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
Sunday Runaround – From Mumbai To Whitley Bay
IndiaWatch: Comic Con Express does good business in Mumbai. Saturday saw the return of Adventures of Timpa by Indraajal comics, narrating the escapades of a teenage detective and his grandfather, a session with publisher Karan Vir Arora, founder of Vimana Comics — who unveiled Shiva: The Legends of the Immortal and Green Gold Animation, the…
Saturday Trending Topics: All This, And Watchmen Too
One of the fascinating things about this Watchmen 2 business is exactly that — the business implications of it. Because directly in the wake of the wildly successful New 52 launch, they’re going to be launching this. And no matter what you think of the creative implications of whatever final shape this Watchmen 2 project…
The New Pulp Fiction Blu-Ray Is Controversial, But I’m All For It
Some buffs have complained about the new Pulp Fiction Blu-ray, but I think their criticisms are unfair, and even miss the point. Indeed, I really think the disc is superb.
The Phone Call That Confirmed Watchmen 2
“How did you know? How did you know? I didn’t know. How did you know?” That was the phone call I got at 3 o’clock in the morning my time, 10 in the evening in New York. It was clearly from a bar, it was from a DC editorial type, and it was clearly in…
27 New Jobs At Marvel Comics – As Interns
As the Marvelcution hits one side of the business, with more jobs feared to be hit shortly, so Marvel begin advertising on Facebook the upcoming Intern programs at for college students in Manhattan, New York and Muscle Beach, LA starting in the spring of 2012. The deadline to apply is November the 19th, but remember,…
Greg Baldino On The Changing Alan Moore
“I’d like to see an adult comic that didn’t predominately feature huge tits, spilled intestines, or the sort of brain-damaged, acid-casualty gibbering that Heavy Metal is so fond of.” 1981 No artist worth his or her salt can remain the same throughout their life without stagnating. The work of a creative life changes a person,…
More Comic Stores Advertise During Walking Dead
Here’s one from the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach And one from Legend Comics in Omaha
Saturday Rushes – Pee Wee’s New Movie, The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo’s New Trailer, And Much More
Sarah Silverman is charging up for a strike on target: Silverman is marshaling fellow comics for a fund-raiser in Texas titled, Live From N*****head: Stripping The Paint Off Of Good Ol’ Fashioned Racism. The name is a reference to Republican presidential Rick Perry’s hunting grounds where the word censored above was painted at the entrance…
Conan O’Brien – “Batman Is Starting To Show His Age”
I think Conan O’Brien must be targeting the young ‘uns with all this video game coverage he’s been doing lately – not to mention this prize bit of bat-eared codger bashing. Remember the good old days when the internet wanted Clint Eastwood to star in a film of The Dark Knight Returns? I certainly did…
Saturday Runaround – Hakuna Matata
I’m taking the kids to see The Lion King today. 2D, obviously. They’ve never seen it. So, leaving things purely in the hands of Computo… 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…
Friday Trending Topics: Marvel Cancellations
It’s been a bad couple days for Marvel news, with word of the cancellation of some well-liked titles following on the heels of layoffs at the company. Meanwhile, continued rumblings of upcoming Watchmen 2 news at DC. I’m often tempted to conclude these trending posts with strange days in comics, but I think that goes without…
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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…
