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
Short ‘n Curlies #37 by Si Spurrier
(Back By Popular Demand, You Fuckers) — This Week I Have Mostly Been Hating: …the subconscious propensity for the human brain to absorb external sensation and shit it — like some thoughtless post-jalfrezi sphincter — into whatever it’s been trying to do. Like when you’re attempting to talk to your missus, for instance, and some…
It’s Friday, Your Brain Is Slowing, It’s Time For Kid Intense
Kid Intense is is one of the following things; A serious work of art exploring in infantile nature of the superhero taken to its logical extreme, encouraging the viewer to enter into a tantric state. A superhero comic by some infantile mind who is taking it so very seriously. A superhero comic by a fictitious…
The Iron Man Augmented Reality Unit Launched – Who’ll Be The First To Use It For Porn?
Do you want to look like Iron Man? Do you want to see what Iron Man sees? Do you have a webcam? Here you go folks. One of the cooler online viral movie promotions. Even better than that Wedding Crashers thing. Do it yourself, make your own videos here, then post links in the comments….
Bleeding Cool Reader Watches The Losers
Little Bleeder “Jason” reports from a showing of Losers, the new Warner Bros movie based on Andy Diggle and Jock’s reinvention of the Losers trademark for DC Comics into one of a number of ad-hoc ex-military action ensemble movies of the summer. He writes; First of all, while I got my pass through my local…
Glenat Goes Digital – With A €4.99 Price Point
The other shoe has dropped regarding digital comics publishing in France. While the day of street protest by and on behalf of beleaguered comic book creators, is still on, mega-publisher Glenat have unveiled their digital comics publishing plans. Calling itself Ave! Comics, Glenat have chosen a publishing model where they will make books available for…
StarkHud 2020 To Launch At Stark Expo 2010
StarkHud 2020 is the new piece of ultra-tech from Stark Fujikawa launching at Stark 2010 Expo. And oh oh oh, I want one. Damn you for being so Iron Man 2-related metafictional. Developed from the Iron Man tech, Heads Up Display is it’s a high tech pair of sunglasses that projects a new reality onto…
First Look: Boys #44 Cover Goes For Crucifixion Motif
This is a first look at the cover to The Boys #44, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson published by Dynamtie Entertainment. Yeah, that’s got to hurt. There ]have been a few more “cross” covers of late, from Supergod to Chosen. Clearly it’s the new running-towards-camera-fist-raised-and-out-screaming. Oh and here’s the cover to Black Terror #14…
Celebrating Britain’s Greatest Living Cartoonist, Ronald Searle
Creator of St Trinian’s and illustrator of the Molesworth books, Ronald Searle is celebrated by London’s Cartoon Museum right now. Running until the fourth of July, it’s the biggest show the museum has ever put on. A central influence on many British cartoonist, from Gerald Scarfe to Ralph Steadman to Steve Bell to Jamie Hewlett,…
The Great Torchwood Budget Scandal
Well, we did one for Doctor Who, why not Torchwood as well? Live Feed has been reporting that the proposed Fox US version of Doctor Who-spinoff Torchwood won’t be happening. A source close to Fox staffers tells me that it’s totally a cost and budget issue, as; the higher-ups at FOX are more interested in…
Swipe File: South Park Vs The Killing Joke
Alan Moore may have made an appearance on The Simpsons. But it would be his comic Killing Joke, with Brian Bolland that would be picked up by South Park. Here’s a few comparisons from last night’s episode. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may…
Siege: Fallen Made Returnable For Retailers
There’s a book coming out called Siege: Fallen from Marvel. Possibly. We don’t know who is writing it, but we do know that Tom Rainey is drawing it. Or what it’s about, though it’s probably the death/funeral of Sentry, written by Paul Jenkins. Anyway, the Final Cut Off ordering date is today. As a result,…
The Great Nine And Other Solicitation Curiosities
Goi on then, let’s have a spin round the Marvel and DC solicitations for July 2010. What sticks out? Well, the 52-spinoff comic The Great Ten, has sadly been cancelled after just nine issues. You’d have thought for irony’s sake, DC could have pushed it to one more issue. Will people please stop completely reinventing…
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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…
