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,…
We got the scoop on this a while back but now it’s coming to fruition. In what appears to be a bit of a spoiler for Vivid Video’s planned Wonder Woman XXX: A Porn Parody, comes the terribly similar titled Wonder Woman XXX: A Hardcore Parody from Mile High Media (no relation to Mile High…
Courtesy of Jock and 2000AD… from the set of the new Judge Dredd movie.
Gail Simone is writing a short story for the second issue of the Bendis Board-centred The Gathering anthology, drawn by fellow board member Cassandra Lovell. This is the first page. Due out soon, there’s a Kickstarter page to help get the volumes to print, with some strong rewards for doing so, with a couple of…
Covers for a few more Dynamite solicitations for February 2011… including Alex Ross for Bring The Thunder… SHERLOCK HOLMES: YEAR ONE #2 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + Written by SCOTT BEATTY Art by DANIEL LINDRO Covers by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (50%), AARON CAMPBELL (50%) & DANIEL LINDRO (1-in-10) As a series of brutal…
Leaving aside all of the usual arguments about supporting small films, bijou distributors and the like, what specific reasons are there to watch Pang Ho-Cheung’s Dream Home? Here are Five Things that I hope will convince you take a punt and turn out for what I think is one of the year’s best films. 1….
Kevin Eastman is co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the worldwide brand based on his self-publishing comic book with Peter Laird back in the day. But now it appears that he’s getting rid of everything associated with it. In one big lot on eBay. They include every single licensed Turtles item, from Pez dispensers and…
DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee opens his Green Lantern Movie PR box. And gets rather a fun surprise. Speakers up folks! And you also get a good look at Jim Lee’s comic bookshelf…
LanternWatch: Vintage Corps by Kid Liger; DoctorWatch: Tony Lee’s Doctor Who, signed and on eBay for one day, to raise money for Children In Need. Also – tonight’s telethon on BBC1 has a first preview of Christmas Day’s Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol. Which is also airing on BBC America on Christmas Day in the…
Seattle seems to have a preponderance of self-styled Real Life Super Heroes. And it’s causing problems for the local police. Seattle PI reports that on one occasion “police say a caped crusader dressed in black was nearly shot when he came running out of a dark park. In another case, a witness on Capitol Hill…
As a longtime addict of the smell of old newsprint, it’s strange to live in a world where I almost didn’t bother to make note of the sale of a single comic book for half a million dollars. No doubt it has an interesting backstory and I’m thrilled for the consignor. The Detective Comics #27…
Out on DVD next Monday is The Hammer & Tongs Collection, a long-awaited compilation of music videos from Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, the director-producer team behind the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie and Son of Rambow. I could wax lyrical about the contents of the disc but, frankly, that’s totally unnecessary when there’s…
As well as the on-the-road, fly-on-the-wall Mighty Boosh documentary The Journey of the Childmen itself, that film’s new DVD comes with a set of special features and chief amongst those is a short film called HIV – The Musical, featuring future sailor Julian Barratt and future hobbit Martin Freeman. It’s an odd inclusion, perhaps, but…
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…
