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40 Stories From San Diego Comic Con Day 1 In A Single Post

40 Stories From San Diego Comic Con Day 1 In A Single PostWell then! That was a busy day. And today is already shaping up to be more busy, somehow. But here's what happened at San Diego Comic Con yesterday:

Steve Niles' REMAINS To Debut On Chiller TV This Fall (Trailer)

…which should not imply that Chiller TV is doing a series of comic creator autopsies, but rather that the graphic novel Remains, by Steve Niles and artist Kieron Dwyer, published by IDW, is the first original film from Chiller TV.

Beavis And Butt-Head Reboot: MTV Brings Back Obnoxious Teenage Classic (Video Preview)

That aside, today comes word that 90s culture continues to exact a terrible revenge on the future as MTV announces the return of Beavis and Butt-Head. As always, the 20-year nostalgia rule applies, more or less.

Kevin Eastman And Carlos Gallardo's Zombie Apocalypse Announced At Comic-Con

Not only did Kevin Eastman play an integral role in Robert Rodriguez' day of big announcements, he had another surprise of his own.

Comic-Con Trailer For Andrew Niccol's In Time

I described this to you earlier. Now you can watch it for yourself and complain about my lapses of memory.

Star Wars Comic-Con Bits And Pieces

There's an awful lot of Star Wars at Comic-Con, much of it in the shape of cosplayers (or rather shapes, plural, because I've seen a dazzling variety, from bean pole to pear).

Live From The World Premiere Of Stitched

The world premiere of Garth Ennis' Stitched has just wrapped and the end credits are rolling. Up next will be some behind-the-scenes footage, then the panel.

Captain America – The First Avenger: The Bleeding Cool Review

Most people who read comics know at least the basics of the story. A puny 90lb weakling is transformed by a unique scientific process into a near-perfect human being. With a unique combination of casting, pacing and effects Joe Johnston has transformed a solid if fairly unremarkable comic book adaptation into the near-perfect superhero movie.

Live From Robert Rodriguez' Quick Draw Productions Panel – Machete Sequels, Sin City 2 In 3D, Heavy Metal, Frank Frazetta Films And TV

Robert Rodriguez began his panel at Comic-Con with "Check your watches because in 30 minutes, you won't believe what I have shown you" and gone on to explain how he has been keeping secrets for months to unveil today.

Andy Serkis On Freezing Time, His Muybridge Biopic

Andy Serkis has just fielded a question in Comic-Con's Hall H about his long in-development film, Freezing Time. He described it as a biopic of Eadward Muybridge, the photography pioneer. He's apparently going to appear in the film, and I'd assume as Muybridge.

Live From The In Time Panel – Footage Discussed

We have just seen an extended trailer for In Time, Andrew Niccol's sci-fi chase thriller with Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake.

Live From The Prometheus Panel – Footage Described

Damon Lindelof is on stage speaking with Charlize Theron about Prometheus and her character Meredit Vickers (a chief executive at Weylan Yutani, according to info gleaned at the press conference earlier). This chat is engrossing stuff, but still my mind is still racing from the footage from the film they've just shown.

SCOOP: Damon Lindelof Confirms Provenance Of This Prometheus Image (Sort Of)

At the end of the conference, I stole a few words with Damon Lindelof and showed him the image and asked if it was indeed from the film.

First Look At Tarsem's Snow White Is Striking And Ornate

I can't imagine a film by Tarsem Singh will ever run dry of lush, intricate production and costume design. His Snow White's dress (and hairstyle, I suppose) have just been premiered in EW. Here's the rather striking image.

The Sixth Gun To Be Syfy TV Mini Series

I love San Diego Comic Con. It's the kind of place where you can sit down for a Grant Morrison panel and before the man comes on, the guy sitting next to you is having a phone conversation. In which you can hear that Oni's The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt is about to be adapted into a six episode miniseries by Syfy.

Visualizing The Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America Concept Art For 2012 Film Revealed

Concurrent with the release this week of Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel Studios has begun its full court press for promoting its May 2012 release, The Avengers.  Here's newly released concept art for the film featuring a good look at Captain America and Iron Man.

