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It's a fun, silly, campy recreation of the spirit of the 1960's Batman TV show, but with a bigger budget. But if it's meant to be the "the next level" of digital comics, as this Wired article suggests, it's clearly lacking. DC² adds new layers to the digital comic page by putting in morphing artwork, conversations that[...]

We'll see. In October, DC Comics is bringing back the recent kebabed Damian Wayne in Damian: Son of Batman, a four issue series by Andy Kubert that will expand on the future of Gotham stories of Batman Inc, with Damian Wayne as a grown up Batman. The New York Post quotes DC Comics as stating that this[...]

DANIEL On sale OCTOBER 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T Robin and Batgirl grew up fighting side by side…but with Dick Grayson about to embark on a new crimefighting quest and Barbara Gordon no longer fighting under the Bat, is there anything left between them? Following the "Batgirl: Wanted" epic, this is the[...]

Legendary comic book writer John Ostrander helped out on Aquaman, writing issue 20 but somehow not getting his name on the cover. We hope he'll have

Superman was sent, as a baby, from a doomed planet to Earth. Turns out it might not have been quite as doomed as we thought. In October, DC Comics are starting a Krypton Returns story with Action Comics Annual. ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #2 Written by SCOTT LOBDELL Art by KENNETH ROCAFORT, DAN JURGENS and NORM RAPMUND Cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT On sale[...]

But since it's from the original books, which departed early from the show, maybe this is just softening people up for divergence from the more culturally prevalent form. Trinity Of Sin: Pandora tells the story of the world, the DC Universe, as the Sins loosed by Pandora twist and turn history There does seem to be[...]

From today's Action Comics. Okay, much has been discussed about the trillions of dollars worth of damage done to Metropolis by Superman in Man Of Steel.

You thought #8 was bad? This is worse. This comic is rated T by DC Comics' content code Which reads; T TEEN Appropriate for readers age 12 and older May contain mild violence, language and/or suggestive themes. Just for comparison's sake, T+ TEEN PLUS Appropriate for readers age 16 and older May contain moderate violence, mild profanity, graphic imagery[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiOf59JZ-8A[/youtube] Grace Randolph writes; DC Villains Month kicks off September 2013 with Forever Evil #1 from Geoff Johns and David Finch I talk about how Forever Evil will focus on Lex Luthor, Catwoman and Nightwing, plus how this special DC Villains month will be chock full of villains to celebrate the anniversary of the New 52[...]

That really got the conversation going and we started building storylines and antagonist options from there CBR January 14th Christy Marx is taking over as writer on "Birds Of Prey." Does Jim Zub also have other projects at DC, like Venditti? Why the switch there? Harras: Jim had a great pitch for "Birds Of Prey," but as things[...]

The New York Times article on Vertigo managed to miss out all sorts of pertinent information on the new Vertigo that the DC Comics blog has just backed up. With details on all the new comics series And looks like we were right on Toby Litt… and is Witching Hour going to be Kelly Sue DeConnick's[...]

30, and be published bi-monthly, so says DC Comics to the New York Times. Other new projects include Hinterkind by Ian Edginton, which focuses on a post-apocalyptic world in which the creatures of myth and legend have returned The Discipline by Peter Milligan, an erotic thriller about a woman at the center of an shadow war that spans eons. The[...]

Gerry Conway's request to fans: Starting in the mid-70s DC offered creators an opportunity for what they called "equity participation." With the appropriate paperwork submitted and signed, DC creators would receive a share of the profits generated by their creations Like I said, you may think this is only fair, but in the '70s it[...]

We're used to ComiXology sales, where a stack of titles will be sold at 99 cents each. And Dark Horse's Digital Bundles where a huge amount of digital

Gerry Conway writes; I need your help. DC Comics is a great company. It was the first major publisher to offer creator contracts on a regular basis, allowing the men and women who create characters for DC books to share in the profits those characters generate in other media You may say, that's only fair, but until the[...]

