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
Children’s Mobiles And Horned Whales – Five Paragraphs From Alan Moore
Laura Sneddon conducted an interview with Alan Moore for the Independent newspaper that was a little on the short side. Thankfully she’s transcribed the whole hour long conversation and uploaded it to her website. And she mentioned to me that I might like to mention it on Bleeding Cool. And I did. As well as…
New Trailer For JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz
Alcatraz is the next TV hopeful from the Bad Robot folk. Here’s a trailer that’s started doing the rounds. So, what do you reckon? Interdimensional portals? Time travel? Ghosts? All of the above? This video from Comic-Con features the show’s producer Elizabeth Sarnoff saying “The big difference between this show and Lost, I think, is…
Ken Russell’s Tweets From Beyond The Grave
Since Ken Russell passed away yesterday, his official twitter feed has sparked into life. It looks awfully like Ken has access to the internet where he’s gone, with messages like: There was also this Twitpic: And hidden amongst the links to the many, many Russell obituaries and tributes that have, of course, been flooding forth,…
Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh: The New Bond And The New Q
So there is much rejoicing that James Bond is back. Production will be starting soon with casting news coming fast and thick. There had been a lot of speculation about the 23rd Bond film and it’s plot last year before its cancellation. Ain’t It Cool News reported the rumour that it would be the conclusion…
This Christmas, Why Not Spend Time With Kelly Sue DeConnick?
Beginnings is an anthology project from attendees of the Australian Capital Territory comic book meetups. It currently will include the work of Ryan K. Lindsay, Shane W. Smith, Ele Jenkins, Tom Dullemond, Ben Rosenthal, Eleri Harris, Sam Cavanagh, Katie Ryan, Nate Soehardi, Gavin Thomson, Emma-Jean Stewart, Mike Perry, Stu Barrow, Lani Fernance, Robert Perrie and…
Long Lost Disney Toon Shows Up In UK
Ub Iwerks is one of the unsung heroes of cinema for many reasons, from his pioneering inventions in surround sound and special effects to the multiplane camera and cel copying tools, but he’s also the man who made Mickey move. Iwerks animated pretty much all of Mickey Mouse’s early appearances, and almost all entirely by…
Ann Nocenti On Green Arrow, Typhoid Mary, and Being a Super-Villain
Two weeks ago, we talked about Occupy Wall Street with Ann Nocenti, longtime comic writer and editor who had taken a long hiatus from comics but is returning in 2012 in Green Arrow. We had the chance to continue the conversation, discussing some of her creations and return to comics, and here’s how that went….
Ken Russell Has Passed Away – Here’s His Autobiopic (Mostly) And More
Film director Ken Russell passed away yesterday, at the age of 84. At his best, Russell often played the role of provocateur, putting on grand displays of lust that were sometimes outrageously colourful, symphonic or cacophonic, and visceral. Here are some clips from his films that I particularly enjoyed. They tend towards the Not Safe…
Celebrate Stan Lee’s 89th Birthday With A Little Charity
What do you get the man who’s co-created everything? Stan Lee is 89 in one months time. But rather than getting him a pair of socks, another tie or the rights to a Jamaican manga series that he can rescript, he’s asking people to donate money to the Hero Initiative, which looks after comic book…
How Writing Birds Of Prey Changed The Way Duane Swierczynski Writes Novels.
In an interview with the Pittsburg Trubune, Duane Swierczynski, talks about his new novel, Hell And Gone. During which he confesses as to how writing the likes of the current Birds Of Prey comic has changed the way he approached his prose work. “It’s funny, but before writing comics, I was more of the Elmore…
2000AD Artist Steve Roberts Wins A BAFTA
If Frank Cho and Dean Haspiel can win Emmys, then 2000AD artist Steve Roberts can win a BAFTA (British Academy Of Film And Television Arts) . Known for his work on Bec and Kawl, Angel Gang, Black Atlantic and Banzai Battalion for the British sci-fi weekly comic, Steve Roberts was awarded his BAFTA in the…
Here Comes Cyber Monday – Fill Your Digital Boots!
So who is doing what on Cyber Monday? Skybound is giving Bleeding Cool readers a free copy of The Walking Dead signed by Robert Kirkman with any purchase of $5 or more. The code is COOLTWD, and it’s good for the first 100 people to use it. They’ll also be offering a 25% discount on…
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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…
