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,…
SuitWatch: Siegel/Schuster representing lawyer Marc Toberoff has responded to the Warners suit against him. His office states; Warner and Mr. Petrocelli are aware that the frivolous allegations in their complaint do not add up and will never pass muster in the federal courts. However, that’s not the point of their lawsuit. Warner and Petrocelli’s objective…
John Byrne has pointed out a fair few times his annoyance with this famed bitchslap of Green Lantern by an elderly black gentleman for his lack of racial awareness. But it took fellower travelling James Hudnall to mock up a similar take into illustrative form… Although I have to worry… is Hal Jordan about to…
The WebTV series The Variants, a comedy set in a comic store, has just posted the final part of the tenth episode, the last in the first series. Filmed at Zeus Comics in Dallas, the comic store owned by series co-creator Richard Neal, the episode guests Ben Templesmith as a signing guest who seems to…
Shea Hennum gets up, gets out and takes in Ridley Scott’s latest run through Sherwood Forest with men in tights… We’re all pretty familiar with the story of Robin Hood, so I won’t go into too much explanation about back-story and such and I’ll get straight into the film. The original story of Robin Hood…
I’ve known Tony Lee for a long time. Possibly too long. I count him as a friend and have been entranced to see him emerge from wannabee to, well, bee. His reputation of a bit of a huckster, has been replaced by one of being a sheer bloody hard worker in comics, taking on Doctor…
Vince Cracchiolo reports for Bleeding Cool from Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Michigan. No, this convention has not been bought by Wizard. Yet. Marvel and DC do not come to this convention which means there are no big announcements coming out of here, but they do have a decent guest list so it can…
Brighton on the South Coast of Britain has held their annual Hero Run again, a charity event where every runner dresses up in a comic book-related or superhero costume to raise money for the Passing It On charity. After breaking the world record for superhero-assemblage last year, only to see it snatched by an American…
The Forbidden Planet/Titan Books/Diamond UK relationship is all very twisted, considering that once upon a time, they used to be the same company but have now split up into a distributor, publisher and two chains of comic stores, both with practically the same name. But sometimes those familial ties seem to help. Not only did…
GainesWatch: John Landis is setting up a biopic based on EC Comics and Mad Magazine founder and comics legend William Gaines. And that Joel Eisenberg has written the screenplay entitled Ghoulishly Yours, William M Gaines. Casting suggestions anyone? FinanceWatch: Founded by William Brooks Close in 1878, providing farm mortgages in Iowa then financing Alaska’s first…
If you include the Christmas episode (and don’t include Sarah Jane Adventures) then this is the half way point of Matt Smith’s first year. So what’s going on with last night’s episode? Again, spoilers for anyone who hasn’t seen it. There was a riot on the tweets of London tonight as the BBC only made…
To mark the recent death of the character Ryan Choi, the more recent version of The Atom, and following up on Chris Sims essay on the Racial Politics of Regressive Storytelling, Ryan Mullenix charts the fate of other non-white characters in the DC Universe, in a Women In Refridgerators-style list. Could this be seen as…
The original is famous for all the wrong reasons. Tagged by the BBC as the worst film ever made, this story inspired by Alfred Hitchock’s The Birds tells the story of a town suffering a lethal attack by a flock of eagles and vultures. Known for its poor acting, writing and especially CGI effects, its…
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…
