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…
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…
Recently, Bleeding Cool ran an article on how Marvel were looking to get certain creators out of their exclusive deals with Marvel, in an attempt to save money. And how Ariel Olivetti may have been a good example, locked into a two year excluisve deal with Marvel but suddenly appearing on the rejigged Men Of…
Toy News International ran these scans of images of DC toys and statues for 2012. But did they miss the headline story? Or is it a case of one side of DC not knowing what the other is doing? Because in May 2012, as part of the New 52 Cover Girls Of The DC Universe,…
Geoffrey D Wessel has written a story for a to-be-announced Image anthology. A comic called There Is A Light with John Keogh. Together they also had a page in Phonogram Vs The Fans. He has mini-comics. And he’s working on a Zuda submission. And he’s at C2E2 seeing if he can drum up a little…
Greg Baldino continues to report for Bleeding Cool from the floor of C2E2. Accesorize, accesorize, accesorize. Sure there’s about a million pounds of comics at C2E2 this weekend. But you can’t wear them out on the town at trendy Chicago nightspots. (Lady Gaga could, but she’s the exception not the rule. In addition to the…
That Jim Lee, what a card, eh? After hiding one Batman sketch on a random table in C2E2 yesterday, he’s up to his old tricks again today. Jim’s wife Carla hid this one inside a magazine in a woman’s bathroom in C2E2 somewhere… Then there’s this one somewhere on a walkway connecting C2E2. More on…
In 2006, David Lapham wrote a twelve issue arc in Detective Comics called City Of Crime. Drawn by Ramon Bachs and Nathan Massengill, it was meant originally to include an arc drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz. For some reason it did not. A first issue was completed, but was never published and Bacjs redrew the issue…
Normally I’d come up with some kind of morally bankrupt self-serving pathetically transparent justification for running a couple of photos like this. But it’s Saturday afternoon, Doctor Who is on in an hour, it’s got Daleks in it and I’ve just eaten a packet of Jaffa cakes – so I really can’t be bothered. Why…
Geoffrey D Wessel has written a story for a to-be-announced Image anthology. A comic called There Is A Light with John Keogh. Together they also had a page in Phonogram Vs The Fans. He has mini-comics. And he’s working on a Zuda submission. And he’s at C2E2 seeing if he can drum up a little…
It was almost twenty years ago that Image Comics was formed, espousing the appeal of the comics artist taking the writing reins – and all the profits. Well it looks like DC Comics is giving it a try too. It appears that their trump card in any upcoming “exclusive wars” is to offer their hottest…
From those nice people at Bluewater, the Margaret Thatcher comic coming out in July. May I suggest a new variant on those sketch covers you get these days? Basically buy lots of copies of this comic? And get artists to deface it in their own fashion? Here let me have a quick go on Microsoft…
It may have grounded David Lloyd from attending C2E2. But the volcanic ash now covering most of Europe and preventing any air traffic may have a greater effect than anyone has, up till now, realised. It may delay next week’s comics. That’s right, the Diamond UK delievery of comics, air shipped in for Thursday sale…
KickAssWatch: Nikki Finke is reporting poor Kick-Ass box office results. You know, for a film that opens at number one. The studio wanted $30 million opening weekend. Industry experts had predicted $25 million. My tracking analysis suggested for $22 million. Nikki Finke reports expected takings of $19 million. 1. Kick-Ass (Lionsgate) NEW [3,065 Theaters] Friday $7.5M,…
A couple of months ago, those allied to the US protest groups going by the collective name of Tea Party Protestors, in reference to the Boston idiots who threw good tea into cold salty water, got angry with the potrayals of a Tea Party protest in the pages of Captain America. Well, now Captain America…
Greg Baldino continues to run around the floor of C2E2 picking up some great stories and flavour for Bleeding Cool. If you encounter him on your bar travels tonight, buy him a drink from me. Bam! Pow! Sock! Comics might actually be for kids again! Boom Studios line of comics for all ages, Boom Kids!,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
