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,…
On Wednesday, The Walking Dead #77 went live on Comixology, downloadable onto PCs, iPads and iPhones on the same day as release in print in the US – and a day before release in print in the UK. Previously, like a zombie, the digital version shuffled along a few months behind the print version, but…
Okay, okay, it’s not from Tony Scott. But it is an upcoming superhero movie called Nemesis that seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s comic. Indeed, if anything, it looks a little closer to Kick-Ass, although a bit grittier.
The Delcourt “Seven” series of graphic novels. Cover designs from 2007. The Marvel Civil War crossover. Cover designs from 2006. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox. We trust you, the reader, to…
JobWatch: Anyone to take a brief for a high profile paying job drawing/painting in the more-intricate Disney style? Think painted castles and explosions… contact me here. WeekendWatch: I’m away in Italy from tomorrow till Tuesday evening – expect much reduced posting on my part. But if you’re up to something naughty, don’t think you’ll be…
self-portrait, Gordon McAlpin, Copyright: ©2010 Chase Sequence Co. His bio: Gordon McAlpin lives in Chicago with his cat Punk. In his twenties, he watched over a dozen movies a week. Gordon has written movie reviews, co-hosted a movie podcast, and edited a movie news blog, but now he just works on Multiplex. While he has…
It’s turning out to be a day for speculating about the payroll on big, tentpole superhero movies.* There must be a lot-of-behind the scenes activity at DC Entertainment right now, and not just the packing of desk calendars and executive toys into cardboard boxes. We’re hearing from all over the place that a big announcement,…
The last we heard, Mary Jane Watson was not going to be the female lead in Marc Webb’s new Spider-Man but now, that’s starting to look like a skewing of the truth. Let’s try “Mary Jane Watson is not going to be the only female lead”. The story now is that both MJ and Gwen…
So the Wildstorm Universe titles are to end. And the licensed books to be published by DC. But what about the rest? The Wildstorm creator owned/participant titles? To be thrown on the pyre? Not a bit of it, it seems. I’m told that we are to expect their continued publication, some through DC Comics central…
Do you know why I’m counting the days to the release of The Beaver – and this is while, for all we know, there could be hundreds left to count? Because of Kyle Killen’s incredible screenplay. I was going to link you to my review of the screenplay, but for reasons I don’t understand, it…
Company logo turned emo bait, and latterly comicbook star, Emily the Strange has been on a long slow, crawl to the silver screen. What she always needed was a star to embody her, somebody of the appropriate age that would actually appeal to the character’s established fan base. That’s what would strike up a green light….
In today’s Panel Borders podcast, Alex Fitch interviews Paul Cornell. During the conversation he lets listeners know, regarding the appearance of Sandman character Death in next month’s issue of Action Comics; “We’ve just signed off on that issue, actually. Neil ended up writing quite a lot of her dialogue, so I don’t know whether or…
People say to me sometimes, they say, “Brendon”, they say, “what’s your favourite screenplay for a film ever?” Okay, they don’t. But if they did, I’ve got a well-rehearsed answer. “Why,” I’d say, “it’s surely Daniel Waters’ script for Heathers“. And so it is. I just did a little dance when I read that Waters…
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…
