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: April 2011
Greg Rucka Announces Lady Sabre And The Pirates Of The Ineffable Aether With Rick Burchett
It’s true, it does sound a little like Warren Ellis’ Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island. But Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether is an upcoming webcomic from Greg Rucka and Rich Burchett coming in July. It’s described by Rucka on the Stumptown podcast as “A steampunk, pirates, western…
Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh #98: Help! My Starship Captain Is An Eejit!
Science Fiction is big in the mainstream again this Century, with DOCTOR WHO and STAR TREK having a resurgence in popularity and various shows like the STARGATE franchise continuing to hold cult audiences, not to mention BATTLESTAR GALACTICA holding the zeitgeist in its hands during its peak. Aside from DOCTOR WHO, the other shows have…
Gendercrunching DC And Marvel – March 2011
Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; When the overall percentage of female creators at Marvel and DC hovers around ten percent, it feels very odd to say positive things about the numbers put up by the Big Two. Nonetheless, March was a good month, relatively speaking, with both publishers posting their best numbers of the…
The Avengers Starts Shooting Today – Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon says… Film Greatness. On the Eve of Our Endeavor, I celebrate an american classic — or possibly all of them. Hi Pumpkins, joss here. Tomorrow (he posted this yesterday – Rich) we start shooting (I THINK I’m legally permitted to say that). Day one. That’s right. We’ll be shooting the pivotal death/betrayal/product placement/setting…
Gene Colan’s Final Work For Sale
Legendary comic book creator Gene Colan is sick. And through long term friend and colleague, Clifford Meth, he is selling off the last of his artwork and signed books to fund his future needs, with the knowledge that he is unlikely to be drawing again any time soon. So Clifford is accepting private bids on…
Bryan Talbot’s Grandville Nominated For Hugo Award
The Hugo nominations were announced at Eastercon this weekend. The Best Graphic Story nominations were;l Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo) Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse , written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment) Grandville Mon…
Birmingham Comic Con To Replace BICS In August
So the Birmingham British International Comic Show may have bitten the dust. But it has been replaced by its twin brother (or possibly sister), the Birmingham Comicon, organised by, basically, the same people who organised BICS. How peculiar. The spin given to the Birmingham Mail is that with the usual Think Tank venue unavailable, they…
Easter Monday Runaround – A Catwoman For The Ages
NewYorkWatch: At the School Of Visual Arts on April 28th, 7pm, Jerry Robinson talks about his life and work. CatwomanWatch: Catwoman as an inkblot of the age. We can make a simple comparison of the merchandise dating from Denny O’Neil’s day as Bat editor, where it seemed to be a mandate that her features be…
Francesco Francavilla’s Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut
From Batman artist Francesco Francavilla’s sketch blog, a look at Saturday’s Doctor Who…
Sunday Trending Topics: Doctor Who & The Iron Age
All the buzz around the season opener of Doctor Who this weekend reminds me that I gotta get caught up with my tv watching, somehow. Accidentally caught a glimpse of the ep on BBC America last night and noticed they were flashing #doctorwho at the bottom of the screen, which is an interesting sign of…
The Barcelonahood Of Evil Madrids
I do like it when sub editors are comic book fans, In this case, Barcelona and Real Madrid playing against each other, having Xavi Hernández and Xabi Alons as respective respected midfielders, is enough to get a Marvel mutant headline in the newspaper…
Wonderful Novel The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time Being Adapted Into A Film By Harry Potter Writer
Way, way back in the mists of time, when Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston and his Plan B shingle at Warner Bros. was yet to be given an official name, he optioned the rights to Mark Haddon‘s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. I believe it was 2002,…
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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…
