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,…
There’s not a huge amount of footage in the first trailer for Adam Green’s swampocalyptic Hatchet 2, which cries out for some joke about how the rest of it must have been hardcore Red Band stuff not suitable for all-ages audiences. You know this joke, it’s basically the same one that says a G-rated version of Scarface…
Titan books are looking for illustrators for their upcoming book covers, and they’re prepared to get all “Star Search” about it. They told us: Titan Books has put out an open call to recruit book cover illustrators for their future fiction titles. The call appeared today on the new blog of Titan’s revamped website and Twitter…
If you have bionic eyes and a lot of patience, you may be able to sift some minor spoilers from the following image. Courtesy of Daniel Auber‘s blog come some of his rough-sketched storyboards for Scream 4. Click through to make the image much bigger. Meanwhile, in other Scream 4 news… Part 1′s Stu, in…
The majority of this post is going to be pictures of young girls. My inner post-feminist says that’s totally okay. According to Heat Vision, casting is well under way for the role of Peter Parker’s love interest for the new movie. While they can quite specifically name a lot of the actresses in the running,…
Scott Christian Sava has announced that his comics will no longer be published by IDW. His titles including Magic Carpet and Book Four of The Dreamland Chronicles will instead be self published. This is despite listings for said titles already being solicited – and indeed, publication expected. I understand that this was a mutual decision…
What’s the difference between San Diego and Chicago? Chicago has the Suicide Girls. San Diego doesn’t. Yes, folks that’s the only difference. Okay, okay, maybe not… However, the Avatar booth at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con faces the Suicide Girls booth on one corner. And the Ugly Dolls booth on the adjacent one. For those…
Hats off to the viral marketeers behing this Last Exorcism stunt, executed via Chatroulette. It was a perfect match of medium and project, and executed rather wonderfully. Watch this “best off” video for yourself: I’ll get to see The Last Exorcism at FrightFest, and it then opens in the US on August 27th, the UK…
When it was announced that Joss Whedon was writing and directing the Avengers film, one of the first thoughts to flash across the geekosphere’s hive mind was: does this mean he’s going to rewrite Captain America too? And technically the answer is yes, though it’s still far to early to know how or if the…
Warner Bros. are suing a condom manufacturer. Why? See this image from Gawker (who are no longer a blog, apparently). “Everyone who sees the condoms automatically thinks of Harry Potter”, said a Warners lawyer. What a disturbing notion. The BBC have posted an extended interview with JRR Tolkien from 1968. I found it particularly engrossing…
This Friday The Human Centipede finally makes it into UK cinemas. To celebrate this I got to have a chat with Tom Six, the film’s writer-director, about his inspiration, ideas for sequels, audience reaction and – most disturbingly – the copyists trying to become human centipedes themselves. BC: Hi Tom. Thanks for taking some time…
Tonight, Drew Barrymore paid a visit to the Apple store on London’s Regent Street. It wasn’t to trade in (ex?) beau Justin Long for a newer Mac, but to promote her upcoming film, Nanette Burstein’s Going the Distance. Her styling seems to owe a debt to Bruce Timm. The Drew image comes from Pop Sugar.
We all know how popular George Lucas’ decision to digitally tweak the Star Wars series has been – heck, with the announcement of Blu-ray versions of those films in the last few days, the angry online bonfire was quickly relit and bearded effigies thrown on in huge numbers. On the other hand, I think there’s a…
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…
