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
Americans Idolized By Aspen
Comic fans have voted on the endings of comic book stories before now. They have voted on which stories will continue. They’ve voted on who lives and who dies. But now, Aspen are launching a new version of audience participation, in which readers can vote for the looks of characters appearing in their first superhero…
Monday Runaround – Blistering Barnacles
TintinWatch: Tintin has its premiere in Brussels. ConWatch: When Wizard World Comic Cons wouldn’t take no for an answer about getting a comic shop to attend their Mid Ohio show… “All I’ve been able to gather is that for some bizarre reason, Wizard has targeted Super-Fly for attendance at this show and is prepared to…
Sunday Trending Topics: Mystery Of The Elongated Man
The Elongated Man too obscure to have a new action figure? I don’t think so. First, there’s an excellent case to be made that there are no insignificant characters in post-internet comic book fandom — I mean, Geoff Johns could turn him into one of the stars of the New 52 by ground hog day,…
Gary Oldman And Helena Bonham-Carter Have Been Offered Roles In Akira
Last week’s whispers that Garrett Hedlund had been offered the role of Kaneda in Jaume Collet-Serra‘s American adaptation of Katsuhiro Ohtomo’s Akira remain nothing but rumours for now, but the intelligence agency known sometimes as Twitch has offered up some more casting news which they sound pretty confident about. Apparently Gary Oldman has been offered…
Captain America 2 To Take Place In A Modern World Where “Nothing Is Black And White”
There’s a bit of structural sleight of hand in Captain America: The First Avenger, wherein a montage of battle sequences not only moves along the plot, it provides for more stories from this time period to be told in subsequent movies. We know we’ll be getting some of those flashbacks in the sequel, but the…
Phantom Menace 3D Trailer Swerves Jar Jar Outright But Makes Some Space For The Kid
When the poster arrived for the 3D re-release of The Phantom Menace I noted the focus on Darth Maul and the avoidance of CG blot Jar Jar Binks. I didn’t even mention that the film’s supposed central character, young Annakin Skywalker, was also completely absent. Funny how he slips the mind so easily… The trailer…
Swipe File: Dan DiDio And Morgan Edge
Some people, including Bleeding Cool, made note of the racebending of bad guy media mogul Morgan Edge in the new Superman comic, switching from a white man to a black man. But is there something we missed? As well as the skin change, he also lost his head hair and gained a little facial fungus….
Mattel, DC Comics And The Elongated Man – We Smell A Mystery!
Bleeding Cool have run a number of articles on the Mattel DC Universe Infinite Earths Action Figure subscription club, the fan-led attempt for more obscure characters to be produced for a buying public. Well, it seems like there’s a limit on that obscureness. Swamp Thing is fine, Metron and his chair is positively encouraged but……
Original Art From Simon And Kirby’s First DC Comics Cover Goes On The Block In November
In late 1941, just months after the successful launch of Captain America Comics #1, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby parted ways with Marvel over issues with Captain America royalties. According to Simon in his autobiography Joe Simon: My Life In Comics, Marvel’s accountant had told him, “I’m sorry about these royalties. You’re getting twenty-five percent,…
Next Men Aftermath Vs Doctor Who Series 6
John Byrne writes; As sometimes happens when a story idea percolates for a long time — too long? — my plans for NEXT MEN: AFTERMATH have hit a speedbump. Namely, the recent DOCTOR WHO “finale” played most, if not all, the cards I was planning for my series. This presents a major problem for me,…
Marvel Comics To Recruit Artists From Mexico
Mexican comics news blog La Covacha confirmed a couple of days ago that Senior VP Talent, C.B. Cebulski, would visit Mexico in November in search of local artists for Marvel Comics. Humberto Ramos and friends are organizing a comics convention in the Kapow style called FESTO cómic with over sixty comics creators showing off their…
Is There A Hit Girl Movie In The Works Instead Of Kick Ass 2?
Let’s join some dots. Purely speculation. Nothing more, let’s make that clear. No inside sources. Just reading between the lines. Exactly. Mark Millar has been teasing a “huge announcement” that will make Kick Ass 2 fans “very happy”. There seems to be no sign now of a Kick Ass 2 movie. Vaughan and Goldman are…
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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…
