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: June 2011
Superman #712 Not Changed Over Muslim Content. But Over Kitten Content?
There’s a lot of fuss right now over the removal of the planned story for Superman #712, out this week, Chris Roberson’s original solicited story, replaced by the Kurt Busiek Krypto story, itself subject to repeated removal when originally solicited four years ago. People having kittens, as it were. Comics Alliance has run a long…
Delcourt Buys Soleil To Create The Biggest Independent French Comics Publisher
One of the bigger French comics publishers, Delcourt has just bought a majority share in another of the bigger French comics publishers, Soleil. Together, that sees Delcourt leapfrog competitor Glenat in terms of size, becoming the largest independent comics publisher in France by far. Of course, they are smaller than Media Participations who own Dargaud,…
Marvel Launches Avengers 1959 #1 In October
That’s right folks. Another Avengers comic. But it’s one set over fifty years ago. Spinning out of their appearances in New Avengers, Howard Chaykin is writing and drawing Avengers 1959, a five issue mini-series starring Sabretooth, Kraven the Hunter and Namora, in an international romp from New York to Madripoor taking down ex-Nazis. Hmm. Is…
Teaser Trailer For Ricky Gervais And Stephen Merchant’s Life’s Too Short
In this teaser clip, you’ll see Ricky Gervais pitch Life’s Too Short as “sort like a cross between The Office and Extras, really.” Out of ideas so soon? The show will star Warwick Davies, of Ewok and Willow repute, and there are roles for Gervais and Stephen Merchant also. The big joke in this teaser,…
The Superman Story That Will Be Published… Later
Yesterday on the open George Pérez Fan Page on Facebook, Pérez posted the image above with the following; Since this book will be on the stands tomorrow, I figure it would be okay to finally show my variant cover for SUPERMAN 712, which I dedicated to the memory of a dear friend named Rob Morrisroe…
Neil Gaiman In Talks To Write Doctor Who Novel
We speculated as much, based on his interview a couple of weeks ago. Well, the Names Not Numbers event in New York, an “annual thought leadership symposium” sponsored by the Financial Times and Jaguar was held over the last two days. Described as “an invitation only annual ideas conference held in New York, designed to…
The Wonder Woman Original Graphic Novel That Will Not Be Published
In the for-September Previews, there are plenty of solicitations for graphic novels shipping in October or later, in order to accommodate printing and shipping from overseas. But one is missing. Wonder Woman Hand Of The Gods, by acclaimed fantasy authors Margaret Weis and Lizz Baldwin. Bleeding Cool wrote about it last year. Amazon thinks it’s…
On His Birthday, Billy Wilder’s Advice For Filmmakers
Billy Wilder was born 105 years ago today. He is most definitely one of my favourite film makers, and through his interviews, my favourite film teacher. Here are some quotes from the great man that I hope you’ll find as instructive and amusing as I did. An audience is never wrong. An individual member of…
A Second Helping Of The Subway Justice League Comic
In certain DC Universe titles this week, joy of joys, you get another Justice League Subway comic. It’s a step up on last week in that at no point does Aquaman say that he shouldn’t be swimming in the ocean alone. But it does appear to have Green Lantern helping a professional basketball player cheat…
Locke And Key Pilot To Play At Comic-Con
A week or so ago, Joe Hill announced via Twitter that the pilot for the Locke & Key TV show might get one public airing after all: Had word yesterday we’ll probably be able to show the Locke & Key pilot at SDCC. It’s not certain – things could change – but seems likely. This…
Is This The Coolest High School Principal In The World?
From a Taiwanese high school. Enjoy.
San Diego Comic Con Massively Updateable Programming List
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS COMPLETE A lot of the studios have been announcing their programming for the San Diego Comic Con 2011. But one or two comic book panels are sneaking in there too. Here’s everything so far – add other ones you know in the comments and we’ll update! Let’s crowd source as much…
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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…
