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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Brian Bendis Counters Matt Drudge And Glenn Beck Over Ultimate Spider-Man
Bendis just did some rumour busting on John Siuntres’ World Balloon. And, for once, it wasn’t me. Talking about the recent Miles Morales media storm, he said; The one thing that came out there, I feel, and the reason I haven’t mentioned it, I just feel weird denying the rumour as if there’s something wrong…
Fanboy Rampage: Brett Booth Vs Merrit Nolan
One fellow called Merritt Nolan, who posts on 4chan/co, emailed Brett Booth, the new artist on Teen Titans. And got a reply. And posted it, seemingly hoping to make Brett look bad. Bleeding Cool believes it does the opposite… Dear Mr. Booth: I’ve always loved reading Green Arrow, not only as a comic book fan,…
Avengers Set Pictures Need Your Expert Eyes
Can you decipher what the mystery item is in these spy pictures from Cleveland, midst all the burning rivers, rust belt recession and Avengers filming? Depending on what you think it is, you could also suppose the pictures are spoilers. Superhero Hype attained them from a spy of theirs, and made guesses that it might…
Walt Simonson To Revive DC’s Captain Fear. Again.
“In the eary 1970s, DC published several stories starring a pirate named Captain Fear. Beautifully drawn by Alex Nino, the stories were an historical rat’s nest. The tales were set in the 1850s, more than a hundred years after the heyday of the Caribbean buccaneers, yet featured Spaniards wearing the helmets of conquistadors, unidentifiable but…
Syrian Secret Police Smash Up Cartoonist’s Hands
This is Ali Ferzat, Syrian satirist, cartoonist and critic of the country’s Ba’athist government. Yesterday, he was taken from the streets of Damascus and beaten by those believed to be part of the government’s secret police, and those loyal to president Bashar al-Assad. Ten years ago, the now-president was a support of Ferzat and allowed…
The 2000AD Relaunch. Ish.
Prog 1750 is the next big jumping on point for 2000AD readers, out in the UK on the 7th September. New Judge Dredd by John Wagner and Henry Flint, John Smith and Edmund Bagwell are reintroducing us to Indigo Prime, there’s Lowlife by Rob Williams and D’Israeli, and Ampney Crucis by Ian Edginton and Simon…
Savour This Trailer For The Locke & Key TV Show
I recommend you milk this trailer for the Locke & Key TV show for every drop of enjoyment you can because it’s pretty unlikely you’ll ever see another frame. And I can’t even start to tell you how unfair that is. I was lucky enough to be in the audience at Comic-Con when the pilot…
No Urns Or Plinths: Tom Six, The BBFC and The Human Centipede 2 Censorship Debacle
I recently went along to Big Screen and had the pleasure of meeting Tom Six, the writer and director of The Human Centipede: First Sequence and now The Human Centipede: Full Sequence. He’s been labelled a sicko, a weirdo, a freak and a pervert, but having met him I can only vouch for him being…
Archie Meets KISS Gets Rather Wonderful Variant Cover
This is Francesco Francavilla’s variant cover to Archie #628 with Archie Meets Kiss Part Two. I think it’s rather spectacular. I’m suddenly wondering what a Vertigo Archie comic would look like. And here’s the standard cover by Dan Parent. Which, you know, isn’t bad or anything…
Wizard World Chicago Vs Baltimore Comic Con As Seen From Artists Alley
David Doub writes for Bleeding Cool; First let me give you some perspective on where I am coming from in my comparisons of Wizard World Chicago and the Baltimore Comic Con. Dusk Comics is a small indy press out of Dallas Texas. Our main focus is on horror but we have everything to Malaysian manga….
B Clay Moore And Jeremy Haun Sign Justin Lin Deal Over Oni’s The Leading Man
Justin Lin, Fast And The Furious franchise director has signed on to develop comic book The Leading Man by B Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun for Universal. About the world’s biggest blockbuster actor – who is also the world’s greatest super spy, fighting terrorism. In France. In between trips to Cannes. Mission Impossible meets Confessions…
Thursday Runaround – Women, Gods And Paul Gravett
GenderWatch: Gendercrunching for the week of August 8th. DC had 11.6% female creators, while Marvel had 13.6% female creators… this is the second week in a row that Marvel’s had a higher total, which is just flat-out bizarre for them. BukkakeWatch: Thor. LibraryWatch: Paul Gravett is presenting a free illustrated talk on Fifites comics from…
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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…