Here's the latest Bleeding Cool Bestseller list, looking at sales in comic stores on Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week, measuring the sales of those

Yesterday, we ran further confirmation that Nightwing is going to be the central focused character event for Forever Evil. Which naturally everyone seemed

Green Lantern Green Lantern: New Guardians Green Lantern Corps Red Lantern Larfleeze And now... Sinestro Corps, the sixth monthly Green Lantern title,

Aaron Haaland who attended the DC Retailer Roadshow talked about this, and how Vertigo comics got him laid (but he never got his Sandman books back). He reports that Jim Lee said that the new Executive Editor, Shelly Bond taking over, and explained her attitude to the new position – she did a lot of great[...]

A few weeks ago, when Dan DiDio was saying "One of our major recognizable characters will be affected in a very dramatic way." We said that the character was going to be Nightwing. Aaron Haaland who attended the DC Retailer Roadshow confirmed this news Talking about Forever Evil "It's going to start with Nightwing," reminding us that Dan[...]

He's setting up a new Secret Society of Super Villains. in last month's Justice League Of America it looked like he killed Catwoman. And he's all over

Might be worth the trip. Although, you can get similar prices on Amazon marketplace for the print version. They have also got the first issues of the Before Watchmen series for the same price on ComiXology. Which is handy as today's the day a bunch of Before Watchmen books hit the shelves in hardcover. ComiXology are also running a[...]

Tim Hanley writes; Marvel is closing in on a full year of having a higher percentage of female creators than DC, making it eleven months in a row with a slight uptick in April while DC fell We also check in on three more publishers: Boom!, Valiant, and Zenescope, to see how they're doing with female[...]

He said something to the effect of "write that!", so I did and he loved it. I was to be part of this graphic novel initiative Vertigo was launching, some of which made it out before the big upheaval at DC with The New 52 Vertigo was changing fast, and my book was sitting and sitting[...]

(UPDATED with photo of the books in question) Barbara Kesel, one of the original editors of Watchmen once committed a personal act of sabotage against DC Comics over planned Watchmen prequels when they were first proposed in the nineties She secretly leaked the news to Alan Moore, who phoned up then-DC Comics President Jenette Kahn and[...]

The Promethea Immateria, a hardcover collection collection all 32 issues of Promethea, sideways, preserving the double page spreads that were the signature of Alan Moore and JH Williams' grimoire-disguised-as-a-superhero comic, has been but on hold. It was due to be published in September but has now been withdrawn from the schedules, along with the Annotated Sandman[...]

The most prominent ladies in the top ten are in DC titles… Age of Ultron 10 Superior Spider-Man 12 Uncanny Avengers 9 Avengers 14 Batman and Batgirl 21 New Avengers 7 Wonder Woman 21 Indestructible Hulk 9 A+X 9 Cable And X-Force 10 Comics statistics provided by Laughing Ogre Comics Mayhem Comics, Cards and Collectibles  Yesteryear Comics Impulse Creations – Low prices[...]

Are you kidding me? It's DC Even Marvel invites me to the movies. — Mark Waid (@MarkWaid) June 14, 2013   @mgrabois DC no longer pays creators for that stuff Haven't since Paul left. — Mark Waid (@MarkWaid) June 14, 2013   @comicsreporter @Wheeler @mgrabois They're not legally obligated to Why would they? When they did before, that was Paul[...]

But Robinov was the man who restructured DC Comics into DC Entertainment, who appointed Diane Nelson as President and basically pulled it kicking and screaming from the position within Warner Bros that Paul Levitz and Kevin Tsujihara had negotiated, into the cold harsh daylight where it would have to earn its keep At the time, it[...]

Especially when the work is so obviously based on DC character statues, produced by DC, Diamond, Sideshow and the like. I'm creating this art series to help fund my booth for the New York Comic Con so I can display my artwork this year. Something tells me a lawyer has already seen the Bat Signal.     [...]