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,…
As exclusively (and a little bit repeatedly) broken by Bleeding Cool, MTV has launched their new MTV Geek website, emanating from the online side of the organisation – and nothing to do with the existing Splashpage MTV site. It describes itself as; the home of MTV Comics and your daily destination for the latest in…
Rodrigo Cortes’ incredible Ryan-Reynolds-in-a-box thriller Buried opens across the UK officially this Friday, but the screenings are kicking off today. In the US, it’s on a limited release and will go wide at the end of next week. Go and see it. To support the release of the film, I was lucky enough to get Rodrigo…
BallWatch: Baseball player shaves to look like Wolverine. BioWatch: Bluewater Productions are making a new comic book base on Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg’s life. Well, I expect he won’t be able to complain about any invasion of privacy. LeeWatch: Titan Books are launching the ICONS: THE DC COMICS AND WILDSTORM ART OF JIM LEE book…
No sooner has there been an announcement that MTV has bought Channel 4′s The Inbetweeners for a remake by Brad Copeland, that I get people already auditioning for parts asking for my take on the characters. The names, Will, Neil, Simon and Jay seem to have remained the same – for now, Simon is hardly…
Not quite sure exactly how well the HTML will work on this one. But I’m optimistic. But here is a preview of fantasy/superhero/barbarian artist and Mamtor publisher Liam Sharp’s upcoming retrospective work, The Reluctant Barbarian. // // // –> // // //
Warpaint is a new creator owner comic by Green Arrow/Clerks Phil Hester and Hitman/Dicks/Dredd John McCrea, lined up for the launch of Bosnian-based Print Magazines Strip in the UK next year. The comic sees a homeless teenage girl, Mia Tsatoke as the focus of the battle between mankind and elemental forces seeking to destroy the…
The heroes of Ian Sharman and Ezequial Pineda’s comic series Alpha Gods are the DEHA, The Department of Extra Human Affairs. Think: The Men In Black meet Hellboy‘s BPRD if they were peopled by The New Mutants. Actually… I’ve just sold it somewhat short there. I trust somebody rather more familiar with the series will step…
Heidi MacDonald of The Beat is reporting that Pichetshote, Vankin and Hilty, all in editorial roles at DC Vertigo, are being laid off as part of the DC Entertainment reorganisation. These are the same three names Bleeding Cool heard last week when I wrote “Not at Vertigo though. I’m told three familiar editorial employees from…
DC Entertainment may reorganise the deckchairs as much as it likes, but there’s an iceberg coming. And now they are sending out laser-mounted sharks. The Hollywood Reporter has, well, reported that Warners has filed five brand new legals oppositions to keep their counter-claim against Siegel/Shuster estate-representing lawyer Marc Toberoff alive. Toberoff is representating the families…
UPDATE: DC have now removed the cover image from their website. The last time this kind of thing happened, it ended up with the Batman book in question featured on David Letterman and the editor being fired. Well, they have a chance to get in first this time. Here is the cover to one of…
There’s been a lot of impossible missioning going on. Let’s try and talk it through in a single sitting, if not a single breath. Director Brad Bird and producer-star Tom Cruise went Mission:Impossible 4 location scouting in Prague. But that’s not the only overseas jaunt they’ll have to go on – Dubai is going to…
Aaron and Tri-Force Mike from A Comic Shop and Geek Easy of Orlando, Florida are pushing out their favourite comics this week. They include Crossed #4, and their love for the upcoming Crossed 3D graphic novella and ongoing Crossed series, Max Brooks’ GI Joe, American Vampire, X-Men Second Coming trades, Wonder Woman and Action Comics…
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…
