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,…
A tonsorial tease from the Disney marketing moguls has cropped up on Yahoo. Cropped was the wrong word, wasn’t it?
You may recall that The Expendables has been censored for cinema release in the UK. In that case, one little cut was made to lower the film’s rating from 18-and-over-only to 15-and-over-only. Today, I see that Tamara Drewe has been subject to a similar snip – but with a head-scratcher of a twist. Both films…
Monopoly fans may be surprised to find out that there’s more to Reading than just its railroad, apparently. A location scout from 20th Century Fox was seen nosing about Reading University this month taking snaps of its 60s era architecture, which might slot in rather nicely as a flashback setting for the upcoming X-Men prequel….
CHEF: Via Senior Marvel VP C.B. Cebulski, this artwork (left) was created by Mike McKone, Emily Warren and Chris Eliopoulos. It was commissioned through Marvel to create a gift for the chef Bobby Flay to commemorate the opening of his latest Bar Americain at the Mohegan Sun last November. It’s now hanging on his wall….
Damn it. HBO has had a number of television shows broadcasting in the UK on a variety of stations with a variety of pay deals. Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Ricky Gervais Show and Hung play on Channel 4, Entourage on ITV2, The Wire and Flight Of The Conchords on BBC2, The No 1 Ladies Detective…
At every comic book convention, there are some stories that giving a name to would rob them of their power. And possibly launch lawsuits. Welcome to the return of Page 616 and the blind items… 1) Which indie publisher, presumed to be fairly shy and unassuming, was seen very successfully chatting up a stunning young…
Of late Alan Moore has been conducting more signing sessions in and around London and Northampton. And with Edinburgh Festival appearances on the way, there may be more and more opportunity wherever you like in the UK. But, as we discovered this week, his signature is much in demand in the US. To the extent…
One of Alan Moore’s recent arguments is that no one is writing or creating comic books, let alone superhero comics, as complex as Watchmen twenty-five years ago. While I’d argue that point, it is true to say that there hasn’t as much ambition, invention or appreciation of the use of the uniqueness of the medium…
Of all the books announced by Marvel at San Diego, Osborn was the one that intruigued me most. Firstly that I hadn’t heard anything about it before, secondly that it was written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and thirdly that it struck me as a book I really wanted to read. The defeated Norman Osborn, in…
Continued from part two What is perhaps surprising, or more likely thought to be surprising, is how many of the artists have found a cultural connection outside of what’s considered the conventional comics readership. In addition to serialized newspaper strips and webcomics, some of the creators showcased in Black Comix have bypassed comic book audiences…
Let’s see if you can impose such degrading readings onto this footage. Thanks, Dan, for the intro. Now go fix that Ghostbusters script. Kudos to Timberlake for the note-perfect performance. His Boo Boo is shaping up to be the role of a lifetime.
It’s hammer time. And if that look at the movie isn’t enough, here’s a second trailer – this time for the Thor video game.
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…
