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: February 2010
Batman And Robin #8 – A British Glossary
The Glossary for Batman And Robin #7 went down so well, I thought I’d do it again for #8, as the UK-set adventure continues it’s foray through accent and pop culture culture. Not as much this issue, there’s too much fighting to be had… Page 1: Chimney sweep boys, a common occupation for working class…
Size Matters – Even If The Comic Is Free
Free Comic Book Day is almost upon us. And there has been some controversy – over the size of the free comic books. Last year, Marvel’s comics for Free Comic Book Days were significantly smaller. Not so much in page count, but in page size. They were “ashcan-sized” and amongst the other normal-sized free comic…
Saturday Runaround – Suing Stan, Designing Dodgem,
ExclelsiorWatch: Stan Lee is being sued by legal firm Lavely & Singer for what they claim are unpaid bills stretching back to 2007. The lawsuit begins… Similar to the flawed comic book super-heros he created, Stan Lee has demonstrated his own flaws by his failure to honor his agreements. Maybe Stan should give Matt a…
Reading About Brightest Day When Drunk
I’ve just got back from the pub. Five pints and a few chasers, that’s the way to round out a working week. Of course in America they’re not even in the bars yet. So what’s going on over there? Well DC are releasing solicitations for their Brightest Day books. And the common theme is… no…
Is Harry Potter’s Barbara Marcus The New Publisher Of DC Comics?
It’s been a long time coming since Bleeding Cool first reported the arrival of Diane Nelson at DC Comics, made President of the newly formed DC Entertainment - and the subsequent resignation of Paul Levitz from both President and Publisher roles at DC Comics. But who to be the new DC Comics Publisher? People have been expecting DC…
Will UK Cinemas Boycott Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland?
/Film UK is reporting that the biggest cinema chains in UK are threatening to boycott Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. Despite this expected to be a large cinema draw, especially in the UK, with a large British cast, Odeon, Vue and Cineworld chains are planning to boycott the release if Disney continue to reduce the…
Hot Comics – The Thirty Dollar Club (Feb 2010)
Bleeding Cool has run a couple of pieces, The Fifty Dollar Club and The Forty Dollar Club, recording recent sales of recently published comic books that are way above their original retail price. Well now we go down the next notch. If you’ve got any copies of the following littering your longboxes, why not help…
Another Comic-Laden Truck Accident
I understand there was another weather-based comic book distribution truck accident the other day, severely injuring two truck drivers. Diamond outsource a number of their long-distance runs to local truck companies, and it was one of those deliveries that was affected by the accident, to the Pittsburgh/New York area. As a result, comic shops in…
Avi Arad To Give Keynote Speech At Anaheim Wizard World Comic Con
Avi Arad will open the Anaheim Wizard World Comic Con fans on Saturday, April 17, welcoming them to the inaugural event, as well as taking part in a Q&A later that day. Arad is best known for his work at Marvel Comics, intimately involved in the movie side, before setting up his own company. Wizard’s…
Short ‘n Curlies #29 by Si Spurrier
The KeyBoard Is My FuckMonkey: It’s been a while since I said much about comics here. Apparently — on the grounds that this is a comics-related column, hosted by a comics-related website, packed full of more comics-related stuff than even the creepiest Panel-Fetishist could shake a pink veiny Bat-schlong at — I’m obliged to occasionally…
Bizarre Breasts: Lucio Parillo’s Queen Sonja
This is the Lucio Parillo cover to Queen Sonja #8 from Dynamite. Let’s start by saying that the breasts here don’t seem particularly bizarre. A bit shiny, a bit too stuck-in-place. And okay, I’m sure “Queen” Sonja is flauting all sorts of royal protocol with this kind of get up in the first place. But,…
Number Crunching: Dodgem Logic #2 by Alan Moore And Friends
What is it again? Dodgem Logic #2, a magazine about stuff, by Alan Moore and friends. Cost? £2.50 What’s that in American money? About $4. More with shipping charges? Probably. Covers? 3. Alan Moore has done a magazine with variant covers? Bet he got the idea from Avatar. He labels them as well. Cover 1,…
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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…
