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
Robocop Redux
While Brendon gets progressively more ill, Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: Hard on the metal-encased heels of the news that a statue of the cyborg crimefighter is to be erected in Detroit, news reaches us that Robocop will also be returning to the cinema. Paul Verhoeven’s darkly satirical 1987 movie spawned a brace of…
Swipe File: Infestation Vs The City Of The Dead
Above is the cover to Star Trek: Infestations, part of the cross-franchise crossover comic being published by IDW. And below is the poster to the movie Horror Hotel, better known as The City Of The Dead – the central image of which, with a little flip, lines up perfectly… In Swipe File we present two…
Birmingham’s Answer To Phoenix Jones – The Statesman
According to the News Of The World, and I use that statement with all the baggae that brings with it, The Statesman is a real life superhero patrolling the streets of Birmingham in the West Midlands to prevent crime. He fights drug dealers, drunks and helps out homeless people in trouble. And what’s more, his…
Monday Runaround: When Tom Brevoort Drew The Avengers
IndiaWatch: The Hindustan Times covers Comic Con India. “The turnout has been amazing. The ticketing office of Dilli Haat places it in thousands, and most stalls were sold out and had to restock for the second day,” said Jatin Verma, the orgainser. “I didn’t know there was so much going on in this scene,” said…
Video Of Future Vehicles From The Set Of Looper
Rian Johnnson’s Looper is a time-hooping sci-fi thriller set in the near and not-so-near future, starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Paul Dano and Emily Blunt. The film will be relatively grounded stuff, not some crayola-coloured crazy space opera, but it is nonetheless going to showcase a series of futurist designs, and representations of both…
Transformers 3 New Footage In NASCAR TV Spot
Makes sense, right, to market Transformers movies during the NASCAR telecast. Maybe only Pixar’s Cars is a better match. Here’s a new commercial for the battling bots, as broadcast during today’s NASCAR comings and goings. There’s quite a bit of new footage – well, at least as a percentage of a 30 second advert there…
What Does It Mean That The Great Gatsby Is Being Shot In 3D?
What does it mean that Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby is to be shot in 3D? Here are some ideas: 1. That the studios continue to support 3D filmmaking Warner Bros. are footing the bill for the film which is to shoot in Australia this autumn. Bearing in mind that the Australian dollar…
Why All Star Superman Is A Killer On DVD…
Above is the scene from All Star Superman #11 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, published by DC Comics. And this is the equivalent scene from All Star Superman, released on DVD and Blu Ray by Warner Bros, scripted by Dwayne McDuffie, based on the Morrison/Quitely series. In the comic we see that Superman knows…
The Fantastic Four Family Tree by Joe Stone
We all loved his X-Men Family Tree… now it’s time for the Fantastic Four – with one recent… subtraction. So yeah, you know, spoilers. Ish. Oh come on, it was on CNN…
Comics Alliance’s Dream Comes True In Cover Variant Form
We’ve all enjoyed the Godzilla retailer variant cover gallery. But why do I get the feeling that this particular Godzilla #1 variant from IDW will be more popular than the rest? If not perhaps for reasons that owner Larry would appreciate? He won’t mind though, a sale’s a sale…
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Getting New Director? – UPDATED
It seems quite ridiculous to me, on the face of it – getting a new director for Spider-Man stage show Turn Off the Dark when it already has the supremely experienced and over-qualified Julie Taymor in charge. But then, not everybody agrees with me that Taymor should be left in control, and it might not…
What If… Disney Had Bought DC Instead?
What If… Disney Had Bought DC Instead? By Boris Mihaljovic. What If… Sanrio Had Bought DC? By Katie Dreyer What If… Oni Press Had Bought DC? By Chris Haley
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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…
