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Check it out folks, what some of you always dreamed of is coming true. Gritty, intelligent crime comics by some of the best names in the business, snuggled next to barely legal, silcone pumped blonde …
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No disrespect should be inferred, in the previous section, to Mr Loeb, currently in (I think) the third blush of an incredibly successful career in commercial comics. As well as being the man who gave …
Yes, yes, yes, I know. I posted that thing about Matt Fraction and the supposed “Dark Siege” before being rudely mocked by Brian Bendis. And nicely mocked by Christos Gage. So I know that I’m …
So what did Marvel pay exactly to buy Marvelman from Mick Anglo and his representatives, Emotiv Records? And what kind of deals will have to be struck to publish the most famous run by (breathe …
Grant Morrison has stated he was going to tackle the epic Indian myth Mahbharata for Virgin Comics, and the publisher’s Indian roots made that a perfect fit. Then Virgin Comics went away. But the Mahbharata …
Is this the one? Looks like it…
Currently Bleeding Cool has been running around finding new sources for the Kick Ass footage and Iron Man 2 footage. Thanks to everyone who helped keep the bootlegs flying!
Marvel are to publish a Brian Michael Bendis: 10 Years At Marvel TPB in January, collecting a selection of his work for the company since Ultimate Spider-Man 1. They include Ultimate Spider-Man #13, New Avengers …
At the 4pm Mark Millar panel at WizardWorld Chicago Comic Con in, what, an hour and fifteen minutes, I understand thirteen minutes will air from the fantastically violent and sweary Matthew Vaughn/Jane Goldman movie KickAss, …
“The man in the sky is not coming to save you.”
Supergod is the new series by Warren Ellis and Garrie Gastony (Caliber, Radical Publishing) that kicks off the first of five issues in November, to …
I’m not at Chicago Comic Con this year. But the abscence of Wizard or WizardWorld branding at this year’s Chicago Comic Con is freaking a few people out who suddenly feel like it’s the early …
In 1994, Dave Gibbons was art director for the PC/Amiga computer game Beneath A Steel Sky for Revolution Software and Virgin Interactive. The Watchmen artist designed artistic elements for the game as well as a …
Last month, Bleeding Cool reported on a benefit being organised for legendary comics creator John Ostrander, who is suffering from glaucoma and needs specific operations that his coming-to-an-end health insurance will only very partially cover.
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I’ve been hearing about this new TV series for a while, but it’s now breaking through. Misfits is a new superhero comedy drama by Howard Overman, made by Clerkenwell Films and will be broadcast on …
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Comics creators who are also performers:
• Afua Richardson, singer
• Paul Pope, DJ
• Alan Moore, vocalist
• Robert Crumb, guitarist
• Antony Johnston, musician
• Kieron Gillen, “Bez”
Styles are tricky things to nail down in comics. In music, they’re …
You know those people who go around saying “don’t film anything videoed at these Comic Con presentations or we will kick you out of Con?”
Thankfully some people ignore them. Then find a friend with a …
While I was at San Diego, I tried repeatedly to get comment from Todd McFarlane Productions over Marvel’s new claim to the Marvelman/Miracleman character, without joy. Years ago McFarlane bought the assets of bankrupt US …
It’s been no secret over the last year that Zenescope, publishing of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Escape From Wonderland and the like (which I’ve been known to describe as “Fables with tits”) has some cash flow …
These posters for the new Surrogates movie starring Bruce Willis based on the Top Shelf comic book series (oh and by the way, have you seen the original collection, the prequel graphic novel and the …
The Dabels seem to have had a good San Diego Comic-Con. They announced they were signing up with Longbox. They launched The Warriors – Jailbreak #1
Fantasy novelist L.A. Banks was meant to be signing with …
This is the face of Josh Hoopes as found on his recently added Facebook entry. His identity has been confirmed as the man responsible for the numerous scams that have plagued the comics industry of …
One of the Italian Communist parties, Partito di Rifondazione Comunista, has found inspiration for a recent run of advertising and merchandise (yes, yes, how very Communist) in Mark Millar and Dave Johnson’s Red Son series …
It didn’t quite work on the Cup O Joe panel. So here, for the first time, is the way Marvelman’s transformative word works, a la Marvel Comics…
We say goodbye to the last of the original …
(SHORT ‘N CURLIES) — #4
SI SPURRIER
BRAINFART:
My next comicbook masterpiece, for which I shall be paid ten hundred thousand groats, will have the political mission of healing any remaining scars of the Cold War in the …
One of the most frustrating aspects of the Josh Hoopes affair is his constant repeated ability to go to ground and to return, often with the same phone number, address and contact details. Despite repeated …
The first in a series of columns by “Irene Alder” for Bleeding Cool.
You have no idea what a muse is. That’s alright. I won’t hold it against you – unless I really like your work…
Think …
Eleven year old girl: “If you were a teacher, what would you teach?”
David Tennant: “English”
Crowd: “Sex Ed!”
So I woke today at noon. Janice has started going to work this week and her parents were by …
I have bought my children Hello Kitties and Uglydolls. My wife has the Dollhouse DVD. And I have my family back again, so I spent most of today playing with them. Alice is now crawling …
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Atom Style was named after the fact. It is perceived to have emerged in the 1950s, and can broadly be defined as a post-War style. It’s a modernist style, which is to very broadly say …
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