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
Blackest Night Flash Error Ring Issue
We’ve had a lot of fun with the Error Ring phenomenon in DC’s Blackest Night promotion. But now it’s spread to the comic books. The Flash has recently become a Blue Lantern (just go with it, okay) and as a result his internal monologue has been altered to reflect that, the Flash symbol now sitting…
Peter Bagge And Seattle’s Comixtravaganza
Seattle Public Library’s annual Comixtravaganza is kicking off, with local publishers Fantagraphics Books and Zanadu Comics lending a hand. Free preofessional workshops are being organised this weekend from the likes of David Lasky and Greg Stump, enabling people to take their own mini-comics home – but not before they’ve been added to the library’s collection….
Friday Runaround – Brimful Of Andi On Your Forty Five
IronMan2Watch: While the Mandarin won’t be summoning any Fin Fang Foom for the movie, there will be a brief poster cameo of the dragon – here’s a look at the reinvented angry creature by Adi Granov for the halfway-abandoned Viva Las Vegas Iron Man comic by Jon Favreau. Iron Man 3 anyone? AuctionWatch: Stuck Rubber…
Playing Odin In Thor Makes Anthony Hopkins Looks Like Billy Connolly
Sir Anthony Hopkins is finding a little trouble playing Odin in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, based on the Marvel Comics hero’s version of the Norse God of Thunder. I’ve already grown a beard in preparation for the role, but when I put on my long wig on I look just like Billy Connolly. In fact I…
Spoilers: Marvel’s Mysterious HOH Title… Revealed
In the recent Marvel solicitation copy, the full title of their HOH mini-series has been classified. “What does H.O.H stand for?” I asked… I was given the nod that it was Hulk-related… but what? House Of Hulk? Hall Of Hulks? Haberdashery Of Hulk? They said they wouldn’t reveal the title until the final panel of…
Short ‘n Curlies #27 by Si Spurrier
I Fakt You, Right In The Face: So. We’ve all heard that one about the ice-hearted sleazy government fuckoids who have, using arcane Mathematical Practices, worked out in actual real Dollars how much you’re worth. Yes? The actual monetary-value of a living moving communicating human creature. Yes. Probably we’ve all scoffed, haven’t we, in violin-dirgeing…
Alix Creator Jacques Martin Dies, 88
The French cartoonist Jacques Martin died today, aged 88. He created the popular comic series Alix in 1948 as well as collaborating on a number of Tintin books with Herge. Alix was a historic comic set around the time of the Roman Empire, travelling the known world at the time. He also created the comic…
Covers To Alan Moore’s Dodgem Logic #2
We saw her dancing at the launch party of Dodgem Logic. Well now she’s adorning one of the covers to the second issue, three in all. Say a big hello to queen of burlesque, Khandie Khisses, in a shot taken by Mitch Jenkins. The other two covers feature other burlesque dancers from the show, Luli…
Spoilers: Outsiders #26 Brings You A Blast From The Past
The cover indicated that Superman was joining the team. But that annoying question mark meant it was never really going to happen, was it? And it caused all sorts of online debate and discussion. Nevertheless, this week’s issue of Outsiders did have rather a surprise ending with a returning member on the team. And it’s…
Make Money Fast (Ish): X-Men Nation X Hardcover
The current Nation X storyline in Uncanny X-Men will be collected in a nice oversized hardcover in the summer. $34.99 in the US, £25.99 in the UK. And naturally the Amazon advance order for the US is at a big discount, 57% off at $14.99. But somehow, somewhere, someone, the Amazon UK listing is 70%…
Brian Pulido’s The Graves Gets National Distribution, Kind Of
From the creator of Lady Death and Evil Ernie, Brian Pulido, comes new movie, The Graves. Written and directed by Pulido, its US debut will be as part of Horrorfest 4 in a week’s time. Horrorfest consists of eight new horror movies, being displayed at forty cinemas across the country from January 19th to Feb…
Reading Dark Avengers, Joe The Barbarian and Green Lantern Corps
How to approach the fantastic. Do you compare and contrast with the mundane, being restrained, giving people a glimpse of the impossible? Or do you go balls to the wall cosmic battering everyone out of the way with spectacle Three comics came out this week which touch on that, Dark Avengers #12, Joe The Barbarian…
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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…
