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DC And Marvel Ch-Ch-Changes – Dan DiDio Closes Off Phantom Stranger's Story For Futures End
DeMatteis, Dan DiDio and Phil Winslade . Avengers World #15 will be co-written by Frank Barbiere in addition to the previously solicited Nick Spencer. Justice League #33 will be drawn by Doug Mahnke and Keith Champagne instead of Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. Captain America #25 will see  Stuart Immonen join the already solicited Carlos Pacheco on art. Aquaman And The Others: Futures End #1 will no longer be drawn[...]
Dennis Barger Still Wants His Dan DiDio Dollar
A while ago, we posted how Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics made a dollar bet with DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio, regarding making the look of variant covers available to retailers before they had to make their final orders. Well, Dennis is still having problems that way And still hasn't got his dollar Take this screenshot[...]
SyFy Sets Original Movie Ratings Record With Sharknado 2
These tweets included folks like Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and DC Co-publisher Dan Didio who both appeared to be live-tweeting the movie. So we can probably expect a Sharknado 3 announcement any day now….   Sharks on plane, okay; Ian Ziering lands plane, sure; but Andy Dick as a New York cop, don't think #Sharknado[...]
Dan DiDio's Plans To Reboot The New 52 Again, Courtesy Of Harley Quinn
Your choice. Just as today, when encounting a ne'er-do-well, you can choose to believe she pointed a sword in his vicinity and told him to scram… before going for a much-deserved meal. Or that she chopped off a certain piece of his anatomy. But, when flinging animal poop around the city, she was able to comment on Dan[...]
Dan Didio Shows Us Batman / Affleck Cowl And Cape
This tweet comes to us from DC Comics' Co-Publisher Dan Didio from the Comic-Con Floor. Batfleck costume is in the house! pic.twitter.com/wJCYm4S1ne — dan didio (@dandidio1) July 24, 2014   This tweet comes to us from DC Comics' Co-Publisher Dan Didio from the Comic-Con Floor. Batfleck costume is in the house! pic.twitter.com/wJCYm4S1ne — dan didio (@dandidio1) July 24, 2014   [...]
Homage And Evolution In Infinity Man And The Forever People
By Christopher Helton Dan Didio gets a lot of grief over the management side of his work at DC Comics, but I have enjoyed his comic writing work at the company, particularly the OMAC reboot that he did with artist and collaborator Keith Giffen This team is back and tackling another Jack Kirby creation: The Forever[...]
Dan DiDio Owes Dennis Barger Jr A Whole Dollar
At the DC Comics Roadshow in Chicago a little while ago, Wonderworld retailer Dennis Barger Jr complained about not being able to see variant covers before ordering them. DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio told him that in the future, retailers would be able to see such covers before the final deadline to order them and, apparently,[...]
Days Of Future Past: When Dan DiDio Wrote A Letter To DC Comics, Aged Twelve
I was born in 1972. Just before that momentous occasion, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio was writing letters to The House of Secrets #99 (August 1972) aged twelve And he already appeared to be micro-managing…. Day After Doomsday was a fun series of two pages stories that played into DC's post apocalyptic future with Hercules and Atomic Knights[...]
Tom DeFalco To Edit DC Comics Line For Two Months?
Reports of a recent staff meeting at DC Comics reach me. Referring to answers to questions about the move to Los Angeles, I am told that Co-Publisher Dan DiDio addressed the troops, telling them that everyone was still in shock and processing the information about the move of the publisher from New York to Burbank in April[...]
Dennis Barger On That DC Retailer Chicago Summit
Nevertheless, we do appreciate this shot of Dan DiDio wearing the Joker mask, to add to our Jim Lee version… This morning, Bleeding Cool ran a report on a recent DC Retailer Summit at Chicago a couple of nights ago During which our anonymous retailer clerk took exception to some comments from Michigan retailer Dennis[...]
Eternity Can Wait – DC Weeklies Will Run Until March 2015
Dan DiDio, co-Publisher of DC Comics, has been laying out the schedules for the three announced weekly titles so far, on Facebook Unlike 52 and Countdown before them, they will not last a year Though it seems that Batman Eternal will be continuing… sometime. Batman Eternal started this April and runs to next March after which[...]
