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: Fight Man and Chase Variant
I remember reading (and enjoying) this Evan Dorkin comic, coming off his excellent Bill And Ted comic book (now available in glorious black and white from Slave Labor) But clearly that front page gag must have stuck in my subconscious mind and was regurgitated a few months ago when naming… Apologies to Evan… and thanks…
Friday Runaround From Cambridge To India
PaperWatch: The Guardian ask if the existence of Kick Ass will make Spider-Man 4 redundnant – and describe Kick Ass, rather wonderfully as Matthew Vaughan’s forthcoming adaptation of the little-known John Romita Jr comic book Which makes a nice change, no? UniWatch: Cambridge University launches a new institure to study children’s literature, everything from Victorian…
Watchmen 2 – How Modern Journalism Works
So I run a well sourced story on Bleeding Cool that a series of Watchmen prequel/sequel comic book projects are being considered, even pursued, at DC Comics. Triple sourced from people who, naturally, do not wish to be named, a solid piece that reported on the current state of play, with a few illustrative aspects…
The Untapped Movie Mine Of Vertigo Comics
“I will say that Vertigo is an area of great interest to me. It is even less well tapped than other parts of DC, and could potentially offer amazing stories for our future television video game, digital and consumer products businesses” – Diane Nelson Recently, Time Warner Inc. Chairman & CEO Jeff Bewkes stated that…
VIDEO: International Kick-Ass Trailer
Here’s the international Kick Ass poster. Empire gives it five stars apparently. I’m still not allowed to tell you what I gave it, bloody embargo. Anyway, here’s the new international trailer…
Avengers Animation Gives Clues To Movie Lineup?
Froma publishing fair in Hong Kong comes this look at the Avengers teams for animation – seems a good way to get the kids used to differing continuities from the get go! Coud this reflect the upcoming movie cast? Obviously no Wolverine, and maybe Black Panther is his substitute in the slightly-older version of the…
Brendan McCarthy Brings Paradax To Hollywood
I understand that London comic book creator Brendan McCarthy is currently in LA, taking meetings with a number of major film studios to pitch a top-secret animated movie project, developed with a big name comics writer. But he’s also talking about a motion capture CGI TV series based on his classic ‘bad boy’ superhero comic…
Wizard Comic Con Gets Its Game On
Apparently a number of the Wizard World Comic Cons this year will be hosting what they call “Sanctioned Trading Card Gaming tournaments” Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, World of Warcraft TCG, basically that means big rooms of people playing card games, not reading/buying comics, with someone watching out for anyone who is being naughty. Oh and…
Thursday Runaround – We’re Still Standing
MausWatch: Art Spiegelman is to give a lecture at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on the Dickinson College Campus, Carlisle, Pennsylvania today at 7pm on the evolution of comic books and their value in society, as part of their Morgan Lecture series. I’m told that the event has attracted so much attention and so many…
PREVIEW: Mark Millar And Steve McNiven’s Nemesis #1
Oh like the servers didn’t need testing today anyway… ah well, in for a penny… a six-page preview of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Nemesis #1 coming out from Marvel. And did you know that after the success of auctioning off the name of the supercop in Nemesis #1 for charity, that Mark is considering…
Get Ready For Watchmen 2
I’ve heard this one rumbling for a while now. First there was the story that DC Comics Publisher and President Paul Levitz had personally prevented any Watchmen 2 projects, because, despite their differences, he believed that as this would be against Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ wishes, it would cause very bad feeling in the…
SPOILERS: That’s One Dead Avenger – Siege #2
Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Okay that’s the spoiler space over. Now we knew there was a dead Avenger coming. The solicitations have been full of it, dire warnings about an upcoming Avenger death. Something called Fallen, it’s name ready to be changed on release of this important twist, and possibly the point on which…
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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…
