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
I’m Spending The Whole Night Watching Horror Films
Gotta love a good old fashioned movie marathon. Tonight, I’ll be watching a series of horror films, right through to 7am. It’s time for the annual Halloween All-Nighter, courtesy of Frightfest. Not all of the films are horror films per se, but most are. So far, I’m on film in, an just a few minutes…
The All-Nighter: Community, Bad Meat And Livid
The first thing screened at Frightfest tonight was the trailer for new UK horror film Community, a housing-estate zombie film. Judging from the clips we saw, its heart is in the right place, but there’s nothing new in the staging, mise en scene or FX. I’m not going to hold my breath for this one,…
Superman, DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corp, And The Toberoff Timeline
Like many comic book fans, I’ve been following the legal conflicts of recent years over the ownership of some of our favorite characters with a mixture of interest and concern. Our history is important to us in comics — in both what’s on the newsprint pages and what went into making them. The comic…
The Thrill Electric At MCM London Expo
The Thrill Electric panel at MCM London Expo showed off a new trailer that encompasses far more than what we’ve seen so far, emphasising themes and topics, such as Addiction and Revenge, that may befit its origins as a Channel 4 Education project. On the panel were writers, Leah Moore and John Reppion, designer Emma…
Nine Good Reasons To Be Excited About The New Blue Velvet Blu-Ray
I have regularly called Blue Velvet the best American film of the 1980s and as goofy a statement as that is, really, it certainly does seem to be true. On November 8th, the film will be issued on Blu-ray in the US. Amongst the special features will be the old Mysteries of Love documentary from…
Writers Vs Artists – Artists Win! At MCM London Expo
Despite Leah Moore scoring a record perfect five in 42 seconds, the Writers Vs Artists parlour game playoff at MCM ended with the Artists going home with the prize for the first time in living memory. Leah was joined by hubby John Reppion, Gail Simone and Tony Lee as they faced off against Gary Erskine,….
Behind The Scenes Of The New Jurassic Park Video Game
It’s changed a bit since I first wrote about it, but the Jurassic Park game from Telltale is readying for release. It’s a kind of adventure game with a 0.5 or 1b narrative, portraying events that take place in parallel to scenes from the first film. The marketing constantly stresses how “cinematic” the game will…
Who Dies With The Most Stuff Wins – 100,000 Comics Up For Auction
The private estate of comics collector and comic store owner, Paul Scalia, who died earlier this year, is up for auction this weekend. As well as his comic shop Twice Read Books And Comics in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, he owned almost a hundred thousand comic books, which are now all up for sale to the highest…
Saturday Runaround – The Slut Shaming Of Starfire
KickstartWatch: The Kickstarter-only slipcase art for the Tanpopo Hardcover by Camilla D’Errico. FableWatch1: Slate slates ANC and NBC for Once Upon A Time and Grimm ripping off Fables. “The similarities between Fables and both of the new series are not hard to spot. In Once Upon A Time, fairy-tale characters—including Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, and Geppetto—have…
Friday Trending Topics: John Byrne, Jim Shooter, And Superman
There’s something about a good origin story that just never gets old — even as it gets revamped and retold, and passed down through generations as one of the clearest examples of comics as mythology. It’s pretty interesting to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of those retelling as well… Most-Read Comic Stories…
Kermit The Frog Offers His Sincere Apologies To Latin America, But…
Sorry, Latin America, but a certain idol of mine has a real surprise to spring on you. Here he is now, to try and let you down gently.
“Banned” Cry Baby Lane To Escape From The Vaults On Halloween
I’ve never seen the whispered-about, child-scaring TV movie Cry Baby Lane, but I certainly know the legend. It was a dark and stormy night. In fact, it was eleven years ago tonight – October 28th, 2001. Children were gathered around their TV sets watching Nickelodeon, when from out of the depths of the slow-moving advertising…
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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…
