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In 2008, Image Comics published the phenomenal hardcover volume, The Art Of Brian Bolland, celebrating and reflecting the comic book artwork of one of the medium's true masters, Brian Bolland It cost $50. Often referred to as the "artist's artist," Brian Bolland has spent the last quarter century producing some of the most memorable and inspiring[...]

The interior artist was staying the same, Jill Thompson, but the editorial control went from Karen Berger to Dan Thorsland and Brian Bolland was brought in as the cover artist He would do 40 covers in all, carrying the character to issue #100 and through a costume change that many fans would like to forget[...]

Brian Bolland's cover from Batman: The Killing Joke has been turned into a 1/6th scale statue standing 13" inches tall It was sculpted by David Giraud and will be available July 2017. Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Bolland is one of the most critically acclaimed Batman story ever printed and was recently turned into[...]

Appearing in 2000AD #227 during the Judge Death Lives storyline, this Brian Bolland image of Judge Dredd has been used over and over and over, over the years. Now Gosh Comics in London, 2000AD in Oxford and Brian Bolland in the nethersphere have created the following signed print Limited to 200 copies and signed by Brian Bolland,[...]

The other day we ran a snippet of a then-upcoming interview with Brian Bolland in Russia, from the website spidermedia.ru in which he talked about a possible sequel to The Killing Joke, his classic Batman story with Alan Moore. The full interview has now run, including further mention of a Killing Joke sequel, and how Bolland has[...]

Brian Bolland is currently in Russia for the KomMissia comic convention Well, the folk from ex-pirate comics site Spider-Media.ru were on hand to ask the man what's up, and will run an interview with him tomorrow. But they wanted to get one question-and-answer out of the way Just as Dark Knight is getting a threequel, Watchmen[...]

The London Super Comic Con has released a bunch more comic attendees at the show… oh look, Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen… you can see that Bleeding Cool's publisher must be in attendance! The new names are Arthur Adams, Simone Bianchi, Brian Bolland, Max Brooks, Mark Buckingham, Joyce Chin, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Adi Granov, Tabitha Lyons, Ron Marz, Ireland Reid, Esad Ribic, David Roach, Laura Sindall, Rachel Stott, David Wachter and Jeremy[...]

Craig Russell, Mart Nodell, Joe Staton, Dave Stevens, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, Keith Giffen, Bret Blevins, Al Williamson, Michael Kaluta, Gene Colan, Steve Lightle, Brian Bolland, Michael T Gilbert, Jim Starlin, Joe Kubert, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Paul Norris, Mike Grell, Mary Wilshire, Andy Kubert, Gil Kane, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Kane, Curt Swan, George[...]

Chasing weekly deadlines demands a certain brevity. Wagner is writing here with Alan Grant, for Brian Bolland; this page, originally from Prog 227, can be found in the eBook The Dark Judges, containing a gang of Judge Death and co stories. Last bit before we get into it: here's the pain of doing pages in isolation[...]

  It is the page that changed Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, forever. Until 2011, that is. Never meant to be a part of official Batman continuity, The

Here are some of the highlights from these panels that could help you create your own publication. Joey Cavalieri I was surprised to see that Cavalieri was using old titles such as the pre-NuDC's The Spirit and Zatanna to illuminate his keynote speech of the day, rather than his recent work on Future's End, but then he[...]

Eventually released in December of 2010 as part of Vertigo Resurrected, a series of reprints of material from when Vertigo were worth bothering to write for, its cover bills it as a "100-page spectatcular" that boasts additional stories from the likes of Brian Bolland, Brian Azzarello and Esad Ribic, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Garth[...]

It's the 350th Issue of Judge Dredd Megazine Special this week at a whopping 132 pages (including a free poster) and we also have Prog 1890 of 2000AD this week, both available July 16th in shops in the UK, a little behind that in the USA, and digitally everywhere on the 16th. The special Megazine features[...]

First, Brian Bolland's art is just spectacular Especially now when you can get a reprint colored to his specifications, the comic is a visual tour de force that is comfortably one of the best ever Second, Alan Moore's story and script is so ominously sparse He demonstrated a real comfort with the visuals and leaves[...]

