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,…
The most controversial and popular American poem of the 20th century, Allen Ginsberg’s Howl has been revered and reviled, challenged in court, and taught in college classes. Along with Jack Kerouac’s interstate prose ballad On The Road and the collection of stories that make up William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Howl makes up part of…
Scripted by Jane Goldman from the spooky novel by Susan Hill, directed by Eden Lake‘s James Watkins, set for release in 3D but apparently being shot in 2D, and the first project for Daniel Radcliffe now he’s wrapped on the Harry Potter series. And that’s pretty much all I have to say about that. Thanks,…
By Mike McLarty of ComicKarma. He’s helping out while Rich Johnston is in holday in Venice. Follow him here, email him here. Have you ever wondered about the comic collections of your favorite creators? Do you ever find yourself agonizing over the sheer volume of comics within your possession, knowing it’s time to reevaluate the…
By Mike McLarty of ComicKarma is helping out while Rich Johnston is in holday in Venice. Follow him here, email him here. Love him or loath him, Erik Larsen is an outspoken comics creator who doesn’t shy away from conflict. If he has an opinion to share, you can rest assured that he’s inclined to…
In the words of The Beatles: I’ve got to admit it’s getting better (Better) A little better all the time This week, the guest contestants on Bleeding Saddles are Ed Whitfield, Michael Moran, Ben Shillito and Ben Mortimer. The audio quality is improved, the jokes are… improved (?) and we’ve got all new rounds. Just…
I was fortunate enough to have an extensive, and very candid, conversation with Meir Zarchi, the director of the original I Spit On Your Grave, aka Day of the Woman. We discussed the new DVD and Blu-ray release of his original film here in the UK, the attendant censorship issues, and how the upcoming remake…
Originally a series of novels, then later adapted into comic books from Avatar Press, it looks like Joe R. Lansdale’s The Drive-In stories are next headed to… well, in all likelihood, to the drive-in. This film has a big, themed premiere event practically coded into its DNA, though they’ll probably have to build a new Drive-In…
Thanks to Little Bleeder Paul Di Fillippo for this one. Ward Sutton recreates a page of newspaper comic strips to better reflect the emergent Tea Party movement in the USA for the Boston Globe… prize for the first spotting of anyone using one of these for real in a crowd shot.
At the Treviso Comic Book Festival today, Michele Foschini of BAO Publishing announced that, before Panini Italia publish the final volume of their Italian reprint of the Jeff Smith series Bone, BAO will publish an Italian edition of the Bone: One Volume book, collecting the entire Bone saga. They will also reproduce the gold edging …
Red Hill was the best film I saw at FrightFest this year and is easily one of the best pictures of 2010. Director Patrick Hughes is a really exciting talent, cinematically articulate and with a wonderful eye and great sense of story. Ryan Kwanten stars, and I mean stars. He’s tremendous, both magnetic and subtle….
The last time The Simpsons went live action it was for a specially produced, promotional recreation of the show’s opening sequence. Here it is now in case you have somehow never seen it. Now, this leap into live action going to happen again, but with a nice new twist. On December 5th, Fox channels across…
Derrick Comedy’s Donald Glover decided to dream the impossible dream. Sure, he’s not another one of those wimpy white kids that seem to have been farmed to take turns as Peter Parker, but why couldn’t he be cast as Spider-Man? When he announced his desire to play the role, fans stepped up and supported him….
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…
