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: April 2010
Trailer: Warren Ellis’ CAPTURED GHOSTS
From the people who are bringing you the Grant Morrison Documentary. Warren Ellis, a camera, a cigarette, a shot or three of whisky and some mood lighting and music. Captured Ghosts, coming next year.
PREVIEW: Green Lantern #53 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
Oh yeah, you think Blackest Night was it? That it was all put nicely in it’s box with that foldout issue eight quadruple page splash? As if. Green Lantern #53 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke deals with some of the Guardian aftermath. Out tomorrow in the US, out, I dunno, by Christmas in the…
Post Modern Myths #2 by Eric Esquivel – Omnipresence
It’s the dawn of summer in Tucson and I’m dressed in a cheap three piece suit. I’m so nervous that it doesn’t register I’m sweating like a schoolgirl at a hentai convention until a droplet falls from my quaff and splashes against the second of three sixes I have tattooed on my left hand (and…
Kidney Stone Delays Nemesis #2? (UPDATEx2)
Steve McNiven has been in the wars of late. First, he painfully passed a kidney stone and then possibly as a result, threw out his back. This resulted in a two-months-plus month recovery period. Because of this, Steve told folk at C2E2 that his comic with Mark Millar, Nemesis #2 has been indefinitely delayed, as…
Utah Mother Condemns Spectre #9 (1987)
It’s been a familar site in certain stores to see packs of random comic books bagged together and sold for a reduced price. Often compiled from comic store buyouts, it’s a way to get rid of a lot of comics cheap and provide an easy bargain for a casual customer. They commonly contain, say copies…
Tuesday Runaround – Helping Gene, Remembering Carl, Supporting Charity
eBayWatch: There’s a Gene Colan appeal auction to help pay the man’s heathcare costs. Pop by see what you can afford. RoboWatch: Carl Macek, the man behind the success of Robotech in the nineteen eighties passed away of a heart attack last weekend. Anime News Network and Cartoon Brew remember Carl. KickWatch: Download a podcast…
Shonen Says Frog, Pirates Jump
The US manga publishers and licensors have an interesting relationship with the pirates. In the last Japanese issue of mega-anthology Shonen Jump, the publisher ran an ad urging people to stop scanning and distributing chapters online. And it seems certain sites have responded saying “okay”. One site in particular, Ritual Scan Forge, the go to…
Mike Mignola Vs Ethan Van Sciver – Gun Possibly Involved!
In a Facebook post that has spread elsewhere, Mike Mignola described his C2E2 experience. Back from Chicago–A very nice show marred only by the big shot professional I had to sign next to all weekend–He brought a keyboard and a guy to play it–to sign songs about him while he signed–amazing (amazingly rude) but true….
Lying In The Gutters – 19th April 2010
It’s going to be an American comic-free week in the UK, thanks to a certain cloud of volcanic ash doing its business all along the western front. Still, we’ve had blue skies without a wisp of airplane trails across the sky – something I can’t remember ever seeing, Okay. so welcome to Lying In The…
Kick-Ass #1 In Audience And Dollars – Just
This should have been Kick-Ass‘ weekend. The superhero dark comedy based on the Marvel comic book had expected to clear over $30 million this weekend but didn’t even make $20 million. There was also the embarrassment that it would come second in terms of dollars to the four-week-old How To Train Your Dragon. However Kick-Ass…
Look! It Moves! #44 by Adi Tantimedh: The Decade Of The Percussive Thriller
Bought and played SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION last weekend. Good fun, especially if you like your action shooter games focused on commanding your hero to shoot two or three enemies in the head with a single button-push. What I found most striking was the plot, which pretty much expresses the culmination of the political action thriller…
Volcanic Ash Cloud Moves Iron Man 2 Premiere From London To Los Angeles
It appears that Iron Man’s onboard propulsion system is a bit rubbish for dealing with tiny particles of volcanic ash. And that’s why the world premiere of Iron Man 2, which was was due to kick off in London next week has been shifted closer to home in Los Angeles. Which will mean a lot…
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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…
