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
The Green Lantern Character Poster Campaign Begins With Hal Jordan And Tomar-Re
Meet Hal Jordan and Tomar-Re in the first two of several thousand Green Lantern character posters… …unless, of course, they keep it to just the main characters from the movie and don’t do the whole corps. These were debuted on the film’s Facebook page. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled to see where-on-Earth the next…
First Image And Logo From Twenty8k
Production has started on the thriller, Twenty8k. There’s some pedigree here, particularly as Paul Abbott is listed as a co-writer. He’s the guy who created Shameless and wrote the original BBC version of State of Play. I think Rich would probably kiss him if he ever met him. The film’s other writer is one Jimmy…
Win! Everything In Our Mammoth Arthur Prize Vault
I’ll tell you what I liked about the new Arthur over the old one – it doesn’t try to milk alcoholism for “funny drunk” jokes. That’s a very pleasing step up, if you ask me. Anyhow, more about that film tomorrow, when it opens in UK cinemas, as I have a couple of video interviews…
Four Covers For Garth Ennis’ Last Issue Of Jennifer Blood
Okay it’s not quite his last issue, in that Al Ewing will be working with Garth on future issues. But it is a farewell of sorts and an end of the arc. So naturally Dynamite decides the event needs four covers, from Tim Bradstreet, Jonathan Lau, Ale Garza and Johnny Desiardins.
Swipe File: Little Darth Vader Vs. Little Thor
Okay, this swipe file is no accident, and nobody is trying to pretend it is anything less than a flat out cover version, but the Little Darth Vader Superbowl commercial has been given a Thor-hawking makeover. Here’s the original: And here’s Little Thor: I know who I’d put my money on down at the underground…
Second Trailer For Attack The Block
I’ve now seen Attack the Block, having been leaning forward intently, tracking its every move for a couple of years. I don’t want to go into too much detail right now, but I think it’s a great film, probably better even than its reputation amongst the bloggers, critics and festival punters who have seen it…
Read Eisner Nominated Afrodisiac For Free
So what happens when your comic is nominated for an Eisner for Best Humour Publication… but it’s out of print? And a new print is a long way away? And you’d like potential Eisner voters to read the book before casting judgement? Why, you put it online, for free. Enjoy.
New Page From Marvel Avengers’ Kree Skrull War
Here is a new page from the classic Kree-Skrull War from Avengers, created by Upper Deck Card Entertainment and written by Sean McKeever for a new series of Kree-Skrull trading cards that will tell five seperate Avengers stories around the events of the Kree Skrull War that will, apparently, be treated as official Marvel comics…
Love And Batarangs
From the Fantagraphics blog, just one of collector Thomas Rehhoff’s sketches of Luba and Maggie from Beto and Xamie Hernandez, in Batman and Robin form….
Steampunk Iron Man On eBay
So… how much money have you got squirrelled away for something like this? Comes with working coalfire glowing effect… the steampunk Iron Man, designed by Tony Stark in 1910.
Thursday Runaround – A Midsummer Dark Knight’s Dream
SarahJaneSmithWatch: The week before her death, Tom Baker had signed to record a series of Doctor Who audio dramas with Elisabeth Sladen. The BBC will run a tribute show on CBBC on Saturday. StageWatch: A reading of Kill Shakespeare will be performed after each performance of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, by the cast of the…
My Monthly Curse by Phill Hall #6 – The Point Of Sale
Phill Hall used to be the News editor for Comics International before launching the PDF comics magazine Borderline before abandoning comics altogether. Now, however, he is going to look back on it all for Bleeding Cool. By the time I arrived on the retailing scene, had I had any common sense at all, I should…
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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…
