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
Twinterview – Talking To Popgun Vol 4 – Eleven Of Them
What was I thinking? Image Comics recently published the fourth Pop Gun anthology volume, featuring a diverse group of comic creators telling a very diverse set of short stories. From acts of piracy sailing the seas of mathematical higher cogniscence, to a tale of alpha dominance of monsters, hunters, dogs and monkeys or a sea…
Another Reason Why Diamond Book Distributors Have A Difficult Week Ahead Of Them
Who would be a Diamond Book Distributor representative right now? Currently, Amazon won’t allow customers to directly order product distributed to them by Diamond Book Distributors – which includes Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Avatar and many more prominent comic book publishers. While booksellers registered with Amazon Marketplace can sell copies of the disputed comics,…
Short ‘n Curlies 33 by Si Spurrier
BrainFart: I get a tiny flutter of pleasure whenever I find a typo in a professionally published novel. I feel it’s important that you know this about me. I confess, it’s only a short step from there to being That Guy — that tiny-dicked WurdNazi, you know — who insists on pointing-out the Split Infinitive…
How To Break Into Marvel? Drop The S-Bomb It Seems
Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way #1 is the first issue of a two-part comic book purporting to give guidance and advice to aspiring comic book artists wanting to break into the industry, but instead showcasing the work of new Marvel artists who are in the process of doing so. To the extent that certain…
1940s Superman Ring For $10,000 On eBay – Two Days To Go
It started with a $9.99 Minimum Bid. But this eBay auction for the first Superman Premium Ring from the 1940s has just topped $10,000 with days to go. The listing descibed the item as; a silver metal ring with a brass Superman in the center, surrounded by the brass inscription “Supermen of America Member” on…
Kick Ass Review Runaround
The UK embargo for Kick-Ass reviews expired at one minute past minute last night – which saw enterprising folks post the reviews that had been sitting on their hard drives for the past few weeks, including Bleeding Cool’s largely-positive-but-pragmatic take. The publicity for Kick-Ass will tell you, very clearly, that this is a realistic superhero…
Movie Review: Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn)
The publicity for Kick-Ass will tell you, very clearly, that this is a realistic superhero film. That it looks at what happens if an ordinary non-powered person dressed up in tights and a ski mask and tries to fight crime. And that in doing so, it’s very different to any superhero film before it. And…
Have A Heart. A Non-Functioning Metal One. On Your Desk.
From those nice boys at ThinkGeek, comes a replica of the original Iron Man reactor/heart monitor. You know, the one that that Tony Stark fashions for himself in in Afghani cave in the Iron Man movie, that Pepper Potts had redesigned into a paper weight which ends up saving his life? There is no guarantee…
JMS – The Road To Superman
One of the pitfalls of writing online is that you leave a trail. Going back decades. My great-grandchildren will be able to read my various spats with Mark Waid long after I’m gone (if they haven’t been eaten by the Giant Space Weevil Of Aluminus Three). And so it is with one Joseph Michael Straczynski….
#NotAGlitch – Bleeding Cool Launches Comics Local
In the light of the Amazon and Barnes & Noble “Glitch” clearouts of all sorts of comics books, the delight of some, the disappointment of many, and the eventual “$25? Really?” across the comics industry, in what is effectively an international comic book reader rebate, and the removal of the Buy button on 70% of comics…
Isaac Perlmutter – Comics First Billionaire?
Richard Branson doesn’t count. But Isaac Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel is worth $1,600,000,000.00 , most of which is down to the Disney buyout. And as a result he has now officially entered the Forbes Magazine list of billionaires, one of around a thousand worldwide. Of course the richest man in comics, looks relatively poor compared…
Goodbye, April Wiggins. Hello Jerry Milani!
April Wiggins, the public relations employee who probably did the most to humanise the various Wizard organisations at a time when they were receiving criticism from all sides, has left the company after nine months as Marketing Manager. I’ve not learnt any indication of any bad feeling from either side, just the career path of a PR…
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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…
