james bond Archives

The upcoming 25th film in the James Bond franchise is getting closer to naming its director.  The list has been relatively short this time, compared to years past.  Not to mention, there is still an ongoing bidding war for which studio will take control of the brand, too. Last month, it was announced that both Apple[...]

Writer Ales Kot, best know for his work on Zero and Secret Avengers, has been tapped to do a new James Bond six-issue miniseries for Dynamite Entertainment The new series, James Bond: The Body, will feature six original story lines that will unite the full series together. As Bond undergoes a post-mission medical examination, he relays[...]

Martin's A Clash of Kings, James Bond: Kill Chain and Mighty Mouse All of these will be in comic shops tomorrow. George R R Martin's A Clash of Kings #4 Writers: George R R Martin, Landry Q Walker | Artist: Mel Rubi | Covers: Mike Miller (A), Mel Rubi (B) Arya continues to travel north to the Wall,[...]

We'll be showing them off over the next couple of days with this first batch being what they call their Hall of Heroes, which includes James Bond, John Wick, The Shadow, Batman, and Turok Writers for this batch of books include Andy Diggle, Greg Pak, Steve Orlando, Si Spurrier, and Chuck Wendig. JAMES BOND: KILL CHAIN[...]

We're getting another James Bond movie and that means we get to dust off the debate about whether or not we're going to ever see a woman take on the role of Bond We already know that such a casting jump isn't going to happen with this movie, since Daniel Craig is already confirmed to return,[...]

Though Warner Bros is reportedly the frontrunner to take over the James Bond franchise distribution rights, a new report claims that both Apple and Amazon have risen to challenge them This battle can only be decided one way: with a THREE WAY DANCE! According to THR, the tech giants are looking to capture the rights to[...]

Dynamite has sent over two exclusive extended previews for books shipping this week. The first one is another expansion of the James Bond universe, as 007's favorite gal gets out of the office and into the field in a James Bond: Moneypenny one-shot by Jody Houser and Jacob Edgar Did you know she was a former[...]

Here we have (almost) all of Dynamite's solicitations for November 2017 which includes James Bond, The Shadow, Batman, Agent 47, Hack/Slash, Vampirella, Centipede, Bettie Page, Gumby, Army of Darkness, Fruit Ninjas and Game of Thrones… that's something for everyone. JAMES BOND: FELIX LEITER Hardcover Cover: Mike Perkins Writer: James Robinson Art: Aaron Campbell Felix Leiter finds himself in[...]

Then we have another iconic leading lady with Vampirella #5 by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton and we've got the second issue of James Bond: Kill Chain by Andy Diggle and Luca Casalanguida. James Bond: Kill Chain #2 writer: Andy Diggle artist: Luca Casalanguida covers: Greg Smallwood (A) As tensions rise between MI6 and CIA, James Bond investigates[...]

When Spectre finally came out back in 2015 and turned out to be not that great, it looked like a new reboot for James Bond was on the horizon Star Daniel Craig had gone on record saying he would rather "slash [his] own wrists" than play the character again When it was announced that the[...]

File this under, "so this is a thing that is happening, (as well as things discovered through Variety)": there is an ongoing class-action lawsuit against MGM and 20th Century Fox claiming that an allegedly complete James Bond DVD box set was, in reality, incomplete The suit claims that it was deceptively marketed as a complete collection when[...]

With the next film in the James Bond franchise setting a 2019 release date earlier this week, speculation is ramping up on who will direct the film, inflaming an old rivalry between competing Hollywood gossip rags. Deadline, who seems very confident that Daniel Craig will return for the film (though there is no official confirmation of[...]

MGM has set a release date for the next film in the James Bond franchise: November 8th, 2019. But before filming can take place, MGM and EON Productions will need someone to actually play James Bond. It's recently been rumored that Daniel Craig will return to the role one more time, but that remains unconfirmed[...]

Admist all the chaos of Funko Fundays, CEO Brian Mariotti showed of some of the new products coming to shelves in the coming months as well, with all types of merchandise accounted for. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Those are some[...]

Many years ago now, on a drive to a comic convention in San Jose and back, I listened to Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel You could see the early stages of Bond in these pages A lot of the things that are now iconic about the character were first introduced here[...]

The Avenger and Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit series all kicking off this Wednesday as well as a new issue of James Bond and KISS/Vampirella We've got exclusive extended previews of all five of those issues for you to peruse on this 4th of July holiday…or if you're outside of the United States, Tuesday. Ash[...]

