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Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran an article looking at eighty comic book creators who were donating original artwork or commissions to help thousands of Brazilian families dealing with floods right now and being conducted on X/Twitter The auction comes to an end later today, but here are a few high-performing bids that are likely to go[...]

There are plenty of X-Men comic book creators at the Brazilian comic book convention kicking off this weekend in São Paulo, CCXP Luciano Vecchio is one of many And he has a special print he is selling and signing, reflecting his work on Immortal X-Men And, in the light of the news in last week's[...]

That's all you can do and if you can do that   then you make yourself into the kind of person that could end fascism forever." Alan Moore and Heather Parry – Scottish Book Trust screencap How Alan Moore saved Brazil from fascism We needed an example of course and Alan Moore was happy to give us one. "Can I[...]

Just when you thought you might just have a TUDUM-free summer… get ready to turn those frowns upside down (and punch in the face for writing that) because the Netflix global fan event is back later this month! Tudum: A Global Fan Event 2023 will be live-streamed from the event in São Paulo, Brazil, to audiences[...]

But Joe Prado also works as an agent for Chiaroscuro Studios, working with other comic book creators, especially representing Brazilian artists to the USA Chiaroscuro Studios also deals with original art sales, published work, and commissioned art, and is co-owner and co-funder of CCXP Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil, the biggest comic convention[...]

Bleeding Cool previously told you that "The new Wonder Woman, Yara Flor, begins her story targetting incompetent, hypocritical and corrupt politicians in San Paulo, Brazil The type who travel in helicopters to avoid the people they govern and the protests they generate." Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 And today's Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 from DC Comics[...]

Or it can just be my infatuation with the first-season winner, Brazil's Felipe Camargo Damn, that man can climb. The show features exceptional competitors and hilarious blunders, with one contestant actually losing his hair The bigger the egos, the harder and earlier they fall Each season, "The Beast" gets more and more difficult and the total[...]

Brazil's biggest game convention BIG Digital has released the full online program guide and virtual panel schedule for the 2020 event Like a lot of events this year, the organizers had to move their events online due to COVID-19 but did not let the outbreak get them down You can check out some of the[...]

This week, organizers for Brazil's Independent Games (BIG Digital) Festival announced that registration for the 2020 event is now open COVID-19 may have canceled anything physical actually happening in Brazil, but the eighth annual event will carry on in a digital formation from June 22nd-26th, 2020 Companies like Ubisoft, Marvelous, and DANGEN Entertainment have already[...]

Hulu has the streaming rights to the Adult Swim series here in the U.S., while Channel 4 has the rights lock in across the pond, in the U.K. So that means Netflix gets to introduce the following chunks of the world to the down side to peaceful pooping and the smooth flow of snake jazz: India,[...]

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" on the Marvel side in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first in a series of original projects set for a 2020/2021 rollout (more on that below). Now we're[...]

However, according to Brazilian independent newspaper O Globo, Saturday saw a reversal of fortunes, as higher-ranking court officials overturned the original ruling and lent support to Crivella's efforts, saying that Crivella's case "sufficiently demonstrated" the need to avoid "risks of injury to public order" by censoring the books Emboldened, Crivella refocused his efforts Saturday, ordering[...]

The mayor, who once wrote in his book Evangelizing Africa that homosexuality is a "terrible evil," wanted copies of The Children's Crusade placed inside sealed plastic bags with content warnings, saying that the book contains content unsuitable for minors and warning, "Guys, we need to protect our children." Since festival organizers resisted, the government has[...]

The Amazon Rainforests may be burning at a record rate, but the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Marcelo Crivella, appears more concerned about the burning passions of fictional teenage superheroes In a video message posted to Twitter Thursday, Crivella ordered the organizers of the 19th International Book Biennial of Rio de Janeiro to collect[...]

currency will also be affected, excepting key international markets such as Mexico and Brazil. https://youtu.be/lqRQ5Y6OYi4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Netflix Commercial – SNL (https://youtu.be/lqRQ5Y6OYi4) "We change pricing from time to time as we continue investing in great entertainment and improving the overall Netflix experience." – Netflix (statement) While subscribers may not be thrilled with the price[...]

Brazil's Felipe Camargo was crowned "Ultimate Beastmaster." Season 2 premiered on December 15, 2017; with competitors from the United States, Spain, France, Italy, China and India China's Haibin Qu was crowned the season's "Ultimate Beastmaster." ●  The nine countries taking part are the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, France, South Korea and Mexico India[...]