Tomorrow, When They Wake Up, DC Comic Creators Will Have Sixty Questions To Answer
DC Comics co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee have followed up on Publisher Diane Nelson's announcement about a survey of DC comic book creators into… well, pretty much everything. They write, By now you've all likely seen and read Diane Nelson's email from earlier this week announcing DC Entertainment's first ever Talent Survey. Everyone has! This is an exciting[...]
DC Announces Two New Retailer Roadshows For March, One In Orlando, One In Seattle
And more to come in subsequent months… The first is the MegaCon Retailer Roadshow at Orange County Convention Center on Thursday 20th, with Dan DiDio, Bob Wayne, Brandy Phillips and Stuart Schreck. Then the week after the Emerald City Comicon Retailer Roadshow will be held on Thursday 27th at Washington State Convention Center, with Jim Lee, Dan[...]
That Full Infinity Man And The Forever People #1 Solicitation For June
Price: 2.99 Written by: Keith Giffen, Dan Didio Art by: Scott Koblish, Keith Giffen Cover by: Scott Koblish, Keith Giffen Variant cover by: Howard Porter Four of the best students from New Genesis arrive on Earth to study and aid in the advancement of humanity – but they soon discover a darker purpose to their mission: a threat so great[...]
Dan DiDio And Keith Giffen Bring Us The Forever People (UPDATE)
A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reprinted a tweet that seemed to suggest Dan DiDio were bringing back a cult classic comic The smart folk told us to think Jack Kirby – Keith Gifen is one of the biggest Kirby admirers you can find and has a style that plays off Kirby wonderfully. We've now been[...]
A New Cult Favourite Comic From Dan DiDio And Keith Giffen
Yesterday, Dan DiDio tweeted in response to a comment by Nathan Fairburn, about his plans for an upcoming comic book. @MDesaad @nathanfairbairn @DocShaner Keith and I are about to come at you with an old cult favorite Hope it meets you're expectations. — dan didio (@dandidio1) March 2, 2014 Well we've had OMAC… Giffen does have a taste[...]
DC All Access Deleted Scenes – Dan Didio Has A Lot Of Stuff To Move
Most of it's silly but there is a clip of Dan Didio and Jim Lee in Didio's office talking joking about all his stuff and how difficult it will be to move. [youtube]http://youtu.be/lBaYTJQh7oU[/youtube] DC All Access is the publishers weekly video series where they tease upcoming projects, talk to creators, etc[...]
When Dan DiDio Names A Pre-Existing DC Character After You, For Christmas
Former bodyguard, his first name is Cecil. Or at least it was. Because DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio gave a little present to one prolific cosplayer, Eric Moran… Freight Train is a character who appeared in DC's Outsider series and more recently as a member of the Dead Heroes Club in Batman Inc Former bodyguard, his first[...]
Detective Comics #27? You Did It!
At the beginning of the month, we ran this story about DC Comics subscribers being denied a copy of Detective Comics #27. Then we ran a Christmas poem about that article being forwarded to Dan DiDio and him telling the internet that he'd fixed the situation. And now we have the letter confirming it. Folks, you did it![...]
The Dan DiDio Thanksgiving Competition Results
What a great way to spend Thanksgiving! When DC Comics co-Publisher Dan DiDio posted this image, there was only one way it could go… a Bleeding Cool competition! Tari was first off the blocks. Followed swiftly by Mitchell Hallock: Even professional comic book creator Jamal Igle got involved… … though careful to add the proviso "Not an indictment of[...]
Enter The Dan DiDio Thanksgiving Photoshop Competition Here
Dan DiDio just posted the following profile pic on Facebook. He knows it can be easily photoshopped You know it We all know it So. do it What else were you doing today? Post it in the comments, my favourite will get some comics lying around the house as a prize… Dan DiDio just posted the[...]
Meet the Mayor: The Life and Times of Jimmy Palmiotti Part II
But while Palmiotti had inaugurated his writing career at the House of Ideas, it was at Marvel's distinguished competition where he would kick things into high gear. TALL TALES: JIMMY THE WRITER Palmiotti had been pitching idea after idea to both DC and Marvel for years, and his tenacity finally paid off when he was offered Superboy. Once again,[...]
The Morning After The Memo Before
Other commentary indicates that DC Comics will be looking to use the move as a way to downsize some senior well known staffers on higher salaries. And before any of the haters start, no, not Dan DiDio Seriously, come on people. But this might actually improve the promotion possibilities for some of the young staffers[...]