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Chip Zdarsky is creating a brand new kind of comic book creator event It's not quite a comic book convention, not quite a signing; it's more about space management in modern times He writes; "When I started in comics, I was incredibly excited Since I was a kid I've been reading them, and now? Now[...]

It was Bleeding Cool that broke the story that not only would Chip Zdarsky's run on Batman with Jorge Jimenez and Mike Hawthorne be coming to and with Batman #157, but that the series would then continue with Hush 2 from Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb. But who comes next? Well, in this week's ZCN, or Zdarsky Comic News, which basically should be the new Wizard[...]

It was Bleeding Cool that broke the story that not only would Chip Zdarsky's run on Batman with Jorge Jimenez and Mike Hawthorne be coming to and with Batman #157, but that the series would then continue with Hush 2 from Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb. Well, as seen in the DC Comics' February 2025 solicits and[...]

Chip Zdarsky leaving Batman was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years[...]

Chip Zdarsky has talked about Batman #157 being his final issue in the run on his Substack app With a definite underlining that it was *his* choice to go He writes, "I love Batman It's been a true joy working on the title But some time in the spring I got the itch in the[...]

The current Batman comic book written by Chip Zdarsky was meant to be coming out every two weeks Then it wasn't, and it has been pushed out to every month again Which means that Batman #154 was two weeks late, #155 has been pushed to the 4th of December, a month late and Batman #157[...]

Chip Zdarsky's surprise news magazine ZCN topped traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and possibly the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an[...]

And now Chip Zdarsky has launched his own magazine, Zdarsky Comic News, landed in comic book stores and available free, tomorrow as a promotional item for his work mocking himself, his friends and the industry as a whole. And it seems that, no, this is not just a one-off This is going to keep going[...]

Next week brings Batman #150 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Mike Hawthorne, Denys Cowan And Bleeding Cool has a little unofficial preview of what will be officially hitting comic book stores. Back in October, spinning out of New York Comic Con, Bleeding Cool ran the gossip that DC Comics was going to do something regarding the[...]

But with the end of the Krakoan Age, fellow Marvel writer Chip Zdarsky and X-Men lead writer Gerry Duggan took to Cameo to pay Rob Liefeld to extend congratulations to this "Jonathan" for leaving his day job to create comics… "Our top salesperson is leaving his job to pursue his dream of writing and drawing his[...]

But now that Zur-En-Arrh was defeated by his very own Failsafe what now for mini-Bruce Wayne? Bleeding Cool has been granted a preview of the upcoming Batman #149 by Chip Zdarsky, Michelle Bandidi and Steve Lieber, Nick Filadi and Clayton Cowles, with Katie Kubert still as Batman editor And all courtesy of DC Comics and[...]

The new Dstlry August 2024 solicits and solicitations have the early September listing for Time Waits #1 by Chip Zdarsky, David Brothers and Marcus To and is the first of four miniseries by written or co-written by Chip Zdarsky from Dstrly Time Waits sees former soldier Blue, a man trapped in his past, our present,[...]

The comic book series Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky, launched on Substack and published in print by Image Comics tells the story of one Syd Dallas and his famuly at Dallas Comics recreating a classic character for the modern age, known as The Domain Well, in July 2024, as seen in the just-released Image Comics[...]

Bleeding Cool already ran a couple of bits based on previewed pages from the upcoming Batman #146 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez and Michele Bandini with the history of The Joker and Batman rewritten with key moments now given new perspectives and from leaked printed pages of The Big Bad Plans of Zur-En-Arrh. But now the[...]

Next week sees Jorge Jimenez return to DC Comics' Batman #145 and Chip Zdarsky after a brief sojourn during Joker Year One, which ran through February But as of tomorrow, it is all change and kicks off the Dark Prisons storyline Bruce Wayne and The Joker share a cell, imprisoned by Bruce Wayne's backup personality,[...]

