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,…
UPDATED: I’ve replaced the clip with an official release of the same footage. This naughty pirate video (geddit?) is nothing but Johnny Depp acting like… well, like Captain Jack Sparrow and addressing the camera/audience at Comic-Con, but I thought you’d probably like to see it before Disney’s lawyers snuff it out. The picture at the…
Carlos Ezquerra, famed Judge Dredd artist for decades, has come though an operation to remove a cancerous lung. He writes on the 2000AD message boards; Hi guys, this is Carlos, the Squirrel, Ezquerra… anyway, the guy with the moustache and cigar smoking (no anymore!) It’s my first time here and I don’t know where to…
The first is the poster image for Sinatoro, the movie for which Grant Morrison is writing the screenplay. The second is a colour version of the cover for the planned-but-cancelled Zombieworld series Earthfall from Dark Horse, by Gordon Rennie and Gary Erskine from 1998. It was coloured earlier last year. In Swipe File we present…
We now live in a world where Jon Layman is an Eisner Award winner. Congrats to Layman and Guillory for their success with Chew. I feel a tiny tiny part of it here, and am very proud of the boys. Also, special congratulations to Tom Spurgeon for best journalism. Here’s that list in full. Best…
I already talked about expected ways that Comic Con attendees may try to pay for their visit. And it seems to be working. Here’s a look at a few items that people have been instantly flipping. Some for outrageous markups. Alan Moore’s Signed Leatherbound Light Of Thy Countenance. Cost: $65 at the Avatar booth. They…
YouTube may have been counting down to their Life In A Day promotional event. But they’ve been making some changes to the site in other ways too. Just as San Diego Comic Con was kicking off and the big studios were showing movie footage on their big screens, amidst many warnings not to film the…
It can be easy sometimes to be seduced by the razzle and dazzle on San Diego, Whether that’s the film stars, the giant robots, the golden thrones or the multimedia presentations. But then there’s enough small press here to host their own convention. And to sck up the mass public when they’ve had just as…
Rendering the brief tease from earlier this week rather obsolete, here’s the fuller, longer, stronger trailer for The Goon. This was premiered at the film’s Comic-Con panel last night where, once again, it was confirmed that the film is still looking for studio backing. More of a clip, really. The film is being adapted from…
Let’s avoid another one of those Ant Man posts, shall we. Here’s video of Joss Whedon confirming quite clearly that yes, Jeremy Renner has been cast as Hawkeye and he will be in his Avengers movie. The confirmation comes at 1:25, and he says: I don’t have all the news. I think it’s well known…
Tickets are on sale now for the live, theatrical recreation of Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. The most obvious question is: how will the reinvent the more shocking, visceral or downright grisly moments on a stage? I hope to see the Chaos Reigns fox in his theatrical incarnation. I always did rather like Basil Brush. Without…
Respectfully, we informed you of this event at an earlier yadda yadda yadda… Karen Berger, Executive Editor of Vertigo at DC Comics, has just confirmed on the Vertigo panel at San Diego Comic Con that all Vertigo characters rooted in the DC Universe are being returned to the editorial mandates of the DCU offices. This…
This is, I believe, the first clip from Spencer Susser’s Hesher to hit the web. The film played at Sundance and, to be honest, the reviews were fair to middling at best. You never know, we might love it, you and I. Here’s the official synopsis for the film, from its official site: Loud music….
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…
