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,…
HeManWatch: Thanks to Welcome Friend Or Foe for these; AmazonWatch: Superman Earth One makes an appearance on Amazon with a release date of September 7th, a price tag of $19.99 and a page count of 128 pages. And Amazon Canada is already doing discounts. One can presume Batman Earth One will be on a similar…
Did you know that the new Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law was based on a graphic novel? No, it was, everyone says so… It took Wigram, an executive producer on the two most recent Harry Potter films, six months to work out the story and…
It was a grand dream. A marrying of Indian and American comics industry, with muklti-media crossover expansion and a litany of Hollywood names attached. Guy Ritchie, Terry Gilliam, John Woo, Andy Diggle, Grant Morrison and the return of Dan Dare from Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine. So naturally it had to fail. But remnants of…
Bleeding Cool recently ran a piece covering the death of comic book podcaster Eric Martin last month. His brother Mike Martin has set up a donation fund to help Eric’s eight-year-old daughter, Gracie. And people have been donating items for auction. Here are but a few, to give someone a great Christmas present – and…
Yesterday I ran a piece on Bleeding Cool over the artwork used over the British Comedy Awards. Only to discover that one of the creators was an occasional poster to the Bleeding Cool forums, Tempest and Wasted artist Jon Haward. These pieces were lettered and coloured by Nigel Dobbyn. Other art in the series was…
024 Down into the streets, the creases of Jack “King” Kirby’s face, trapped by what could easily be the canyons of New York city avenues, the grey confines of the Depression streets that Jack Kirby ran and fought in. They’re like walls, imprisoning a generation. And somewhere, there’s a tannoy on a street corner, on…
MisneyWatch: Okay, not sure what Marvel or Disney will make of the $15.99 copyright/trademark-busting print but still, ain’t that pretty? Pretty satire. Satire! And not anything else , okay lawyers? LeastSurprisingNewsWatch: Matt Fraction and John Romita Jr take on Thor. MarvelWatch: Marvel decide their best comics are worth $1. Yet Hulk is $3.99. Go figure….
This was the week that; Dynamite paid off Dabel debt. Scott Kurtz and Neal Adams teaming up for PVP with video. Valerie D’Orazio writes Punisher MAX. Oh yes she does! And Katee Sackhoff is writing her own comic, Versus. The industry creating its own accidental mailing list courtesy of a Paul Jenkins hack. Ape Entertainment…
BrainFart: Crazy urban troubleshooting this week… Problem: How do you stop crowds of listless hoodie-wearing juvenile scallywanks from hanging about in the mouths of warm, cosy tube stations after dark: smoking the flagitious fags of Fear, spitting the sinister swearwords of Savagery, and terrorizing Nice, Virtuous Old Ladies with shaky hands, rosy cheeks, and bitter…
Well, it’s possible the people who posed for these posters could have been nude. No evidence they weren’t. And that’s good enough for me. Twenty-one covers to Project Superpowers Chapter Two – now with added title on every cover, from Alex Ross and friends.
Right now in Leicester Square, the Sherlock Holmes World Premiere thing is going on. While I’m stuck at home cooking spaghetti bolognaise. But which is better? There’s one way to find out… for me to go and see it later this week. Till then, anyone fancy doing screencaps? Or if that’s not gripping enough, why…
Oh please make this happen. Bleeding Cool writer Alex DeCampi (and animation director) suggested on Twitter that this manner of animation would suit a Neil Gaiman story very well indeed. Alex De Campi: Amazing book animation this would be fun to do for a @neilhimself short story… Thing is on Twitter, you’re playing with live…
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…
