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: September 2011
Behind The Scenes On Starfire And Red Hood And The Outlaws #1
The day before Red Hood And The Outlaws #1 went to press, I understand there was a meeting at DC Comics, in which the Starfire issue came up. And someone involved has been in touch; “Yes, there were a lot of people there, it had become quite the conversation piece. There was a lot of…
Free Retailer Swag At New York Comic Con
There are many reasons for retailers to attend the New York Comic Con Retailer Breakfast on the morning of the start of the show. For a start, there’s breakfast. Then there are presentations from the major comic book and comic-related publishers and manufacturers. The chance to ask questions, to network, to pick up tips. Oh…
New Footage In Japanese Trailer For The Three Musketeers, Plus A Translation
Don’t you wish you lived in Japan? No, neither do I. I hate sushi. Plus, you don’t need to live in Japan to watch this brand new Japanese trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson‘s The Three Musketeers, starring Matthew MacFadyen (who I’ve had a pathetic girl-crush on ever since he was in Spooks), Orlando Bloom, Logan…
Doctor Who Delayed – Next Year’s Series Won’t Start Until The Autumn
It’s been confirmed by the good burghers at Doctor Who magazine that the next series, usually counted as the seventh, won’t start airing on the BBC until Autumn 2012. We’ve reported on this before, but seeing as the magazine has very close ties to the show and sometimes serves as a semi-official mouthpiece, their reporting…
Preview: The Zen Of Steve Jobs
Forbes has issued four advance pages of a new graphic novel they are publishing with creative agency Jess3 called The Zen Of Steve Jobs. Set in the eighties after Jobs has been exiled from Apple, in the wilderness. And the lessons he learns before returning… The finished comic will be published later this year.
Thor 2 Looks To Bring The First Female Director Into The Marvel Masterplan
Looks like his buddy Richard Clark had been led up the garden path a little: Brian Kirk hasn’t locked down the directing gig on Thor 2. Instead, Marvel are looking at other candidates. Out in front, it would seem, is Patty Jenkins. Jenkins made a splash in 2003 with Monster, her Aileen Wurnos biopic which…
Anneke Wills, Polly From Doctor Who, Fires Her Publisher On Stage
Regenerations, one of the bigger British Doctor Who conventions, just got a tad more interesting. One oif its guests this past weekend was Anneke Wills, who played the Doctor Who character of Polly in 1966 and 1967, with both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton in the lead. And about to celebrate her seventieth birthday she…
Keep Your Pants On: The Girl – Or The Guy – Who Waited
Kate Kotler and Elliott Serrano write for Bleeding Cool; Kate is out sick this week, so sit back as Elliott shares some thoughts about waiting, Doctor Who and the mythos of “soul mates” and “love at first sight” with you… “You know when sometimes you meet someone so beautiful and then you actually talk to…
First Image – The Dark Shadows Cast Line-Up And Say Cheese
Forget all that stuff about vampire not showing up in photographs. Here’s a cast portrait from the set of Dark Shadows, staged by director Tim Burton. Left to right we have Helena Bonham Carter, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green, Gulliver McGrath, Bella Heathcote, Johnny Depp, Ray Shirley, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller and Michelle Pfeiffer….
The Darth Knight Rises
“I’m the goddamn Darth Vader” And just think, everybody was super sure both of his parents were virgins. Thanks to The Residents of the Rabbit Hole via Buzzfeed.
A New Cartoon – And A Very New Look – For Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Archie Comics and Moonscoop, creators of the Fantastic Four and Titeuf cartoons, have announced a new cartoon for another longstanding comic book character created by George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. Already a live action TV sitcom and animation, the new version, well, emos her up a little. Sabrina The Twilight…
How The French Promote Garth Ennis’ Crossed
I was party to a number of Avatar Press international licences over the past two years, especially in France. It’s a big comics market, publishers pay more for licenses there than in any other country, and competition is fierce. The French language rights to Crossed by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows went to a publisher…
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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…
