Pretty much as premiered last night at Sony’s The Untold Story special events, here’s the first full trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. This time there’s Lizard, there’s more back story and there’s a good sense of the “new” Peter Parker. I say “pretty much” because those of usat the events got to see it in…
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Although Before Watchmen wins the story of the week, if you count up all the separate articles, it’s Doctor Who that wins the day by busting through them all. Go Doctor! Woo! Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. Moffat Sets Up Doctor Who Season Seven And A New Companion. 2. BEFORE WATCHMEN…
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This weekend, Alan Moore engaged in his first mass webchat, to help promote the Kickstarter appeal to raise money for a tribute statue to the late Harvey Pekar. The two-and-a-half hour video has been made available on Vimeo, and those who enjoy it are asked to consider making a Paypal donation towards the fundraising effort…
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We’ve finally been given a look at Loki’s forces in the new, extended trailer for The Avengers, as premiered online just after a cut-down version graced the Superbowl. Here are four screen grabs from the single shot in which they appear with any degree of clarity: So it’s not the Skrull or the Kree –…
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There’s a rolling exhibition of concept art and development pieces on display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios park at Walt Disney World. They’re in the midst of a changeover right now, as while the signage still tells visitors to expect Winnie the Pooh and Cars 2 works inside, they’ve already brought out the pictures and sculptures…
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Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he’s not writing comics for Image Comics/Shadowline, crafting columns at that other place, or doing a million other things. If you enjoy the video below, and you think it’s appropriate, you can make a Paypal donation to HPekar@aol.com towards the Harvey Pekar statue tribute, to help with the…
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In yesterday’s webchat (referred to earlier), Alan Moore revealed that the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen project to follow the conclusion of Century this summer, is to be called Nemo: Heart Of Ice, and that forty of the forty-eight pages involved have been written so far… and that we’ll see it before the end of…
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Batman and Azrael writer David Hine who seemed to, well, stop writing for DC with the relaunch, is continuing to write a Batman character in a new graphic novel. If you’re willing to really stretch the definition. He’s writing for Mark Stafford, an artist who I’ve labelled the greatest British working comic artist you haven’t…
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The Flying Monkeys of Oz are hideous beasts of terror. No wonder that Sam Raimi has found space for them in his Wizard prequel, Oz The Great and Powerful. Our first looked at one of these winged nightmares has been posted to Facebook by an extra on the film – at least according to Perez…
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Jay Tablante from the Philippines is an absolute legend. We’ve featured his work at Bleeding Cool before, here are some comic book characters brought to life wonderfully, through his camera… and a little work. Dazzler: Make-up: Ara Fernando / Marie-Claude Bourbonnais Styling: Marie-Claude Bourbonnais Art Direction: Jay Tablante / Raffy Tesoro Digital Imaging: Ghani Madueno…
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Diamond Comic Distributors is launching a new award, for comic book stores, to be presented at the Diamond Retailer Summit before C2E2. The Best Practices Awards will be given to the stores who win the following; Best Window Display Best Counter Display Best New Comics Section Best Graphic Novels Section Best Kids Section Best Toys…
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This month sees DC Vertigo launch four new comics, Fairest, Saucer Country, The Deadwardians and Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child, in something that no one else but me is calling the Vertigo Relaunch. And while it may not be as glamourous and newsworthy as the New 52, DC are still doing what they can to back…
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