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,…
Batman And Robin has been slipping schedule-wise for a little while as we come to the end of Grant Morrison’s run. For yesterday’s story on the new Batman And Robin #15, I had to go back to August’s solicitations to get the cover image. So how can they catch up a bit schedule-wise? The old…
Stan Lee on the Broadway play Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. “When I saw the set, when I saw some of the action shots of Spider-Man swinging, when I met the cast and spoke tot he, when I met Julie [Taymor] and saw her enthusiasm and her ability, her talent and the way she put…
I might as well have called this blog post An Open Letter To Meryl Streep because, when all is said and done, it will be tantamount to me getting down on my knees and begging her to be a little bit more careful in future. Universal have announced that Ms. Streep will be co-starring with…
Oh, look – yet another story on the Mel Gibson Hangover 2 cameo that will never be. Amazing. This time, Variety brings us news of Mad Mel’s replacement. Well, it’s certainly going to be a step down in terms of tabloid-baiting controversy, but the new Mel Gibson is none other than Liam Neeson. I’m glad…
James Robinson half-spilled it at New York Comic Con. That he was to be writing a new Hawkman series for DC. Most websites pretended they hadn’t heard it, but Bleeding Cool is always a bit of a bigmouth. Now I understand that Batman And Robin artist Philip Tan is to be drawing the adventures of…
We know Steven Spielberg is partial to a little bit of battling robot misadventure because he was, quite publicly (read: wince inducingly), full of praise for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Now he’s getting in on the act himself and has signed on to make Robopocalypse his next directing gig. The film will…
Bleeding Cool recently reported that, describing Action Comics #894 featuring Death, would have her much of dialogue written by Death’s co-creator Neil Gaiman. And that writer Paul Cornell was quoted as saying; “Neil ended up writing quite a lot of her dialogue, so I don’t know whether or not it’ll be a co-writer credit. I…
Here’s the wraparound cover for the latest Dodgem Logic magazine from Alan Moore and friends. Basically, it’s a bit like Clint but with less comics, less midgets, less Hot Mums, more burlesque, recipes and magic. In the new issue, he writes about the possibilities of life on other planets. There is also work by Iain…
At the New York Comic Con, both at the ICV2 conference and at the Retailer’s Breakfast Meeting, David Gabriel of Marvel Comics was adamant. That new Marvel series would be priced at $2.99, and this price point would come into effect in January. At teh brekfast he emphasised “all series”. But with the release of…
A semi-regular update on the latest digital comics-relevant news. PiracyDump: Steve Lieber engaged with the 4chan boards after his graphic novel Underground was uploaded to the site, illegally. And this is what happened to sales; MangaDump: Viz Media is announcing an announcement. The speculation is that next week will see a VizManga download site to…
Okay it’s been a while coming, for both artist and publisher. But in January, Humanoids will publish the complete Weapons Of The Metabaron graphic novella by Alexandro Jodorowsky, Zoran Janjetov and Travis Charest as well as Day Of The Magicians by Michelangelo la Neve and Marco Nizzoli Drazen. And here are promotional bookmarks, heading towards…
And he was so looking forward to playing it. Taking on the role of a Batman-like character, pitted in alliance with other heroes, against a horde of villains in massive multi-player online role playing game. The delay till next year only heightened his anticipation. And then he discovered that his nemesis, Wil Wheaton, was voicing…
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…
