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
Geek Girl On The Street Reports: The Internet is Really Really Great (for Comic Book Parody Porn)
Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; There is an old adage about pop-culture which I find to be particularly true: “If you create it, the porn will come.”* Well, perhaps that isn’t exactly an old adage, but it should be – as the tradition of pornography emulating and imitating that which is popular in art…
The Difference Between The Marvel Battle Scars Images
They told us at San Diego Comic Con to compare the difference between the image on the screen and the one published on Marvel.com later. Here’s the screen image of the Fear Itself: Battle Scars comic. And on the Marvel website… The big difference? Thor’s gone, replaced. Start your speculation engines…now!
A Comic Show – San Diego Comic Con Swag
Aaron returns to A Comic Shop in Florida from San Diego Comic Con and Tri-Force Mike with plenty of San Diego swag and a chance to check through tomorrow’s comics today. But no store exclusive cover of Amazing Spider-Man #666, Aaron? For shame… Weekly TOP PICKS: 7.27.2011 Top Books AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 – DAN SLOTT!…
My Monthly Curse #21 by Phill Hall – The Cloying Embrace Of The Comics Fan
Phill Hall used to be a comics retailer and the News editor for Comics International before launching the PDF comics magazine Borderline – then abandoning comics altogether. But now he is going to look back on it all for Bleeding Cool. Let’s wrap this up… Retailers, especially the independent ones, tend to be mavericks, but…
Will Jerry Ordway Draw Green Lantern Again? (UPDATE)
Inker and penciller Jerry Ordway, new to Twitter, has tweeted; I’m lamenting the poor performance of the Green lantern film yet again, as I use the wonderful character designs, drawing pages for Sinestro. Is this a sign that a) the movie will inform the new Green Lantern comic, b) Jerry Ordway will be pencilling/inking issues…
New Trailer For Lucky McKee’s The Woman Will Chew You Up
May is still one of the best, and most affecting horror films of the last ten years, and while director Lucky McKee has yet to release anything with quite the same impact, it’s looking like his next picture The Woman may well manage to surpass it. Here’s the first trailer which, considering the protestations of…
Yet More Amazing Spider-Man 666 Covers For Tomorrow
We’ve had two, here are seven more. Only one-hundred-and-forty-one to go… first sighting of the Lizard cover as well. Presenting covers from Graham Crackers in Naperville and Chicago. Then one cover from Coliseum Of Comics of Orlando and another from Stadium Comics in Brampton. One from Heroes Comics in Ontario, Canada and from Midtown Comics…
Astro City Original Art Stolen From San Diego Zoo
Security at San Diego Comic Con is generally tight. Lots of security guards, plenty of eyes, stealing work is hard, if not impossible. But one would have though that original artwork would be safer at, say, San Diego Zoo. Apparently not. The car of Astro City artist Brent Anderson was broken into at the San…
Charles Soule Plans Amy Winehouse Appearance In 27
27 is an Image comic book, a supernatural musical mystery involving musicians who dies at the age of 27 -Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain. The book follows one 27 year old man trying to escape his fate. Well, this weekend added another to that list, singer Amy Winehouse. I…
Marvel Offers Fear Itself Variant For Ripped Up Flashpoint Comics From DC
So I’m writing how DC won the comic book PR war at San Diego. And then I get a press release from Marvel. In which they are to offer retailers a limited variant of Fear Itself #6 with a cover by Ed McGuinness. And all retailers have to do is… return the covers of fifty…
When Comic Con Ruined Twilight – A Look Back At San Diego 2011
The queues for the Hall H opening panel at San Diego Comic Con on Thursday… started on Monday. The convention organisers put out tents, the queue grew and grew, as Twilight fans jockeyed for position and street cred to make sure they got into the panel for the upcoming film. Then when the show opened,…
Tuesday Runaround: Captain America vs Thor
But when the ticket sales were accounted for on Monday, Paramount said “Captain America” had actually collected $65.1 million over the weekend. Of course, that’s still a solid opening — one that’s more than $10 million higher than the debuts of both “Green Lantern” and “X-Men: First Class” in June. –‘Captain America’ didn’t beat ‘Thor’…
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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…
