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,…
Lew Stringer is a British comics stalwart working on Brickman, Combat Colin and lots of work for Viz Comics, currently in its thirtieth year. He also contributed to Oink!, a comic book that was very much a junior Viz Comic – and with contributions from Charlie Brooker. And, it seems, Dave Gibbons in issue #49……
Today, Warren Ellis’ big new project from Avatar comes out, Supergod. There have been many treatise on the idea of the superhero as a godlike creature. From Marvelman/Miracleman to The One, to Watchmen to Tha Nazz to Maximortal to… need I go on? Probably. So superheroes and gods, what’s that about? Dan Jurgens, Thor writer,…
Denny O’Neil has a long history in the comics industry as both a writer and editor. He’s best known for writing Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, through the seventies, Spider-Man in the eighties and for editing Batman-related titles in the nineties. A widely published novelist and screenwriter, he is currently lecturing at the NYU on…
After last week’s piece on Lords Of Misrule with a new story, The Street Where You Live written by John Tomlinson and drawn by Peter Snejbjerg, we discovered that the story had already been drawn thirteen years ago, by Mike Perkins, and published in Negative Burn #42. Ans here it is… feel free to compare…
Andy Mangels is a comic book and sci-fi author, specialising in Star Trek-related work, with a very high profile in gay comics circles. He runs the annual Wonder Woman Day and history goes way back. And twenty-one years ago he worked for Fantagraphics on the fondly-remembered Amazing Heroes magazine, and pitched a Gays In Comics…
The Allspark Transformers message boards celebrate their tenth anniversary and it’s all because “two enterprising fans by the names of Optimus87 and SH0CKWAVE… decided that a place called “THE ALLSPARK” would be a great place to talk about Beast Machines spoilers, since the so called “Official Beast Machines” forums were having nothing of it.” —…
Okay, we’ve seen a lot of this stuff badly recorded on smuggled-in mobile phones, but here it is at least without the blurs and audience cheering… the trailer to Kick-Ass. As of this morning it was still using the Superman theme in the opening credits but suddenly it’s been switched to the 2001 theme. Wassup…
Tomorrow, the fifth issue of Phonogram by Kieron Gillen. Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson was to have been published from Image Comics. Already held up by production issues, its publication was much anticipated by people like, well, me. It’s my favourite comic in singles right now. Unfortunately an incorrect barcode on the cover has meant…
Welcome to a big Avatar week – three high profile titles. The new superhero comic from Warren Ellis and Garrie Gastonny, Garth Ennis and Oscar Jiminez continuing Wormwood and the new issue of the just-optioned Gravel from Ellis and Mike Wolfer. Have a sneek peek at all of them. SuperGod #1 Wormwood #2 xxx Gravel…
Over the last few days I’ve had a number of people sent me notes to the effect that Scott Pilgrim was to leave Oni. With five out of the six books published and the film on the way, it seemed an odd decision, and one that smacked of some kind of behind-the-scenes shenigan. It’s not….
The mainstreaming comics continues. And it turns out, we’re a clever and more literate lot. According to a survey by Simba Information, One in 10 adult American book buyers also read comic books. And 70% of those American adults who have read comics in the previous 12 months also bought at least one prose book,…
Yes, there’s nothing that quite says you are against terrorism than putting out a comic book where superheroes fight terrorists. That’ll show them. 26/11 is a superhero comic book about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year, In which, after a historical retelling of the events, superhero Nagraj goes next door to a country called…
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…
