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 no official details of the release yet, but we know Disney’s masterwork Bambi will be coming to Blu-ray in the spring. A new trailer I found on YouTube shows that the release will be a Diamond Edition combo pack with both BD and DVD included. It would have been nice to get some idea of…
On the day I turned twenty-five, I came to consciousness at 3am in a twenty-four hour laundromat in Brooklyn, New York, eating cracker jacks in my pajamas. To understand how I got there, we need to go back one year… -Julia Wertz, Drinking at the Movies Julia Wertz was a cartoonist living in a walk-in…
Last night’s comics festival party was in a terribly fashionable barfull of the beautiful, TV producers, directors, musicians and magazine editors fawning over the comic creators. Decorated with comic art from a local punk rocker-turned-creator, the creators eventually took to the walls and I confess I joined it. From a war weary smoking cartoon dog…
This is the Marvel Map Of The Future. Tom Brevoort discusses a number of aspects here. But what is he not saying? What is he hiding? What is he keeping schtum on? I have no idea, I’m in Treviso. Why don’t you do my hard work for me in the comments on email to richjohnston@gmail.com
Half the industry was watching Sharktopus on SyFy last night, it seems, and according to twitter it was somewhere in between that bad and so-bad-it’s-good area. That was probably the point, but it makes me wonder why no one’s doing anything with the Pre-Hero Marvel Monsters on TV yet. Somebody get on that, please. Meanwhile,…
Not quite as good as The Ace of Spades. Steel works. Rubber doesn’t. It’s fifty/fifty with styrofoam. The smash hit pop record (Welcome to) The House of Fun by Madness was all about the joy of buying condoms on your 16th birthday. Presumably only fun until somebody calls the Gotham Police. Why is it Batman…
Quick, name an Asian character in superhero comics! Now name an Asian character who doesn’t know any martial arts! OK, as stereotypes go, that’s probably an unfair one to pin on superhero comics. It’s hard to name many characters who aren’t martial artists in some form or another – everyone gets trained by either Captain…
Rich Johnston is in Italy, writing from the Treviso Comics Festival. Apologies for the reduced posting but this is bloody Italy, okay? Day One: Okay, there have been a few events before today. But I flew in this morning. Or, rather, we did. “Fuck me, even I’d shag her…” That’s my wife there, as we…
Rich is off to the Treviso Comics Festival for a few days, and I think the industry may be catching its breath a bit this weekend anyway — but there’s always some links: An Audience With The Oracle: Director Patrick Meaney Talks About Getting Grant Morrison On The Record I first heard about Grant when…
This morning’s Danny Baker show on the BBC’s 5 Live was solid radio gold. Joining Baker for some “Highbrow, above the eyebrow chat” was Stephen Fry, British national treasure and the pop cultural embodiment of esoteric erudition. Amongst the many topics discussed (the conversation was as nimble as a conger eel) came Stephen Fry’s acting…
I’m about to geek out. When Josh Brolin was rumoured for a lead role in Jason Reitman’s next picture, Young Adult, I expressed some dismay at how the character of Buddy Slade is written as “a little less handsome than Brolin”. Now, no offense is meant to Patrick Wilson, but he’s a much better choice…
From the New York Comic Con event listings, for the Saturday at 11am… MTV Geek with Stan Lee Join MTV Geek as they discuss what’s in store for MTV Comics over the coming year and announce the inital line-up of titles along with some very exciting new projects with comics and animation legends Stan Lee…
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…