By Alan Moore and Brian Bolland You may have heard of it. Controversial, hated and loved, cherished by some, seen as all that is wrong with comics by others, disowned by its writer and elevated by his fans, there have been essays, books, dissertations about it, and there will be many more to come Each generation[...]

James Hill, a writer who was working with me on Thundercats, asked me what my dream lettering assignment would be and I answered, "Script by Alan Moore, art by Brian Bolland," I think I added that it would never happen, so when it did, I just had to offer my talents to Brian when I[...]

But for many fans, this find will be the most surprising yet. It appears to be an original page from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke from DC Comics which differs from the final print image in the comic Brian Bolland, when shown this Twitpic, has confirmed to Bleeding Cool that it is genuine[...]

 But there was the first thing, then the final script page, then Brian Bolland's take. Would we get an explanation for why Batman is staring at his glove? Had he picked up a Joker needle? Was it the device he'd use to kill The Joker? Most-Read Comic Stories Sunday: When Brian Bolland Revealed What Happened Between Batman And[...]

So there's one thing we've been talking about this weekend. And now the full script to The Killing Joke has gone online. You can find it in its entirety

Available on the Kindle here in the UK and here in the USA. Yesterday we ran Grant Morrison's rather convincing theory that Batman kills The Joker at the end of The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland by breaking his neck And the surprise that this hadn't come up before But clearly, from this[...]

From the new Fatman On Batman podcast with Grant Morrison talking to Kevin Smith about The Killing Joke. And no, I hadn't gotten that either.

  Brian Bolland is selling his Silver Age comics collection Why? He writes; Why? Well, in a few words: You can't take 'em with you My wife said something to the effect : "In the event of your demise what would I do with all those comics." And I thought – yes – I should sell them[...]

Brian Bolland doesn't do that many signings. So his appearance at Forbidden Planet in London this Saturday for a whole hour is a rare one, signing copies of The Complete Brian Bolland Judge Dredd. Just signing mind, if he was sketching he'd probably be able to do… one. Signing, maybe he'd be able to see forty people in[...]

And their FCBD version will have the Brian Bolland Judge Death stories and some never-previously-coloured Walter The Wobot strips. And, as well as the Star Wars/Captain Midnight/Avatar The Last Airbender FCBD Gold book we mentioned earlier, Dark Horse will also have at the Silver level, a RIPD/Fabulous Killjoys/Mass Effect free comic. First up, an all-ages adventure! Star[...]

For the fourth (I think) time. Originally spinning out of Dave's time at Quality Communications working on Warrior, he and Garry Leach created Atomeka, to publish A1, containing the creator owned work of Alan Moore, Garry Leach, Brian Bolland, Warren Ellis, Steve Pugh, Ted McKeever, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Phil Winslade and many more, in a[...]

Dynamite Entertainment is publishing The Art of Painted Comics hardcover in October, featuring painted comic book work by the likes of  Alex Ross, Greg Hildebrandt, Frank Frazetta, Joe Jusko, Michael William Kaluta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Neal Adams, Julie Bell, Joseph Michael Linsner, Glen Orbik, Simon Bisley, Dave Dorman, Phil Noto, Greg Horn, Brian Bolland, Ashley Wood,[...]

Gaze into the hardcover of Dredd! JUDGE DREDD: THE COMPLETE BRIAN BOLLAND • Mega-City One, 2099 This vast urban nightmare has sprung up from the post-aploalyptic ashes of North America's east coast Each of the 400 million citizens based there is a potential criminal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy These future lawmen are judge, jury, and executioner[...]

You can feel the pain in the eyes of some of the cast, watching last Sunday's Comic Book Men on AMC, when this card flashed up. "No!" shouts Walt

Scott Edelman writes for Bleeding Cool; I headed to Manhattan Saturday for a visit to the Bernarducci Meisel Gallery so I could see for myself those

Are you a Brian Bolland collector? Do you have this piece of work in your collection? Brian Bolland writes; I don't think I've posted this one already No one seems to know where the artwork to this double page spread is My friend Joseph Melchior, who has been selling my last few remaining bits of artwork for[...]