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
“Ominous” New Coen Bros. Film Gets John Goodman And Invites Justin Timberlake Too
The next film from the Coen Bros. is to be Inside Llewyn Davies, a story set amidst the 1960s folk scene of Greenwich village. I was expecting a comedy, maybe a drama with moments of comedy,* but apparently, the film will be packing some “ominous twists”. This is according to Showbiz 411, in their story…
Cosplay Sunday At MCM London Expo
What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume with a working jaw! And the gallery is followed by a little dancing…
Trailer For Livid Doesn’t Really Reach The Same Heights Of Beauty As The Full Film
This trailer for Maury and Bustillo’s Livid approaches the story in a very different way to the actual film, starting with some of the flashback scenes and with characters that we don’t get to meet until later in the full plot line. It’s a curious move, and it results in a more spoilery trailer than…
1962: DC Comics Explains Its First-Ever Price Increase — From 10 Cents To 12 Cents
Considering the cost of comics today and their ever-fluctuating price points, page counts, and formats, it’s hard to imagine a hike of two pennies causing much concern. But consider the situation DC and the rest of the American industry found itself in by the time this increase finally did come to pass: comics had a…
Footage From Takashi Miike’s Phoenix Wright Film Looks Superb
As a long time fan of the Phoenix Wright videogames, and a renewed fan of director Takashi Miike, I’m looking forward to the big screen adaptation a great deal. If this is made with one half of the care shown in 13 Assassins, and if there’s just a taste of the game’s loopy, high-energy gusto,…
Single-Take Shoot Out Scene From Miss Bala – Plus Bonus Infographic
Just the other day I published a discussion with director Gerardo Naranja about his film Miss Bala, its unusual long-take sequences, the pleasures of its action and how it relates to the real situation surrounding the drug trade in Mexico. Consider this clip and infographic as Exhibits A and B in fleshing that conversation out…
Darwyn Cooke’s Plans For Parker
At the Long Beach Comic Con, Darwyn Cooke and IDW announced that the planned four book adaptations of the remarkably influential Parker heist novels by Richard Starks, will expand to five titles. Currently, Cooke is working on the third of his adaptations, The Score, in which Parker puts a team together to rob an entire…
Speculator’s Corner: The Return Of The New 52 DC Number Ones
You know those DC New 52 first prints that go for a little too much money on eBay? Well, the price have been falling a little this week. Like Animal Man #1 going for $13, but generally going for $10. Batgirl #1 managed to hit $6 but generally goes for less. Detective Comics managed to…
Jens H Altmann Passes
I’ve known Jens H Altmann for around a decade. Comic book creator, novelist, translator and general commentator trying for his big break, he helped me out with stories, was a voice of sanity on the Bleeding Cool forums and, well, was a friend. Living in Germany, he was able to conduct a couple of X-Men…
Sunday Runaround: More Teen Titans
WaterWatch: His first comic store, WildPig was flooded. His second comic store, WildPig II leaked. Now he’s starting a WildPig comic convention. Expect a tsunami in Central Jersey this November… MarsWatch: IDW have signed up a joint publishing deal with Topps’ Mars Attacks for a new comic book, as well as reprinting previous comic books…
Saturday Trending Topics: Muppets
I have to admit I probably wouldn’t have gone out of my way to watch the new Muppet movie — despite having a lot of fondness for the tv show — before the marketing campaign started. But they’re certainly hitting all the right notes with what I’ve seen so far, and have shown us just…
How Did Wonder Woman Lose Her Pants?
Artist Clint Hilinski has decided to answer this question by way of a piece of original art being sold on eBay… You know, I’ve never read the Justice League employee handbook, but I have to think that such behaviour would be frowned upon. And would certainly lead to a written warning at the least.
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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…
