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It's a long time since I read Frank Miller's Year One miniseries It was one of those comics, along with Miller's original Dark Knight books and seminal Alan Moore works such as Watchmen, which really kicked the idea of superhero stories for adults into the mainstream. As far as I can remember it, the Year One[...]

Amazon.com recently withdrew Frank Miller's Holy Terror from sale. Was it over criticism of Miller's politics in the book? Was it over fear of reprisal from incendiary religious extremists? Was it Warner Bros believing that the similarity with Batman and Catwoman is too obvious? Not a bit of it Talking to publishers at MTV Geek party two[...]

One week ago, Legendary Comics published the comic that DC was going to publish several years ago, Frank Miller's Holy Terror – which once upon a time would have been called Holy Terror, Batman. Two blasts from the past then Two books anchored in another age, yet brought right up to date by publishing fashion[...]

Frank Miller's Holy Terror, originally planned a decade ago as Batman: Holy Terror, as a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center, is the best selling graphic novel through Diamond Comic Distributors in September. And second is Marv Wolfman and George Perez' New Teen Titans: Games, which was started twenty years ago and recently[...]

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This is the rather bloody poster and print ad being used by Legendary Comics to promote the upcoming Holy Terror graphic novel by Frank Miller, as The Fixer takes on Al Qaeda Out in September, as close to a certain anniversary as possible, obviously Here are the first five pages and a video preview. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZg4UOB2uCk[/youtube] [...]

Aside from the obvious fact that no confirmation or press release has come from Warner Brothers or Legendary of a new title, that 300: Battle of Artemisia, has never been mentioned by Frank Miller, that it was still called Xerxes at San Diego Comic Con and Dark Horse Presents ran a teaser of the comic,[...]

Today we have some of the later-breaking news items from the show bubbling up to the top. Looking forward to seeing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns animated Warner Bros Animation is on a roll. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Lots Of Art From DC's Designing The New DCU 52 Panel Some fascinating behind-the-scenes stuff here: Trending Topics Special: Who Won[...]

Following up on this morning's trailer, Legendary has released the first five pages from Frank Miller's Holy Terror. Following up on this morning's trailer, Legendary has released the first five pages from Frank Miller's Holy Terror. Following up on this morning's trailer, Legendary has released the first five pages from Frank Miller's Holy Terror. Following[...]

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli originally appeared in Batman #404-407 in 1987 and subsequently became one of the most influential Batman stories ever told The teaser material from awhile back promised that Warrner Animation was going to follow the source material very closely — and based on this trailer it[...]

From Alan Moore to Frank Miller to Robert Crumb, they're all in here, with illustrations from the amazing Hunt Emerson. He tells me; "I'd started collecting more anecdotes, just on the off-chance that it might have been worth doing a sequel, but the book was so poorly advertised thatnot many people heard of it The stories have[...]

As the mainstream entertainment media finally caught up with last week in announcing Frank Miller's Holy Terror from Legendary Comics. But one thing they didn't give, was the tag line. "Empire City Is In Peril A Whole Lot Of Folks Need Killing". Diamond Previews courtesy of Orbital Comics of London Check out their Klaus Janson podcast interview here. [...]

You get Frank Miller. When Bob was hired to head up Legendary Comics, the publishing subsidiary of Legendary Pictures, it was only a matter of time. Originally Holy Terror was to be Holy Terror Batman by Frank Miller But when DC fired Bob Schreck over the Batman pottymouth episode, that was not to be. The main character was[...]

If they can pull it off with an adaptation worthy of the original material, this would be a great way to restart the Daredevil franchise: Hollywood Reporter says that Fox has hired Brad Caleb Kane of the tv show Fringe to write a Daredevil movie script based on the legendary Daredevil: Born Again run by[...]

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli originally appeared in Batman #404-407 in 1987 and subsequently became one of the most influential Batman stories ever told. The animated movie features the voices of Ben McKenzie as Batman, Bryan Cranston as Lt James Gordon, Eliza Dushku as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, and Katee Sackhoff as Detective Sarah Essen. That's a good cast, but how close will they get[...]

