Dave Gibbons Archives

Supercrooks, Kick Ass 2, Secret Service – And The Films That Inspire Them
Especially if it's one of his. Today we get Kick Ass 2 #7 with John Romita Jr, Supercrooks with Leinil Yu, and a preview of The Secret Service with Dave Gibbons, all of which are published from Marvel Comics And they all wear their film influences on their sleeves, while being simultaneously embedded in comic books[...]
Swipe File: Millar And Gibbons' The Secret Service
On the left, the cover to The Secret Service #2, the new series from Mark MIllar and Dave Gibbons, entitled Basic Training. On the right, a Chinese bodyguard undergoing training. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of[...]
Andy Kubert To Draw Watchmen 2 (UPDATE)
Oh, and Dave Gibbons. DC, as ever these days, declined to comment This is what Alan Moore had to say, back in the day. UPDATE: Blimey, look at that Currently the highest trending topic on Twitter worldwide 2nd in the US The UK… still obsessed with Jeremy Clarkson. We've had his name mentioned to us before, regarding[...]
Could This Be The Hottest Marvel Book Of The Year? Superior Kapow Special #1
If you're lucky. Created at the Kapow Comic Convention earlier in the year, its aim was to tell a Superior story with as many people as possible, raise money for charity and break a couple of world records in the process. I'm not sure how the Most Contributors To A Comic Book record was arrived at –[...]
Thinking Only Of Thought Bubble
And Gail Simone has been round the Leeds City Centre shops looking for a Dalek. It can only be the launch of what many consider Britain's best comic convention, Thought Bubble. This weekend, as part of the Leeds Sequential Arts Festival running right now, the city will host a comic convention dedicated to style. Add Jeff Lemire, Adam[...]
Squirrelling Out Details On Watchmen 2
That names mentioned included Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Darwyn Cooke, JMS, JG Jones, Andy Kubert and more. Indeed I am now told that there will be four Watchmen miniseries, all prequels Working off an over-arching uber-plot by Darwyn, who will be writing and drawing on aa book or two. I believe the phrase I'm looking for is[...]
The Last Original Art Of Kevin Maguire?
Along with hundreds of comic book artists, Kevin Maguire has a table in Artists Alley at New York Comic Con, where he is selling original artwork. Buy it while you can, this may be his last. Kevin told Bleeding Cool that, along with the likes of Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons, he is going digital only for[...]
Swipe File: Watchmen And Incognito
One is a comic book turned into a film against the writer's wishes. The other is a comic book about to be turned into a film with the writer's eager participation. Anyway, here's a scene from Watchmen #6 from 1985 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from DC Comics, and from Incognito: Bad Influences #5 from 2011[...]
Tuesday Runaround – Waiting For Parents
FableWatch: Mark Buckingham's pencils for a double page superhero spread from Fables #104. WarlordWatch: Dynamite expands their Warlord Of Mars franchise with Fall Of Barsoom in July: GibbonsWatch: CBR has a preview of Dave Gibbons' new strip for Dark Horse Presents, Treatment, as well as the cover to issue 5 by Eric Powell. This is Computo the[...]
Last Night At Plan B
And that he's been talking at Walking Dead broadcasters, AMC about it. I'm wondering… is it the Dave Gibbons project, the reporting of which kicked off the Bleeding Cool site eighteen months ago? BBC Scotland was filming in the Plan B shop for their superhero documentary And an impressive looking store it is tooalthough a number of[...]
Watchmen Page One Sells For $33,460
From an anonymous internet bidder, the first page of Watchmen has sold for $33,640. 21 bidders and no reserve. This is the highest a Watchmen page has
Watchmen Page One For Sale
I have touched this page. Up for sale, right now is Watchmen Page One, Issue One, with Rorschach's monologue and the move from smily face button up, up,
Garth Ennis – When 2000AD Was The Future
A glance at the roster of talent involved is enough to take the breath away, and it should be remembered that a whole generation of readers was able to pick up almost any given issue and see a dozen of these guys at their very best. So thank you: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day, Alan[...]
UPDATED: Mark Millar And Dave Gibbons To Create New Comic Together
I understand that Wanted and Kick-Ass co-creator Mark Millar and Watchmen and Martha Washington co-creator Dave Gibbons are working on a creator-owned comic book series. Wanted screencap with Watchmen smiley face Mark Millar, from Coatbridge outside Glasgow, has had a number of recent high-profile comic book successes, from Authority to Ultimate X-Men to the record-breaking Civil War[...]