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Scott Snyder To Leave Swamp Thing (UPDATE)
DC are really delaying the Edge and Batman solicits for March, aren't they? UPDATE: Scott Snyder has tweeted; Hey guys – was going to wait until we got a little closer to announce this, but yes, Swamp Thing #18 will be my last issue, and Yanick's too. To be 100% clear: @YanickPaquette and I have been planning this[...]
Stuff And Things At DC Editorial
I mentioned during the weekend's shenanigans concerning Gail Simone and Batgirl that I'd heard a number of stories concerning the relationship between creative and editorial at DC Comics right now Gail Simone and her editor Brian Cunningham was just one example. Another concerns a creative team on a very prominent title over a number of months[...]
Gail Simone Off Batgirl. Honest. (UPDATE)
At one point I was convinced it was Scott Lobdell, which would probably broken the internet, but I've now been assured that's not the case. Simone launched Batgirl as part of the DC relaunch last year, and was seen as a shibboleth for previous Barbara Gordon/Oracle fans now having to deal with the fact that she[...]
Jim Starlin To Write New Ongoing Series For DC
Jim Starlin posted on Facebook; I have just completed scripting the first two issues of an on-going series for DC Comics Can't say what the title is until DC wants the news out But I imagine a lot of people will be quite surprised to see me take over the writing chores on this particular property[...]
JM DeMatteis To Co-Write Phantom Stranger
It will help keep the series on schedule and with JM, deliver the quality you hope and expect for the book. DeMatteis, writer of Kraven's Last Hunt, Justice League International-when-it-was-brilliant, Moonshadow and Brooklyn Dreams is returning to the DC universe for his first New 52 work, though his I, Vampire character was part of its launch. He[...]
Swipe File: DC Women Squashing Earths
From the new solicitations for Supergirl #18 and a rather familiar scene from the cover of World Of Flashpoint. Of course it all goes back to a bloke...
Batgirl Gets A Fill-In Writer For February And March
DC have released a number of March solicitations so far, but we are missing the Batman and the Dark groups They may be delayed because there are… let's go with "issues"…  to sort out. For instance I understand that Batgirl #17 and #18 won't be written by Gail Simone This specifically isn't an indication that Gail[...]
Let's Piece Together DC Comics' Solicitations For March 2013 (UPDATE)
Please see the order form for more information. • We've seen the history Wonder Woman shares with Ares — but what does the God of War have planned for her future? THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #18 Written by TOM DeFALCO Art and cover by JOE BENNETT and ART THIBERT On sale MARCH 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED[...]
DC Universe Presents And The Hawkeye Initiative
DC Women Kicking Ass writes; I was very excited to read that DC is having Joe Keatinge, the writer who is finishing up a terrific run on Image's Glory, do a one-shot under the banner of DC Universe Presents starring Starfire Keatinge in cojunction with Ross Campbell presented a Glory that was kick ass and[...]
Here Comes The Justice League Grid
A reader writes; The cover to Justice League issue 18 gives us a lot of little bits of information. For one thing, it's our first view of the "Grid",
Jim Zubkavich Takes Birds Of Prey From Duane Swierczynski In March
CBR has just run an interview arranged with DC PR in which Jim Zubkavich is announced as the new writer from issue 18, working with current artist Romano Molenaar They interview Jim who says; Slowly but surely I was approached about other possible DC writing projects and, when I expressed that I really wanted to write[...]
Friday Runaround – More Insidious Than Syphilis No More!
After the drive, Meyers will drop off the donations at the mission, and invites his customers to join him. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS Kotaku looks at an artist reinventing himself. Francis Tsai is an artist who has worked in comics, film, gaming (tabletop and card) and video games, for clients like EA, Rockstar, DC Comics, Eidos and Marvel. Widely-published,[...]
What About Wonder Woman? Is She Chopped Liver?
The DC Comics Trinity Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman They even made a comic about it. Well, there seems to be a War Against the Trinity at DC right now Literally with the upcoming Trinity War Which looks like it may involve a different Trinity all together. And then there's Stormwatch #15. Green Lantern? Really? Isn't this cause to[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – A Dark Horse Avalanche
DC publishes more Death In The Family books than ever before with the new Batman IDW kicks off Hollows, a book I have been anticipating for some time, Image gives us a new Chand and more Walking Dead, Marvel launches Cable & The X-Force and Avengers Arena, Avatar launches a new Caligula series, while Dynamite[...]
