Hannah Means-Shannon was a longstanding contributor at Bleeding Cool and its editor-in-chief for two years. She then worked at Dark Horse Comics, was EIC for Comicon.com and as a Senior Editor for the longstanding sc-fi and fantasy comics anthology Heavy Metal Magazine. Last month, Bleeding Cool reported ructions at Heavy Metal, and reprinted Hannah Means-Shannon’s open letter that […]

A month after Netflix and The Duffer Bros. (Matt and Ross Duffer) made the inevitable official with the announcement that Stranger Things would be returning for a fourth season, fans started learning more about what the upcoming season holds for viewers (including reports of a casting call for four male characters). Now with this being […]

If you’re wondering whether or not the new Call Of Duty League will have any success in the inaugural season, they just got a good sign it might. Passes for the first event being held at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from January 24-26, 2020 went on sale on December 11th. Within 24 hours, […]

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off. The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty. A final chance for publishers […]

While shows such as DC Universe‘s Doom Patrol, Netflix‘s The Umbrella Academy, and Amazon Prime’s The Boys already gotten a ton of (deserved) attention, we’re happy to be turning our attention to Netflix‘s adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez‘s comic book Locke & Key. Originally Hulu-bound, the ten-episode, supernatural-fantasy drama from Hill, Carlton Cuse, and IDW Entertainment went through […]

Some cool news from 11 Bit Studios today as they will be releasing the anticipated Frostpunk DLC “The Last Autumn” in January. The DLC will drop on January 21st, 2020 across all PC retailers the game is sold through. And much like the season of autumn, this DLC will have a profound effect on the […]

This morning, I sent a note to legendary comic book creator Keith Giffen congratulating him on the news about Lovecraft. He asked what I was talking about. Because yesterday, Deadline announced that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, best known for writing/directing/showrunning Game of Thrones at HBO, were developing a film based on the DC/Vertigo original graphic […]

Now we know that in the Doctor Who universe, “early 2020” means New Year’s Day as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yasmin (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) materialize back on to BBC One and BBC America screens with two-part series-opener Spyfall. Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, […]

Predator must be making a comeback, as I have seen almost as many Predator collectibles lately as Batman, and that is a lot. So something must be brewing behind the scenes to get the alien bounty hunter back on the market. This time is with Infinity Studio and their newest Predator 2 statue of our […]

Ram V of London’s White Noise comics writer studio has sole writing credit on Justice League Dark #21 solicits in March 2020 – which may back up James Tynion IV‘s work plans for 2020. Now Ram V talked least year about working in comics, saying ‘when you start out in comics, you’re wanting to write […]

Amazon Prime Video‘s adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson‘s comic book series The Boys has been sticking some righteously sweet superhero three-point landings since it premiered on Friday, July 26 – and spoiler? Check out Bleeding Cool’s two-scoops-of-spoilers-filled review here to find out why we (like a whole lot of you) are big fans of the series – and […]

Popeye is a classic cartoon that has lived on throughout the generations. He has easily had an amazing fanbase and now you can bring him home with a new Mezco Toyz to pack figures it. This 2Pac figures that feature is Popeye and his nemesis Bluto in a stormy seas ahead bundle. Like most ONE:12 […]

DC Publisher Dan Didio isn’t shying away from difficult subjects while writing Metal Men with artist Shane Davis. Revealed in DC’s full March 2020 solicitations, Metal Men #6 will see Platinum learn that Magnus modeled her after a woman he was attracted to in college, and apparently programmed her to love him. Definitely some ethical […]

Over at “House Mouse”, the Disney+ streaming service entered the streaming wars last month  – and they did it on the backs of their Marvel and Star Wars franchises. While the Star Wars live-action series The Mandalorian is scoring big with its storytelling, visuals, and Baby Yoda, late 2020 brings one of the “biggest hitters” […]

