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
Wednesday Runaround – ****ing Deadpool Everywhere
WTFWatch: Deadpool, like Wolverine, apparently needs to be on more comics. Such as the following variant cover for Secret Warriors #13. There’s a point. Are serious swear words, even abbreviated ones, now allowed on the cover of Marvel’s comics? Well, I suppose, DC did publish The Kents. RossWatch: The preview of Jonathan Ross’ comic book…
Thor And Captain America Movie Costume Reveals?
Just how do you do Captain America’s wings on his helmet in a live action movie without them looking, well, a bit pony? It looks like Captain America: The First Avenger has the answer. You just make them part of the design, rather than have them sticking out like a twat. Kotobukiya, who manufacture a…
Marvel Announces The Heroic Age In USA Today
MarvelWatch: Joe Quesada has used USA Today to launch The Heroic Age to launch a new era of light’n’brighty superhero comics at Marvel, instead of the more grim’n’gritty we’ve been used to of late. Quesada is quoted as saying; Heroes will be heroes again. They’ve gone through hell and they’re back to being good guys…
Sherlock Holmes Takes Down Lobo
The LA Times is reporting that Guy Ritchie has left Warner’s adaptation of Lobo to concentrate on Sherlock Holmes 2, the movie whose star Robert Downey Jr also left Cowboys & Aliens to work on. Looks like Sherlock Holmes not only wasn’t based on a graphic novel but is now destroying comic book movies left…
Kilowog Concept Art For Green Lantern Movie Leaked
Thanks to Cosmic Book News for these, and the confirmation. But of course this raises another possible issue. Kilowog’s name. A long-standing Green Lantern character, is he really going to be launched on the mass public with a name like that? What’s next, Rapeopaki or Maimonigga? Might we see a potential name change before the…
Interviewing Dave Lizewski About Being Kick-Ass
So how much did you pay to get the Kick Ass name? Was it worth it? I’m not sure if I can reveal how much I spent on the name auction. Partially because I can’t remember the total exactly. It was a good chunk of change for a good cause. Hopefully Nemesis will go higher,…
Marvel Comics Literally Hired A Gross Of New Freelancers In 2009
He’s been making his list and checking it twice. But CB Cebulski, Marvel’s Talent Manager, has counted up 144 new freelancers working at Marvel in the last year. He breaks it down like this; Writers – 24 Pencilers and/or penciler/inkers – 81 (Provide non-color line art) Digital painters – 13 (Provide complete artwork from sketch…
WOWIO Restructures For 2010 – And The Apple Tablet?
Wowio was an early publishing model for digital comics. Burning through venture capital, it paid publishers $1 for every comic read online – yet gathered much less advertising revenue from the publication. A number of publishers made a lot of money, very quickly, but soon there were problems, delays and the final payments under this…
A Colleen By Any Other Name…
Recently writer/artist Colleen Doran got a little bit narked that she’d been solicited as working on Marvel’s new series Girl Comics without actually having heard of the comic in question. Thusly; Colleen writes; My editors at DC will be very happy to know that I am not slacking on my deadlines by sneaking off to…
It’s Ladies Night At Strange Adventures This Thursday
It’s an unusual promotion, I’ll grant you. And it’s one that media outlets (such as Bleeding Cool) are certain to pick up and draw attention to. Because, yes, Strange Adventures comic store in Nova Scotia is holding its first ladies night this Thursday. Only women will be allowed in, only women will be working in…
Tuesday Runaround – Judge Dredd Baits Media
ScotWatch: To promote the Hi-Ex Comics Convention in Inverness in March this year, artist Colin MacNeil drew Judge Dredd fishing for the Loch Ness Monster. Perfect news bait… and the BBC bit. ZombieWatch: The pilot script to AMC’s adaptation of The Waking Dead comic has been reviewed; If you were a fan of the comic…
Swipe File: WildCATS To X-Men
I think it’s fair to say that there are certain elements of The X-Men that found their way into Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S. So it’s only fair if there’s a little vice versa. Such as Scott Eaton’s artwork below from X-Men Legacy (is it still called that?) #224 and a page by Jim Lee from WildC.A.T.S….
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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…