Eddie Berganza Takes The Superman Books Back
Earlier this year, Eddie Berganza was demoted from Executive Editor at DC Comics to Group Editor after a public display of sexual harassment at WonderCon A number of people believed his days were numbered at the publisher, but more reliable sources noted that Berganza and Editor-In Chief Bob Harras had formed quite a bond. One of[...]
Amazon Offers All-You-Can-Eat Digital Comics For Kids From Marvel And DC
Amazon has announced Freetime Unlimited, a new subscription service for kids that lets them download books, movies, games and comics from a restricted library, for the Kindle Fire. This will also include comic books from Marvel and DC Expect to see Muppets, Marvel Adventures, Tiny Titans and Scooby Doo… The service will cost $2.99 a month for[...]
DC Comics To Speak With One Voice
A number of things were announced internally by DC Comics yesterday Hopefully we'll get to some of them during the day. But one that happened a few days ago was a very noticeable change in the way they do business out of the New York offices. Previously, when you called an editor and they were in a[...]
Wednesday Runaround – The Scarcity Of Deadpool
BURBANK BOUND? Peter David writes; Meanwhile it seems DC is getting closer to moving to Burbank I've been hearing about this for years but now it seems matters are coming to a head. PLACE YOUR BETS A website, newmutants98.com has been set up to dispel the myth that this is a "rare" comic. Even more possible are that a ton[...]
DC Villains Month: The Ventriloquist In Batgirl
Bleeding Cool has been talking about DC's upcoming Villains Month for a short while now A chance to reintroduce a host of supervillains to the new DCU, and putting them up against superheroes they may not always have been associated with. Apart from Batman and The Riddler. We've already reported on The Prankster in Nightwing, now I[...]
So What The Hell Is Going On At DC Right Now?
At DC Comics today, they've been holding individual meetings with staff members, and are about to start a general meeting for everyone. I haven't heard a peep about what's actually happening or being said. I have been assured that we're not talking redundancies, and I'm told that settled a few nervous flutters this morning I know that[...]
A Day Of Meetings At DC Comics
If you are a comics creator, trying to get in touch with your DC editor, today might not be the best day to try and do so. I am told that today, at its 1700 Broadway offices, there will be a series of meetings at DC Comics, first individually with many employees, and then a group[...]
#Vertigone?
She's the best, & I'll miss her gentleness & sanity at VertigoDC – Neil Gaiman I've long said there are two or three people to whom I owe my career Karen Berger is one of them Wow – Phil Jimenez There are a few points I want to consider. Karen Berger ranks with Stan Lee and William Gaines[...]
DC Comics Villains Month: The Prankster In Nightwing
Bleeding Cool has been talking about the upcoming Villains Month from DC, where all the DC titles will introduce or reintroduce a villain to the New DCU. We pretty much know that Batman, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, is getting the Riddler as part of an Early Days Of Batman story, but what about the[...]
Karen Berger Steps Down From DC Comics
Three quarters of an hour ago I informed DC Comics that I was planning to run a story about rumours of impending redundancies/resignations at the publisher. Coincidentally or not, they immediately issued a press release announcing that Karen Berger, Executive Editor of DC Vertigo and Senior VP at DC Comics, was stepping down after twenty years[...]
DC Looks To Super Villains… For Diesel Underwear
Consumer Products EMEA collaborating with Diesel on a second collection of DC Comics underwear for men in the EMEA region. The EMEA region? I've never heard it called that before. Oh, sorry, that's the European, Middle East and African region Sorry, I got confused. Anyway, apparently Diesel's first DC Super Heroes "intimates" range, and yes that is what[...]
Gail Simone – "I Have Not Left Batgirl"
Certainly a number DC people earlier in the week definitely believed that Gail Simone had walked off the book It's possible that whatever may have let to that state of affairs, then changed Even the reaction to the publication of the original article may have had an affect. And I hope so, I rather enjoy Gail's[...]