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,…
Across the USA on December the 1st, on World AIDS Day, Borders are holding a number of instore events to benefit Lifebeat, an AIDS awareness nonprofit organisation. And are recruiting the great and good of pop culture for store performances and signings, with 25% of all proceeds going towards Lifebeat. And, in New York and…
Three recent movie rumours have become subject to comment from the people behind the films themselves. Let’s see what Dan Aykroyd, Michael Bay and Rhett Reese have had to say regarding recent scuttlebutt. Ghostbusters 3 It would seem that casting for Ghostbusters 3 is underway now and according to FFA and What’s Playing, leading candidates…
The Comic Book Alliance, basically the UK equivalent of the CBLDF and HERO with a proactive role improving the lot of the comics, has got a huge amount of very desirable material up for auction. First on the block is a role, both name and likeness, in an upcoming issue of Batman, Inc, courtesy of…
Word from attendees from the Mark Millar/Frank Quitely soiree at Glasgow’s Plan B Books graphic novel store are filtering in… So what do we know? Well, despite much speculation, there is no Mark Millar/Frank Quitely project. At least not yet. And certainly not being announced on Monday. Frank has has health issues, which is why…
If I told you that the latest TRON: Legacy trailer was hidden away as part of a Nokia viral, then I bet you’d take that one step ahead and start to expect a certain mobile phone manufacturer to get some product placement. You’d be right. Thanks to Little Bleeder ‘Geoff Jeff’ for the tip-off.
As The Monster Shop is the latest of the Dave Egger inspired studios on hig streets in London, what better reason to take at look at the five year old Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. This amazing looking store, feeling that it fell straight out of Acme Novelty Library, is a front for the nonprofit organization…
From the upcoming Hulk #28 by Jeff Parker, Gabriel Hardman and Mark Robinson for December 2010. And from the just published Darkstars & The Winter Guard #3 by David Gallaher, Steve Ellis and Scott Hanna, for October 2010.
ImmonenWatch: Stuart Immonen leaves New Avengers… and may be suiting up? Marvel solicitations for February 2011 have come out, and some people have noticed that I’m not drawing the latest issue of New Avengers. Unfortunately, I can’t divulge my replacement gig yet, but this may change before the interview is posted. Anyway, it’s big. I’ve…
London is the latest to join Dave Eggers-inspired nonprofit creative education bodies posing as high street shops. We now have Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, with help from Nick Hornby and a secret entrance behind the shop to the Ministry Of Stories… as long as you can guess the password. So yes, where do you think…
Holy heck. The first TV spot for Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark reveals her take on Kraven the Hunter, gives us a good look at her Carnage and shows us some scenes in progress. Add to this a little bit of behind-the-scenes footage and mask-making and, well… I watched it four times back…
Fans of the Twilight series, of which I have heard there are many, appear to be looking forward to one sequence in the Breaking Dawn double-movie above all others: the consummation of Bella and Edward’s marriage. Dirty. Birdies. It’s a particularly shrewd bit of teasing then, by the film’s director Bill Condon, to have leaked…
Hats off to Uli Meyer, Sandro Cleuzo and Boris Hiestand for this short animation test based upon Ronald Searle’s St. Trinian’s cartoons. And here is the original Searle cartoon that it was derived from. Meyer has blogged that he showed the test to Searle himself in September, but I have to ask… why does this exist…
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…
