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,…
Amazon Canada has a listing for a new version of Kimota! The Miracleman Companion, in hardcover, fully updated, for next year. The original version of Kimota! from TwoMorrows written and compiled by George Khoury, was considered a go-to source for the whole Marvelman/Miracleman creator/publication/ownership affair when it was published almost ten years ago, interviewing all…
Just a tiny thing. But enough to inspire Doctor Who fanfic writers the world over. I understand from well-connected-fan-chatter combined with a little birdie at BBC America that in the end-of-year Doctor Who specials, and yes I am eeking this out a bit so that there are no spoilers for the front page of Bleeding…
The Twelve was a twelve-issue series from Marvel that took classic Golden Age Marvel superheroes and recast them in the modern day, basically what if a bunch of Captain Americas from the dregs of World War II had all woken up now… By J Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston, the series was warmly received but…
Bluewater is getting coverage in the Pets section of newspapers now for their Bo Obama book. — By the way, if you missed it, Punisher #11 is getting a second printing. DC have their version of Frankenstein’s Monster doing the rounds of the DC Universe, now Marvel have got theirs… — Underground hip hop star…
Five! Five courses! Makes the Michigan State University look pathetic in comparison. Five courses in comics books and graohic novels at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Five! Okay, a couple of them are the same, repeated at different times of the year. But even so The Graphic Memoir, The Contemporary Comic and…
You think that Chew #1 in your vault is worth a bomb? That your Walking Dead and Deadpool collections will see you through the bad times? Holding onto that Superman #75 hoping it will pay for your great-great-great-great grandkids college education? Pah. This is where the real money is. Profiles in History is holding an…
Marvel have recently contacted almost all their comic book creators over the last decade or so to tell them about Marvel’s “Special Character Policy”. The e-mail states that it is intended that it “for certain uses of a character, provides some additional compensation, above and beyond what you’ve already received.” Basically if you’ve created a…
Kieron Gillen talks about his DJ set at the ThoughtBubble comics convention in Leeds this weekend. During which he predicts; I fear footage of this will emerge online shortly. Always, Kieron, always. Comics people dancing like Take That. Thanks to Matt Sheret’s Flickr feed for this one.
Ten Plugs On A Monday, a new occasional column looking at, well, stuff that’s out there that could do with a plug. Worth an explore, certainly. The Podcast: Bleeding Cool recently ran a piece on NFL player Lance Briggs and his love of nineties comics. And he talks to Around Comics about his plans to…
When Pádraig Ó Méalóid isn’t causing trouble at comic convention committees, he’s turned into quite the comic archaelogist. Especially concerning Alan Moore-related stuff. On his blog he writes that he’s been trying to find absolute proof that Mick Anglo owned Marvelman before the character was sold, through Emotiv Records and John Campbell, to Marvel Comics….
Okay, so what’s been happening on the cool in the last couple of weeks? We’ve been covering ComICA events such as Eddie Campbell, James Jean and Tara McPherson, and even chaired a discussion between Ramon Pere, Karl Kerschl and Cameron Stewart, while a Viz founder kicked off against the upcoming Tate Britain exhibition of their…
Okay, there’s not even a tenuous comics link here. But Channel 4′s Cast Offs starting tomorrow night (and as always, legally downloadable on 4oD afterwards or illegally downloadable on various torrent sites a few hours later) looks like it may well spark some discussion. For a start the pitch is like something off Charlie Brooker’s…
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…
