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As part of a massive auction of premium comic books and original artwork at Heritage Auctions, two pages of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke will go under the hammer today To see one page for sale is a rare thing, to see two pages such pages sell is unheard of And such[...]

The comic book is one disowned by its writer, Alan Moore, remastered by its artist, Brian Bolland, and is considered one of the most influential Batman comics of all time Even this week, in the latest Batman/Catwoman, there's a scene where Catwoman talks to the Joker about not just hanging about in the rain laughing[...]

Rebellion, publishers of Judge Dredd, have announced that worldwide paper shortages mean that their prestige oversized Brian Bolland 'Apex Edition' in the manner of Scott Dunbier's Artists Editions books and reprints scans of original artwork from IDW, was due to ship next month – in time for 2000 AD's 45th anniversary – but will now[...]

Including a 45th anniversary cover celebrating 2000AD by Brian Bolland, with Tharg as the DJ in the house spinning his vinyl How very retro for 2000AD… Brian Bolland Spins 2000AD 45th Anniversary in February 2022 Solicits 2000 AD DECEMBER 2021 PROG PACK REBELLION / 2000AD DEC211791 (W) Michael Carroll, Kek-W, Ian Edington, John Wagner, Dan Abnett (A) Jake Lynch, John[...]

Rebellion's December 2021 solicitations for 2000AD, mJUdge Dredd and IPC-related titles continues apace – thiuggh because of international delays most titles are scheduled for January 2022 – and the Judge Dredd Brian Bolland Apex volume, based on IDW's Artist Editions, is for March 2022 and that will be quite something Which means, in America at[...]

But there are also a few notable names missing… Suicide Squad screencap John Ostrander (above) – creator of the modern-day Suicide Squad, co-creator of Amanda Waller, John Economos, Flo Crawley, and Briscoe. Luke McDonnell – artist on the original Suicide Squad series, co-creator of John Economos, Flo Crawley, and Briscoe. Ross Andru – co-creator of Rick Flag, co-creator of original[...]

Here are details of the main exhibitors, but there's also Dave Gibbons, Garry Leach, Shaky Kane, Brian Bolland, and more. Billy Chainsaw is an internationally collected, British contemporary Pop artist whose work uses a fertile mix of pulp and the arcane to engage with ideas of mortality, magick and sensuality Through his transformative art Chainsaw has developed a personal[...]

Craig Russell, Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo, and Frank Thorne, Bill Sienkiewicz, Matt Wagner, Howard Chaykin, and Brian Bolland. History Of DC Comics Original Artwork This art was initially created for use as part of a deluxe, hardcover-version of the History of the DC Universe published by DC When Graphitti Designs, headed by Bob Chapman, was given the opportunity[...]

200 copies signed by Brian Bolland Prints could have been ordered right here for £25 Previous editions were A2 and cost £40 So the obvious happened and one hour later they were all sold out. Brian Bolland's Gaze Into The Fist Of Dredd Brian Bolland is one of British comics' most influential and successful artists, from his[...]

Rebellion, publishers of 2000AD, is going to be publishing an over-sized artist's edition-style book of Brian Bolland's original artwork for them Based on the Artist's Edition volumes created by Scott Dunbier for IDW, this volume will recreate the original artboards that Bolland used to create 2000AD stories in the seventies and eighties. 2000AD Brian Bolland: The[...]

Because this cover to the DC Comics Hitman spinoff Sixpack/DogWelder is a) by the late great Steve Dillon, co-creator of Preacher b) for a comic book written by the other co-creator of Preacher and Hitman, Garth Ennis c) for a comic drawn by the co-creator of Hitman, John McCrea and d) is a parody of[...]

Bleeding Cool told you yesterday that Batman: The Three Jokers #3 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok worked as a direct sequel to Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland Here's where it breaks down most visibly Big spoilers going in, you have been warned. Batman: The Three Jokers. So Batgirl gets her own[...]

Would a new UK distributor be appointed? Would UCS set up a British branch for sub-distribution? Or would British retailers just have to suck it up? Brian Bolland Punchline #1 – DC Comics Will Continue To Be Distributed By Diamond UK In 2021 Well, as of today, Diamond UK customers have been told that an agreement has[...]

Forbidden Planet has commissioned a retailer exclusive cover by Brian Bolland for Rorschach #1, the unauthorised Watchmen sequel by Tom King and Jorge Fornes to be published by DC Comics next month And he is referencing one of his own famous covers to do so The Killing Joke. Brian Bolland Redraws Killing Joke as Rorschach Forbidden[...]

Also including videos with Mark Millar, Alice Cooper, William Shatner, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Chris Claremont, Duncan Jones, Leigh Balch, Run DMC, Gerard Way, Ben Aaronovitch, Michael Moorcock, Simon Pegg, V.E.Schwab, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and more So… what else were you going to do with your weekend? And there's plenty of Behind The Scenes interviews[...]

A decade-and-half ago he commissioned the following piece from Brian Bolland At a time when DC Comics would have been about to publish the 80th Anniversary Joker comic book, we thought this might be a time to celebrate this one particular piece On the ComicArtFans website, where fans upload the work that they own, Chris[...]

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Before New York Comic Con, I became aware of a slight kerfuffle on the private Comic Book Retailer/DC Comics Facebook group, and it was all over the Joker: Year of the Villain #1 Retailer Gift Variant Edition, with a very nice Brian Bolland variant cover. Bleeding Cool already reported on the free copies of which, that[...]

Brian Bolland, J M DeMatteis, Keith Giffen and Irv Novick. Novick drew a lot of comics over his sixty-odd year career, including a run in Batman with Frank Robbins – who does not get credited He also was the artist for the launch of The Joker comic book with Dennis O'Neill – though Dennis does not[...]

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[...]