Samuel Jackson Producing Live-Action Afro Samurai

A new press release from The Indomina Group reveal that Samuel Jackson, a long time champion of Okazaki's series, will produce the film. They're still looking to lock down the writing and directing talent, and casting will take place in the coming months. If all goes to plan, production will kick off in the new year at the Indomina Pinewood studio in the Dominican Republic.

Trailer For Paranormal Activity 3 From The Directors Of Catfish

I doubt very much the debates around the veracity of Catfish, an infamously suspect-looking documentary about online relationships and which several critics have flat-out called a sham, will plague the next film by its directors, Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. Moving away from documentary filmmaking's pledge of reality, but not the visual idioms of the genre, they've taken up the reins of mock-doc Paranormal Activity 3.

Batman Live – The Bleeding Cool Review

Since watching Batman Live, and indeed at times during the show, I've been trying to work out just how to describe it. There's no music, so it's certainly not a musical, but it doesn't feel very much like theatre either*. The best description I can come up with, given that it's filled with acrobats, magic tricks and pyrotechnics, is a circus, with a (loose) narrative. Regardless of description, it's thoroughly entertaining.

Sony And Dark Horse To Adapt Chris Grine's Chickenhare As Animated Film

And now, according to Variety, Sony Pictures Animation has picked up the rights for an animated feature with Dark Horse Entertainment.

See The First Five Pages Of Frank Miller's HOLY TERROR

Following up on this morning's trailer, Legendary has released the first five pages from Frank Miller's Holy Terror.

Image/Skybound Announces Album by Charlie Adlard And Robert Kirkman

At the Skybound panel, Robert Kirkman announced series of self contained one shots by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Kirkman called Album, once a year, as self contained hardcover albums. The first, The Passenger next year, published in the US and France simultaneously. The comic tells the story of a fuel cargo ship trapped a year away from Earth…

A New Witchdoctor Series For 2012

From the Skybound panel at San Diego Comic Con, we get the news that the Witch Doctor gang will have a new series next year, with a man who believes one of his organs has been taken and has the scar to prove it, only that nothing is missing… and the first issue begins with a doctor using X rays as tarot cards…

Flashpoint #5 Will Feature A Double Page Spread To Show The Journey From Flashpoint To The DC New 52

At the Flashpoint panel at San Diego Comic Con, it's been mentioned that the final issue of Flashpoint, published on the same day as Justice League #1, will contain a double page spread to show the journey from Flashpoint to the new reality being set up in the Justice League and the New 52.

Violent Video Trailer For Frank Miller's Holy Terror

This trailer for Holy Terror, the sometime Batman vs. Bin Laden comic that never was and never will be, having transformed forever into something about "The Fixer," sells the violence, not the politics.

Lois Lane, Rubbing Her New Boyfriend In Superman's Face

The New York Daily News reports that in Superman #1, Lois Lane's chosen fellow is one Daily Planet co-worker Jonathan Carroll.<br />
Jim Lee is quoted as saying "Superman is of the World's Greatest Super Heroes, but he can't have it all. Many of us know what it's like to be the odd man out and we think readers will have a soft spot for Clark when they see his reaction to Lois' new boyfriend."

Half Naked Ladies With Guns At San Diego Comic Con

Welcome to Tr!ckster Bar the pop up comics shop/bar/life drawing studio over the tracks from San Diego Comic Con. You can't miss it, just follow the bass beat. Even Brendon Connelly film writer of Bleeding Cool found comics to enjoy there such as Jeff Pidgeon's Happy Beaver by someone, as Brendon puts it, has a proper job, working at Pixar.

The New Comic Book Work Of Jonathan Ross And BLVD

At the BLVD booth (#1223), Tommy Lee Edwards, Trevor Goring, John Paul Leon, Sean Chen and Bernard Chang are selling a new comic, theBVLD Storybook 1.0. With five chapters featuring five very different stories by Jonathan Ross.

Scott Lobdell To Write Michael Turner's Homecoming For Aspen

This is the cover to Homecoming, by Michael Turner. A project he created before his passing, it had been developed by Aspen since, but it hadn't gone anywhere.

