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,…
It’s no secret that I loved the No Heroics TV series. British sitcom along the lines of Nathan Barley, Pulling and Ideal, it focused on the off-duty stories of a bunch of superheroes in a pub, treating them in the fashion of B-list actors. And with more comics in jokes than you could throw Mjlonir…
PirateWatch: Yesterday’s tip top Robert Kirkman interview at Ain’t It Cool was full of all sorts of interesting stuff about the comic and its move to AMC TV series. There were some interesting illustrations used. As well. Such as this one; Which was, a few hours altered to this; I guess maybe it’s not the…
Jimmy Jay, well known Californian comics dealer and publisher of a number of Rob Liefeld projects, is launching his own comics convention next year in Mesda, Arizona. Scheduled for Jaunary 8th-9th, it’s very unlikely anyone will beat him to the first convention of 2011 – even though his tweets seem to indicate he thinks next…
Last weekend, Bleeding Cool showed you how you could make your own Avengers Gatefold Variant Cover selling for $65 for around $5, by combining a bog-standard copy of Avengers #1 with the free gatefold cover prints being given away by retailers, to make something identical to the valued variant. After all, the “print” was just…
Congratulations to Kaare and Nicole Andrews. married two days ago. And with an army of fellow comic book creators on hand to share best man duties. That’s Troy Nixey (1st), Steve Skroce (3rd) and Josh Middleton (4th). Congratulations to the happy couple! And one other warning to any other couples tying the knot. Never try…
Kurt Busiek is writing a new Dracula series for Boom! Dracula: The Company Of Monsters with Daryl Gregory and with art from Scott Godlewski. Describing the book as “the world’s greatest vampire against the corporate world” Busiek says that working on the book is like “the early days of working on CONAN, and I think…
Talking of Jamie Hewlett… Space Hijackers, the anti-globalism activism group are selling their tank. Licenced and registered for UK roads, this Saracen FV603 6 wheeled armoured personnel carrier was used by protesters in last year’s G20 protests in London. The drivers and passengers were arrested by the police and the tank seized. However all charged…
With U2 pulling out over Bono’s bad back, Gorillaz have stepped up to headline the UK’s biggest music festival, Glastonbury. The animated band formed by Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl’s Jamie Hewlett had previosuly stated they wouldn’t play the show. But U2′s departure opened the top slot and they stuck in, planning a pyrotecnic…
Is this Moonstone and Phantom all over again? Until yesterday Ardden Entertainment believed that they had the Flash Gordon licence for comic books. Then Bleeding Cool ran the story that Dynamite Entertainment were to publish a Flash Gordon book, along with Mandrake The Magician and existing licence The Phantom. And that there was the possibility of…
So, we’ve covered getting your comic an endorsement, the importance of getting the right logo and I’ve also looked at the fundamentals of writing and artwork – then, last week, I went into the practicalities of writing a comic-book script. This week, I want to talk about conventions. If the printed comic is the lifeblood…
And we’re off. Last year’ smash hit superhero TV series, leagues ahead of Smallville and Heroes, well ahead of No Heroics, and likely to make The Cape and No Ordinary Family look pants, was E4′s Misfits. A group of young hoodlums working on community service, and granted super powers along with all sorts of people…
Founded in 1990 by Dez Skinn, and originally distributed through comic shops for free, Comics International was the UK equivalent of Wizard though it bore a greater resemblance to Comics Buyers Guide. A shop-focussed magazine covering the comics industry, I had my first published work there, initially as a reviewer, then contributor to their Movers &…
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…
