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 Singapore People’s Action Party (PAP) is condensing their seven hundred page book, chronicling the party’s rise, fall, split and resurgence into a propoganda 32 page comic book, just in time for the upcoming elections. With the snappy title, The Illustrated Men In White: Selected Tales Of Power, Struggle And Betrayal, it’s written by the…
Sara Ryan is a librarian and young adult novelist, with award-winning young adult titles such as Empress Of The World and The Rules For Hearts. She is also married to comic artist Steve Lieber, who she has worked with before on Hellboy and Me And Edith Head. Carla Speed McNeil is best known for her…
Is this what it’s come to? Putting myself in the subject of Bleeding Cool posts? I don’t care, ‘cos this is bleeding cool. On Monday evening I’m chairing a discussion on the current state and future possibilities of the superhero genre in comics with Cameron Stewart (Seaguy), Karl Kerschl (Teen Titans) and Ramon Perez (NYX)…
Fables cover artists (and yes, so much more) James Jean and Tara McPherson talk about their work in tonight’s event at ComICA with an illustrated presentation,l from 7pm tonight at London’s ICA. More surprising (to me anyway) ComICA news in an hour. — Perez Hilton http://www.avclub.com/austin/articles/it-dont-mean-shit-a-freudian-analysis-of-the-comic,35241/discusses the Stephanie Meyer book from Bluewater. And it blows!…
Misfits airs on E4 in an hour-and-a-quarter, the new original superhero drama, that mixes excellent swearing, with disenfranchised ‘yoot’ of tabloid headlines and a shooting style that looks better than Heroes, Watchmen and Smallville on a far far smaller budget. Watch for the lightning scene, it’s stunning. For those who miss it, it’s repeated an…
The AutoCue Says Keep Filling: It’s all going to end in tears. Crazy-assed political bellendery this week, as the UK Government declares unilateral war on Science. For our Yanqui chums, here’s how the Sabre Rattled: Back in July, the thoroughly likeable Professor David Nutt — a psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist (that’s a real fucking word, kiss…
Phonogram #5 arrived at a number of stores this week, with a note asking to destroy the copies, and the promise that a new print run of the comic will arrive next week. All down to a bar code error, apparently. Of course a lot of people have been waiting a long time for #5….
The Prisoner, classic British sci-fi/spy thriller/psychological trip from the sixties has been remade for US channel AMC, premiering on Sunday. And what would a remake of a seminal TV series that will in no way live up to the status the original has garnered through the years be without an online tie-in motion comic? Exactly….
Here’s an Orange Fear Error Ring courtesy of Matt Lehman of Comicopia in Boston, MA. Aaaahhh! Just how common are these things? — James Doohan’s family seem to be selling his props on eBay. — The Milford public libraries get a $3000 grant to increase their graphic novel budget – with DC Comics VP Marketing…
The opening to Spider-Man, soundtrack by Danny Elfman. Ultraviolet opening, sound track by Klaus Badelt. Surprisingly Ultraviolet has more comics in the titles than Spider-Man. But is the music just a Spidey rejigging? What do you think?
Today, in the world’s largest comics art festival in London; James Jean and Tara McPherson signing Ahead of tomorrow’s ICA talk, Fables cover artist and Witching cover artists signing their comics and art books. Orbital Comics, Leicester Square, London, 4-6pm. R. Crumb Uncovered Fresh from his university controversies, Robert Crumb work seen for the first…
This week, Booster Gold #26 and R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 ship, with free Orange and Indigo Blackest Night promotional rings. And, just as with the Yellow Rings, there are Error Ring variants – with the wrong ring logos mixed with the wrong colours. Thanks to Brad Bankston of Austin Books & Comics for these ones. Make your…
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…
