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Cover Variance: Jim Lee's Sandman
After announcing DCBS and Things From Another World as their first comic store corporate sponsors, they will be giving exclusive CBLDF variant covers to retailer members who sign up. This includes a variant of Sandman Overture #1 by Jim Lee and a Comics Code-style variant cover of Mighty Avengers #1. Retailer membership costs from $100 a year. [...]
When A US General Called Superman A Coward And A Mass Murderer To His Face
Superman comics (and the recent Man Of Steel movie) have, every now and then, shown Superman at odds with a military figure or two, though usually it all gets resolved and everyone fights on the same side. That's what's happening (ish) in the current Man Of Steel comic from DC Comics and two of their highest[...]
Top 100 Most Powerful People In Comics Returns In BCM #7
The top ten included three writers (Robert Kirkman, Geoff Johns and Brian Michael Bendis), two artists (Jim Lee and Joe Quesada), two editor/publishers (Dan Didio and Eric Stephenson), two movie guys (Kevin Feige and Thomas Tull) and a chief executive officer (Isaac Perlmutter).   The list got picked up by many mainstream media outlets as well[...]
Jack Kirby "Argo" Art Sells Well Above Estimates
Both pieces were expected to bring in $10,000.00.   The piece entitled Planetary Control Room went for $23,900.   And Pavilions of Joy went for $16,730.00. Jim Lee had said that the money from the sale was going to help pay for his kids college I think there are four very happy kids today. The two pieces of Jack Kirby[...]
A Little Semi-Fisking Of Dan DiDio And Jim Lee
Yesterday, ICV2 published a two part interview with Dan DiDio and Jim Lee They asked some hard questions, but it seemed more of a questionnaire, only a few answers were  followed up, a few intriguing threads were left hanging and I think some were too easily evaded as a result But it's a good piece[...]
Jack Kirby Artwork Immortalized In Argo Goes To Auction
The art he created though played a much bigger role in the final escape. In 1993, Jim Lee was still new to the comic industry but he was a big fan of Kirby's work and purchased two pieces of Kirby art from Sotherby's Auction House The pieces were described at the time as being from an[...]
DC Comics Superman: The New 52 Era
After all it is the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel, even as a Marvel Girl I understand the significance of the occasion. We were introduced to the panel starting with Jim Lee, continuing through the line with Scott Snyder, Scott Lobdell, Micheal Alan Nelson and then editor Eddie Berganza. The panel settled in and we[...]
DC's Meet the Co-Publishers Brings a Tide of Teasers from Lee and Didio at SDCC
Hannah Means-Shannon writes for Bleeding Cool: Head of Marketing for DC Entertainment, John Cunningham, moderated Jim Lee and Dan Didio in a more intimate panel for discussion Plenty of people had made the commitment to dig into some DC news fairly early on a Sunday on the last day of the con.  First up the big[...]
Superman Unchained – The SDCC Panel
Moderator Bob Wayne was joined by Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, and Dustin Nguyen. The panelists dove into a behind the scenes look at how a variety of pages and covers from issues one and two came to be A slideshow showed off each page at the pencils, inks, and colors stage[...]
Swipe File: Superman Unchained And Rick Veitch's Maximortal
Like this. And then from last month's Superman Unchained #1… Though I wonder if Scott Snyder and Jim Lee went through anything like this? Though they probably don't feel too much like this… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences[...]
Timothy Draper Pays $25,000 For Jim Lee To Paint His Wall
The DC We Can Be Heroes – Superman Edition was looking as if it might not quite make it's $100,000 mark on Indiegogo, raising money for charities associated with the Horn Of Africa, and spearheaded by DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson. That was before one Timothy Draper donated $25,000 for the top reward of having DC[...]
Swipe File: A Very Mean Fish
"We do this because we love it," said Matthew Here's some of the work by Jim Lee, Mike Deodato and Jack Kirby in its original form… 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 the lightbox[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic: Unchaining Superman
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQRlH9t3Ad4[/youtube] Grace Randolph writes; My review of Superman Unchained #1, the new comic book from DC Comics by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee Superman Unchained #1 has been released for Superman's 75th Anniversary and the Man of Steel movie starring Henry Cavill How does the comic compare with the movie? And how about other Superman comics in[...]
DC Fixes Print Run On September's Villain Month Due To 3D Covers
They did moot the idea of placing digital codes in every comic, but retailers overwhelming voted against that in the meeting. Unlike other comparable superhero movies, DC report they saw a spike in sales with the release of Man Of Steel. Jim Lee sees September every year as about courting the mainstream press for new and for[...]
Unfolding Superman Unchained #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpIBl6liRfc Fresh from the store... Superman Unchained #1, unfolded. Rather than stitched in, the four page foldout is
Knocking Back A Rood Cup Of Coffee
Behold, Metropolis' newest coffee shop "Rood Awakenings" @ssnyder1835 #supermanunchained #loisfavebrew twitter.com/JimLee/status/… — Jim Lee (@JimLee) June 5, 2013   John Rood is the Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, a regular reader of Bleeding Cool and he has a tattoo of the state of Texas on one of his ankles. And now a Metropolis coffee chain[...]
Redrawing Jim Lee's Superman For Man Of Steel
It uses art from Jim Lee and messes it up a bit. It also makes the costume closer to that of Man Of Steel, removing the trunks (but keeping the shading) and adding diagonal lines to his sleeves The differing line weights do make it rather obvious. Compare and contrast with the original. This is a Superman[...]
Jim Lee Talks Creator/Editor Relations At DC Comics
While talking to Kotaku about DC's moves into new forms of digital comic storytelling, DC co-publisher Jim Lee was also asked about the current state of creator and editorial relations, something's that's been a popular topic on Bleeding Cool recently. Evan: A lot of readers who were on board with the re-launch feel some of the[...]
So What Exactly Does M.A.W. Stand For In Superman Unchained?
This is a spoiler!" But you'll have to wait for our Wonder Woman coverage later today for that. We do however learn that Lex Luthor is in a new Metropolis prison designed by Jim Lee (so expect a prison with lots of belt buckles and pouches) called M.A.W Although Scott Snyder has forgotten what it stands for[...]