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Last Week's Comics In Seventeen Panels
the Mimic) more depth and personality than he's enjoyed in 50 years of continuity, Christos Gage proves he has that special knack for finding that tiny unnoticed spark that instantly turns even the most flat character into someone incredibly human and real. In AQUAMAN #7, we get our first glimpse of the 6 Golden Relics of[...]
Tuesday Runaround: The Book On Bendis
New customers who aren't familiar with the previous logo are going to have a hard time understanding it." ThemeWatch: Fifteen DC blogs are running a crossover today, declaring it Animated Anthem Day Firestorm Fan, The Aquaman Shrine, Being Carter Hall, The BLOG from the BOG, BOO$TERRIFIC, DC Bloodlines, Diana Prince, Fortress of Baileytude, The Idol-Head of[...]
The Final Static Shock Motion Trailer
Just consider it closure. Scott McDaniel's motion trailer for Static Shock #8, published by DC Comics on Wednesday By Marc Benandis, Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZMWhbWDIwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: STATIC SHOCK #8 Trailer.mov (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZMWhbWDIw) Don't look at it as a comic book being cancelled[...]
FOOL: Stephanie Brown Returns In New DC Title Spoiler, To Be Funded By Kickstarter
On Friday, DC editorial types were stating that there were no more plans for Stephanie Brown, previously Robin, Batgirl and Spoiler in the old DCU, in current books. They were lying. Yesterday evening at ECCC, DC Comics announced that joining The Robins by Jeff Lemire in the expected Third Wave of New DC books towards the end[...]
Saturday Runaround: Tracking Down Tony Harris And Walking Dead Bibles At ECCC
It will be material written in the voice of the main character, Callum Israel and will both give backstory and context and even expand on the stories in the main part of the book. These are not "extras" in the familiar sense of the term — sketches and script excerpts, letters, pinups, etc., but actual content;[...]
Collectors Cornered #26 – Aquaman Sucking Face
Unscripted, reality CC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGWZx6d2IXY[/youtube] This week, we feature footage from the vantage point of our booth from the Second Annapolis Comic Con which has grown into a very crowded 2 Day convention in the Southern area of Maryland, a very well organized and fun show run by fellow retailer Steve from Third Eye Comics & his cohort[...]
Cary Nord Signs Exclusive Deal With Valiant
Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a piece looking at a current comics industry trend away from exclusive contracxts with prominent creators, specifically at Marvel and DC. Well no one seems to have told the new Valiant Entertainment, who have just signed up their X-O Manowar artist as an exclusive comics creator. I'm not sure what competition there was[...]
Dan DiDio Celebrates His Ten Years As A DC Comics Executive
      Is it really only ten years since Dan DiDio, smuggled into DC by Warners as a co-writer on Superboy with Jimmy Palmiotii, was made a Vice President – Editorial, and began his rise to power within the company, making publishing changes along the way and ultimately seeing his vision for the company accepted, with the[...]
Gendercrunching January by Tim Hanley: Female Characters At Marvel
Gendercrunching January 2012 January wasn't particularly great for either publisher, with both DC and Marvel just barely reaching double digits for female creators DC won this race to the bottom by a small margin, continuing to squash Marvel's recent upstart aim for the top spot Also, we take a look at female characters on Marvel covers. DC[...]
Editorial Vid Drop DC Comics In Mexico
Last week, Editorial Vid, the publisher of DC Comics in Mexico announced they no longer had the rights to do so and had ceased publication This has been confirmed by general manager Paco Jimenez, who has left the company after twenty years. There is a rumour that another publisher may pick up the license in May,[...]
Batwoman Wins Second GLAAD Award
Batwoman won another GLAAD award for DC Comics this year, under the title Outstanding Comic Book in New York Other nominated comic books were Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Secret Six, Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller and X-Factor. This is a second win for writer/artist JH Williams III, who won two years ago with Greg Rucka for Detective[...]
Sunday Runaround – Breasts, Fairies, Tattoos, Serial Killers And Mitt Romney
The Canadian government intervened and a week later, Finch flew! He is also doing some work for a revived DC series called Dial H for Heroes. "It's about this guy, who, when he gets into trouble, runs to a phone booth and changes into whatever character channels through him," Finch says, wondering if the Cartoon Network series Ben[...]
When The Police Stopped The Batmobile
When Batman was arrested for driving the Batmobile without tags/number plates. Of course not, he's trying to preserve the car's secret identity! Don't the
Roger Bonas Passes
Roger Bonas, manager at DC Comics, working on foreign licensing and in charge of reproduction and the film archives, passed away on Tuesday afternoon. He had a long career in this field, ove twenty years, working at both at Marvel and DC. While you may not find his name as a creator credit on many comics, you[...]
Put Your Foot Into Wonder Woman And Killer Croc
Now that DC Comics has a new logo, they are free to continue to engage in all manner of sneaker-based activities Such as this deal with Converse putting Wonder Woman and Killer Croc onto their Chuck Taylor All Star range This is the sixth run of DC shoes and while[...]
Marshal Law Omnibus Confirmed From DC Comics For Next Spring
Then it switched to DC Comics And then… well nothing for a while. Now the collected stories of the officer who tracks down superheroes – and who claims he hasn't met one yet – is confirmed from author Pat Mills as scheduled for Spring 2013, two years after we first reported it The Marshal Law Omnibus[...]
Power Girl Gets A More Rounded P
Little Bleeders have been telling me for a while that the images that we'd seen of Power Girl and Huntress for World's Finest, may not be the final
Exclusives No More…
Both at Marvel and DC, the word has come from on high that the exclusive deal, guaranteeing a creator a guaranteed amount of work, at a negotiated high pay price along with employment perks, is to be – if not dropped – then reduced. The move began last year when certain creators found that they were[...]
The Inspiration of Fictional Heroes by Siike Donnelly
From Cancer Research, Aneurysm Research, and the Hero Initiative (which I donated nearly $500 to at MegaCon in Orlando) to helping out at homeless soup kitchens during the holidays and donating $100 to We Can Be Heroes, I'm proud to say I've also inspired people, friends, and co-workers to donate as well. I feel that what[...]