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V For Vincent
On Wednesday, on my way to the comic shop, I'm planning to pop into the National Gallery in London. They've got Van Gogh's Sunflowers until the end of
Kevin Eastman And Peter Laird Collaborate On New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cover
The first big creator owned comic book blockbuster would eventually fund the Xeric Award, Tundra, Heavy Metal Magazine and so much more. And now they'll be working together for the first time in decades on a cover to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30th anniversary issue from IDW. The issue in question will also see work from[...]
Lying In The Gutters – 23rd February 2014 – Casting Jordan White In The Fantastic Four
Earth War We Were Talking About The First Guardians Of The Galaxy Trailer Guardians Of The Galaxy – Another Promo Drops Already Fear Of A Black Human Torch And Ten You May Prefer Toys, Toys, Toys! One Hundred Images Of The American International Toy Fair Forty-Five Thoughts About Forty-Five Comics True Detective – It's All Alan Moore And Grant Morrison's Fault Will[...]
Banned By The Church And Rejected By Diamond Comics In The 80s
AC And Scott Brown write for Bleeding Cool: You know what we love almost as much as comics? A good controversy Combine the two, and we're sold KRANTZ has both, and it's drawn by an artist who deserves wider recognition, Horacio Lalia. Horacio has been a fixture of the international comics scene for decades, with work appearing[...]
Reading Jonathan Ross And Ian Churchill's Revenge #1
In amongst this are apparent demons, the enslaving of the young for their flesh, mighty wolves and repeated skull motifs, and a play-within-a-play, giving us something operatic in its scale. And Ian Churchill portrays this all with a pizzaz, it's gaudy, it's bold, it is absolutely grotesque, with a oenline, colours and a sheen that smacks[...]
Rob Liefeld Challenges Trademark Registration Of Supreme
Bleeding Cool pointed out that last year, one Nuben Azar had registered for the trademark of "Supreme" for comic book publication. Even though Image Comics were continuing to publish, and keep in print, Supreme comics based on Rob Liefeld's creation. Now it appears that Rob Liefeld has challenged that registration. Though, stereotypically, he did leave it a bit[...]
How Leaky Are Your Timbers?
I love comics, and this move seemed logical… but what I REALLY wanted to do, was to support it with a puppet show. Like a lot of my creative friends who grew up in the 70s and 80s, Jim Henson is in my blood Sesame Street, in particular, is why I wanted to go into the[...]
Kill The Freshman! Kill The Freshman! Kill The Freshman! Kill Him Now!
I had a few positive interactions with comic publishers, but, as a whole, I was shocked to find out just how myopic their view of comics seems to be I heard things like, "It's a great looking book, but your female lead doesn't look like the industry standard for women," or "girls don't read comics"[...]
Whose Heroes Reborn Is It Anyway?
But I do remember talking to one senior Marvel executive a few years ago who was rather annoyed that Heroes seemed to be be mining Marvel Comics for its plots and characters But not so much that Jeph Loeb wasn't welcomed to Marvel Studios afterwards… Sadly as a result of this, we won't be getting an[...]
Dead Or Dredd In Trauma Town?
Artist Nick Percival is running a little competition on his Facebook page for people to get a chance to appear in his upcoming Judge Dredd series for
Archie Comics Branching Out To Young Adult Novels
Archie Comics is jumping into the lucrative field of Young Adult novels this summer They are kicking it off with Diary Of A Girl Next Door: Betty written by Tania del Rio. The story follows Riverdale High freshman Betty Cooper, her time with her best friend Veronica, her crush on Archie and other high school dramas[...]
Things To Do In London In March During British Comics Month
I do like Gosh Comics of London And Gosh Comics like comics Lots of them And in March they have a lot to show for it, announcing British Comics Month Let's have a look at what they, and others, have planned for the month of March… Now until March 9th – Alone Forever, An Exhibition By[...]
ComiXology Rejects Dale Lazarov's First-To-Digital Gay Erotic Comics
ComiXology carry a number of sexually explicit comic books such as Black Kiss and Sex from Image Comics They are not available through Apple's iOS but can be purchased through the digital distributor's main site But not all books are so lucky. Dale Lazarov, gay erotic comics writer/editor, writes, Hello, bleeders! Here's an illustrated version of an[...]
Preaching On About Advertising and Comics – Some Strategies
By Rich Douek I write comics I also write ads for one of the largest agencies in the world – so it wasn't a huge surprise when Joe Mulvey called me to get my take on advertising and comics, for his article on Bleeding Cool last week. It was even less of a surprise taking into[...]