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
X-Men First Class Interview: Nicholas Hoult On Beast, With Updates On Jack The Giant Killer And Mad Max
Jens Altmann reports for Bleeding Cool: Question: Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first: are you a comic book reader? Nicholas Hoult: I’ve read a couple of them before starting work on this (film). But since then I’ve read a lot, a little bit of X-Men and Avengers and things like that,…
How To Write Comics And Graphic Novels by Dennis O’Neil #11 – A Reading List
Dennis O’Neil has a long history in the comics industry as both a writer and editor. He’s best known for writing Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, through the seventies, Spider-Man in the eighties and for editing Batman-related titles in the nineties. A widely published novelist and screenwriter, he is currently lecturing at the NYU on…
Allan Heinberg – The Gay Times Interview
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books. Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgatedversions. Including Allan Heinberg. writer for Young Avengers and Wonder Woman. Joe Glass: You’ve worked in other media before coming to comics to write Young Avengers. Do you…
Mark Millar – The Gay Times Interview
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books. Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgatedversions. Including Mark Millar, creator of Kick-Ass, Wanted, Civil War and Trouble. Joe Glass: You quite famously wrote the out gay couple Apollo and Midnighter in The…
Marc Andreyko – The Gay Times Interview
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books. Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgated versions. Including Marc Andreyko, author of Torso, Manhunter and Ferryman. Joe Glass: What’s your opinion of the current level of representation of LGBTQ characters and issues…
Gail Simone – The Gay Times Interview
The latest issue of Gay Times has run a series of interviews with comic book creators, associated with gay-friendly books. Interviewer Joe Glass has offered Bleediing Cool the unexpurgated versions. First up, Gail Simone, writer of books including Welcome To Tranquility, Secret Six and Birds Of Prey. Joe Glass: What do you feel is DCs…
Swipe File: Vertical Rush And Attack The Block
One’s a charity event to raise money for Shelter by replicating a joke scene from Ghostbusters at high speed, the other’s one of my most anticipated films of the year. Here’s the poster for Vertical Rush, followed by early promotional art for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block. Can I see Attack the Block now please? Thanks…
Thursday Runaround – Seattle Is Hell On Earth
ExclusiveWatch: Dark Horse aren’t just releasing an exclusive cover for BPRD: Hell On Earth for Emerald City Comic Con, but an entirely BPRD comic book by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis and Dave Stewart, for free. Bet it won’t be free on eBay the day after though. RedNoseWatch: Bevis Musson is raising money for…
Win! Saw: The Final Chapter On DVD Or Blu-Ray, Plus Bonus Stuff!
Michael Moran has some Saw prizes to give away: Some horror franchises seem to go on for ever but we’re assured that Saw: The Final Chapter really is the last cruel twist of Jigsaw’s bloody knife. What better way to celebrate this macabre event, but for us to offer you some free stuff? Saw’s always been…
Manga Giant Kodansha Acquires US Publisher Vertical
Kodansha Limited, Japan’s largest publisher of Manga, will acquire US publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga Vertical, Inc. according to Anime News Network. The move comes as Kodansha continues to exert greater control over how its material is handled in the US, having recently shifted its licenses from Del Rey to its own Kodansha…
Brett Ratner Pledges A Youngblood Audition To Wrestler Shad Gaspard
It’s still an if, more than a when, but Brett Ratner is planning to bring Rob Liefield’s Youngblood to the silver screen. Should that time finally rock around, he’s even started filling up in audition dance card in preparation…. or maybe he’s just being polite. The scene played out on Twitter, an exchange between Ratner…
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Trailer
2011 is clearly shaping up to be the year of the Green Lanterns for DC. Continuing the build-up to the live action movie, here’s the first trailer for the Green Lantern: Emerald Knights animated film. The June 7 blu-ray/dvd/download release features voice work from Nathan Fillion, Elisabeth Moss, Henry Rollins, and Rowdy Roddy Piper among…
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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…
