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
Deal Of The Century: The Check That DC Comics Used To Buy Superman
It has long been part of the record of comic book history that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold the rights for Superman to Detective Comics, Inc (the company which was to become DC Comics, of course) for $130. Here is the March 1, 1938 check that DC Comics publisher and accountant Jack Liebowitz issued…
Dana Shukartsi On Alpha Girl From Image
Moe Ferrara writes for Bleeding Cool: Following the hectic weekend known to us New York geeks as NYCC, I had an opportunity to catch up with Dana Shukartsi, inker for the upcoming release Alpha Girl from Image Comics. The story is one that is sure to grab readers right off the bat. The year is…
Up For Auction: Jerry Siegel’s Hair
We’ve mentioned high-end comic book auction house Comic Connect a number of times on BC, primarily because there have been four comic books in the world to break the million-dollar barrier, and they’ve sold three of them (and have an excellent candidate for the first comic to break the 2 million dollar barrier in this…
Where The Writers Credits Are As Big As The Actors And Directors… Tintin
This seems a rather rare occurence. Not on all the press certainly, but on this UK poster for Tintin in particular, the name of the writers is the same size as that as the director. And the cast. And the film’s subtitle. Indeed, the only thing bigger than the writers’ names is the main title…
Lying In The Gutters – 24th October 2011
Paul Gravett is one of the most respected people in the British Comics Industry. Dubbed the Man At The Crossroads by Eddie Campbell, he is principally responsible for bringing the UK small press to mainstream attention in the eighties, introducing many formative creative teams, and publishing a number of them, creating the Comica festival that…
Whedon Wraps Mystery Project – But What Is It? -UPDATED
Shelly Horwitz writes for Bleeding Cool UPDATE: Read the right way through to the end for many more details. Nathan Fillion has tweeted a link– and confirmed via tweet that it’s real– to muchadothemovie.com. Apparently, Joss Whedon has made a film based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Or at least a film based on…
Inform The Troops, The Complete Vader Has Arrived
My hardcover book fetish is almost exclusively confined to comic-related material, but I may have to broaden my horizons a bit for this one, in bookstores this week from my friends at Random House: Star Wars: The Complete Vader is the definitive book on the history, myth, and cultural impact of Darth Vader. From his…
The Presses Are Still Rolling On New 52 Number Ones: Animal Man #1 Goes To Third Print
During NYCC week, DC announced that the New 52 had sold over 5 million comics in 6 weeks. At the time, second prints on many titles were just starting to appear in stores, and 3rd prints on a few titles had been announced. Now comes word that one of the most critically acclaimed debuts of…
Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh #121: When Wine and Comics Really Mix
Wine! Comics! Wine manga! Two good tastes that taste good together! DROPS OF GOD is what you never knew you always wanted. Knocking around New York Comicon last week, it was nice to see all the enthusiasm for comics as ever, though one very large elephant in the room (other than videogames) was the central…
Heart To Heart Variants
Missed out on the 100 variant copies of Heart #1 by Blair Butler and Kevin Mellon at the New York Comic Con? Still want some extremely rare variant goodness to prove your love to Butler? Or prove your love to Mellon? Well, help is at hand courtesy of Third Eye Comics with their 1000 limited…
Two New Things From Nathan Edmondson And Nic Klein
As well as The Grifter for DC and The Activity, his new ongoing series with Micth Gerads for Image, it appearas that Nathan Edmondson has a couple of new projects in the works with Doc Savage/Viking‘s Nic Klein. Here’s a peek of something that reeks of 39 Steps…
Fanboy Rampage: Comic Con Vs Mens Fitness
Jordan Burchette wrote for Men’s Fitness “Comic book conventions are among the few remaining refuges of sincere, unaffected fun in an otherwise odious leisurescape of extreme binge drinking set to techno or gun claps. They’re enjoyed by people of literally every age, ethnicity and economic disadvantage in celebration of the stories and characters on which…
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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…
