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
Wild Storm Rising?
I’m told that yesterday evening a number of Wildstorm people were taken out for Big Meaningful Talks About The Future by members of The High Five and associates. This could mean anything of course. The elevation of Wildstorm within DC company structure to a position of dominance. The company being razed to the ground. DC…
Swipe File: Elephantmen Vs The Spirit
Not a traditional swipe file this one. No lightboxes, no panel comparisons, nothing like that. More an… editorial similarity. THE SPIRIT #1 Written by MARK SCHULTZ Art by MORITAT Cover by LADRÖNN Co-feature written by Dennis O’Neil Co-feature art by Bill Sienkiewicz ELEPHANTMEN #6 Written by RICHARD STARKINGS Art by MORITAT Cover by LADRÖNN Co-feature…
Thursday Morning Runaround – Guns, Buns And Bens
PornWatch: Soft core “lads mags” stacked too near to comics, report The Guardian. UK magazines such as Loaded, Nuts, Zoo and Maxim are placed too close to children’s comics in some newsagents and this is causing conern to young men who reach down tp pick up a copy of Bizarre and get a Beano instead……
Goyer To Create Film Based On John Byrne’s Superman, Byrne Hasn’t Heard A Thing, Mark Millar Gets Involved
The Latino Review reports, in an article partially confirmed by Variety, that Batman Begins writer David Goyer is writing a new Superman treatment, entitled Man Of Steel. And the source, Pinche Taco, also states it’s Goyer’s intent to base it on John Byrne’s revamp of the character for DC Comics back in the eighties with…
Swipe File: Nick Simmons vs Bleach – Radical Comics Respond
Rock musician Nick Simmons has been writing and drawing the comic Incarnate for Radical Comics. But some people have seen a few similarities between that book and the successful manga series, Bleach. Here are a couple of the more… pronounced examples, but there are few other places with other candidates… After making enquiries, Radical Comics…
New Free Lantern Ring Promotion Necessitates Mutation In Human Genome
DC announced their new promotional giveaway, the White Lantern Ring, available in conjunction with Brightest Day #1. Which means there are now nine Lantern giveaway rings – Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Indigo, Sapphire, Green, Black and White. But you’re only got eight fingers. And, chunky though they are, it’s still a squeeze to get them…
Presenting… The Disney Zombies
I bumped into a bunch of these folks at a recent MCM in London. There’s been a similar event in Telford and someone had a camcorder. Welcome folks, to the Disney Zombies.
True Blood Creator Gets Bitten By Graphic Novels…
Charlaine Harris, author of the Southern Vampire Mysteries series (now known as True Blood in honour of the TV show they spawned) is to have her first comic book adaptation published by Dynamite, based on the first novel in the Harper Connelly series, Grave Sight. A successful mystery writer for decades, the adaptation of her…
Marvelling Up Disney – From Steve Jobs To Damon Lindelof
Fast Company Magazine will be running an article in its March issue looking at key Disney executives deal makers. And because of Disney’s recent acquisition, they are being illustrated as Marvel superheroes, courtesy of Kirk Manley. Let’s run the lot!
Avatar Plug Of The Week Part Three- Garth Ennis and Oscar Jimenez’ Chronicles Of Wormwood: The Last Battle #3
Pope Jacko is launching a very twisted act of revenge as the anti-christ-as-a-media-mogul, saviour-as-a-brain-damaged-bum drama continues its sexually warped, rabbit obsessed immorality tale. Wormwood Chronicles: The Last Battle #3 is out today in the US, tomorrow in the UK.
Avatar Plug Of The Week Part Two – Warren Ellis And Mike Wolfer’s Gravel #17
It’s a comic. It’s going to be a movie. There is lots of shouting, swearing, fighting, a bit of sex and a bit of being a gravel-chewing magickal hard man. And issue 17 of Gravel is out today in the US, Thursday in the UK, the last chaptr in The Last King of England arc…
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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…
