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,…
I’ve been going back and forth today with a Little Bleeder who has seen the all-but-finished cut of Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet. The usual provisos apply, most significant being that there’s still some time to make little nips and tweaks before the film is officially released in January. Also: note that our spy saw…
Daniel Clowes Wilson is one of my favourite comics in a long time (available via Amazon in the UK and US right now). It observes its title character, a rather alienated divorcee, as he struggles to relate to the people he meets and, as the story goes on, attempts to reunite his family. Perfect material,…
Before Alvin Sargent was the fix-up guy on the scripts for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man series, and before he wrote the superb screenplays for Ordinary People and Paper Moon, he was one of the writers of Ronald Neame’s giddy, joyful caper film, Gambit. One of that film’s taglines has always stuck with me since I saw…
How can I be saying that Superman casting has just gotten underway when there have been rumours for weeks, months even years? Because the Superman casting has only just gotten underway. Forget those rumours right now. Over at Deadline, Finke and Fleming have collaborated on a story that gives us some indication of just who…
Beginning a series of semi-regular chats with Image publisher Eric Stephenson. You got a question, email it in or add it to the comments… Rich: A number of people criticised me for being terribly harsh on you last time, for being an Image hater, for being one-sided, for being unprofessional in my questioning. Did you…
Or should that be the Pumpkin King? A while ago I featured the comic book-styled My Little Ponies from Jody K Moisan. She was so grateful she asked if I’d like one. I did, and asked for a Jack Skellington for Eve – Nightmare Before Christmas being one of her favourite films. And boy did…
That was a peculiar looking graphic novel that shipped this week. The second volume of Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting as published by Fantagraphics. It’s an entertaining, beautifully illustrated tale about he daily, everyday lives of fairytale characters, set in and around the abandoned castle of Sleeping Beauty. Originally self published, Fantagraphics have taken over publication…
Fredrik Bond, erstwhile director of commercials and music videos, is working on a couple of big-screen sci-fi projects. Souds like he’s the new Joseph Kosinski. Or Carl Erik Rinsch. Or David Fincher. Come back this time next week for news on who will be the new Fredrik Bond. The first of the two films to…
In 2007, comic book fan Scott commisioned a sketch from Bill Sienkiewicz, who was attending Wizard World Texas that year. Scott paid the $100 in advance and waited. And waited. A few emails were exchanged. But last year, Bill’s e-mail started bouncing. He posted his story to the Collectors Board last year, only for Bill…
Zombie Driftwood is a genuinely independent new British film having its “launch screenings” at London’s really very brilliant Prince Charles Cinema this weekend, and we want to send you along. There are screenings on Friday and Saturday evening at 8.45 and we have tickets to both. To win a pair of tickets to the screening…
Darick Robertson on the left, Garry Leach on the right. The Boys #51 and Complete Battlefields HC Vol 2 – and a headline cheat actually, the collection is being advance solicited for April. Solicit copy below… THE BOYS #51 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature Written by GARTH ENNIS Art by RUSS BRAUN Cover…
As Wizard are gearing up their comic convention coverage, it seems odd that they’re letting go two of their bigger names, Jeff Serling and Spat Oktan. Jeff was one of the organisers of the Motor City Comic Con before he did a number of jobs for Wizard World, sub contracting to manage the Wizard World…
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…