At The Game Awards last night, Wizards of the Coast publicly unveiled a number of interesting things, including their new MMO, Magic: Legends. But a good many Magic: The Gathering players were delighted to see the cinematic trailer teasing Wizards’ next upcoming expansion set, Theros: Beyond Death. In the trailer, the Planeswalker known as Elspeth Tirel makes […]

This March, Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen concludes with Hell Arisen #4, and it looks like we’re getting a showdown for the agest. That’s right, it’s Lex Luthor and his team of people who received his “dark gift” (not a euphemism) will face off against the stupidest character ever created in comics (yeah, we […]

Movie Picture Company (MPC), the animation studio behind the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog character redesign, closed its Vancouver location on December 11. In a company email obtained by CBC News, the film animation and visual effects studio cited “Increasing external market pressures” in Vancouver as well as more attractive opportunities in other locations. The Vancouver […]

Wonder Woman is one of the mightiest heroes in the DC universe. This princess does not need any help and can hold her own. You can now bring it home your own Wonder Woman with the new Revoltech figure from Kaiyodo. She comes in at 5.9 inches tall, is insanely poseable, stocked with accessories and […]

Dynamite Entertainment has published a number of prose e-novels, such as Seal Team 6, Shaft, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and more. As a result they are planning an imprint for these titles digitally and in print. And have just launching Dynamite Books, edited by former Bleeding Cool contributor Dan Wickline. And it beings with a new […]

Fans of Adult Swim‘s Rick and Morty had been counting down the months and days until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland‘s animated mayhem returned to their screens once more. That wait ended early last month with season premiere “Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat” (reviewed here), where we got a crash course in “death crystals” […]

Transformers Botbots are the perfect combination of ordinary objects in the beloved transformer franchise. The idea behind these toys is what would happen if Energon hit a shopping mall. These are all the creations that were given life and became Transformers. So when Hasbro sent over some of the Botbots Series 3 for us to […]

In March 2020, we will see Red Arrow (Emiko Queen), Stephanie Brown (Spoiler), Aqualad (Jackson Hyde) and Sideways join Young Justice as emergency new members. But it’s not just the new members that will be hitting the headlines in Young Justice #14. Looks like Conner Kent, the pre-52 Superboy, will have to deal with the […]

Now that HBO‘s wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons‘ celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof‘s “remix”. Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. Now we’ve reached season/series finale “See How They […]

Wizards of the Coast has been repeatedly raising the bar with their Magic: The Gathering brand. Recently, they’ve come out with various gimmicks for their trading card game (the original tabletop version), and have been pushing Magic: The Gathering: Arena, their digital version of their trading card game, more and more as of late. But what comes […]

Harley Quinn #71 has an interesting premise, as revealed in DC’s full March solicitations. The book sees Harley and Booster Gold team up to try to solve a murder mystery. Maybe the detective skills she picks up from being Batman’s new sidekick will be of help? In any case, this team-up feels a little familiar, […]

With “Archie-verse” creator-executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television’s Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene ready to set sail on Thursday, February 6, The CW has released a series of teaser trailers giving fans a better look at Katy’s (Lucy Hale) big city plans as well as at those who will be there to help (and hinder) […]

Bigben Interactive along with Eko Software have released a new gameplay trailer this week for Rugby 20, showing off more of the hard-hitting sport. The trailer comes before the game enters its third phase, which will be a closed beta starting on December 19th. This trailer will give you the lessons you need to know […]

It looks like Batman will be getting a new sidekick in March. Revealed as part of DC’s full March 2020 solicitations, in a sentence buried at the bottom of the solicit for Batman #91 by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez, is a question about Batman’s new sidekick… Harley Quinn?! To save Gotham City, Catwoman […]

Fans of the upcoming The Witcher adaptation from Netflix have been receiving a steady wave of looks at the series, from key art and images to a teaser that had them feeling (cautiously) optimistic for Henry Cavill‘s (Justice League) turn as Geralt. Then the trailer hit (more on that below), and suddenly fans found themselves […]

Fans of Control got some cool news during The Game Awards last night as the game will be getting new free DLC today called Expeditions. This is basically a new game mode, giving you a challenging end game that will test even the best players. You can read more about it here as well as […]

