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: July 2011
Numbercrunching The New York Times Bestseller List For Comics
Through Diamond, in comic stores nationally, we know that Marvel dominates the shelves. DC has begun to close the gap between the two of late, but it is still rather large. But in bookstores it seems a little different. Take the New York Times bestseller list which helpfully provides top ten charts for comics, paperback…
DC Comics Listens To Batgirl, Makes Changes
At San Diego Comic Con, one thing you couldn’t escape from at the DC panels was the issue of gender. Thanks to one woman (known as Kyrax2 on Twitter) dressed as the Stephanie Brown Batgirl who went to all of the panels to ask question, then follow up question, then follow up question, creating a…
Marvel’s Creative Line Up For Season One Original Graphic Novels
I remember Joe Quesada telling me how unprofitable the original graphic novel was for Marvel. How it ate up production, page rate and overhead. And how monthly serialisation funded much of that production process making serialisation-then-collection far more financially viable. I think that was last year. Anyway, it’s all change now, and I can’t stop…
Preview: The Power Within, A Comic About Gay Teen Bullying
The Power Within is a new comic tackling the subject of gay teen bulling. It stars Shannon, who can transform into a superhero alter ego in moments of stress – but will that be enough? The comic by Charles Christensen and Mark Brill, contains othr stories and pinups by Gail Simone , Phil Jimenez, Greg…
Red Tails Gets A Trailer – From George Lucas And Director Anthony Hemingway
Everybody is calling it George Lucas’ Red Tails except, I’d suppose, Anthony Hemingway and his Mum. Hemingway is the actual, credited, responsible director for this tale of World War fighter pilots. Lucas produced it. This film was previously infamous for using digital SLR cameras to shoot the in-cockpit footage, but that’s not such a novelty…
The Smiths Graphic Novel – Starting Something He Can Finish
Unite And Take Over is a comic book anthology of stories inspired by the songs of The Smiths. Its premise is “What is the story that plays in your head when you listen to your favorite Smiths song?”. Sean Demubrum (whose surname certainly sounds like Morrissey’s singing on occasion) has assembled fifteen creative teams for…
Bleeding Cool Explains How To Get Your Face Onto The Cover Of Amazing Spider-Man 669 (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Here’s the cover in question… Yesterday, Marvel put out a press release about how comic book readers could get their own face onto a copy of Amazing Spider-Man. Readers were asked to contact their local comic book retailers to ask how. But Bleeding Cool is happy to lay it out for everyone. To qualify,…
Over Analysing Ultimate Spider-Man’s Neck
Is it or isn’t it? It is, isn’t it? No it isn’t. Is it? Isn’t it? That’s the question. Does Spider-Man, in this preview for Ultimate Fallout #4 featuring the new Spider-Man, have an African American neck? Could it be heavy shadow or lighting? Or are Marvel just playing silly buggers as usual? Let’s find…
Super 8 Has A New UK Viral With News From The Past And Mysterious Polaroids
I couldn’t really get with the US “Rocket Poppeteers” viral campaign for Super 8, but a new clips that seem to launch a UK campaign has already interested me. I’ve uploaded the clip so you can see it. Here’s hoping this viral actually spins out into something more and more fun and creative. This first…
Captain Israel #2 Censored Over Martin Luther
Captain Israel is a polemic superhero comic book by Jewish comics expert Arlen Schumer. Its second issue, planned to be published well before San Diego Comic Con and Shumer’s panels at the show, did not come out. The reason is that the publisher, Los Angeles-based StandWithUs wishes to remove from the comic an English translation…
Friday Runaround – Biff! Pow! Wall Street Journal!
KirbyWatch: In the light of the Jack Kirby court case, Orbital Comics will be running a podcast, reacting to the news and discussing the legacy of the creator. KirbyWatch2: The mainstream media pile in. But only the Wall Street Journal goes for a Biff Pow headline. CodeWatch: The Comics Code from… 1948? “Sexiness, race prejudice,…
John Lasseter Video Interview: Cars 2 And Pixar Sequels
There’s no doubt that it was exciting for me to speak to John Lasseter, the top dog at Pixar and, thanks to his shorts and features, one of my very favourite film makers of all. Below you can see the full video of our chat. I decided to ask him a few questions that I…
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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…
