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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Monday Trending Topics: Does DC Wanna Make Something Of It?
Rich is completely right about Justice League by Giffen and DeMatteis being a gateway into the DCU for a lot of people. Sure, we all read DKR, and Watchmen (and GA: Longbow Hunters, and so on), but this was the book that drew us in on a regular basis and got us to branch out…
Mark Stafford’s Realism In Comics
This is a piece that Mark Stafford (Cherubs, Civil Wardrobe) knocked up to show to Marvel talent editor CB Cebulski when he was meant to visit London for the Kapow! Comics Convention. Sadly CB didn’t make it over due to unavoidable circumstances, so now it’s good for sharing…
Buy Your Ninth And Tenth Doctor Who DVDs Now – 61% Off
From now until midnight (presumably PST), Amazon in the US are offering Series 1-4 of Doctor Who (if that’s how we’re going to count it) at a reduced price of 61% off. That’s $31.49 instead of $79.98 each. Bargain. As something of a Moffat-head, here’s how I remember these “early years”: Series One was the…
Five Ways The Public See Marvel
As monster trucks… the Marvel variant covers can’t be far behind. Some late night God-On-Troll action… Stussy putting comic book checklists on their T-shirts now. $40 for Thor cups from 7/11, apparently. And doesn’t it make you feel grand being a New York fireman, that Thor could just rock up and pop up a little…
The New Justice League International
Spinning off from Justice League: Generation Lost, Bleeding Cool understands that we can look forward to a new, a very new Justice League International. Back in the day, Justice League written by Giffen and DeMatteis, became Justice League International, a global franchise superhero team and also the first, and possibly best, superhero sitcomic, It was…
Geek Girl On The Street Reports: Has Doctor Who Jumped The Shark?
Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; As a true, (TARDIS) blue, old school Whovian of the first degree, after viewing the first episode of Series 6 of Doctor Who, I’m a touch worried about the future of this time-aged sci-fi institution which I love so much… It’s not that The Impossible Astronaut wasn’t ass kicking…
Two Former Bryan Singer Films Get New Directors
With Jack the Giant Killer shooting now for a 2012 release, what we’ll end up with is a four-year gap since Valkyrie, a fairly long space between directorial projects for Bryan Singer. What was the hold up? It’s not entirely clear, but he has been contributing, sometimes as a fully credited producer, to the various…
Lying In The Gutters – 25th April 2011
Welcome to another Lying In The Gutters, forgive me, I may have gone a little overboard with the illustrations this week, forgive me, but it is a rather auspicious occasion… So what have you folk been reading lots of this week? Let’s find out! Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. Pajamas To Give…
“Spider-Man” Musical And “Charlie Sheen” Set For Law And Order: Criminal Intent
The contexts, if not exactly plots, of two upcoming episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent have been ripped screaming from the gossip columns. Both sound like potential car-crash viewing, worth at least a quick whiz-through on the DVR. First up, it seems that Jay Mohr is to make a guest appearance for one story…
Three Spider-Man Visuals For Our Time
The ballet dancer… The wall crack… And the sex toy..
Barnes & Noble & Graphic.Ly Launch Comic Reading Apps On Nook Color
Bleeding Cool reported this weekend on Barnes & Noble’s move towards print floppy comics in June. More on that to come, but here’s news from the other side. Graphic.Ly, when they’re not busy buying DC ads for iFanboy have been working on a new way to distribute digital comics. Today, our friends at Barnes &…
Paul Cornell And Goran Sudzuka Join Vertigo’s Strange Adventures
We mentioned yesterday that Lauren Beukes has written a story with Inaki Miranda for the Vertigo anthology Strange Adventures. And asked who was next. Well, Goran Sudzuka is an old hand at Vertigo, with Y The Last Man, Outlaw Nation and Lady Joanna/Hellblazer under his belt. But I think this is Paul Cornell’s debut work…
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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…
