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
Repugnant – A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Definition
Bill Willingham wrote on CBR: By intentionally allowing, encouraging in fact, the notion to exist among the comics reading public, that Whedon and Dark Horse are in any way steering, or influencing, the stories I help to produce in IDW’s ongoing Angel series, Allie and Whedon are committing what is tantamount to taking credit for…
Kick-Ass: The Media Controversy Begins!
Because one just Mark Millar story wasn’t enough for today. I saw Kick-Ass the other week. And am embargoed to comment on what I saw. But chatting with an employee of Universal Studios, distributing the film in the UK they felt torn over certain publicity issues that may surround the film, and to what degree…
Will Sam Raimi Or Guy Ritchie Direct Millar And McNiven’s Nemesis?
There’s no one quite like Mark Millar for hype. Then hyping the hype. Then spinning the hype around until suddenly there it is fully formed and self supporting. But this one may be his greatest one yet. Yesterday Mark Millar decided that he wanted to scotch the rumour that Sam Raimi was to direct a…
Everything’s Coming Up Justice League International
With the Source blog for the DC Universe grabbing all the Brightest headlines of late, feel sorry for the relatively-ignored-this-week Vertigo and Wildstorm variants. Especially when Graphic Content will help you stalk DC editors and creators with a Manhattan bar list. And The Bleed gives you an appropriately-timed Justice League International homage for The Authority…
Tuesday Targets And Servers
TVWatch: Comics books continue to play a leading role in the publicity for Fox’s Human Target TV series based on the DC Comic book (and graphic novel apparently)- especially the Peter Milligan run – while few people are talking about the disguise aspect and the identity loss being done away with. Here’s how Bleeding Cool…
Is The Return Of Justice League International Continued Evidence For Light’N'Brighty Comics?
With a Michael Keaton swipe beaming out of DC’s The Source blog this morning, DC announced a 26 issue bi-weekly series, Justice League: Generation Lost by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick, coming out on opposing weeks to the previously announced 26 issue bi-weekly Brightest Day. With Fire and Ice, Booster Gold and Blue Beetle, Rocket…
Avatar Plug Of The Week – Alan Moore And Jacen Burrows’ Neonomicon
He is the greatest comic book writer that has ever lived. Watchmen, Swamp Thing, 1963, V For Vendetta, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Big Numbers, Lost Girls, Supreme, Mirror Of Love, Marvelman, The BoJeffries Saga, Halo Jones, Skizz, DR And Quinch, Tom Strong, Promethea, Tomorrow Stories, Top Ten, Light Of Thy Countenance, Whatever Happened To The…
Avatar Plug Of The Week – Christos Gage’s Absolution #6
Absolution #6 by Christos Gage and Roberto Viacava is the final issue of this supercop-turned-villain serial killer. Green Lantern meets Dexter, that sort of thing. There’s a thing called the Hollywood ending. Where all the moral turpitude thrown up in the air during the movie, is resolved, often with a nice easy moral conclusion. This…
No Hero Chapter One – Free – by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp
The trade paperback of No Hero, by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, is published by Avatar Press this week, out tomorrow in the US, Thursday in the UK. But to get you in the mood, here’s the complete first chapter, originally printed in No Hero #0, for free. No Hero takes place in a…
What Would Josh Do by Josh Adams #8 – For The Good Of Our Industry
I know it has been a long time since I have contributed to BleedingCool.com and I have been busy. Actually, writing this column had been a carrot that spurred me on for weeks now, unfortunately, timing and recent events has ruined the positive nature of what now feels like a responsibility. Jack Kirby is the…
Whatever Happened To The Jim Shooter Lawsuit?
It’s been well over the mandated 120 days for the lodged lawsuit by Valiant Entertainment Inc against Jim Shooter to be served. And we’ve seen nary a hair of it. Jim Shooter was being sued for his role in the new Dark Horse line based on the Gold Key characters that originally formed the basis…
Tuesday’s Museums, Films, TV And Theatre – Getting Comics Cultured
MuseumWatch: The Victorian And Albert Museum in London is planning a Dundee franchise which will, amongst other things, celebrate and exhibit local comics. Dundee is a home to publishers such as DC Thomson, publishers of The Beano, Dandy, Oor Wullie and The Broons, and local talent includes Alan Grant. FilmWatch: This feels like the week…
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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…