Credit: Netflix Leave it to actor/comedian Nick Kroll (The League) to not keep his Big Mouth shut at CCXP Brazil — and Netflix is perfectly fine with that On December 9th, the streaming service returned to San Paulo for a fourth consecutive year, bringing with it some surprise announcements, exclusive "first look" footage, cast panels and[...]

The closer to the appearance of "The Gift", a street artist, Sarah, accidentally trapped in two between the human world and ghosts. From HBO Latin America: El Hipnotizador; and new Brazilian entry La Vida Secreta de las Parejas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-vfvzBIbEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HBO LATINO PRESENTA: EL HIPNOTIZADOR – PRIMERA TEMPORADA – TRAILER (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-vfvzBIbE) This[...]

Operação Lava Jato is the name of an investigation being carried out in Brazil, that translates as "Speedy Car Wash." Initially a money laundering investigation, it has expanded to cover allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, where it is alleged that executives accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices[...]

This appears to be Frank Miller's poster for CCXP Comic Con Experience, scheduled for Dec 3rd-6th in São Paulo, Brazil, created with Alex Sinclair, featuring the Wonder Woman from his upcoming Dark Knight III. In fishnets, hot pants, a basque, and a bloody sword and axe combo… In it's second edition, CCXP Comic Con Experience is set to[...]

There has been lots of speculation regarding the future of Spider-Man at Sony, and whether or not the character might be lent out to Marvel Studios for Civil War and the like. Well, last week, Sony Pictures in Brazil decided to make it's plans clear, with a Sinister Six promotional image posted to Facebook. That's "we have[...]

Add a few faces from the Office, Peep Show and the wonderful Jim Broadbent, everyone gets a chance to chew the scenery marvellously. He was in Brazil as well, wasn't he. And because no one is taking anything seriously, there's a chance to be very serious indeed. This is a film that espouses tolerance and find allegories for immigration[...]

This is a compilation of Brazilian-created X-Men comics, created as backups strips for the (very) old Brazilian editions of the Marvel superhero comic, trying to bulk up the limited US product These were not authorized by Marvel, but no one seemed to care very much. Never republished since original publication in 1968, the ten back up strips[...]

That Frank Miller and Scott Snyder have been planning a threequel to The Dark Knight Returns, while DC Comics beancounters rub their hands ever so excitedly. So what did Scott Snyder have to say about this as the story hit? He told everyone he'd be off Twitter for quite some time. Twitter might be difficult to pull off[...]

But here we go. Popular Brazilian comic book site Mel Hores Domundo has published what it alleges as a possible unacknowledged inspiration for the Eisner Award winning 2010 Vertigo series and graphic novel Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Happy Birthday, Happy Obituary by Jefferson Costa and Rafael de Oliveira published in 2005, a short story featuring a man who dies every[...]

Two of Brazil's comic book stars in the US have worked together on this Batman/Joker mashup poster image for CCXP, Comic Con Experience, the Sao Paulo comic convention for later this year Reis on the Joker, Grampa on the Batman Expect T-shirts. CCXP, in its first year, will exhibit at at Immigrantes Exhibition & ConventionCenter in[...]

Four and a half years ago, we ran a story about how a Brazilian cartoonist, Glauco Villas Boas and his son were killed by a man claiming religious conviction. Carlos Eduardo Sundfeld Nunes confessed, was arrested and charged He was found insane and was institutionalised into a psychiatric facility in Goiania after being diagnosed with a schizophrenic disorder Until[...]

Yesterday, it was reported that Brazilian comic book creator Deodato Borges died, at the age of 80 He suffered a series of heart attacks, some time after being treated for cancer of the kidneys. His son, Mike Deodato, tweeted, O Flama morreu. — Mike Deodato, Jr (@mikedeodato) August 25, 2014 "The flame died". Broadcaster, journalist and radio dramatist, Borges was the[...]

Judge Dredd is taking Brazil by storm, in particular in the form of its own Judge Dredd Megazine called Juiz Dredd Megazine It ran for 6 issues of 64 pages in its initial series and is getting ready to kick off a new series, too. Because it's new to Brazil, the Megazine contains a mixture of[...]

Monica's Gang is one of the most successful comics around, and certainly America's best selling comic. It just happens to mostly sell in South America. Brazil to be specific, around 400,000 an issue, though a recent "kiss" cover issue saw it sell half a million a couple of years ago An animated version airs on the Brazilian[...]