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If you're calling 1700 Broadway this morning, and no editor is taking your call, don't worry, you haven't been canned from the DC Relaunch and no one wants to tell you. It's just that all the people left in the DC New York building have gone on a day trip, bussed out to a private screening[...]

DC Comics He writes; This decision took place no less than a month ago, after I came to the following realization– One– I've had enough time away from the field to want to come back.  In the time that I've been gone, comics seem to have only gotten worse in terms of[...]

Last month, DC and Marvel tied for a pretty middling overall total, but this month we have the biggest gap between the two publishers we've seen all year In doing so, DC's set a new overall record for monthly stats while Marvel's set a new low. DC COMICS Not only did DC set a record for monthly[...]

Especially when major brands and licensing are involved. So the appearance of the new DC Relaunch costumes, collars and all, in the Converse ads running in today's DC comic books must have been in the works for quite a while. Longer probably than certain people actually working on the books in which they appear. It's a funny old[...]

Cully Hamner talked about his role in the redesign of the DC Universe on his blog a few days ago But more intriguingly were his words in the comments section below. Firstly, it looks like many of the redesigns we've seen… aren't final. Quentin: Did you have any input into the Wonder Woman re-design? If so,[...]

Or a preview of a DCU John Constantine story where he uses the word "plonker", in the back. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics in London Klaus Janson will be signing there at 5pm on the 16th June. The new issue of Hellblazer out this week, in which Gemma Masters inherits a very John Constantine[...]

In DC comic books published last week, 11% of named creators were women In the relaunch, 2% were women Is there a reason for this change? 2 What percentage of current comic book readers do you expect to be cannibalised by day-and-date digital? 3 Day-and-date digital has timeliness demands for content approval that print does not Editorially[...]

In all DC Universe books shipping this week, there's an ad for Converse shoes Nothing unusual about that. Expect there are a series of different ads Featuring a different DC superhero in each, all in the same pose taken from the character's comics through the decades, highlight a different DC design on Converse shoe. So you get[...]

While the buzz on the floor is that despite the hype, it's a rather mediocre movie, the News Of The World gave it the lowest grade possible. With quotes such as "this superhero flick, based on the popular DC Comics series, is two finger-drumming hours of puffed-up, prancing tripe, that couldn't have been any[...]

Two comics, two crossovers, one week. Wonder Woman is a pricktease, Avengers is a real surprise. Let's find out why. We have been told in previous

A variant cover to Superman #1. It certainly looked professional, touches of a DC production But that UPC was just too early for such an image, and they rarely release these images with logos I was able to confirm however that it was a faked image, then found the original, created by Jeremy Roberts on DeviantArt. I[...]

Watching the reaction (and indeed my own reaction) to the DC Relaunch, I got to thinking… what if the Bleeding Cool forums had been around when this little baby was published for the very first time back in 1975? Clicky for biggy. Watching the reaction (and indeed my own reaction) to the DC Relaunch, I[...]

Rob Liefeld has been sharing some of his production artwork for Hawk And Dove #1. He writes; Working with Sterling Gates, acclaimed Supergirl and Supeman

Cartoon by Liz Popolo. Bleeding Cool, amongst others, has reported on the seemingly shocking reduction in the proportion of female creators listed as working on the DC Relaunch books Gail Simone is writing two titles and Jenny Frison is doing a cover That's it Both Marvel and DC have been increasing the amount and prominence of[...]

And there you were thinking you were reading comic books. Apparently not, according to this poster at the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas,