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
Swipe File: Lemar, Vantage Point And Victor Santos
Back in the Lying In The Gutters days, I ran this swipe file, between the movie poster for Vantage Point, and a splash from Pulp Heroes by Victor Santos Could there be any relation to a scene in Lemar’s new video for the song The Way Love Goes? In Swipe File we present two or…
A Very Fashionable Friday Runaround
FashionWatch: theFashionSpot and Andrea Grant are launching a new twice-weekly autobiographicalish webcomic, Ready To Where?, about the life of a fashion editor. It’s all a bit Sex And The City. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…FilmWatch: The Losers moves to the summer. KidWatch: Hackney kids can learn how to create comics and graphic novels…
Iowa Man Sentenced For Six Months For Buying Obscene Comics
Christopher Handley, who pleaded guilty last year for possessing “drawings of children being sexually abused” was sentenced to six months incarceration today, followed by three years of supervised release and five years probation, which will include limits to his internet usage and restrictions regarding contact with children, though his defense is trying to get those…
Twitter Awards Nominate Marvel, Neil Gaiman And Warren Ellis
The Shorty Awards, celebrating the works of various Twitter users in certain fields, have announced their nomination list. And there are some familiar names; In the Art category, the online comic book portflio sevice DeviantArt (@deviantart) gets nominated. Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) get nomionated in the Brand section. Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) and Warren Ellis (@warrenellis) get…
Brightest Day “Not Light And Brighty” – Geoff Johns
Okay, that was funny. Since Brightest Day was first teased, and in conjunction with Marvel’s more clear-cut Heroic Age, I’ve been describing the perceived movement as “light’n’brighty”, as opposed to the usual term “grim’n’gritty”. Well it appears that at least one person was reading Bleeding Cool. In a post on DC Source, showing an Aquaman…
Hercules In Marvel’s Heroic Age: Prince Of Power
Italian site Comicus has conducted an interview with Marvel writer Greg Pak. And they got a very nice little exclusive out of it, which they are teasing the upcoming featire with… Meanwhile the future of your other books, Hercules, seems quite Dark… We know that there will be a “funeral” for him. It will be…
Hot Comics – The Forty Dollar Club (Feb 2010)
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran The Fifty Dollar Club – recent comic books that have risen from their floppy retail prices of a couple of dollars to requiring the approval of President Ulysses S. Grant to purchase a copy. But what about those waiting to be promoted into ithat heady company – or those who have…
Exclusive: So How Will That Brightest Day Logo Be Used?
I understand that the following symbol, the logo for the upcoming Brightest Day crossover/banner/promotional thematic thingy from DC Comics… That’s the one. Also available on an upcoming t-shirt… There we go. Anyway, I understand that it’s not just a logo for the new event. It’s a logo that a prominent character will be sporting after…
Exclusive: Greg Scott And David Axe To Create Embedded Graphic Novel “The Stan”
Greg Scott, comic book artist for titles such as newuniversal, Gotham Central, The Shield and Red Circle has a very different project to start next month. On March 1st, Greg Scott is flying to Afghanistan as a CNN correspondent as part of a graphic novel deal. He is accompanied by miliatry correspondent David Axe, who…
Is The Amazing Absorbing Boy The New Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay?
Rabindranath Maharaj’s fourth novel The Amazing Absorbing Boy tells the story of a Trinidadian teenager sent to live with his father in Toronto after his mother dies. And while young Samuel is unprepared for much of the what the Canadian weather and his distant father have to offer him, he finds something else. Superhero comic…
A Filthy Orphan Background Special – Starring Nevs Coleman
I’ve known him since he was about 16, when we used to both work at the UKCAC conventions and he’s always been a top geezer. But a number of people have been in touch to ask more about Nevs Coleman, new Bleeding Cool columnist, employee of both Orbital Comics and 20th Century Comics in London and singer/songwriter…
Guy Davis Draws Dredd
Eisner award-winning Guy Davis ((BPRD, The Marquis) has drawn a one-off Judge Dredd story for writer Rob Williams for an upcoming issue of Judge Dredd Megazine. Regular Davis colourist Dave Stewart worked on the strip as well. Entitled Out Law, by Rob Williams, Guy Davis and Dave Stewart, will be published in Megazine 296, on…
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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…
