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: November 2011
Tuesday Trending Topics: The Fan/Pro Bill Of Rights
When even your grandma knows the words facebook and comicon, you realize our once-cozy little corner of the world has gone mainstream. Cons are bigger than ever, there’s way more of them, and they’re attracting people who had never heard of them just a few years ago. But as we all know, with great power…
Tuesday Night Rushes – The Hulk Versus The Tree Of Life, And More
Excuse me if I keep this brief. There’s a lot to get through, and I’m afraid I’ll have to do it in a fuss-free fashion. Ang Lee wanted his Hulk film to look like The Tree of Life. He says: I see [in The Tree of Life] a lot of the elements I was thinking…
Nicolas Cage Action Comics #1 9.0 Hits Record $1,552,000 With 24 Hours Left In Auction
We have a new world record for the highest price ever paid for a single comic book. Now, the question becomes just how high it will go. With 24 hours left in the auction, the infamous Nicolas Cage copy of Action Comics #1, graded 9.0 and the best condition copy graded by CGC, has hit…
New Scarface Remake Explained By Its Scriptwriter David Ayer
Writing duties for the the incoming, third pass at a big-screen Scarface story have fallen on David Ayer, the writer of Training Day, the similar but superior Dark Blue and the recently-wrapped End of Watch, the latter of which he has also directed. Deadline have gotten Ayer’s take on how to create a new Scarface…
This Is England Returns – It’s 1988, And It’s Christmas
The latest three-episode sequel to Shane Meadows’ This Is England is getting ready for a Christmas premiere on Channel 4, and the trailer has been playing in cinemas. Today, the station uploaded it to their YouTube account: As with This is England ’86, the episodes were scripted by Meadows and Jack Thorne, also the creator…
New Red Band Trailer For Shame Is Bang-On
I think you’ll get quite a clear idea of what Michael Fassbender‘s character has on his mind when you watch this online-only, red band trailer for Steve McQueen’s Shame. And the last shot is a real killer, a great pay-off that deepens the insight nicely. I don’t want to wait to see the whole film,…
The Marvel Liquidation List For Late 2011
It has been observed that Marvel doesn’t like keeping a large backlist of their hardcovers and trade paperbacks. Or indeed any backlist. And as a result, from time to time, they liquidate stacks of stock. Such as the following boooks. Expect to see a lot of of these showing up in your local comic shop…
Official Posters For Men In Black 3 – Cross Your Eyes And A 3D Sail Boat Appears?
I’ll apologise in advance for the furious headache I’m about to give you. There’s a URL on those posters – TheMenInBlackSuitsAreReal.com – which leads to a rather banal Facebook page. I’m sure something will appear there sooner or later, but I don’t know what. When I do, I’ll pass it on.
Casting Call For Akira Movie Includes Some New Details
Casting is underway for Jaume Collet-Serra‘s new, Americanised, live-action adaptation of Akira, and this includes extras and stand-ins. As such, a call has gone out, and with it, a little plot blurb: Kaneda is a bar owner in Neo-Manhattan who is stunned when his brother, Tetsuo, is abducted by government agents led by The Colonel….
That Fantastic Four #601 “Self Cover”
It’s was an odd product update from Marvel. Fantastic Four #601 will be printed in a self-cover format, where the paper stock on the cover and the interior are similar. Most comics have 32 interior pages plus a four-page wraparound cover. Marvel’s “self cover” format may mean the elimination of the four-page wraparound glossy cover,…
Preview: The Other Flash Gordon Comic For A Dollar
Sorry for the reduced content today folks. I’ve been suffering with flu and have found it impossible to concentrate on anything. I couldn’t even play Zelda, so you know it’s serious. One thing I did promise to Nick Barrucci of Dynamite, was that if I was going to run that story about Ardden saying that…
First Trailer And Funny Clip For Todd Solondz’ Dark Horse
The first trailer for Todd Solondz‘ Dark Horse has arrived, but before we get to that, let’s look at a quick clip from the film. It’s incredibly quiet, but I can hear it through my headphones just fine, so can yourself up. Yeah, funny. I’ve seen that clip compared to a “one panel cartoon”, but…
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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…