Hi folks, Jude Terror here. Rich asked me to take over his in-progress DC solicitations article because he got an urgent phone call he had to take. I’m not going to say who it was from, but the caller’s name rhymes with Horace Ronson, and I’m told he wanted to discuss policies “to the left […]

With Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss‘ (Sherlock) highly-anticipated BBC/Netflix co-production Dracula set to premiere as part of the BBC’s New Year’s Day programming schedule, we have some updated information on when the Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web)-starrer will air on the streaming service as well as the titles of the three […]

Bethesda Softworks showed off a new trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr at The Game Awards, showing the climax to The Season Of The Dragon. They don’t really give out a ton of info about what is going on beyond the trailer, as we suspect details will come out in a few weeks. Enjoy […]

Just a little Ch-Ch-Change for today. X-Force #7 was solicited with art by Ig Guara, but will now be drawn by Oscar Bazaldua. It also marks the start of the second arc of that book, and when the comics will be collected under their own title alone, rather than also collected alongside other similarly-numbered titles […]

With the holidays around the corner, I will try to keep my thoughts on Modern Family short-n-sweet… more like venomously sweet, like this week’s episode made me feel. The episode danced right on the edge of my very last nerve, to be honest. It was full of poison that I was almost willing to let […]

During last night’s broadcast of The Game Awards, we got not one, but two spinoff trailers for different League Of Legends games. Both of them coming from Riot Forge, as Airship Syndicate is developing Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, while Double Stallion is developing CONV/RGENCE: A League of Legends Story. You can check […]

We’ve had Action Comics #1000, Detective Comics #1000, Wonder Woman #750, Flash #750 and Robin… well, Robin doesn’t have a comic anymore to have an anniversary issue around. So DC Comics are making one, with decade covers, multiple creative teams, a hundred pages and ten bucks. Hey, if Marvel Comics #1000 can do it… and […]

FOX was not joking when they claimed to have upped the ante for the second season of The Masked Singer . They have collected an impressive cast list of incredible celebrities. Even if we guess who is under the mask, we are still shocked by when they leave the competition. One out of the two […]

Redhill Games decided to show off their upcoming game Nine To Five during The Game Awards last night, but only for a brief moment. The devs pulled a little bait-and-switch by showing us a game filled with bunnies shooting each other, until a TV is shot down and we got a brief glimpse of a […]

Dan Abnett’s has a Writer’s Commentary on Dejah Thoris #1, published by Dynamite Entertainment. He writes, I was delighted to be offered a new Dejah Thoris series by Dynamite. I’ve loved Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom tales since… oh, before you were born. It’s such an influential set of books, more than anyone seems to acknowledge. […]

Birds of Prey just dropped some new footage at tonight’s Video Game Awards. The DC Comics film gave us some really good looks at the rest of the Birds of Prey besides Harley Quinn. This includes Huntress, Black Canary, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra Cain. I gotta be honest with you, before the other day, it […]

24 Entertainment has a surprised of their own as they released a proper announcement trailer for Naraka: Bladepoint at The Game Awards. This trailer looks absolutely beautiful and exciting as it looks like Assassin’s Creed and Marvel’s Spider-Man had a kid and set it in Japan. Enjoy the trailer below as the game will be […]

DC Comics’ March  2020 solicitations will go up later today. But first, as is traditional, we get a chance to Frankenstein those that have already been let out there in one form or another… ARKHAMANIACS ArkhaManiacs is Art Baltazar and Franco providing their unique, cartoony take on a certain apartment building (Arkham) in Gotham City […]

In mid-July 2019, Amazon Prime Video‘s upcoming The Lord of the Rings series started rolling out updates – beginning with reports that Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock) had joined the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series as a character named Tyra. Then during the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press event, the streamer formally introduced the […]

When Green Day hit the stage during The Game Awards 2019, it wasn’t immediately clear what they might be there to promote. After all, Grimes was performing a song that would likely appear in Cyberpunk 2077. CHVRCHES sang a song from Death Stranding. But why was Green Day there? Simple: To promote their music being […]

