books of magic Archives

And the trades occurring with many players, old and new, introducing the new reader to classic characters, and long-standing Marvel readers to new characters and new takes on old ones. Which isn't far off what Neil Gaiman did with Books Of Magic for DC Comics, with four magical guides introducing the young possible-magician Tim Hunter, to[...]

Okay, let's start off with a comic book history lesson on Neil Gaiman's DC Comics/Vertigo series The Books of Magic The original four-issue miniseries ran from 1990-1991 and then as a long-running series (75 issues) under the Vertigo imprint from 1994-2000 Both the miniseries and the long-running series focused on Timothy Hunter, who is given a[...]

This is, of course, all mindless speculation. Maybe it's time for another Books Of Magic? Just one that goes a little further abroad and gets everyone's books involved? No name of course, but I'm going to go with Crisis Magic of Crisis Of Magic for now DC Comics does always like a Crisis, does it not?[...]

NYCC welcomed Ben Blacker (Hex Wives), Zoe Quinn (Goddess Mode), Dan Watters (Lucifer), Tina Horn (Safe Sex), Kat Howard (Books of Magic), Rob Sheridan (High Level) and Executive Editor of the Vertigo imprint Mark Doyle.  #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

The Dreaming is broken, and Matthew the raven must search through the Sandman Universe for Lord Daniel to fix it. Is it a good read?

Mystic U is a new DC series by writer Alisa Kwitney and (UPDATE x2) Mauricet, (also known as Alain Jensen) Given Kwitney's experience with Books Of Magic, and the title suggesting a magical university of sorts, could Tim Hunter be getting a lead in a DCU book again? Who needs Harry Potter? You can read up on the rest of DC's June[...]