John Rozum recently talked about his problems as writer of Static Shock, citing that he was hardly writing the book, the actual work being split between artist Scott McDaniel and editor Harvey Richards, which is why he chose to walk off the book with issue 4, not wanting his name to be associated with work…
The Darkness #100 is on its way… And this is the first you’ll have seen of the Todd McFarlane (above), the Michael Golden (below) and the Marc Silvestri retailer incentive (further below). 48 pages for $4.99 US, it’s out the last day of February. But since the Darkness II game comes out today, it seems…
It was the recent ICV2 interview with Marvel Senior Vice President-Sales David Gabriel that did it. Answering a questionnaire with no followups, he managed to dodge some questions by answering different ones, and throw some googlies at the opposing team. But he’s hardly alone in this, DC’s Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood…
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…
The eight issue mini-series All Winners Squad: Band Of Heroes by Paul Jenkins and Carmine Di Giandomenico has been cancelled at issue 5. Although the official notice states… ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #6 & #7 (OF 8) (SEP110549 & OCT110637, $2.99, FOC 10/24/11 & 11/14/11) are being canceled. It is now a five…
It has long been part of the record of comic book history that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold the rights for Superman to Detective Comics, Inc (the company which was to become DC Comics, of course) for $130. Here is the March 1, 1938 check that DC Comics publisher and accountant Jack Liebowitz issued…
Jordan Burchette wrote for Men’s Fitness “Comic book conventions are among the few remaining refuges of sincere, unaffected fun in an otherwise odious leisurescape of extreme binge drinking set to techno or gun claps. They’re enjoyed by people of literally every age, ethnicity and economic disadvantage in celebration of the stories and characters on which…
Bleeding Cool have run a number of articles on the Mattel DC Universe Infinite Earths Action Figure subscription club, the fan-led attempt for more obscure characters to be produced for a buying public. Well, it seems like there’s a limit on that obscureness. Swamp Thing is fine, Metron and his chair is positively encouraged but……
John Byrne writes; As sometimes happens when a story idea percolates for a long time — too long? — my plans for NEXT MEN: AFTERMATH have hit a speedbump. Namely, the recent DOCTOR WHO “finale” played most, if not all, the cards I was planning for my series. This presents a major problem for me,…
“How did you know? How did you know? I didn’t know. How did you know?” That was the phone call I got at 3 o’clock in the morning my time, 10 in the evening in New York. It was clearly from a bar, it was from a DC editorial type, and it was clearly in…
Sometimes all you do is have to mention its name, and lots of bits spill out. Two days ago, Bleeding Cool mentioned that Watchmen prequels at DC were back on the agenda, after the success of the New 52. That meetings were happening this week. That it had the code name “Panic Room”. That names…
From the Rio Comic Con, we get a look inside Legendary Comics editor Bob Schreck’s bag… and thge news that their One Trick Rip Off will have 100 pages of the unseen Paul Pope manga from fifteen years ago, Supertrouble. Blimey. Listen to him say it…
Here is the first issue of Warlord Of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1 from Dynamite, absolutely free. Oh not quite obviously. Because before you get that, I’m going to make you wade through previews for Dynamite books out this week. THE BIONIC MAN #3 by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester and Jonathan Lau. THE BOYS: BUTCHER, BAKER,…
Janelle Asselin used to be a Batman editor, but she recently left to work in Disney Magazines, where she appears to be turning a whole new generation of kids into comic book readers. In the UK, there have been a number of comics published by Panini/Marvel UK featuring Marvel superheroes aimed at kids, young kids…
From the banal to the spectacular, the majority of footage in the various trailers for Paranormal Activity 3 is absent from the film itself. Perhaps the most significant, or at least the most obvious, omission is the Bloody Mary scene, in which a dark silhouette makes a supernatural appearance in a bathroom (see the image…
The Comics Beat, CBR and Bleeding Cool have been reporting a series of dismissals at Marvel Comics, as cost-cutting becomes the big new Marvel event. Talking to numerous Marvel sources, this seems to be the current list of very recent dismissals, though you’ll find more from before, here, as well as a look as to…
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 –…
Here’s the new TV spot for The Avengers as premiered during the Superbowl – just, longer now. And that’s a good thing. For those of you who watched the Superbowl just to see this commercial, tell me: was it worth it?
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…
(Welcome Facebook people… please tell us who has linked to us, because we’re gettng massive traffc and we’d like to say thanks. And you can see more Bleeding Cool Doctor Who coverage here.) The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will tomorrow be playing The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, described in their schedule as: A musical celebration with…
Is it Spider-Man? Or has Iron Man just got a fancy new paint job? This is the costume he’ll be wearing in the upcoming Ends Of The Earth storyline, as the machinations of Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six are made clear. There’s webbing design on the lining as well.
When reporting early rumours about Before Watchmen, almost every name I was given turned out to be true – Darwyn Cooke, Brian Azzarello, JMS, Amanda Conner, JG Jones, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Adam Hughes and John Higgins. There was another name that I dismissed as it was denied directly – that of Kevin Smith. His…
