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: February 2011
Captain America Collecting Mania Is Here: First Silver Age Appearance of First Avenger Goes For $91,500
A CGC 9.6 copy of Avengers #4, the first Silver Age appearance of Captain America, went for $91,500 at ComicLink auction last night — a new record for this issue by a wide margin. Considered one of the most important Marvel comics ever published, this book by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee introduced Cap into…
Wednesday Comic Reviews: Fantastic Four 588 and Amazing Spider-Man 655
Yeah, so this was really the day to read comic books all about death and mourning. Both Fantastic Four #588 and Amazing Spider-Man #655 take the silent approach. The first, in the wake of Fantastic Four #587 and the death of the Human Torch, sees the team and the family suffering the death individually in…
Dwayne McDuffie And The Parakeet
In Hardware #1, Dwayne McDuffie wrote this scene, a metatextual commentary on his leaving Marvel Comics to set up Milestone Media at DC Comics, launching a brand new range of ethnically diverse superhero comics. While it tied into the character’s story, an engineer who sees his work exploited by an employer without recompense, so he…
Britain’s The Statesman Revealed As Mild Mannered Bank Clerk, Scott Cooke
And this is how long a superhero secret identity would last in real life. Britain’s street superhero The Statesman has been revealed by the Sun as Scott Cooke, 26, who works as an advisor in a high street branch of the Santander bank and lives with his girlfriend of ten years – though he still…
EXCLUSIVE: Play The Paul Beat-Em-Up Game
Greg Mottola’s Paul is in UK cinemas now. You may have seen our world’s first review of the film, Rich’s post on the comics featured in the film, or my two-part interview with Mottola. You’ve also probably seen the beautiful faces of Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Paul himself looking down on you from the…
Preview: Rustlin’ Up Business From Outlaw Territory Vol 2 By Tom Fowler And… Me.
This is the full short story Rustlin’ Up Business by Tom Fowler and me, for the second volume of Western anthology Outlaw Territories from Image, published today. This is my third Image story, including A Trip Into Space with Terry Wiley for This Is Souvenir, and the Chase Variant one shot with Savero Tenuta and Bagwell…..
Trailer For Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein
Currently mid-season at the National Theatre is Danny Boyle’s stage production of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein. The big talking point of his approach is that on various dates and times, the roles of Frankenstein and his creation will be swapped between actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. Several people I know to be going have decided…
Bad Teacher Trailer Is Sweary, Funny
Sony have launched their promotions for Jake Kasdan’s Bad Teacher, a very clearly R-rated comedy from the wordprocessors of Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writers of The Office and Ghostbusters 3. The first PR strike is the website Are You a Bad Teacher? which, at the moment, contains very little indeed; the second is a…
Wednesday Runaround – With Skateboard Powers Comes Sketeboard Responsibility
This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on. Kindle, We Have a Problem: Amazon’s Pricing Policies Affect Publishers While novels are text-based and unlikely to run up a delivery…
These Sherlock Holmes Images Contain (Of Course) Clues
It’s elementary that you can deduce plot information from the scrutiny of movie stills – you just need enough of those stills. Here are two more pieces of evidence to help you put together a casebook on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the upcoming Guy Ritchie-directed sequel. You may, just about, consider the second…
New Sucker Punch Trailer – Plus Trailer Defacement Tool
They’re not calling this new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch a trailer. Not officially. Have a look at it and see if you agree. Go back and see how many times Emily Browning does the same face in those shots. You’ll know the face I mean when you look for it. Now, if that’s not…
Dave McKean To Direct Michael Sheen In Port Talbot Passion
Tonight, I saw Dave McKean and Michael Sheen exchanging tweets about “Passion”, with a capital P, so off to Google I went. At the end of January, it was announced that Port Talbot in Wales would be paying host an ambitious theatrical event over the Easter Weekend. Based upon the biblical Passion Play, but possibly…
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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…
