Well I must have done something right. Cryptozoic sent me the Locke & Key card game today. And I opened it. And filmed myself doing it too. Welcome to the new Locke & Key unboxing event…
Why The Hell Isn’t There A My Little Pony Comic Book?
Aaron and Mike of A Comic Show want to help fix what’s wrong with the comics industry, they swear they’ll start a regular bombastic op/ed column here on Bleeding Cool. But first, they feel they must follow their hearts (hooves), and use their connections to get a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic made!…
Jim Lee’s Hidden Tribute To Carla
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…
The First Page Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Revealed At Angoulême
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…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer, Engaged!
I’m honoured to announce that Neil Gaiman, world renowned fantasy and comic book writer, and Amanda Palmer, world renowned singer/songwriter are to be wed, next year in the month May. If anyone has any objections, they are to shut the hell up. I found the happy news out last week but was asked to keep…
Teen Titans: Games by Wolfman and Perez Gets Scheduled, Gets Previewed
Lats year BleedingCool reported that the long-awaited Teen Titans:Games by Marv Wolfman and George Perez would be published in October 2010. Well according to The Source and CBR, we were pretty on the money… But what those sites aren’t showing you is all the lovely pages that got leaked a while back. Let’s fix that…
Is Martin Conaghan The New Mark Millar? – Burke And Hare Makes The News
Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering’s graphic novel Burke And Hare has had a nice big splash in today’s Scotsman newspaper as well as a feature going out last night on STV, (the Scottish main commercial channel, not a form of chlamidia) The graphic novel aims to dispel the romanticisation of Burke and Hare as graverobbers…
Comic Book Promotion Named Press Ad Of The Year
British advertising magazine Campaign has named The Guardian newspaper’s press ad for its week of free classic kids comics, their press ad of the year. Advertsing the fact that the next week’s run of Guardian would include a reprint of a classic children’s comic, from The Beano to Roy Of The Rovers, it features the…
Friday Runaround With Vinnie Jones, Ted Rall, Jackie Earle Haley and Christopher Eccleston
LocalWatch: Scott Hinze of FanBoy Radio gets profiled at DFW. Aside from his Fanboy Radio world, Hinze co-founded the nonprofit Heroes4Heroes, through which he and co-founder Chris McCroskey gather comic books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, MP3 players and game systems and ship them to active U.S. troops. But he’s gotta pay the bills, so he also…
Planet Hulk Animation Trailer, Live Panel Coverage And Stuff
Just got back from Arthur Ranson evening at Orbital Comics in London. Free bar, long day and I’m feeling a little bit tired. So I won’t be staying up for the the Planet Hulk trailer and panel discussions when they come on line… The New York event begins approximately 8pm EST/5pm PST/1am GMT An Evening…
Bomb Scare At DC Comics
This afternoon, New York’s Bomb Squad were called out to the corner of the DC Comics Building, to investigate a suspect package. Bleeding Cool reporter Rich Lovatt was on the scene, putting himself in potential danger, tweeting; 7th Avenue round about 53rd street is completely blocked off around my office. Can’t leave the building per…
Amazon Gives Final Scott Pilgrim A Date
But you know, it’s Amazon. Amazon.co.uk for that matter. Sometimes it’s just a placeholder. Sometimes they just make something up. And sometimes they are right. It’s dated July 10th 2010 and described as “the LAST volume in the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels!” Get those midnight openings sorted out retailers!
Short ‘n Curlies #26 by Si Spurrier
BrainFart: Suicide bombers. Fucking idiots, really. I mean, yes, no, no, let’s not get ourselves drawn into a philosophical argument about the existence (or otherwise) of Causes Worth Dying For. Think of the children, think of the children, fuck off. I’d kill for a nice cup of tea, FAKT, but die for it? Nuh-uh. Daft,…
Bill Jemas Is One Of The People Behind Valiant Entertainment, Inc.
I only found this out the other day. The company trying to get the Valiant and Acclaim characters like Harbinger, X-O Manowar and Archer And Armstrong back into print, and recently gave up on the lawsuit against Jim Shooter has ex-Publisher of Marvel, and one of the more controversial figures in the field, Bill Jemas…
Peter David Tweaks Rob Liefeld. Twice.
When Rob Liefeld objected to the “outing” of his character Shatterstar in X-Factor, he stated; As the guy that created, designed and wrote his first dozen appearances, Shatterstar is not gay. Sorry. Can’t wait to someday undo this… Shatterstar is akin to Maximus in Gladiator. He’s a warrior, a Spartan, and not a gay one….
Gail Simone To Leave Wonder Woman? Hopefully Not Yet.
After yesterday’s announcement that Gail Simone was to return to Birds Of Prey, and stay on Secret Six, some have wondered if this means that Gail Simone will be leaving Wonder Woman? The Comics Alliance lack-of-mention does seem quite noticeable. And with rumours, admittedly first stated on this blog, that Grant Morrison will be working…
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New Sherlock Viral? Or Something Geekier?
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…
Frank Miller Redraws The Dark Knight
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…
The Amazing Spider-Man Is Tidied Up A Little By An Official Blurb
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…
Joe Madureira Wants To Draw A Zelda Comic Series
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…
The Robins – A New Comic From Jeff Lemire?
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…
Warner Bros. Nix ElfQuest Movie, Pin Blame On The Hobbit
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…
