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,…
SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN DOCTOR WHO: THE BIG BANG First, why not watch Steven Moffat’s son watching the finale of Doctor Who with Steven Moffat and the rest of the family? And then an interview with him…. 1. Steven Moffat isn’t Russell T Davies. He’s Joe Michael Straczynski. This isn’t one arc….
Yesterday, the Digital Comic Association, a conglomeration of Japanese comic book publishers and distributors addressed their concerns to European and American websites that either host or link to scanlations – pirated comic books translated for the respective home country. If not, it’s all going to end up in court. An official is quoted as saying…
Jim Steranko as made a wide appeal on Facebook, asking; Everyone, would you possibly still have a copy of that stamp that Marvel used to put on the back of their checks or know anyone that might? My lawyer is working with the Kirby’s attorney. They need that stamp to see what the wording on…
BrainFart: Much has been made, in recent years, of the ubiquitous MetaFiction Movement. Technically that’s any piece of narrative which wears its Not Really Real-ness on its sleeve: often reminding readers of its own fictionality, sometimes deliberately muddling them in layers of Oh-So-Very-Post-Modern self-awareness, and generally preventing the poor thrill-seeking fucks from getting too engaged…
Following up on the DC and Marvel letters send to freelancers and printed by Bleeding Cool this week, we take a look back to 1976, courtesy of Scott Edelman. Here are the original letters from both DC Comics and then Marvel in 1976, announcing that they would be paying creators for further exploitation of their…
DigiWatch: TokyoPop do their own digital comics via Zinio… LetterWatch: Marvel’s upcoming issue of X-Men Forever has some unfortunate lettering when combined with Spider-Man’s rounded head… StageWatch: A Northwest Indiana production of the stage version of Annie may have found their star, but they are now looking for the right dog to play the role…
The Dabel Bros was formed by Ernst Dabel, Les Dabel, David Dabel and Pascal Dabel. But four years ago the latter two left to pursue their own non-publishing careers. Clearly that didn’t work out, now David and Pascal have set up their own publishing house, Sea Lion Books, with a line, with a mic of…
Cost: $4.99 Story Pages: 48 Of which how many are splash pages: 2 Or which how many make up double splash pages: 2 Cost per page: 10.4 cents Deaths: 22 Cost per death: 22.7 cents Occasions that Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark fight: 0 Zero? Yup. What? It’s not that kind of book. Emerging as…
Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of the X-Men movies has stated that she wants to take on a Wonder Woman movie for DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. At the Saturn Awards a few days ago she announced I’m campaigning to produce Wonder Woman for DC and Warners. They don’t want it but I just think she’s the greatest…
Bleeding Cool was the first site to run DC’s letter to freelancers concerning digital payments in full. Now we’re doing to the same with Marvel. The following letter was sent out to Marvel’s exclusive freelancer talent on Monday, June 21st, as part of a new communication missive. Non-exclusive talent will receive the letter this coming…
Mark Stafford is one of my favourite comic creators on the planet. I had the privelege to first publish him in the USA with my Dirtbag and X-Flies comics. Recently he also drew the cover to Civil Wardribe. But in the US he is best known for drawing Bryan Talbot’s Cherubs. He also writes about…
How do you define “talent”? 1. A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. 2. a. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality. b. A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talent. 3. A variable unit of weight and money Ability, skill… and money. The…
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…