James Bond lost his parents in climbing accident in the French Alps, leaving him an orphan A new book is claiming that the real life inspiration of the character of M specifically targeted orphans to be spies. The book, Henry Hemming's Maxwell Knight: MI5's Greatest Spymaster, tells how Knight felt that being orphaned at a young age would create[...]

Writer Van Jansen (The Flash/Green Lantern) and artist Dennis Calero (X-Factor) have been selected as the creative team to bring the very first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, to the pages of comics for the first time in the series' history. Which is a little odd, as it was originally announced as being drawn by Matt[...]

Now Magnus must wrestle with her own past and manage to capture the killer – but Frederick still has a few surprises left up his sleeves… Also: Doc Spektor, Part 7! The story of the all-new master (and we use the term lightly) sorcerer continues… when Doc banishes a demon – well, sort of –[...]

Straight from Dynamite, here's a writer's commentary from Benjamin Percy talking about James Bond #4. Cover art by Dominic Reardon with interiors by Rapha Lobosco. PAGE 1: Fleming refers to Bond as a blunt instrument; a weapon So I liked the idea of creating parallelism between his eye and the muzzle of a gun, as they can be considered one[...]

But in 1973, Moore took over the iconic role of James Bond in Live and Let Die It ushered in a more sophisticated era of Bond with high-tech gadgets and a touch of camp It was followed by the Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Love Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy[...]

This (if you know your 'book Bond') is basically James Bond I bring up Butcher because that's the level that Jimmy's Bastards is going for We're looking at the chance to have another emotionally deep, funny, gory, take down of a major genre, and I think that's needed, always, in this industry. Issue one is Jimmy taking[...]

A Writer's Commentary: Kieron Gillen on James Bond Service Special, on sale from Dynamite. Cover by Jamie McKelvie and interiors by Antonio Fuso. This was an interesting project Nick and I have been talking about doing something together for the best part of a decade, and the stars have never aligned When he suggested a Bond one-off,[...]

Kiss #8 by Amy Chu and Kewber Baal, James Bond: Service one-shot by Kieron Gillen and Antonio Fuso and Pathfinder: Runescars #1 by F Wesley Schneider and Ediano Silva. KISS #8 writer: Amy Chu artist: Kewber Baal covers: Tom Mandrake (a), Charles Wilson III (b), Photo Cover (c) A new era, a new KISS Army But when they[...]

One of the constants in the James Bond series has been the ever faithful Moneypenny Now, as Dynamite expands on the Bond Universe, Jody Houser (Faith) and artist Jacob Edgar are creating the first ever James Bond: Monneypenny one-shot. Hitting stores August 30th, James Bond: Moneypenny focuses on what was intended to be a 'routine' protection[...]

James Bond, Ash Williams, Blood Brothers, Red Team, James McNamara and the survivors of Z Nation. JAMES BOND #6 Cover A: Dominic Reardon Cover B: Jason Masters Cover C: Patrick Zircher Writer: Benjamin Percy Art: Rapha Lobosco James Bond #6, "Blinded" In the action-packed finale of the Black Box story arc, James Bond descends into the secret headquarters[...]

James Bond and Doctor Who have a few things in common One of those things is that until an actor is officially announced to play the character, speculation and rumors run rampant Since Daniel Craig hasn't decided officially if he's coming back for the next Bond, the rumor mill is cranking out name after name[...]

I've been enjoying Dynamite's take on James Bond with the various creative teams Each writer/artist change feels similar to when Bond would change actors in the film series Timothy Dalton was very different from Pierce Brosnan, but both were James Bond, just with some subtle differences Going from Warren Ellis to Andy Diggle was the same[...]

This time it's Benjamin Percy talking about James Bond#3 and how he hates selfie sticks. Cover by Dominic Reardon, and interiors by Rapha Lobosco. Page 1 When I was in Tokyo—on assignment for GQ—I kept seeing signs for love hotels and pleasure hotels I asked my fixer about them, and she laughed and said, "That's where you sneak[...]

The Dynamite Entertainment presentation at the Diamond comic book retailer summit taking place in Chicago right had plenty to show off regarding the many comic books they publish, from Betty Page to Mighty Mouse to the Sovereigns. But the big news was their new James Bond comic book project, Origin. This will be the 100% origin story[...]