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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Sam Spina And Seamus Heffernan – Two Xeric Award Winners For 2011
Sam Spina is one of the recipients of this year’s Xeric Awards, financial support for comic publishing projects set up by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle creator Peter Laird, awarded twice annually. Spina writes of his comic Fight; That means whenever I finish this gosh darned comic, the Xeric foundation is going to pay for printing!…
Teen Gay Suicide And The X-Men
On July the 20th, Marvel will be publishing a very special comic. Uncanny X-Men writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie, creators of the comic Phonogram, are reuniting to tell a story about teenage gay suicide in the X-Men comic, Generation Hope #9. Based on recent prominent news stories, and public awareness campaigns, Kieron Gillen…
Britain And The Phillippines Invade San Diego Comic Con
San Diego Comic Con is a month away. Which is time for everyone at Bleeding Cool Towers to start getting very excited indeed! Now, it’s natural for news reporting services to get distracted by the big splashy movie, TV and games contingents and forget the comics side, or just see the big splashy publisher panels….
The Great Ultimate Death Of Spider-Man Bait And Switch
The current Ultimate books before the relaunch, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics Ultimates Vs New Avengers have been running a multipart crossover storyline The Death Of Spider-Man. Which as everyone knows by now, results in the death of Spider-Man. But it’s a crock. Or rather the multi-part storyline is, rather. At the beginning we…
Brightest Day Aftermath And Lois Lane And The Resistance – Two DC Visions Of Britain
Two comics. Two Britains. Two realities. Both from DC. First, Brightest Day Aftermath: Search For Swamp Thing #1. And something sticks out straight away. The cover. This was the original artwork for the cover. This was the teaser. This was the reveal. But then this was the promotional advert. And this is the actual cover….
See The Poster For Pixar’s Brave, Hear About Its Trailer
Next Summer, Pixar will release Brave, a highlands folk tale about the Princess Merida, and an enchanted bear. The first teaser trailer for the film, as expected, will be screening with Cars 2, and there’s already an early poster for the film. This was snapped by “nomad 2010“, but I found it at Upcoming Pixar….
Jab! Jab! The Japanese Trailer For Real Steel Is Looking Good
I love Hugh Jackman, can get with the conventions of having a young kid in a boxing film, and think the robot FX are looking suitably crunchy. I’m hoping that Real Steel lives up to its potential. This Japanese trailer certainly shows some solid new material. Real Steel is one of the films being represented…
Jason Patric And Lucy Punch Win Lead Roles In Powers
We have our Christian Walker and our Deena Pilgrim. Jason Patric and Lucy Punch have been cast in the lead roles of the FX TV pilot based upon Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s comic. Jason Patric’s last two gigs were The Losers and Toldja Tilda, so he’s recently been in a pretty poor…
Unboxing Ultimate Spider-Man #160 (VIDEO)
So I’ve just picked up this week’s comics from Orbital in London and I’m on the bus. So lets have a look inside the bagged Ultimate Spider-Man #160 and see what’s what. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, off Leicester Square in London.
New Poster For Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Is Very… Er… Handsome
Lots of hands. I’m thinking of Repulsion, of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, of Labyrinth, of Day of the Dead, of the end of Carrie… any more? Please let me know. Maybe I can have my very own Graspy Hand film festival at the weekend or something. This poster premiered at Empire. Great tag…
Win! David O. Russell’s Brilliant The Fighter On DVD
The more I think about The Fighter, the more I like it. Luckily, it’s now out on DVD and Blu-ray so I can think about it, and take another look at it, as much as I want. We’ve got three DVD copies to give away. The competition is simple. Trust me: this is worth your…
Best, Newest, Freshest Trailer For Rise Of The Apes
The quick return of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes with more new monkey business. They’re trailering the mercy out of this one. I’ve got a hunch this is going to come off. The big scale stuff seems to be pretty much swinging, and only Franco looks like a potential banana skin, and only…
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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…
