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,…
Okay, so “if you want a job doing properly, then do it yourself”, but what if you don’t want the job to get done at all? According to Heat Vision, original creator Joss Whedon was offered the driver’s seat when Fran Rubel and Kaz Kazui decided to press ahead with a Buffy reboot. He declined,…
On Broadway, Rock of Ages is the jukebox musical for fans of perms, spandex and getting served drinks mid-show, in your seat. When this is translated to screen, what will be left? Perms and spandex. And probably all of the fourth-wall breaking and jokes about just being characters in a cheesy musical, though they’ll play…
From the cover of this weekend’s Sunday Mirror Magazine. Tulisa Contostavlos from popular British hip hop crew N-Dubz, latexed up, trying to catch Matthew Vaughan’s eye. You know, she has acted before, namely in Channel 4′s Dubplate Drama… she wasn’t terrible either.
It was a simple Clip Art strip that provided some of the most sophisticated and simultaneously low brow American satire over the events in Iraq and Adfghanistan. And now it’s back, the first such strip since Obama took office. And even we are a target. David Rees’ new strip appears in the New York Magazine….
Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma is in a bit of a rut. It’s selling well, but it’s not selling Walking Dead well. Not yet. Image are to drop the price of issue 7 down from $3.50 to $2.99 and solicit the first collection of this sinister school thriller for just $9.99 to…
Thanks for Stu West for pointing out the physical comparison. Yesterday, Mark Millar announced the Kapow Comic Con London. This is the latest move building a British-based comic/movie/convention/magazine empire. First there is his prime partner, Titan; magazine and book publisher based in London, publishing everything from the monthly Batman Legends comic, TV magazines such as…
I’ll be most intrigued to see Steven Soderbergh’s long-in-the-works biopic of flamboyent pianist, and candlestick fetishist, Wladziu Valentino Liberace. Michael Douglas has long been attached to star in the title role, with Matt Damon set to play Liberace’s lover Scott Thorson, the film’s protagonist. Boy – I really hope Soderbergh shoots this one in 3D. Of…
On November 22, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York filed a decision on motions in the ongoing Kirby Family vs Marvel/Disney battle. Passing almost unnoticed over the holiday week, the court’s decision partly grants Marvel’s motions to dismiss the Kirbys’ counterclaims, and allows other aspects of the counterclaims to continue….
This week brings all sorts of interesting possibilities fo the comic book speculator – the individual who snaps up all the issues of a certain comic at your favourite local comic shop, in the hope of selling them on at a markup in the future. Unless of course, you get them first. So here is…
Andrew Wheeler writes for Bleeding Cool; Spot the odd one out in this list: Black Goliath (1975). Black Racer (1971). Black Widow (1964). Black Lightning (1977). Power Man (1972). The answer I’m looking for is, of course, Black Widow. She’s not black at all! Like Black Canary, Black Widow predates the 70s trend for using…
StampWatch: From 1995… GimpWatch: Hustler covers the release of Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman Co-Creator Joe Shuster. (NSFW) CosplayWithAPurposeWatch: Allen Mullins is travelling from state to state dressed as Captain America to raise the awareness of homelessness and poverty amongst American war veterans. SharkWatch: The Discovery Channel is starting to PR it’s announced-a-while-ago…
It is big news. It is so big that I used it to launch the Bleeding Cool side back in June 2009. But, yes, Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons are collaborating on a new comic book. That’s Mark Millar’s big comics news for today, and we had a good guess at it at the weekend…
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…