Tomorrow sees the publication of Penguin #9, Brave And The Bold #10 and Detective Comics #1082 all in the shadow of the upcoming Batman #150.

Chip Zdarsky and Kris Anka, the team behind The White Trees return to the land of Blacksand with an all-new chapter in The Whisper Queen, a three issue miniseries set to launch in the Image Comics May 2024 solicits and solicitations The White Trees issues will be collected into a reprint available the following week[...]

Neither of these contigents were happy with Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard's Gotham War, even as it was the best-selling event last year, Chip Zdarsky is of course and expert at giving the fans just what they want.., before snatching it away to make them want it even more So today's Batman #143 partially set in[...]

Joker also received the lesson, creating the Three Jokers layered within himself creating Three Jokers layered within himself, all the way down. This is your Mindbomb, folks. BATMAN #143 CVR A GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & STEFANO NESI (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Stefano Nesi The terrifying tale of The Joker[...]

So it's probably off the table. Batman #125, kicking off Chip Zdarsky's run on the series, included this image from a Batman dream sequence There is a big Joker story coming with Mindbomb to follow Gotham War The events of Justice League #50 are still meant to have occurred Batman did learn from the Mobius Chair[...]

Batman #143 by Chip Zdarsky, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi and Andrea Sorrentino, out next Tuesday, continues the story of the Joker, told from both the future and the past And revealing plenty along the way As there are more details of the Jokerisation of Gotham after his escape The infection spread through everyone, triggered by[...]

UPDATE: Looks like it's just temporary… the original article runs below. Chip Zdarsky posts in his new Substack newsletter, "As always, I'm hard at "work" This week, I'm putting the finishing touches on the script to BATMAN #148, and I think I'm just going to leave this typo as is for my new glorious editor, Katie[...]

Next week sees the publication of Batman #142, the beginning of Joker Year One by Chip Zdarsky, Guiseppe Camuncolis, Andrea Sorrentino, Stefano Nesi, Alejandro Sanchez, Dave Stewart and Clayton Cowles Three weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you a bit of Batgossip… let's see if any of it plays out in the preview below "Set in[...]

Including what's going down in Batman #146 from Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez and Michele Bandini "The explosive *Dark Prisons' continues as Batman learns from an old mentor what Zur's plans are for Gotham City…and the world! Can the Dark Knight escape from a prison designed by the ultimate version of himself? And what nefarious role[...]

Batman #142 begins the new Joker: Year One arc by Chip Zdarsky, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, and Andrea Sorrentino, and is heading towards something big with Batman #150 Set in the future of the Batman Universe, yes, another one, subject to a new assault by the Joker, it is told in flashback We have a[...]

First as Director – Talent Relations in 2015, then as Batman Group Editor in 2019, which began with his hiring of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez to take over from Tom King on the main Batman book, as well as later hiring Chip Zdarsky to replace Tynion As a result of such successes, Ben[...]

Today's Batman #141 from Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiminez and Dustin Nguyen is the end of the Mindbomb story arc, and sees Batman take on his own backup personality, Zur-En-Arrh, downloaded to the robot he designed to defeat himself if ever needed, Failsafe It's like this is a Marvel movie, with Batman taking on himself Though[...]

DC Comics' March 2024 solicits for Batman #145, Detective Comics #1083, Nightwing #112 and Batman and Robin #7

Joker Year One is coming to the Batman series in February 2024, by Chip Zdarsky, Giuseppe Camuncolu, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino, Alejandro Sanchez and Dave Stewart as Batman #142, #143, and #144 go weekly. #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 */ "In[...]

Chip Zdarsky, Giuseppe Camuncolu, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino, Alejandro Sanchez and Dave Stewart are turning Batman #142, #143 and #144 into Joker: Year One, weekly in February 2024, following on from Gotham War and Mindbomb But not The Three Jokers But you may notice there's quite a lot of Killing Joke with their version as[...]