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,…
Here’s a name that was missing from Deadline’s hit list of potential Superman directors: The Wrestler and Black Swan’s Darren Aronofsky (and I doubt very much he was the mystery man making Harry Knowles sigh, don’t you?) Aronofsky really seems to be going from strength to strength, and should he choose to take the gig, I’m…
Bleeding Cool always likes to welcome big hires in the industry in its own unique way – from Steve Rotterdam’s ball gag to Dan Buckley’s chicken hat. Well here’s something from a classic Warren Ellis interview episode of Come In Alone for Comic Book Resources back in 2000 – when I was still writing All…
The Coen Bros. first drew up a draft screenplay for True Grit some years ago. I imagine after No Country For Old Men won a heap of gongs and an honorable horde of dollars, it was rather easy to get the film into production. They promised that they’d be true to the source novel’s point…
Word has started getting around today about Citizen Jane, a (supposed) new action-genre remake of Citizen Kane that stars Michelle Rodriguez in the title role. To set it up, here’s the film’s official synopsis, trailer and poster. The 70th anniversary of the film that started it all. Citizen Jane stars Michelle Rodriguez as Charlotte Foster…
Say what you want about George Lucas, I was still surprised to see him flip his lid and go this absolutely bat-guano mental. You’ll only see three of his own personal victims hit the dirt in this clip, but it looks like the shootout is far from over at the fade to black. How many…
UPDATE from Rich: Last week Bleeding Cool reported that this position was about to be filled – though we didn’t know by whom. But choosing Bob Harras as the new editor-in-chief is interesting for two big reasons. First, as X-Men editor, it was on his watch that Jim Lee became the superstar (and now Co-Publisher…
Tron was definitely a pretty film, and technically and aesthetically very innovative. It was also a moderate success as the box office, taking almost twice its $17 million budget in the US alone. But I’m not yet convinced that Tron: Legacy will truly repeat any of those successes. Disney seem rather confident in the cash-haul…
Welcome to Lying In The Gutters! I’m currently in and around Treviso and Venice in Northern Italy having fun. We’re about to go out pizza and spritzes, but till then, here’s a much briefer than usual run down of the week in Lying In The Gutters Top Ten Most Popular Posts Of The Week 1….
By Mike McLarty of ComicKarma. He’s helping out while Rich Johnston is in holday in Venice. Follow him here, email him here. Ryan Carstensen supports his comics buying habit by selling trade paperbacks (TPBs) and hardcover collected editions at multiples of their initial cost. Carstensen goes by the moniker of Ryan Lee as co-host for…
Filming is underway on Neil Gaiman’s episode of Doctor Who, and I propose this merits a special round up of what we know. The post ends with three pictures of monster-creatures that you might consider spoilers – but before then, there’s three non-spoilery pics and a lot of news tidbits. The BBC have confirmed that…
Stumbled on a cartoon series adaptation of the long-running French comic series VALERIAN on Crunchyroll.com this weekend and indulged in some of that other Science Fiction that the French do well. I think a lot of us gave come to associate French Science Fiction with the sex-&-psychedelic visions of Moebius, the hysterical anarcho-fascist messianic fantasies…
By Mike McLarty of ComicKarma. He’s helping out while Rich Johnston is in holday in Venice. Follow him here, email him here. Dateline: March 13th, 2010. Seattle, WA. Location: JLA writer James Robinson is a guest on the DC Nation Panel at Emerald City Comic-Con. Robinson is asked about future projects. He announces that he…
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…