Thursday Trending Topics: DC Comics Wins San Diego Day 1

Despite a strong late surge from Marvel Next Big Thing news, DC dominated the day with the fallout from the DC New 52 panel, which had the kind of long line and packed room that usually only tv/film panels attain.  There's been a lot of talk about whether comics would regain center stage at San Diego amid a supposed movie studio pull-back, and if so we may have just seen one of this year's defining moments.

Vertigo To Publish Colleen Doran And Derek McCulloch's Going To Amerikay

And then announced Colleen Doran And Derek McCulloch's new original graphic novel, Coming To Amerikay.

Marvel Announces Villains For Hire and Avengers Origins [Massive Next Big Thing Update]

At the Marvel: Next Big Thing panel, there were announcements of a number of upcoming arcs on a number of projects (including the intriguingly titled Hulk Of Arabia) but there were two very new projects announced.

Bonfire Agency Launches Advertising Network With IDW, Dynamite, Top Cow, Aspen And Boom

IDW, Aspen, Top Cow, Dynamite and Boom have all signed up to Comics United, a new program created by Bonfire Agency to give advertising media buyers a new route to target the comic buying public.

IDW To Publish The Crow

"I'm glad to see The Crow land at IDW," said Ted Adams, the company's co-founder and chief executive officer. "I edited the last Crow series when I ran Todd McFarlane's comics in the late '90's, and we're looking forward to bringing this classic character back to the medium in 2012 at IDW."

Loads Of High Res Art From Today's DC New 52 Panel: Wonder Woman, JLI, Stormwatch And More

In case you weren't able to make the panel, be sure to check out some of the new artwork that was shown. Below, you'll see art from upcoming titles such as WONDER WOMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, STORMWATCH, GREEN ARROW, CAPTAIN ATOM and LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES.

Loads Of High Res Art From Today's Batman Panel: Batman, Catwoman, Batwoman And More

Today's Batman panel at SDCC showed you exclusive first looks at the interior art for many of the books in the Batman family of DC Comics-The New 52, including BATMAN, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT, BATMAN AND ROBIN, BATWING, BATWOMAN, CATWOMAN, DETECTIVE COMICS, NIGHTWING and RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS. Below, click through the gallery to take a look at the art we revealed.

IDW Am What IDW Am… A New Popeye Comic

He is what he is, remember. IDW have just announced a new Popeye series for next year, full of Olive Oyl, Bluto, Wimpy, Swee'Pea, spinach, tattoos, mumbling grunts and impossible hijinks.<br />
It will apparently have an all-star creative team and we'll discover who a little later in the week…

New Crossed Ongoing Series To Be Bi Weekly, New Web Comic By Si Spurrier Announced, Return Of Gravel, And Absolution Happy Kitty Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

He also told the crowd that the Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic by Si Spurrier will start this autumn. But that Avatar are launching a new webcomic, also by Si Spurrier, called Disenchanted. More on that to come…

Half Of The Batman Panel At San Diego Comic Con

Grant Morrison promises tears and tears and tears as Morrison's run on Batman comes to its conclusion… Batwing comes from a dark place… and I've got to run to the Avatar panel. They did fly me over here after all. Still, here are some covers, logos and art from upcoming Bat titles…

IDW To Publish John Romita Spider-Man Artist's Edition

Scot Dunbier's originated format for IDW, the Artist's Edition, reproducing the original artwork for comic books, has taken another victim. 144 pages of John Romita Amazing Spider-Man art, just like the actual boards…. for a hundred bucks. Start building bigger shelves.

IDW To Publish Star Trek/Legion Of Superheroes Crossover

STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES is a new IDW comic crossing over the IDW license for Star Trek and the DC comic Legion Of Superheroes, from the Great Darkness Saga. Written by Chris Roberson and Jeffrey and Philip Moy. IDW says;

DC Relaunch: Thunder Agents To Return With #1 In November, By Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer is unique. He is a Marvel exclusive creator with an exception for a DC title, Thunder Agents. Well DC aren't going to let that slip. Thunder Agents will return with a second series, written by Nick Spencer, in November, as Bleeding Cool put out there.

Live From The DC New 52 Panel… Updating

Including Dan DiDio, Eddie Berganza, Bob Harras, Paul Levitz, Paul Cornell, Cliff Chiang and Scott Lodbell…


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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