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Adi Tantimedh writes, Viz Media has published the original manga adaptation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that was originally serialised in Nintendo Power back in the 1990s To me, the most notable thing about it is that it's written and drawn by Shotaro Ishonomori, one of the masters of comics and[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, Every now and then, a novel comes along that's so densely high concept and nuts that I can't help falling in love with it This spring, it's Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas by Kazuki Sukaraba Viz Media, who publish it under their brilliant Haikasoru novel line, are sending me a review[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, I'm always happy for an excuse to write about Los Angeles as a mythical city, a state of mind, the city of Film Noir And Bosch is the latest perfect excuse A 10-part adaptation of the novels by Michael Connelly into a single season of TV to create its own "novel for television",[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, Slow period as 2015 begins, so I thought I'd tell you about some things you might not know about. Freeman's Mind [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQhfkpX9bc[/youtube] In 2007, before Let's Play videos of video games became all the rage on Twitch and Youtube, Machinima animator Ross Scott was ahead of the curve with this series where he turned the classic[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, I could have sworn I wrote about Attack on Titan last year when It began to take off, but now that it's really taken off as a global pop culture phenomenon, it's worth looking at it again. I suppose I should summarise the plot for people who don't know it The story is set[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, I've actually waited years to write this column. Moyoco Anno is one of my favourite creators of Josei manga, comics aimed at a 20something female readership that enjoys a huge market in Japan but is still underexploited in the West She's a far bigger deal in Japan than comics fans in the West realize[...]

It was Christmas in November, and best of all, the suitcase wasn't still full when I had to lug it home. In attendance were: Nikolai Fomich, reporter at SDCC 2013, NYCC 2013, and regular contributor to the site with his fiancee Min Wang, our Cosplay photographer extraordinaire Endymion Mageto, Bleeding Cool's longest running columnist Adi Tantimedh ("Look![...]

An interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Kevin J Foxe presents his new project: Mandala, the upcoming Dark Horse comic and his reality-hacking campaign to gather 144,000 people together in an Augmented Reality Campaign that will blur the line between fiction and reality. [youtube]http://youtu.be/pDO9DAaTmt4[/youtube] An interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Kevin J[...]

An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Gen Manga are the only publisher in West that brings out indie and underground manga from Japan We catch up with editor Robert McGuire on how they're doing. [youtube]http://youtu.be/FntCTNZ3AJ8[/youtube] An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Gen Manga are the only publisher in West that brings out indie and[...]

An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Wadjet Eye Games is one of the few indie games companies based in New York City, specialising in story-driven point-and-click PC games They have published games like Shiva, the Blackwell Legacy series and acclaimed science fiction games like Gemini Rue, Resonance and Primordia. Here, founder and developer Dave Gilbert talks about the[...]

An interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Interview with CCP Creative Director Torfi Frans Olafsson and Concept Artist and Designer B Börkur Eiriksson on the EVE ONLINE graphic novel that adapts players stories into epic fiction. [youtube]http://youtu.be/9GPEmfNjCXA[/youtube] An interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Interview with CCP Creative Director Torfi Frans Olafsson and Concept Artist and[...]

An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Bioware writer Mac Walters talks about the new Mass Effect comic book series and the games. [youtube]http://youtu.be/8qCfwSUwQOQ[/youtube] An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Bioware writer Mac Walters talks about the new Mass Effect comic book series and the games. [youtube]http://youtu.be/8qCfwSUwQOQ[/youtube] [...]

An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Artist and writer Liam Sharp talks about the origins of the iOS interactive graphic novel app and its future as a tool for comics creators. [youtube]http://youtu.be/U7tBI0fYf0Q[/youtube] An Interview by Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool: Artist and writer Liam Sharp talks about the origins of the iOS interactive graphic novel app[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes; I was originally thinking about writing about how the news of the next Doctor Who has become a worldwide pop culture event, but instead got sidetracked when I watched The Canyons. Here's the surprise: I think it's a good movie Well worth seeing… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7ct7mdmOM[/youtube] We've talked about The Canyons before: it was the first high-profile Kickstarter[...]

Warning: contains minor spoilers. Every time a new Alan Moore project is announced, it’s a big deal. The Kickstarter campaign for His Heavy Heart, the

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; WILD CHILDREN, the debut graphic novel by Ales Kot, is probably the most ambitious comic out this week. The book starts with a bunch of teenagers at a privileged school declaring the educational system sucks and taking their teachers and principal hostage at gunpoint What follows is not what you expect[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; I read the news that BAKUMAN would be ending this week The final chapter will be published in Japan's WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and two weeks later in English in Viz Media's weekly SHONEN JUMP ALPHA e-anthology That will bring the collected volumes to a total of 17 or 18, so[...]

I’m travelling, so in lieu of a regular column, here is the treatment for a movie adaptation of Arthur Machen’s late 19th Century horror novel THE GREAT

The last movie I saw in 2010 was Tsui Hark’s latest, DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME. Yes, it was great fun, a martial arts and CGI