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
Preview: Lord Of Berger by Christopher Arleston and friends
Christopher Arleston, the new writer taking on the Asterix legacy, is keeping nice and busy until he starts working on the diminuitive Gaul. He’s created a new French manga hybrid series, Lord Of Berger, seeing the traditional page numbers doubled and panel-per-page numbers halved. Telling the story of two family members who take over the…
Wednesday Runaround – The Eternal Appeal Of Novelty Genitalia
CalendarWatch: Marvel are calling May 19th Avengers Day. Participating retailers can get exclusive limited edition prints, posters, door hangers, mini-posters and the very-customisable AVENGERS #1 “I Am An Avenger” Blank Variant – enabling you to officially put any character of your choice in the team. Oh and an exclusive advance copy of Avengers #1 with…
John Hicklenton Leaves Us With 100 Months To Remember Him By
Famed 2000AD artist John Hicklenton passed away last week, aged 42, after suffering with multiple sclerosis for many years, at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. Known here mostly for work with Pat Mills such as Nemesis The Warlock, Zombieworld and Blood Of Satanus, he also worked on 2000AD with Neil Gaiman, Alan Grant and Grant Morrison. Much of his work was…
SCOOP: Ryan Phillippe And Keira Knightley To Star In Captain America – According To A Woman On The Bus
People on buses talking on mobile phones, you must realise that other people may be listening. People who then send me e-mails So while THR are confirming Chris Evans as Captain America, one woman on the 91 bus to London’s West End, was yammering away on her iPhone saying she’s moving on from on the…
PREVIEW: SuperGod #3 by Warren Ellis and Garrie Gastonny
The third issue of the Avatar series SuperGod by Warren Ellis and Garrie Gastonny ships this Wednesday in the US and Thursday in the UK. Here is a preview of the mad superhero barmyness coming your way.
Preview: Battlefields #5 by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra
Battlefields #6 by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerraships this week from Dynamite, the final issue of The Firefly and his Majesty, a World War II tank-bound thriller as a bunch of Cockney soldiers led by a Geordie try to catch up with their company across war-ravaged Europe. And this is it, tank versus tank!
Marvelman’s Back… And It’s A History Textbook
Kimota! Um, yes, Marvelman is back in June in the form of an essay by John Rhett Thomas published by Marvel as a Marvelman Classic Primer. Okay, okay, there’s also interviews with Neil Gaiman, Mick Anglo and the like ( though note, no mention of Alan Moore, Garry Leach or Dez Skinn in the solicitations)…
SCOOP: Eighty-Three Second Scott Pilgrim Trailer To Air With Kick-Ass On Friday (UPDATE)
Kick-Ass will be released in the UK this Friday, two weeks ahead of the US release, to a very positive media reception. Reviews have been universally good, and this relatively-unknown superhero movie made a big splash in today’s papers, thanks to the London premiere – and Jane Goldman wearing a very interesting dress. Even though…
Jane Goldman Knows What Boys Like
There are a number of tricks to get added media attention to a movie premiere. Have A-listers in attendance. Get the fans to dress up and look ridiclous. And make sure one of the women is wearing the kind of thing you’d get arrested for on the beach. Well, last night’s Kick-Ass premiere did all…
Tuesday Runaround – Brad Looks Glad
KickAssWatch: The London premiere went well last night, it seems. And Australians can see Kick-Ass for free… A few of the local slebs were tweeting… NoelClarke Morning. Kick Ass was great. Nice party at Vaughns house after. All I could have was water cos of being sick. Hope this belly things goes. edgarwright Saw Kick…
Spaced Flashmob On Trafalgar Square
There’s a couple of scenes that the Spaced crew always show to a US crowd to get everyone in the room itching to go out instantly and buy the box set. The slow-mo gun fight scenes. Here and here. Well, a couple of days ago in Trafalgar Square, London, in the rain, around two hundred…
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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…
