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…
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NPR Catch Up To PBS Comics Scamp
National Public Radio has caught up with a story I ran last year, The JP Silva PBS/History Channel Scamp. I reported how Mr Silva has been calling comic store owners purporting to be a producer working on a series called Myths, Legends, & Supermen, to be hosted by Hugh Downs and appear on either PBS…
Frank Frazetta Family At Peace… For Now
Vangaurd Productions has received the following statement; Frank Frazetta is pleased to announce that all of the litigation surrounding his family and his art has been resolved. All of Frank’s children will now be working together as a team to promote his remarkable collection of images that has inspired people for decades. Frank wishes to…
More Comic Icons For The Wall
We showed you ten earlier… so here’s another ten to match. I’ve just ordered the Mad Man/Mad Men. Diamond bullet to the forehead that one. Don’t walk to Rogan Josh/ModHero/Etsy… run!
Spectacular Spider-Girl Cut To Four Issue Mini-Series, Tom DeFalco Rallies The Troops
Bleeding Cool was happy to bring you news that Spectacular Spider-Girl was returning to print from original creative team Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. However, I understand that return will be short-lived, reduced from an ongoing series to a mere four issue mini. Tom DeFalco writes; Here’s the current deal with Spider-Girl… SPECTACULAR SPIDER-GIRL is…
Avatar’s Tree Of Souls In Hyde Park Is A Bit Rubbish Really
In the movie Avatar, the Tree Of Souls is a rather magnificent creation, an organic fusion between plant and animals, the foundation of an entire ecosystem. In Hyde Park, it’s a plastic lump with some string hanging off of it. Oh it may look prettier at night I suppose. But popping along with the young…
Female Audience Makes The Losers… The Losers
Bleeding Cool was predicted a low turnout for the Joel Silver movie based on Andy Diggle and Jock’s comic for Vertigo. But even we thought it would take the number one spot ahead of The Back Up Plan, which was tracking even worse than The Losers. But the female skew for Back Up as opposed…
Put A Comic Book Icon On Your Wall
These are a few incredibly stylish takes on the superheroes of the Marvel and DC Universes by Rogan Josh/ModHero/Etsy. Completely unlicensed, they are also completely superb. $18 a pop, get to these before the lawyers do. I’d expect to see them in a lot of comic book fans and industry employees’ walls. And indeed one…
Comics Make It Through The Volcano
It’s like that scene from 2012. Just instead of John Cusack, there’s Steve Geppi in the cockpit of the plance, flying it through the cloud of volcanic ash. And instead of carrying his nearest and dearest, there’s a massive haul of comics in the back. So yes, British shops will be getting a partial delivery…
David Mazzucchelli Wins First LA Times Book Prize For Asterios Polyp
It’s a long time since Batman: Year One. But David Mazzucchelli’s decision to leave what was laughingly called “mainstream comics” in the eighties, to create the likes of Rubber Blanket and City Of Glass and then to work as a design teacher. But this change of career has culminated in the publication of Asterios Polyp….
Is Losers Heading For A Worse-Than-Kick-Ass Opening?
Kick-Ass, based on the Mark Millar/John Romita Jr series from Marvel Comics, expected to open with $30 million plus, opened with just shy of $20 million. Industry tracking showed a relatively low awareness, juxtaposed with a relatively higher desire to see, with a high variance of interest, mostly from under 25 males, least from over…
David Tennant: The Doctor Who Musical
Okay, so you’ve just started watching the new series of Doctor Who on BBC America with Matt Smith. Getting record audiences, there must be some of you new to the show. And you’ve probably heard a lot about this David Tennant fellow who played the previous incarnation, but how can you get up to speed…
Friday Runaround – Freeeeeee Scott Pilgrim, Bring Him Back Home To Toronto…
BookMarkWatch: A thousand comic stores will be getting a hundred Scott Pilgrim bookmarks each at the end of the month in time for Free Comic Book Day, promoting the movie and the final graphic novel in the series. They really should do midnight openings for that one. PoliticalInterpretationWatch: Right-wing/libertarian activist site BigHollywood claim Kick-Ass as…
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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…
