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: March 2010
Number Crunching: Blackest Night #8
Title: Blackest Night Issue: 8 (Last) Creative team: Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert and Joe Prado Pages: 40 Price: $3.99 Price per page: Just under 10 cents Splash pages: 3 Double splash pages: 2 Quadruple splash pages: 1 Average panels per page: 3.7 Free Plastic Ring: 0 Plastic rings you get if you…
Top Ten Tips To Blag Your Way Into San Diego
Okay. So San Diego Comic Con is officially sold out. And you’ve suddenly decided you want to go. So what do you do? 1) Wait. San Diego often hold back one day passes until closer to the convention, and sell them at standard price, in order to beat the ticket touts. They will be limited…
Star Wars Patent Plastic Potato – And Many More Things
A delve into the patent filings of Lucasfilm reveal some entertaining nick nacks along the way, Like a few patented toys, with diagrams from every angle. It’s true, these plastic moulded figures and ships were granted patents. Despite, you know, not actually being able to do anything. But if ever anyone does build an Imperial…
A Comic Show #1 – Ripping Yarns
Welcome to a new regular Wednesday feature Florida’s A Comic Shop on video, talking about this week’s comics for Bleeding Cool. And, you know, stuff. Meet Aaron and Mike. You may recall Aaron as the guy who ripped the cover off his Deadpool Siege variant for yuks… And this is what’s this retailer’s mind this…
Checker Withdraw From Diamond Over Irreconcilable Differences
A couple of weeks ago, Checker Publishing announced to comic book stores that it had chosen no longer to allow Diamond Comics Distributors and Diamond Book distributors to sell its comics and graphic novels. Checker have specialised in reprinting classic works, from Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon to Alan Moore’s Supreme, although their schedule has dropped…
Wednesday Runaround – Getting Down With Vader
Artwatch: Fine artist Kayla A. Escobedo is a year off to work on a graphic novel. Her current exhibition, Ladders Of Fire, on display at a Harvard gallery already features elements of comic book work. Comic2FilmWatch: Director of Fun With Dick and Jane and Home Fries, Dean Parisot, is up for directing SEAL based on…
A Kiss Is Still A Kiss – Wolverine’s Son And Bullseye Get It On
While DC pussyfoot around whether to give the lesbian Batwoman a titular book or not, Marvel go and make Daken, Wolverine’s son and star of the Dark Wolverine title a card-carrying friend of Dorothy. Or at least someone with a passing acquaintance to Dot. Here’s a scene from upcoming issue 84. That’s Bullseye there, dressed…
Fox Denies Mark Millar Was Offered X-Men 4 (UPDATE)
As previously reported by Bleeding Cool in the “Is Mark Millar The Boy Who Cried Wolverine” article, Mark Millar announced to his throng that he had been offered the writing role on the movie X-Men 4 by a Fox executive, but had decided to turn it down in favour of his own movie projects. LatinoReview…
The New TARDIS Interior – Like A Perforated Copper Kettle
From the new copy of the BBC’s listings magazine, Radio Times, comes a big splash on the look of the new TARDIS, debuting in Doctor Who this Saturday on BBC1.
Todd McFarlane Draws Prince Of Persia – But Who Else?
It was originally announced as coming out from Disney Book Group. But as Bleeding Cool mentioned earlier, it seems to have jumped to Dynamite for June Publishing. The prequel graphic novel to the upcoming Prince of Persia movie, written by Prince Of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, with the following cover from Todd McFarlane. However, despite…
Does French Connection Kick Ass?
The French Connection store at Oxford Circus, London, is highlighting its new range of Kick Ass-related clothes rather nicely. The store in question can be found at 249-251 Regent Street, and the clothes can be bought online at the FCUK website. And does anyone fancy winning a New York stunt training session, in association…
The Pac Man Planet?
Mimas, one of Saturn’s 62 moons, already had a nickname, The Death Star, due to the enormous crater mirroring the appearance of the Star Wars genocide machine. But this thermal imaging shot taken by the Cassini probe, currentlky orbiting Saturn, gives a very different picture indeed. One that suggests “waka waka waka”. Could Pac Man Planet…
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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…
