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,…
There’s something more common in manga than in American comics: the desire to impart knowledge. Sure, comics are primarily a vehicle for escapism, and for the most part, their creators don’t set out to accomplish much more than that. However, manga often goes out of its way to use meticulous research on which to ground…
The British Comedy Awards, held on Saturday night and broadcast on ITV 1 went for a superhero-set theme, the assembled throng surrounded by posters of famous comedians in superhero and comic book guises. Anyone ‘fess to the designs? Outnumbered beat Peep Show for Best Sitcom and also picked up Best British Comedy. Psychoville won Best…
There’s a new series of online gambling games licensed worldwide from DC by Irish company CryptoLogic. As their website says; It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! CryptoLogic brings non-stop casino game action in one of their most anticipated branded games ever. The company’s third release with DC Comics features 50 lines and an…
Three days to Valentine going on sale, and I’ve spent most of my time in the last week dealing with this music video edit. This is where we’ll be on Wednesday: Comixology will have Episode 01 in all languages for free download on iPhone and about 1/3 of the other languages in Episode 02 (this…
MillarWatch: Saturday’s Scotsman‘s magazine profiled Mark Millar this weekend. Nothing particularly new, shocking or concerning his ongoing battle with foxes. But we do get some of those marvelous images of superhero discovery; I also made an Iron Man suit out of paper, coloured it all in and then stapled it all round myself. And I…
GreekWatch: The LA Times sees the Vertigo title Greek Street as part of a resurgence of Greek legends in current entertainment tropes. There were inscriptions written above the entrance of the Temple of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi, and the two most famous ones were cautionary words of wisdom: “Know thyself” and “Nothing too…
Katee Sackhoff is writing a new comic book, with writer/producer Sxv’Leithan Essex to debut at the San Diego Comic Con. Entitled Versus, she tells TV Guide I grew up reading ‘Betty & Veronica. I was obsessed with it. Every time that we would go on an airplane or on a car trip I would go…
Bryan Hitch has been asking Millarworld what they think he should do next. And has been giving a few hints in the process. On a Joss Whedon/Bryan Hitch Spider-Man project, he writes; We’ve talked about that many times but schedules never met. I’ll ask him again but suspect the answer will still be the same…
CultureWatch: Jon Scieszka, the USA National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature writes in the LA Times, extolling the quality and success of modern comic books. “Just looking at pictures” used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading. The…
Avatar is an incredibly unsubtle film. It’s politics are that of an earnest seventeen year old who has just read up on Manifest Destiny. The dialogue is corny and contrived, with exchanges such as “nothing’s over till I say it’s over” “I kinda hoped you’d say that”. The plotline is extremely predictable, you should be…
Hidden beneath the fold of the Free Comic Book Day 2010 announcements was that Ape Entertainment has signed a deal to publish Dreamwork licensed Shrek and Penguins Of Madagascar comics based on the films and is using FCBD to debut stories with these characters as part of its child-focussed KiZoic imprint. They join the likes…
All the Borders bookstores in Britain are shutting their doors and covering their windows in signs for their closing down sale (with prices still more expensive than you can usually get at Amazon, but you know…) And as publisher of all types of books, graphic novels and others, are both mourning a valuable retail venue across the…
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…
