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
Smurfs Are Back Smurfing In America
I blame Avatar. Suddenly it put Smurfs back in the national consciousness. NBM/Papercutz are republishing the Belgian comic book series created by Pierre Culliford in both softcover and hardcover to the USA market as well as releasing a one dollar preview comic. Rebranded as “Smurfs graphic novels”, each contains three full stories for $5.99, which…
Post Modern Myths #3 by Eric M Esquivel – A Moral Compass
We’re twenty three seconds into the gig when somebody drops the “g” word. A fine glaze of pretentious sweat forms over my Casanova and Invisibles tattoos. My hands start doing that shaky thing they do when somebody refers to The Essential Defenders vol. 3 as a “graphic novel”. I glance over at my partner (not…
Diamond UK Get Their Comics Through
Today I received a Bleeding Cool cheque from Avatar Press and a Tales Of The Uncanny package from Steve Bissette. I can almost smell the volcanic ash on them, as they finally made it through the volcanic bottleneck. But Diamond UK have also lucked out too. They’ve contacted UK retailers to tell them; Diamond are…
Random Acts Of Mark Waid
Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Giancarlo Caracuzzo’s new graphic novella from Image Comics is published next week. A metatextual tale about a comic character becoming real and impinging on the lives of its creators in a serial-killing spree, there’s plenty of comic book aspects anecdotes to the tale. Here’s one, with the characters retelling the…
Tuesday Runaround – A Thundercats Horror Story
HealthWatch: Every month or so there is an appeal for an American comic book creator who cannot afford their healthcare costs. Even with the charity HERO Initiative, there are still appeals, still fundraisers, still adult fans of the creators work from their childhood willing to dig deep. And I always wonder about Americans who don’t…
Conan O’Brien (Superman) And Jim Carrey (Kick-Ass) Sing It’s Not Easy Being Superman – From Every Angle
And now you know Jim Carrey’s religion. Anyway, the Conan O’Brien-Superman, Jim Carrey-Kick-Ass piece has been doing the rounds, Bleeding Cool want to give you the DVD-style option or choosing the camera angle. Left: Right: Extreme Left (Beginning):
That Alan Moore/Damon Albarn/Jamie Hewlett/Gorillaz/John Dee Opera/Operetta – On Again?
The first time I heard mention of an Alan Moore/Gorillaz Opera/etta taking on the life of famed magician/occultist John Dee, was in the Mustard Magazine. I ran a piece, but was told by Alan that it wasn’t quite ready for primetime yet. Still, it got picked up by the NME and others… and then nothing….
Dynamite To Publish Seth Rogen/Jay Chou Green Hornet Prelude
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While the movie industry may be getting the jitters about the Seth Rogen/Jay Chou Green Hornet project, pushing the film out of December’s sweet spot into the colder harsher winds of January, Dynamite Entertainment aren’t holding back. To join their four Green Hornet titles comes a fifth, firmly set in the universe of the upcoming…
Spider-Man Models New Kevlar Crotch To Be Fitted As Standard In All Superhero Costumes
Well that’s what it looks to me. I mean otherwise, that’s got to hurt. Here’s that Marvel teaser for the Andy Diggle/Billy Tan upcoming series from Marvel with only one slight amend,
Lying In The Gutters – 26th April 2010
Welcome to this week’s roundup of what’s been going on, in and around Bleeding Cool this week. Top Ten Most Popular Posts 1. Archie’s First Gay Character To Debut, Kevin Keller We ran the first art and gave the guy his name, as well as being first on the spot to show just how the…
Anne Elizabeth Writes Pulse Of Power For Dynamite
Out in July comes Anne Elizabeth’s Pulse Of Power One Shot, written by Anne, drawn by Marcio Fiorito and edited by – why goodness me, Alisa Kwitney. There’s a blast. Anyway, this 56 page story by romance novelist Anne Elizabeth was to have been published by Les Dabel Bros, before, well, they went through their…
Superman No More? (JMS Responds!)
A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported rumours that Marc Guggenheim may have stepped down from the Action Comics book, because of JMS’ insistence that Superman only appear in the Superman book he’s writing. And indeed, Guggenheim’s replacement Paul Cornell seems to be writing the adventures of Lex Luthor in that book now. But…
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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…
