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Bleeding Cool broke the story of DC's gatefold covers in April, each hiding what were then referred to internally as "Holy Shit" moments When it went official, Senior editor Bobbie Chase instead referred to them as "What The F" moments And now, according to BuzzFeed, that's the official terminology. They also shared a few plot points[...]
Finally, Some Decent Competition
Thanks to the anonymous retailer who sent this in… But appearing in DC comic books tomorrow, Channel 52 All The News, Some Of The Facts. The BleedingCoolization of the comic industry continues Say, I wonder if I can get an internship there? And will they report on the DC Charlotte Creative Conference or not? Hang on… they couldn't[...]
Len Wein, The Outer Limits And Rewriting Watchmen
Tomorrow, DC Comics publish Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara Kesel also editing the book for periods of time Because Wein resigned over the ending. Len Wein has spoken out about his unhappiness over it in[...]
Grace Randolph's Stacktastic – The New 52 With Kristin Hackett
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAtsnsYVw1s[/youtube] Think About The Ink presents; DC New 52 Review! Beyond The Trailer host Grace Randolph is joined by guest Kristin Hackett to discuss DC New 52 comics in-depth, including Justice League, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Sword of Sorcery, Batgirl, Talon, Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern and more! Is the DC[...]
Brian Azzarello Kinda Confirms That DC Creative Conference In Charlotte
Brian Azzarello tweeted; Reck'n I oughtta be shav'n m'face, an pack'n m'banjo… RT @richjohnston More On The DC Creative Conference bcool.bz/XFrGG5 — Brian Azzarello (@brianazzarello) January 28, 2013 Which kinda confirms the story Ish Marvel Editor In Chief Alex Alonso tweeted; I smell a new reality TV show bleedingcool.com/2013/01/25/the… — axel alonso (@axelalonsomarv) January 25, 2013 Yeah, yeah, Axel, I've heard[...]
Batwoman, Beauty And Advertising
Everything else is a house ad, scattered through the issue. DC Comics have a back cover ad for TV show King Of The Nerds, for a station owned by Warners Everything else is a house ad, scattered through the issue. Apart from Batwoman. Since the relaunch, Batwoman has specialised in storytelling through double page spreads, a style writer/artist[...]
Ed Benes On Leaving Batgirl, And Comics For A Bit
But what about her artist Ed Benes? He was absent from DC's April solicitations. A few days ago he posted on Facebook; Oi pessoal, hoje eu estou usando esse espaço para, para avisar que estou me afastando dos quadrinhos por um tempo, talvez um ano ou dois eu não sei, o fato é que isso ja era[...]
Glitchwatch: 100 Bullets Deluxe Book 4 For Under A Tenner
UPDATE: The Marshal Law hardcover is doing is it as well again A 500 page hardcover for under a tenner… The price of the 100 Bullets Deluxe Book 4 on Amazon.co.uk has glitched again, down from the cover price of £37.99 to £9.59. If past experience is anything to go by, it won't last long[...]
Mike Cotton Joins DC Comics As Editor
One familiar name who I was surprised to see in DC's editorial credits for the most recent issue of Earth Two was Mike Cotton As editor of the book. Ex-editor of Wizard Magazine who was there until almost its dying days, he is also the publisher of Champion! as a comics magazine app, though that has[...]
So Which Publisher Has The Biggest Selling Comic… On Average?
But it is expanding… October 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 80 85 4 29 18 26 6 23 303722 148305 16299 74379 25577 21516 17020 16362 41025 31706 15000 14670 11538 9752 10996 7756 5630 5857 14382 5279 5201 5502 5516 5161 November 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 68 82 5 34 25 29 13 25 303722 148305 16299 57546 24606 80128 23656 63932 47373 31833 15965 12641 10056 12556 8830 10022 5630 5857 13156 4366 4341 5270 4546 4526 December 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 63 82 5 42 22 30 8 24 200966 151568 16917 57781 28096 39841 30946 16923 43385 32393 14243 11276 12208 10197 12521 7092 4917 4879 12508 4755 4676 4755 4649 4649       Marvel may have sold over 300,000 copies of Uncanny Avengers #1 Image may have sold almost 400,000 of Walking Dead #100. BUt what about the lower selling titles? How do they stack up? We're going to cheat a little by only including the Top[...]
Chaos And Order At DC Comics
DC Comics and stuff Here's what I've been hearing. Conflict between creative and editorial is on a bit of a high right now This does vary from editor to editor it seems, but the common thread is that plots and scripts are accepted from writers to an editorial brief… only for that editorial brief to change,[...]
A Bleeding Cool Challenge – The DC Gatefold Covers
In April, all the DC new 52 comics will have a surprise, secret, cover reveal, giving away something happening in that month's comic Indeed it was such a surprise that sometimes not even the writer knew when they were writing the comic. But that does give us the opportunity to come up with our own ideas. Consider[...]
DC Comics Get Mad Magazine Variant Covers In April For 60th Anniversary
The 60th birthday for MAD Magazine in April. And cartoonists Sergio Aragonés, Al Jaffee, Peter Kuper, Tom Richmond and more will be will be drawing variant tiered covers for certain DC titles. So the availability of Justice League Of America #3, Justice League #3 and Batman #19 Mad variant covers will depend upon the lowest DC New[...]
Blood In The Water
I understand there are more retro-firings off DC comics to come I also need to write a big article concerning the current state of DC Comics and apparent editorial/creative issues, but that will take considerable research, question and fact-checking While for now, I can just cut and paste from blogs and Twitter So guess what[...]
Saucer Country And Superman Family Adventures Cancelled
Aw man… I was told that when Paul Cornell left DC Comics for Marvel, he'd still be doing Saucer Country Clearly DC Comics disagreed. Issue 14 of the intelligent political alien conspiracy that drew parallels with alien conspiracy and US immigration strategy with greater success than anything I've ever seen, will be its last, shipping in April. Also[...]
DC Cancels I Vampire
We'd heard the rumours around New York Comic Con that I Vampire would be cancelled with issue 18. But with the collection bursting into the New York Times
Brett Booth On Nightwing And More DC April Holy Sh!t Gatefold Covers
but still. Secondly, expect a lot those  creative changes we were talking about to be announced at DC today for April. Thirdly, I have confirmed that, yes, in April, DC are publishing gatefold covers for their New 52 books And that all these are the first half of said cover Fourthly, yes so that means Nightwing is[...]