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
Kickstarter For Anti-Bullying Comic With Gail Simone, Phil Jiminez, Carla Speed McNeil, Dan Parent, Donna Barr And Andy Mangels
Gail Simone, Phil Jiminez, Carla Speed McNeil, Dan Parent, Donna Barr and Andy Mangels are all providing pages for a new, larger print run of The Power Within by Charles “Zan” Christensen and Mark Brill, a superhero comic on the topic of teen bullying and suicide, and a vitim of bullying who creates his own…
Futurama Voice Talent Coming To MCM In May
I refuse to start this post with the words “Good news everyone!” – just so you know. The MCM Expo will next month play host to a handful of voice stars from Futurama. Between them they’ve provided the vocal personification for an amazing proportion of the characters above. I do really love this show, I…
Action Comics #900 Is A Fox News Story Waiting To Happen As Superman Rejects God And America
In Action Comics #900, there’s a reflective look at Superman’s role in the universe by Paul Dini. But that’s not the real story. There’s a storyboarded piece by Superman movie director, Richard Donner. But that’s not the real story. There’s a story by Lost creator Damon Lindelhof about the last days of Krypton. But that’s…
Behind The Scenes With Archer, Purveyor Of Salty Espionage
Sometimes, the little electronic press kits made to promote – or more properly, help people like me to promote – new films and TV shows yield items of specific interest. In the case of Archer, the rather adult-toned spy-spoof cartoon that’s just about to hit DVD in the UK, there was one short video that…
Thursday Runaround – DC Comics Gets All Sweary
TradeWatch: Remember when DC only had the first four issues of Grant Morrison and Howard Porter’s JLA in its first trade? Looks like the new paperbacks are going to reflect the amount collected in the recent hardcover releases, according to this October solicitation collecting JLA #1-9 and more… BurgerWatch: Here’s a piece of New Men…
First Trailer For Last Harry Potter Film, The Deathly Hallows Part 2
When all is said and done, David Yates will have directed half of the Harry Potter movies, racking up four of the eight. If nothing else, it’s given the last half of the saga a steadiness and relative consistency of style. No huge surprises, then, in this first trailer for Harry Potter and The Deathly…
Make Your Own Attack The Block Cast Out Of Paper
Can’t get enough of that Attack the Block stuff? Then load up the inkjet and get ready to print, because thanks to Edinburgher Sally, creator of We Are Paper People, you can now build your own gang of South London hoodies out of nothing more than good old 80gsm. She’s provided cut-out-and-crease designs for five…
Wednesday Trending Topics: An X-Men First Class Exclusive, An Avengers Filming Mystery
The BC was dominated by film and tv today, what with Rich on television (again!) and an X-Men First Class trailer exclusive and Brendon unearthing a bunch of other film stories, as usual. Also, there’s Greg Capullo Batman. Tomorrow? The world. Today… this: Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Greg Capullo’s First Batman And Robin Pencils This…
Thursday Comics Review – Danger Girl And Army Of Darkness 1 and Amazing Spider-Man 659
Sorry for the delay, folks, yesterday got on top of me rather. There was a time, once, when the hegemony of the superhero book looked like it was about to be broken. When three of the more popular superhero creators decided that not only were they not going to create work for hire anymore, that…
Wednesday Comics Review – Locke And Key 6 and Brightest Day 24
Two comics, both published on the same day, both with reveal endings I don’t particularly want to reveal but it’s probably too late and I’d much rather you read the comics that contain them. So what can I say about the books? Brightest Day #24. It’s been a big build up, to this final issue,…
I’m Disturbed By This New Image From Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
What is that thing? A giant cockroachy robot? Looks evil. Also seems to be in the set of Ghostbusters, judging from the left hand building. Click on it to make it huge. Use Apple to look at older images from the film.
So Has Bill Murray Finally Commited To Ghostbusters 3? Maybe So…
In an article about scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, Deadline have just tossed aside the biggest, most surprising bit of casting news of the night, if not the week. They say: Ghostbusters 3… seems to be finally coming together with Bill Murray recently committing to return. Or rather, they said. Because the article has…
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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…
