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: October 2011
Leave Your Spandex At The Door #3 by Dr Manolis Vamvounis
Dr Manolis Vamvounbis writes: In which I bitch and moan about comics on a weekly basis, in broken english and syntax. Noone is safe! Follow my daily rantings on @theComicsGreek. FEATURED REVIEW: FEAR ITSELF #7 (OF 7) #fail itself. After 6 issues of various amped-up B-list villains failing to instill any sense of menace or…
Wednesday Runaround – A Sort Of Review
This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on. They say I am a work in progress. The fools. A Sort of a Review – James & Pádraig Have a…
VIDEO: Stan Lee Reads Aloud Shakespeare, For Romeo And Juliet: The War Trailer
We’re not exactly what role Stan Lee actually has in the creation of 1821′s sci-fi comic Romeo And Juliet: The War. Still it gets the company and the project more attention than otherwise, and maybe that’s the point. And he does read a mean Shakespeare So here’s a video trailer of the comic, written by…
A Comic Show – Aaron’s Hard On For Aaron
Aaron and Anna from A Comic Shop in Florida look through Wednesday’s comic books a wee bit earlier. And Aaron declares his love for Jason Aaron, writing Incredible Hulk and X-Men And Wolverine #1. Not that he abandons his love for Geoff Johns on Aquaman #2 either. And his unsuccessful attempts to get Anna to…
Tuesday Trending Topics: The Repeating History Of The All-Winners Squad
Sometimes, cool comics get cut short by changing circumstances and timing. Take the case of the original All-Winners Comics, which Marvel launched as a quarterly in 1941 to feature separate adventures of its most popular characters and their sidekicks. Definitely a good idea, and by issue 19 Marvel had the even better idea of teaming…
Tuesday Night Rushes – Elvis, Nixon, Hugo, ScarJo, Tintin, Paranorman And Chuck
Katheryn Winnick, the go-to actress for any role involving a pleasingly-shaped female, has been added to the cast of Roman Coppola’s Inside The Mind Of Charlie Swan III as a pleasingly-shaped female. [Variety] Karl Urban and Ben Barnes have been cast in Overdrive, which is unfortunately not a sequel to Nicolas Winding-Refn’s Drive. Apparently screenwriters…
Dark Tower Still On, Thanks To HBO Help, Budget Cuts And A New Ending
Producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard’s have been planning a multi-part adaptation of Stephen King’s novels and comics cycle The Dark Tower to be spread across movies and TV. For a while now, though, it’s been looking rather like that other tower, the one in Pisa, leaning over – yet somehow never falling. As…
Teaser For New Comic Adaption Métal Hurlant Chronicles – That’s Heavy Metal To You And Me
We’ve already seen a fairly epic trailer for Métal Hurlant Chronicles AKA Heavy Metal Chronicles, the TV adaptation of the horror and sci-fi anthology comic series of the same name, but here’s a teaser trailer for the first and second episodes. As we reported before, the comics are also being adapted into a feature film…
Ed Brubaker And David Slade Bringing Coward To The Movies
Writer Ed Brubaker and director David Slade are hard at work together on a big screen adaptation of Coward, the first arc of Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ comic series, Criminal. So far there, four stories in the series have been published. Hunting Lane Films have optioned Criminal and have first refusal on Lawless, the second…
PREVIEW: Danger Academy #1 by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood
Fresh from Kickstart, from the Bleeding Cool favourite team of Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood, comes Danger Academy. Harry Potter-meets-James Bond, that kind of thing, with a certain subtle family tree of international espionage. The first book is out in December, but here’s a sizeable preview to whet your appetite. Say, Brella couldn’t possibly be…
Whedon Reveals How He Shot A Film In 12 Days, Gives The World Their First Look
If you haven’t heard about it already, certain parts of the internet are currently imploding over the announcement of Joss Whedon‘s latest project, a film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Not so unusual, except that it’s not something he’s developing – it’s already been filmed. Sneaky bugger! The news broke after actor Nathan Fillion…
Ennis And Ellis – Avatar Plug Of The Week
Tomorrow sees a new Garth Ennis book from Avatar, Stitched #1 with Mike Wolfer. And from Warren Ellis, the last issue of Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island #4 with Raulo Caceres. Here’s a preview of Stitched; Here are the promo bits to entertain, dazzle and excite! Stitched #1 – Garth Ennis…
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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…
