industry Three quarters of the inventory in Scagnoli’s suburban stores is superheroes fare; in Cambridge and Allston, stores are stocked primarily with independent comics and graphic novels, which tend to be longer, narrative works. — Some potential logos for Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards’ Turf…
Another busy weekend for ComICA, the largest English-speaking comics festival in the world, taking place in London right now. A conference on graphic novels and young people has just started down the road from me at Roheampton college. I would have gone but a) looking after kids b) looking after sick wife and c) it’s…
Mark Stafford is one of my favourite comic artists. Currently working on the Bryan Talbot graphic novel series Cherubs. He’s also been creating a mural in six panels called It’s All About The Ink to representing graphic novels when the John Harvard Library in Southwark, London, reeopens on Monday. Enjoy.
Hi, I’m Alasdair and I wear lots of hats. I’m a freelance journalist with work appearing in everything from The Guardian to Sci Fi Now, a parsec-award winning podcaster as the host of Pseudopod, the editor of Hub and a roleplaying game writer. That last one is especially fun, as I’m currently writing the 9th…
There are SPOILERS regarding the most recent issues of Punisher and Green Lantern Corps #42. If you haven’t read said issues, and you actually care, then tread carefully. In fact, go away, read them, then come back again. Ready? Good. Because in the most recent issue of Green Lantern Corps, Kyle Rayner dies. Yes, I…
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…
