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…
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Details Of The New Absolutely Fabulous Come With Warnings
The BBC have issued their first promotional image for the new Absolutely Fabulous, and blurbs for the two episodes that will be screening over Christmas and New Year. There’s a third episode already in the can, but that won’t air until some time in 2012, and likely around the summer, seeing as it will be…
Vox Populi – Alan Moore Talks Anonymous, Occupy And The V For Vendetta Mask
It wouldn’t be the first time that iconography associated with Alan Moore has escaped into the wild. The blood splattered smiley face image, created by Moore and Dave Gibbons was used as advertising for the Watchmen comic by Forbidden Planet on the London Underground. Leading to on one occasion, image after image of a smiley…
Saturday Trending Topics: 3.5 Million Copies Is A Lot Of Cereal
Why weren’t they putting comics in cereal boxes when I was a kid? Fawcett and DC did it in the golden age, DC’s doing it again now. I’m sure it was done plenty of times in-between, but somehow I managed to miss them all — so far. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Justice League Comic…
The Odd And Interesting International Titles For Some Of 2011′s Movies
The mood has taken me this weekend to look into the international names for some of 2011′s movies. In most cases a film will travel overseas and keep its name intact, or be translated literally. In other cases, there’s been a swap made, to make a new title more appealing in this new marketplace. So,…
Frank Cho’s Still Mysterious Marvel Project
He thought it might have been announced at this years’s New York Comic Con. It wasn’t. What is Frank Cho currently drawing for Marvel? And why do Wolverine, Vision, Ultron, Magneto and Quicksilver have the angel of death standing behind them? And what is Ms Marvel hitting?
Ricky Gervais Pilots New Sitcom With Karl Pilkington – See The Sketch That Inspired It
Various small pieces of info are bobbing around regarding Ricky Gervais‘ next sitcom after the currently airing Life’s Too Short. A pilot for the new show has already been shot, while Short is still screening, which makes for, by far and away, the fastest turnaround between Gervais’ sitcoms to date. There hasn’t been much info…
Parallel Words by Stephan Burn – When Meta Met Fiction
Stephan Burn writes for Bleeding Cool; Irrespective of whatever differences they may have, Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, what they do have in common is that they are both British luminaries of comics with a keen interest in esoterica and magic. More than that, they both pursue theories of a meta-fictional cosmology that has threads…
Rick Olney Demands Apology Before He’ll Hand Over Charity Maps And Donations
Matt Busch, creator of the Indiana Jones World Maps intended to benefit disabled veteran charities, has given us the latest on his attempts to retrieve them from disgraced ex-comics convention organiser Rick Olney. He writes; I can’t remember what was last spilled, but about 2 months ago, I had finally connected with the appropriate folks…
Breaking Dawn Is Putting People In The Hospital
Bleeding Cool would like to extend our sympathy to Brandon Gephart, a California man who was put into the hospital by the climactic scenes of Breaking Dawn. According to Gephart’s girlfriend, speaking to CBS Sacramento (via The Hollywood Reporter), the victim was left convulsing and snorting* by the sequence in which Bella goes into labour….
Andrzej Wajda In Production On His Lech Wałęsa Biopic
When the electrician turned trade unionist Lech Wałęsa first ran for office in the rapidly, radically altering political landscape of 1989 Poland, he used the slogan “Nie chcem, ale muszem”, which translates as “I don’t want to but I have no choice.” This was repeated this week by director Adrzej Wajda when announcing the start…
The Rise And Fall Of Wizard World Digital
With news circulating around the Net about the apparent demise of Wizard World Digital, with a blog replacing it, this seemed like a good time to give a little view of what it was like on the inside. On Sunday, January 23, I received a message on Facebook from Andrew Servin letting me know that…
Designs For The Version Of Hugo That Never Was
Before Martin Scorsese took up the megaphone and guidebook, Ice Age director Chris Wedge was planning to make his live-action debut with the feature film of Hugo, or as Brian Selznick‘s novel was called, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Designer and illustrator Peter de Sève was working with Wedge on his version and has this…
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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…
