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 was only a few years ago that David Hine couldn’t get work in comics. He’s burst onto the scene in the nineties with his seminal graphic novel Strange Embrace along with a few 2000AD and Crisis strips. But after that… nothing. For ten years. It was Marvel’s expansion with the arrival of Joe Quesada…
Lemmy: I never watched “The Simpsons” much. We were in the comic book, “Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror”. We were in that. I wrote a story for them and they put it in there. Well, they said they put it in there. I never read it so I wouldn’t know! Anyway, let me play you…
Recently, Dark Horse heavily teased and promoted its upcoming wraparound cover to Conan #25 by Geof Darrow, scheduled for September, the last issue before the relaunch And while official solicitations have yet to be released, I understand that the cover may have to be withdrawn. Robert E. Howard Properties has objected to it being… too…..
Alan Recorded on Friday, Moore and Jonathan Ross appeared on BBC Radio 4 on Monday in The Infinite Monkey Cage, a science comedy panel show with Robin Ince and Brian Cox. Alan Moore talks about how the science in science fiction is “mostly rubbish, is there to serve the story” and how he made stuff…
Take one short film by Carl Rinsch, The Gift. Rinsch is a protegee of Ridley Scott and The Gift cleaned up at Cannes with Rinsch in a bidding war over his first feature project. And take another classic animated movie, Akira, on its ways to be live-actioned any day now. Compare and contrast: Whaddaya reckon?…
So England and the USA are out of the World Cup. To comics! And comics-related things! Another Lying In The Gutters, running through the last week on Bleeding Cool… Top Ten Most Read Posts Of The Week 1. DC Comics Launch iPad And iPhone App Got this story up and early. Sucked all the bandwidth…
Joel Adams, son of Neal Adams, has had a creation called Lil Creatures Of The Night going for a while. Art, prints, shirts, that kind of thing. well before the likes of Bratz, say. Well, the designs do seem rather similar to Mattel’s new Monster High… In Swipe File we present two or more images…
Earlier this month, Image Comics published The Bulletproof Coffin by David Hine and Shakey Kane, a much-heralded return to comics for the latter, with acclaim and an instant sell out. With the second issue on the way from the pair, what better way to catch people up to speed than giving away that issue free,…
Revolver TV in the states is hiring a new presenter via a popularity contest. The race had come down to two people. Leah Cevoli and Jimmy Roc. There was electioneering, social messaging, all sorts to encourage participation. There was 180 votes in it. It was coming down to the wire. Last night, Jimmy Roc had…
WARNING: Possible mild spoilers to those outside the UK who haven’t seen the last three episodes of this season. So another season of DOCTOR WHO has ended with the show in rude health, and more importantly, in the capable hands of a showrunner everyone wanted to be in charge after Russell T. Davies left. When…
On Wednesday, Brendon Connelly joins Bleeding Cool as head film writer. I’ve known Brendon for about fifteen years, he’s one of my best friends in the whole world and he’s basically got the same kind of head for films as I have for comics. He created the FilmIck website before moving to SlashFilm. He’s now…
The last two weeks have been pretty insane which is why this is a little later than the few people who come here to read it were expecting. The story that ran here talking about Hastings in the US got me thinking and acted as a small inspiration for this very column. Before I start….
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…
