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,…
What are you doing this lunchtime? You know, if you’re in London? If so, why not pop by the British Museum and see Paul Gravett, The Man At The Crossroads, talking about Hoshino Yukinobu. alongside the Museum’s Yukinobu exhibition. Free (booking required), British Museum, 1.15pm to 2pm. If I wasn’t quarantined in a swine flu…
Eddie Campbell has lost his bag. He looks agitated, all the valuables are in it. The audience is worried: How could this happen? What can we do? He’s telling us that he just told his wife that the bag is gone. She replied that he gave her the bag 10 minutes ago. Proceedings aren’t even…
Not that much going on last week that other people didn’t already talk about at length, and the column about Miyamoto Musashi I was planning needs more work, so I decided to rent a couple of the two summer movies that I had no interest in seeing when they were in the cinema. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE…
This was the week that Bleeding Cool went into gift mode. With The Boys #1, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, complete, online and legal, a preview to the new Shaky Kane/David Hine comic from Image, a preview of Jock’s page for 45, a preview of Chris Claremont and Milo Manara’s X-Women comic (talking of…
In which our heroine tussles with the difficulties of publishing a comic in formats that were really made for plain text, and at last sorts Valentine out for Kindle, Stanza, e-Reader and iRex. Or at least she thinks she’s sorted it. That’s where you come in. Fancy beta-ing Episode 1? Let’s step back for a…
I’ve been hearing this in a number of forms over the past month. That it’s a stand alone graphic novel. That it’s a mini-series. That it’s an ongoing series part of a new celebrity-creator-own line… somewhere. That it’s nothing more than a baseless rumour. Nevertheless it’s something a number of comics and film industry people…
This week the Female Force: Stephanie Meyer biography ships from Bluewater Productions in two formats, a 22 page and an expanded 40 page version including a history of the town Forks, where Meyer’s Twilight is set, which will be counted as the best selling graphic novel of the month. And it doesn’t even come with…
Just how many twits can one twittee tweet? Brian Bendis tested this limit of humanity over the weekend. During which time we learnt the following ten things on the tenth anniversary of his time at Marvel. That next summer will see a Bendis/Alex Maleev creator-owned crime comic. That we are to expect an announcement on…
Alex Ross has donated the above signed,original artwork to S.W.R.O, a charity dedicated to rescuing animals. The Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization, Inc. is auctioning the pencil-and-inked Catwoman piece through eBay here, the bidding ending on Friday. In a press release, Alex is quoted as saying Animal rescue is one of my favorite causes. Saved Whiskers…
Tonight, Kevin O’Neill, artist of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and, indeed, the Tales Of The Green Lantern Corps story that caused a little fuss of late, will be in conversation with Paul Gravett at Islington Central Library tonight as part of ComICA. Sadly I can’t make it, I’m looking after a house full of…
45 is the new Com.X graphically illustrated novel by Andi Ewington and a whole host of comic book artists. Including, as seen below, Jock. The book looks at a journalist whose unborn child is flagged as having super powers. And he’s talking to as many powered people as he can in order to prepare. And…
Last week Bleeding Cool pointed out that the three bestselling books in France were all comics, Asterix & Obelix, Naruto Vol 44 and Happy Sex. This week those books maintain their places fopr a second week. But they’ve been joined at number 6 by XIII Mystery Vol 2: Irana, a spinoff of the popular XIII series by Eric…
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…