Bleeding Cool previously broke the news that Vault Comics would be publishing a second wave of comics from the White Noise studios, to follow up on Friendo, These Savage Shores, Fearscape and Deep Roots. Including Blue In Green, The Picture Of Everything Else, Earthcrosser and Giga. But first, there are other Vault titles that are […]

Of all the people to post spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker the official facebook page was not high on the list of suspects. Yet here we are, a mere week away from the release of the movie, and there are spoilers out there. We’d love to tell you to what degree this clip […]

In the middle of The Game Awards, we got a little bit of a teaser for the holiday content that dropped into Apex Legends tonight. Mirage’s Holo-Day Bash brings with it the Mirage Voyage, costumes, cosmetics, and a number of other additions to the game. You can see more in the brief trailer as the […]

That was the General Election that was. Boris Johnson has been returned as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Conservative government has their biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher. For those on the left looking for a crumb of comfort it is that, with such a majority, Johnson won’t need to pander to […]

For a show about the growing war between the old gods and new gods, you would think American Gods fans wouldn’t be too thrilled with things being quiet – but STARZ‘s series had a bit of a bumpy ride heading into its second season. After a return that gave the series a much-needed gritty, ensemble […]

During The Game Awards this evening, Digital Extremes showed off the latest update for Warframe with the introduction of Empyrean. Along with the trailer you see below, the devs sent out a ton of information shortly after its release. Here’s a rundown of everything that is coming to Warframe, starting tonight. Welcome to the Railjack: Empyrean puts […]

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Were you up for Swinson? The 10 most-read stories yesterday Art Thibert Finally Talks About Getting Blacklisted at Marvel, to Promote His Comic, Chrono Mechanics Marvel […]

USA Network and Bill Pullman‘s Detective Harry Ambrose are back on the case for a third season of award-winning mystery-thriller anthology The Sinner. Though the season’s case files won’t be made available to viewers until February 6, 2020, it’s never too early to get a look at what “sins” await Ambrose. In this case, a […]

A bit of a surprise from The Game Awards as we got a re-reveal for The Wolf Among Us 2, confirming the game is back in production. LCG Entertainment has taken over the reins of what’s left of Telltale Games, and brought back several key staff members under a new developer called AdHoc Studio to […]

Amazon subsidiary ComiXology has announced the latest comic to join their ComiXology Originals program: In the Flood, written and illustrated by Ray Fawkes. Compared to David Lynch and Haruki Murakami, the graphic novel tells the story of a couple trying to keep their marriage together while separated by a mysterious flood. The book will be […]

With Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss‘ (Sherlock) highly-anticipated BBC/Netflix co-production Dracula set to premiere as part of the BBC’s New Year’s Day programming schedule, we have some updated information on when the Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web)-starrer will air on the streaming service as well as the titles of the three […]

Fast & Furious: Crossroads has been announced at the Video Game Awards. The brand new game, form developer Slightly Mad Studios, features a new crew tagging along on an adventure with the cast from the film. Vin Diesel, Tyreese, and Michelle Rodriguez all appear in the trailer for the game respectively, playing their roles from […]

Dark Horse Comics has announced new editions of two comics written by founder Mike Richardson for publication in 2020. 47 Ronin, by Richardson and Stan Sakai, and The Atomic Legion, by Richardson and Bruce Zick, will be available in paperback next Summer. The Atomic Legion will hit stores on July 22nd while 47 Ronin will […]

Fans of Adult Swim‘s Rick and Morty had been counting down the months and days until Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland‘s animated mayhem returned to their screens once more. That wait ended early last month with season premiere “Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat” (reviewed here), where we got a crash course in “death crystals” […]

Gears of War real-time strategy game Gears Tactics poked its headset of the foxhole to show off a bit of new gameplay for players to soak up. It’s been over a year since it was announced during Microsoft’s 2018 press conference, but now that we’ve had a better look at what to expect, it seems […]