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
A Handy Guide To Reading Generation Hope And X-Men Schism Today
So you’ve left your comic store with your X-Men Schism and Generation Hope. And you know what happened last month, what with reading the comics in the correct order. So what happens this month? What you need is a handy dandy page reading guide. Okay, here you go… Pick up X-Men: Schism #4. Read the…
Digital Delights – Peter Bishop Writes Fringe
BishopDelight: Fringe is returning to American screens (and torrent lists everywhere else) this month. And Joshua Jackson, who plays Peter Bishop on the show, has written a comic book for DC, only being released digitally, for 99 cents… FacebookDelight: Graphic.Ly have launched a Facebook app so creators and publishers to embed a comic on a…
Three Reasons To Watch The Fades Tonight
The first episode of The Fades premieres on BBC Three, Wednesday September 14th at 9pm. Here are five reasons that it’s most definitely worth checking out.
Dynamite Announces New Tarzan Comic For A Dollar. Except They Can’t Call It Tarzan.
Public domain, Tarzan may be, but there are trademarks to consider. He’s a hundred years old next year. Which is why Dynamite have jumped with this trademark-sensitive title. And leading off with a dollar price as well. Written by Arvid Nelson and drawn by Roberto Castro, with covers Ryan Sook, Alex Ross, Paul Renaud and Lucio…
Wednesday Comics Review: Batman, Wonder Woman, Legion Of Superheroes, Supergirl, Nightwing, Birds Of Prey, Captain Atom, Catwoman, Green Lantern Corps, DC Universe Presents, Blue Beetle, Red Hood And The Outlaws
All Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo has possibly the worst cover of the line. Not that there’s anything wrong per se but it misses a massive trick. The comic has a beautiful beginning aimed at long time and new reader alike, giving each a different…
New Look At The Avengers In The Captain America Blu-Ray Trailer
In order to promote the upcoming release of Captain America: The First Avenger on DVD and Blu-ray, Marvel have cut a new trailer. It features material from the film and glimpses of the special features on the disc, from deleted scenes to production B-roll. And this also includes a few quick flashes from the disc’s…
Twelve More Appearances Of The New 52 Strange Woman In This Week’s DC Comics
Another week, another look at all the appearances of Strange as we’re calling her, the hooded purple woman with the face marks and the claws… comics courtesy of Orbital Comics of London – who have a Rebekah Isaacs signing this Saturday, a new exhibition of cartoonist self portraits and a podcast on this week’s new…
Unboxing Ultimate Comics X-Men #1
No Willy Wonka Golden Ticket Stan Lee autograph again. Did you get lucky?
Wednesday Runaround – Going To Bat Law School
StatWatch: Can Bleeding Cool really be the most influential comics blog in the industry? Blogwatcher Technorati thinks it is, and yesterday gave it a perfect 1000 mark for comics, something I can’t recall a precedent for. Technorati’s methodology is byzantine, and the abscence of Comics Alliance from the top ten is a mystery – though…
PREVIEW: Batman #1 And Wonder Woman #1
Courtesy of NY Mag and USA Today, two previews of DC’s major relaunch books, published today. Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo and Wonder Woman #1 by Brian Azzarello and Chris Chiang. I’m off to go and pick up my copies from Orbital shortly… oh look Wonder Woman opens in London as well.
Tuesday Trending Topics: Reinventing Comic Day
It’s beyond conventional wisdom at this point that digital is in the midst of radically changing our industry, and there’s no doubt in my mind that the business is going to look pretty different 12-18 months from now. And yet… it’s becoming apparent that there are a bunch of side effects to this ongoing process…
Two New Muppets Commercials
Here’s Kermit enjoying some nuts. As our friend Eleven might have put it: I eat pistachios now. Pistachios are cool. And here’s a TV spot for the upcoming movie, complete with new footage and a nice bit of Pepe.
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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…
