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
Problems In Storytelling #1 – The Siege
The Siege #1 is the beginning Marvel’s big new mini-series that will impact across the Marvel Universe and, presumably, bring on The Heroic Age. We’ve got Thor, Iron Man and Captain America sharing the same comic, big explosions, lots of action and lots of chess pieces doing their thing.All good superheroic stuff. But in the…
Time Magazine Asks Are Comics Fascist?
Not the new edition obviously. One from October 22nd. In 1945. It’s an intriguing parallel to media concerns these days. I’ve often ended up in message board arguments over political nature of the superhero. My argument ahs been that the superhero is an inherently conservative construct, and despite the liberal tendencies of many comic book…
So What Is Brian Bendis And Bryan Hitch’s New Comic Project?
Bryan Hitch, recent new dad, was talking on Twitter on being a bit tired and down. Brian Bendis offered some words of support, from which the following exchange emerged. HITCH: don’t worry, it wasn’t your stuff that was killing me! It’s all those nasty little things you put off catching up BENDIS: i knew that….
Ethan Hawke Has Vertigo Comic In His Sights
Actor Ethan Hawke has quite the resume. As well as acting in everything from Dead Poets Society to Hamlet to Daybreakers, he also directs for the stage and has written two novels. Well it looks like he’s after the comic book industry next. He’s been quoted as saying; If I could work with a graphic…
Marvel Mobile Phone Comics Spread Across India
Bleeding Cool has written a couple of pieces on the sudden massive expansion of mobile phone comics “momics” across India with one coompany employing hundreds of people to work on the lines. Well, one Indian comics company Tata Docomo has decided to outsource much of their line to America and Japan, launching their Docomics line….
That Friday Runaround Feeling
FilmWatch: Green Lantern has got the green light. How apt. It shoots in ten weeks and its release date is June 17th 2011. FilmWatch2: Adriana Barraza of Drag Me To Hell is being cast for Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. ScandalWatch: The Boston Globe compares media panic over teenagers sexting each other on mobile phones with the…
Short ‘n Curlies #25 by Si Spurrier
Plugged I don’t like strangers. Actually, that’s not entirely true. Under certain very narrowly defined conditions, usually involving Profound Silence, Extreme Stillness, and Utter Lack Of Irritating Smells, I rather enjoy meeting new people. Once in a while I’m even tempted to learn more about the fuckers, though I’d rarely act on it. It’s just…
Is The Flash Calling Me A Wanker?
Look, superhero comic books have never had the most enlightened attitude to the art of masturbation. And years before Sam Raimi and Brian Michael Bendis would bring us Spider-Man excess web fluid in his bedroom at home, Dave Sim was doing a Don Simpson impersonation for Cerebus… But IGN has just printed the cover art…
Thor Gets A New Date, Raimi And Sony Have Issues
Yup, looks like Spider-Man 4 has slipped from its provisional date of May the 6th 2011, leaving Paramount and Marvel Studios’ Thor to take advantage of the web-spaced gap. I was talking to some studio types after seeing a screening of Kick-Ass last night, and Kenneh Branagh’s Thor seems to bemuse them. Though, to be…
Thursday Morning Wunawound
WossWatch: Jonathan Ross has quit the BBC after thirteen years with the corporation, declining to renew his contract. Often criticised by the more reactionary elements of the British media, he canme under heavy fire last year for a radio broadcast with Russell Brand, in which they called the actor Andrew Sachs for an interview but,…
More Doctor Who Stuff – Writers, Pics, All That
Ooh is that a sonic screwdriver with Red settings? The writers for Series Five of Doctor Who have been listed in the new Doctor Who Magazine… and no Neil Gaiman. Damn. Steven Moffat, showrunner, grabs six of the episodes, including the two part with Weeping Angels and the return of the Doctor’s possible future wife,…
Paul Gambaccini Is A DC Comics Mastermind
The other night on BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind, Russell Grant, Diane Parish, Tony Parsons and Paul Gambaccini answered questions on their specialist subject and on general knowledge. DJ, broadcaster and ex-owner of Soho Comics with Jonathan Ross, Gambaccini, chose DC Comics. And he did rather well, contributing to his eventual winning score, contributing a prize sum…
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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…
