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,…
The BBC have revealed the year’s most requested TV programs and films via the iPlayer. Here’s the top 20 – note how the first appearance by the eleventh Doctor is way, way out in front. 1 Doctor Who, Series 5, The Eleventh Hour, Episode 1, BBC One, 2,241,000 2 Top Gear, Series 15, Episode 1,…
Gore Verbinski’s animated film Rango was, before animation began, filmed as a rather basic stage production. You can see that process in this new featurette as Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher et al bounce about in a rudimentary set. Now, I can see the benefits of this approach, not least in giving the actors something to…
Kevin Smith has promised that his next picture, Red State, will horrify us. On first impressions, this trailer seems to suggest he might well deliver on that promise. Now, a lot of those images are of the kind we’ve seen in so-called torture porn pictures, and I was expecting something a touch more understated. That’s…
Okay, I have no idea why but the new, UK trailer for Duncan Jones’ Source Code is some 10-15 seconds shorter than the US one. I’m scratching my head as to why. There doesn’t appear to be anything contentious in the missing seconds, and it’s not like this new edit is much smoother or more…
I don’t know how funny ha ha this is, really, but it’s certainly funny peculiar. It’s one of those Taiwanese CG news show recreations that became infamous in the aftermath of Tiger Woods’ affair, this time detailing the tragedies to have beset Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. Now, if I’m not very much…
If you didn’t see last night’s Jay Leno show (and amongst the reasons I didn’t is… Jay Leno) then you didn’t see this footage of Javier Bardem as Superman. Thankfully, it didn’t take much YouTube sleuthing at all. Enjoy. I think he went a little less Superman, little more Rigsby at the end there. What…
Despite being trapped in a January release date that has seen many a movie crumble to dust on the multiplex altars of America, all indications are that Green Hornet is to be a big hit when launched in a couple-few weeks. Despite a lot of early bad buzz on the webz, seemingly based on a…
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is finally out on UK DVD and Blu-ray on December 27th. This release in the week between Christmas and New Year has been timed perfectly to eat up HMV Gift Vouchers like a High Street Pac Man. I’ve been lucky enough to receive a Blu-ray copy for review, and here…
Marvel solicitations for March’s FF #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting and Paul Mounts at Newsarama and CBR were missing one little aspect – the price and page count! So important in this day and age. Marvel tell me that that the first issue is a 40 pager at 3.99 then it moves to 2.99…
John Byrne left Marvel in the earlier days of what is now called New Marvel, when Joe Quesada was made editor-in-chief. The cancellation of X-Men: Hidden Years was the cause. Ostensibly due to trying to focus the X-Men titles on a few books, Byrne says he was told many reasons. A phone call between Byrne…
The BBC Trust have ordered the recall of all DVD copies of The Curse of Steptoe. Originally aired in 2008, this was a drama about the real life relationship between Steptoe and Son actors Harry H. Corbett, played by Jason Isaaces, and Wilfrid Brambell, played by Phil Davis. US readers might not know Steptoe, but…
No, it wasn’t Mark Millar. Or Geoff Johns. It was One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, with an annual income from the comic and merchandising, netting him a cool 2 billion Yen, or $24 million dollars. That’s according to magazine Weekly Bunshun as handily translated by the Anime New Network Of course this pales in comparison…
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…
