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,…
While Los Angeles, Anaheim and others are still in the running to snatch Comic Con International from it’s decades-long home of the San Diego Convention Center, the show is making moves that indicate a wish to stay in its current location. After issues with the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel this year, Comic Con international has…
In the last few days I’ve run a number of reports regarding resignations at British graphic novel publisher Insomnia Publishing. Yesterday founder and managing director Crawford Coutts posted on his blog; Spring Cleaning Completed. After several months of spring cleaning, I’m very pleased to announce that Insomnia is now a slimmer, lighter, faster and an…
Aaron and Mike from A Comic Shop in Florida run down this week’s comics. Yes, yes, they get to read them all before you. Live with it! And this week, the guys go a bit DC-crazy with a big name dropping of personal friend of Aaron’s, Tony Bedard and his Brightest Day Green Lantern Corps/R.E.B.E.L.S….
I’ll say two things before I get into the review proper: 1) I could easily double the length of this review by talking about the historical inaccuracies in the movie, but I’m not going to. So, just know: there are a lot and let’s leave it at that. 2) I won’t be comparing-contrasting the movie…
ESQUIVEL: When last we spoke, I believe I was snarkily taking shots at your enthusiasm for webcomics via Twitter. You insinuated that Modern Print Superhero Comics were inferior to Modern Web Comics, and I quipped something dickish like “they must be doing something right if they can charge $3.99 for a product their ‘net counterparts…
Yesterday I ran a very unfortunate piece regarding Gene Colan and his wife, Adrienne Colan. It was, quite deliberately unsourced. As a result, despite a nod from Clifford Meth, some people are still in some doubt. Here are scans from the New York court system that outline the case so far. Adrienne Colan appeared again…
As part of Mumbai’s Cyber Safety Week, a comic book on anti-piracy was launched yesterday with government and police support. The comic was produced by coalition between Hollywood and Bollywood industries. A translation of the New Zealand publication Escape from Terror Byte City was launched with Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Chhagan Bhujbal, Home Minister,…
Of the forty-two books from the DC Universe solicited for August, twenty-eight are $2.99, thirteen are $3.99 and one is $4.99 All three Cartoon Network books are priced as $2.99. There are fifteen Vertigo $2.99 books and one $3.99 straggler. And Wildstorm have nine $2.99 books and four $3.99. So, of the standard DC Superhero…
This April, it is estimated that Diamond Comics Distributors sold 5,567,648 of the top 300 comic books to American comic stores. The previous April, it is estimated they sold 6,733,040 of the top 300 comic books. That’s a drop of a fifth, year on year. Now, there’s plenty of caveats. These industry estimates on Diamond…
During a medical bar crawl in 2007, Doctor Raymond Adamcik was arrested for groping a woman, while dressed as Captain America, with a burrito down the front of his pants. The woman called police and, when they arrived, the officers wrote in their report “there were so many cartoon characters in the bar at the…
StarWatch: When AT-ATs mate at Wondercon 2010… IronWatch: This Iron Man Bearbrick mashup… is it me or is it more like a new Disney/Marvel icon? I think I might use nit that way from now on. DoctorWatch: Neil Gaiman talks to the BBC about writing Doctor Who. I don’t know what it’s like to be…
UPDATE: I understand that Insomnia editor Matt Gibbs has now also resigned. Best known to Bleeding Cool readers for his Pond Life columns, Martin Conaghan is editor of the Vigil historical imprint at Insomnia Publications and author of their graphic novel Burke & Hare. Or at least he was. Bleeding Cool reported on some of…
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…
