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,…
It’s been in the works for a while. And a Chris Claremont/Milo Manara X-Men collaboration has been ramping up expectations. Claremont, the man who redefined the X-Men as the multi-media franchise who are most familiar with today, and Milo Manara, a soft-porn comics creator whose work can be seen as a major influence on the…
There are lots of Yellow Rings as part of the Blackest Night promotion available. Those who couldn’t get one because their shop wouldn’t order 25 copies of Doom Patrol #4 can buy them for a buck or two online. Everyone should be able to get the ring they want. Unless… Unless… Unless you want an…
And so they gathered. Mike Lake, co-founder of Forbidden Planet and Titan Distributors, and early UK shop manager Derek Stokes, of Dark They Were And Golden Eyed, the first UK comic store, and Phil Clarke, who organised the first British comics convention in 1968 in Birmingham. Mike had a number of documents and pages on…
Get your kids to read comics. It turns out they’re good for them. If only chocolate biscuits are as well then I’d suddenly be seen as a really good parent.* Not only that but academic Carol Tilley is actively trying to get comic books into the classroom. — And experts believe the best year to…
ComICA continues in London today – here are the main events. Comica Comiket: Small Press & Self-Publishers Fair The biggest small press comics market in the UK, combining the London Underground Comics market with many other publishers. Attendees include; Aben Maler & Steffen P. Maarup, Alternative Press, Jimi Gherkin & Banal Pig Press, Atlantic Press…
Liban Diriye reports on the Black Powers panel, held last night as part of the ComICA comics arts festival in London. Last night I had the pleasure of getting lost in the Swiss Cottage Library complex trying to find the right room for the Black Powers panel. My bewilderment was shortlived when I soon found…
He’s already been in the Punisher. comic series (pictured) He’s expressed his love for comics a number of times. And he unofficially starred in the comic book Wanted (though turned down the movie). Well now Eminem is producing and starring in a new movie, the 3D horror film Shady Talez. The movie will also be…
Thi is the first image created by Watchmensch artist Simon Rohrmuller for a new comic written by Rich Johnston, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne. What if Miss Marple was the world’s most successful serial killer? And what if she “solved” her crimes by framing innocent parties? The same focussed mind, the same righteous zeal,…
There appears to be only one way to sell a major event in Marvel Comics. With multiple choice Celebrity Squares… Or is it Brady Bunch? And will the answer be the same as with the One More Day ad… none of them? Still, at least there’s the possibility that the continuity car crash that was…
The Guardian newspaper celebrates thirty years of Viz Comic (currently an exhibition at The Cartoon Museum in London) with three specially commissioned strips using three of the comic’s ongoing characters, Biffa Bacon a parody of the violent children’s strip Bully Beef, Mrs Brady, Old Lady and Gilbert Ratchet. — Meanwhile the Independent runs a massive…
The ComICA comics art festival continues in London, in and around the Institute of Contemporary Arts, thanks to Man-At-The-Crossroads, Paul Gravett. Dark We Were And Golden Eyed I’ll be attending the Brian Bolland/Dave Gibbons conversation on the beginning of comics fandom and comics retail in the UK. The panel will be lead by Mike Gold,…
At the MCM London Expo a couple of weeks ago, during a panel on comic book adaptations, Alan Grant stated that neither Keith Giffen (co-creator of Lobo), he nor Simon Bisley (developers of the character into the one we know and love today) had been contacted by anyone involved with the new Joel Silver/Guy Ritchie…
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…