So, while you are waiting for the world not to end  – though we'll be having a rematch next year with the Mayans – why not settle back and enjoy the most entertaining way the Earth has met its end in comics? Frank Miller Taken By The Rapture? Turns out he was the only worthy individual in[...]

Kimberly Cox, friend of Bleeding Cool and partner of Frank Miller, popped in to see how he was doing in their New York apartment just forty minutes ago. And discovered he'd been raptured away. Turns out he was the only worthy individual in the world The rest of us six billion are all heathens… [...]

Neither Bill Sienkiewicz nor Frank Miller intended it to go public But when it was sold, despite assurances that it wouldn't go online, somewhere along the line, it got sold to someone who didn't know about that requirement And it was recently spotted by DC Women Kicking Ass, though the above visual is a higher[...]

ByrneWatch: From the boards; Since when is Robin a girl? •• Since I suggested it to Frank on a flight back from a convention in Atlanta, one year, and a

The artwork was done by Frank Miller for DC editor Julius Schwartz's 75th birthday It wasn't part of DKR, nor is it a published piece at all, which makes a huge difference But I bet the buyer has been feeling rather smug today. When Hong Kong Takes On Iron Man Sometimes at the Bleeding[...]

The iconic splash page of Batman and Robin from  The Dark Knight Returns #3 , penciled by Frank Miller and inked by Klaus Janson, sold at Heritage Auctions just moments ago for a record $448,125. That's the largest amount ever paid at public auction for any piece of original artwork from an American comic book  The[...]

On the left, the item sold on eBay for $765 after fifteen bids, listed as a Frank Miller Elektra sketch And on the right, the actual Frank Miller sketch. On the left, the item sold on eBay for $46 after ten bids, listed as a Bruce Timm Hellboy sketch And on the right, the actual Bruce[...]

Frank Miller's earliest work, as scanned in and uploaded by Comics-n-ERB on the Collector's Society boards. At the time Miller had been involved with comics fandom for seven months, his favourite comic was Daredevil and he liked the fact they make Luke Cage black We also learn a lot, in distressing detail about the history of[...]

Concrete's on the cover, like he never went away, that thick outline of his ripping through the bright pink and yellow of the cover. And so we have Paul Chadwick, Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams, Carla Speed McNeil, Michael T Gilbert, Frank Miller, Harlan Ellison, Richard Corberm, Randy Stradley, Paul Gulacy, David Chelsea and what other comic[...]

Which has the total opposite problem." "Could it be any busier? To say nothing of the fact that Robin is kicking Batman in the penis." "Frank Miller by the way hated the Superman cover, cos he had nothing to do with it and he said to me that this says "Superman's saying I can fly and you[...]

From the Hunt The Dark Knight issue of the Dark Knight series by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, the page is expected to reach well into the six figures. Time to check how much you've got in your piggy bank, folks More, and where you can bid on this page, to come. Could this be a[...]

A copy of Detective Comics #27 from this collection went for just over $1 million last year. There were a number of strong original art sales at the auction, including the John Byrne and Terry Austin X-Men #116 cover for $65,725, a Robert Crumb Zap Comics #1 2-pager for $47,800, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson[...]

But this chair, if you can call it that, is where Frank Miller drew Sin City and 300 As a result its a museum exhibit waiting to happen And it's on eBay, to raise money for the CBLDF, the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund. It's one of a number of items on over the "holiday" period,[...]

When other studios were passing on the chance to turn 300, a graphic novel by comic artist Frank Miller, into a swords-and-sandals epic, Mr Tull, a fan of the book, jumped at the chance The result was a film with worldwide box office revenues of $457m. Dr K's 100-Page Super Spectacular: Will Eisner and the "Graphic[...]

The Tales From The Fringe series from Wildstorm is continuing to run the Parallel Universe Comics Covers from the series as variants. We ran the Death Of