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…
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Marvel Senior VP Tom Brevoort Gives DC Comics Some Tough Love
Always-outspoken Marvel Senior VP of Publishing Tom Brevoort has been on quite a twitter tirade this week. Just a couple days ago he laid into an unnamed competitor over a subpar book, now he’s calling DC out publicly over promotional material for War of the Green Lanterns. As reported by Robot6 on Wednesday, Brevoort told…
The Goon’s Eric Powell Promotes Creative Diversity With Buggery
It’s Eric Powell folks! With friends! Teaching the comic book industry a lesson. He makes a great double act with Robert Kirkman… and it’s all in aid of the Creators Front For Diversity In Comics.
Molly Crabapple At Angoulême
Molly Crabapple writes for Bleeding Cool. I’ve never been to Angoulême before. The Western hemisphere’s largest comics convention had always seemed to be the Anti-San Diego, where instead of berber carpeting, overpriced pretzels and hoards of fanboys, you had a charming French village full of wine and hot chicks who liked Joan Sfar. I never…
MarvelLeaks Part 2: A Second Major Spoiler From Inside Marvel This Week?
2010 marked a bit of a turning point for the major publishers in terms of how they use the net — both Marvel and DC now routinely break major news through their own sites in addition to placing the occasional exclusive to outlets both inside and outside the industry. The Fear news event from Midtown…
Sci-Fi London Book Some Key Events For Their 2011 Festival, Want To Give You Feature Film Development Deal
The full program for this year’s Sci-fi London is yet to be released, but here are some details of a quartet of key, special events that will punctuate the festival’s proceedings. First up, there’s an all-nighter of wedding-themed classics running from midnight to 9am on the day of the Royal Wedding. Very cunning. The films…
DC Releases The Names Of 14 Flashpoint Mini-Series, But What Is The Mystery Of The 15th Title?
It’s Flashpoint Friday in the world of DC news, and that means another dose of info about the major upcoming event in the massively multicreator DCU. Speaking of, there’s been much discussion recently regarding just how far-reaching this thing is going to be, and today’s information dump is sure to fan the flames of that….
Disney’s Glen Keane On Tangled, Reboot Ralph And Bringing Old-School Technique To CG Animation
The origins of Tangled lie in a mid-90s attempt to realise the story of Rapunzel by Disney animator Glen Keane. Ultimately, he worked on the film in the capacity of animation director, not director, but his influence is very easily apparent throughout, and the film is still rooted (no pun intended) in his initial work…
Stan Lee – Holding The Line At $299.99 (UPDATE)
I once presented two hours of QVC in the UK for Nick Barrucci’s Dynamic Forces, selling signed comics and the like to Britain on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas. The times had been changed and, while I was watching the Lord Of The Rings at the cinema with the family by mobile phone’s voicemail…
Nathan Greno And Byron Howard On Tangled, Animation, Storytelling And Their Next Action Movie
Finally, the long, long locks of Disney’s Rapunzel-story Tangled are flowing into cinemas across the UK. I listed the film at number 12 in my 51 Films From 2010 That You Should Not Miss and I’m excited to get out and see it again. It’s a wonderful film that blends old-school storytelling with a cutting edge…
Speculator Corner: X-Men Legacy #245 and New Mutants #22
It takes a lot for a new Big Two comic book to make it into Speculator Corner. All comic shops carry them, they are a lot easier to get than the latest creator owned Image book, so the rules of demand and supply mean that the prices generally stay near-to cover price. But it can…
US Ambassador To France Opens Peanuts Exhibition, With Jean Schulz (VIDEO)
US Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin, yesterday, opening the Peanuts exhibition in Angouleme, with ministers Frederic Mitterand, Laurent Wauquiez and Charles Schulz’ widow Jean.
Striking Protests At Angoulême
Bleeding Cool reported on news that the French staff for the comics publisher L’Association were going on strike earlier this year. Well, now it’s stepped up publically, with the striking workers still attending the world biggest comic convention Angoulême for L’Association but, instead of selling their books, they are handing out protesting leaflets, and replacing…
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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…
