Well I must have done something right. Cryptozoic sent me the Locke & Key card game today. And I opened it. And filmed myself doing it too. Welcome to the new Locke & Key unboxing event…
Why The Hell Isn’t There A My Little Pony Comic Book?
Aaron and Mike of A Comic Show want to help fix what’s wrong with the comics industry, they swear they’ll start a regular bombastic op/ed column here on Bleeding Cool. But first, they feel they must follow their hearts (hooves), and use their connections to get a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic made!…
Jim Lee’s Hidden Tribute To Carla
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…
The First Page Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Revealed At Angoulême
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…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Is This The End Of The Comics Code? DC Replaces Code With Own Ratings System
As posted by Jim Lee on the Vertigo Blog, DC Comics will no longer be using the Comics Code Authority on any of its titles, and will instead be using its own ratings system. Marvel stopped using the Code a decade ago, and with DC’s withdrawal this leaves Archie as the only publisher still using…
Johnny Depp Negotiating To Replace Robert Downey Jr. In Sam Raimi’s Oz Film
When Oz The Great and Powerful was called Brick and it was written by Mitchell Kapner the script was… needing work. Since then, Sam Raimi has come on board and appointed Rabbit Hole‘s David Lindsay Abaire to do rewrites. All the while, Robert Downey Jr. has been attached to star in the lead role of a…
See Harry Potter And Hermione In New Stills From Deathly Hallows Part 2 – UPDATED
Following the recently leaked image of Neville Longbotom, here comes our second Deathly Hallows image with a look at the boy Potter himself and his gal pal Hermione. Don’t know what they’re doing here, but I’m sure a fan of the books could tell us in under twelve parsecs. (REMOVED BY REQUEST, REPLACED WITH SKETCH…
GLAAD Comics Award Nominations Released, Prejudiced Against Artists
The nominations for the GLAAD awards are out, The Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s annual reward for gay-friendly/tolerance promoting cultural works. And they have picked their nominated comic books amongst that. As usual, GLAAD have eschewed anything that’s not in the front of Previews or USA Today, valuing a prominent public face over the…
Reservoir Dogs XXX Shoots This Weekend. Expect Lots Of Banging.
It gives new meaning to the lyric “Stuck in the middle with you” doesn’t it? This weekend, Exquisite Films are remaking Quentin Tarantino’s classic movie… with added sex. Reservoir Dogs XXX – A Porn Parody has an all-too-familiar cast list Chanel Preston (Ms Orange), Andy San Dimas (Ms White), Lizzy Borden (Ms Blonde), Kimberly Kane…
Rebekah Isaacs To Pencil Buffy Season Nine?
The final issue of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight came out today. But Buffy Season Nine is due to have a new look. As Georges Jeanty moves on to DC work, so it’s time for Buffy to take a new artist in return. Bleeding Cool understand that Rebekah Isaacs, recently on the DC/Wildstorm book…
The Secret Seven – Flashpoint Renames The Secret Six, And Brings On George Perez
The other day, Bleeding Cool ran the unofficial story that DC was to rename a large number of titles to reflect the new/alternate reality/timeline as seen in the Flashpoint crossover. On Facebook, picked up by the BC Comic Chron computer this morning, George Perez is quoted on his Fan Page as saying; “Then I’m set…
Speculator Corner: Mark Gruenwald
The other day, I ran an article on the Discovery Channel upcoming piece on the late Marvel editor Mark Gruenwald. And his wish that his cremated ashes to be added to the print run of his Squadron Supreme book after his death. Well, the internet seemed to notice. The first print of the Squadron Supreme…
Numbercrunching Marvel Solicitations For April 2011
Here’s the numbercrunching headlines, based on Marvel Comics solicitation information for March, for their Marvel Universe and Ultimate titles. Looks like we’ve reached a kind of plateau for Marvel’s page/price points/item count. Back to a four week month, as opposed to March’s five weeks, we’re still at 14.5 cents a page, with one more title…
Asterix Versus The Taxman
Asterix co-creator Albert Uderzo is being targeted by the French tax officials for being an “illustrator” not an “author” and thus not eligible to tax breaks he’s been claiming. If successful, this could have serious implications for many comic creators in France. He’s been asked to pay €203,000 euros in unpaid tax revenue from on…
Thursday Runaround – Today’s Marvel Interns, Tomorrow’s Comic Superstars
CageWatch: Nick Cage talks about his comic book… I’d say it’s my obsession. When Virgin Comics approached me about starting my own line of books, I told them I had no idea, but my son might. So, Weston and I brainstormed Voodoo Child. There were a lot of stories that deserve to be told from…
See Magneto In A Helmet And Charles Xavier Being A Telepath
Apparently I’m the only person in the world with any tolerance or respect for the X-Men: First Class cast “line-up” image because now even Matthew Vaughn, the film’s director, has dismissed it: I freaked out on them yesterday. I don’t know where the hell that came from. I don’t think it’s a Fox image. It’s…
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New Sherlock Viral? Or Something Geekier?
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…
Frank Miller Redraws The Dark Knight
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…
The Amazing Spider-Man Is Tidied Up A Little By An Official Blurb
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…
Joe Madureira Wants To Draw A Zelda Comic Series
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…
The Robins – A New Comic From Jeff Lemire?
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…
Warner Bros. Nix ElfQuest Movie, Pin Blame On The Hobbit
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…
