Donny Cates Archives

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that comic book writer Donny Cates had drawn a comic book cover for King Spawn #1, his third cover for a mainstream comic book to date, after Venom and King In Black And with Todd McFarlane inks, clearly the best one to date. Donny Cates & Todd McFarlane's King Spawn #1[...]

Donny Cates tweeted last night "Just had a rad phone call with Todd McFarlane Man, my life is awesome sometimes You guys are in for some amazing stuff!" But what could it be? Well, this listing for an FOC cover for the upcoming King Spawn #1 may reveal all Or at least reveal what the[...]

Crossover #7 is a "very special" episode of the Crossover series written by Donny Cates and drawn by Geoff Shaw, which features Chip Zdarsky and is written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Phil Hester A comic book in which comic book characters from all over have taken their war into the real world. In issue[...]

On the Stegman And Friends Youtube podcast last night, Ryan Stegman and Donny Cates announced a new publisher imprint of theirs, Kids Love Chains, and its first comic book series by Cates and Stegman, Vanish Making this Ryan Stegman's first creator-owned comic book And they had artwork to show off… with its first cover by[...]

Kids Love Chains – that's the name of Donny Cates' first arc on Crossover at Image Comics It is the phrase that Donny seized upon from Todd McFarlane when Todd was once asked to explain the popularity of Spawn when co-creating the character Overkill with Stan Lee and Rob Liefeld for the Comic Book Greats video[...]

Some of Marvel's bigger comic book creators have been engaged in a Marvel PR-designed series of tweets, that suggests there's a new Marvel comic book by Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley to be announced And one from Ram V and Bryan Hitch to follow. Donny Cates: Man, I'm having so much fun on this new @Marvel[...]

I'm sure Marvel Comics believe it will be worth the wait. VENOM #35 200TH ISSUE MARVEL COMICS FEB210492 (W) Donny Cates, Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) More (A/CA) Ryan Stegman The Final Chapter in the Book of VENOM by Donny Cates & Ryan Stegman! This is it, Venomaniacs! The landmark 200th issue starring the most sinister symbiote in the Marvel Universe arrives[...]

The details were never made public, but it must have cost everyone involved a pretty penny. Alessandro Vitti finished off the pandemic-postponed Taskmaster series at Marvel but was then announced that he would be the new artist on Donny Cates-written Thor, Replacing Nic Klein on the book, the solicitation read "Join the new Thor artist, Alessandro Vitti for[...]

Last week's Crossover #6 from Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw went to town with crossovers – which also meant a lot of legal notices in the back. For those who prefer not to squint; "Crossover," its logos, and the likenesses of all characters herein are trademarks of Donny Cates & Geoff Shaw, unless otherwise noted. "Madman" and the[...]

You never know who is going to pop up in Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover series from Image Comics, telling the story of a normal, everyday, world-outside-your-window reality that gets invaded by a comic book event, causing death, destruction, and hatred of superhero comic books The first arc, titled "Kids Love Chains" was a[...]

To such an extent, it was mocked or lightened in future iterations, whether from The Frog Of Thunder… Artwork from Thor Or Loki undercutting Jane Foster: Thor's use of the phrase. Artwork from Thor But in today's Thor #14, from Donny Cates and Nic Klein, it returns with a vengeance – and some Coptic Marker-style lettering, as Donald Blake[...]

Maybe it's time to shed a little light on the situation? And go out with a big toothy grin on Venom's face, just like in the old Todd McFarlane days? The King In Black #5 Something I think the vampires are about to regret… they have their own changes to worry about. KING IN BLACK #5 (OF 5) MARVEL[...]

Today sees the long-awaited finale for The King In Black #5 by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman And, as The God Of Light arrives in the form of Captain Universe, and finds itself a new host, so we see the final assault from Marvel's heroes against Knull and his army of symbiote and dragons. Like that[...]

And in Chernobyl, in Ukraine, he found them. King In Black #2 by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman Motivating his own vampire army, courtesy of his own blades – and a certain Lord Dracula. King In Black #2 by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman After all, as Blade also explained to Magneto, Knull and the army of the King[...]

But in June, the comic book Crossover by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw from Image Comics is going to look very different Because, as the headline of this article may suggest, it won't be by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw The comic book series set in a world like ours after a crossover event from[...]

At long last. Just that none of them say something like "wasn't it amazing when Captain Universe, Phoenix, Star-Lord, Silver Surfer, Thor, Galactus, the revived Sentry and… um, Mephisto or something… all teamed up to defeat the King In Black with one big punch?" Because that would give the game away too much and Donny Cates[...]

I mean, it's ALL OF COMICS, right?" Donny Cates replied "Consider it done Shoot me a DM." Crossover is the new Image Comics series by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw that sees a crossover event come to a normal reality in a very destructive fashion, as a world reacts to these new multi-coloured cross-continuity strangers amongst them[...]

Crossover #4 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw from Image Comics is out today and it is crossover-tastic The previous issue gave us both Cates, Shaw and and Eliot Rahal's The Paybacks, and Michael Allred's Madman, who continue in this issue. And he continues to namedrop other characters, willing the audience to get excited about the[...]

AfterShock Comics gets the back cover of next week's Previews with the return of Babyteeth #17, solicited before the pandemic and now being resolicited with Donny Cates and Gerry Brown But also launching a new comic book series, Silver City, by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs and Luca Merli. Silver City Launches, Babyteeth Returns, Aftershock May 2021 Solicits SILVER CITY[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews covers feature the new Invincible Red Sonja #1 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Moritat from Dynamite Entertainment, as well as the return of Donny Cates and Garry Brown's Babyteeth from AfterShock Comics With Babyteeth promising there are four more issues until the series finally concludes. While the covers also tease Mike[...]

Might that reveal a little more about what's going on before the big King In Black finale with The King In Black #5? KING IN BLACK #4 (OF 5) MARVEL COMICS DEC200495 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman WHAT'S A GOD TO A KING? Rated T+In Shops: Feb 17, 2021 SRP: $4.99 KING IN BLACK PLANET OF SYMBIOTES #2 (OF 3) MARVEL[...]

So much so that when Al Ewing left the title, he gave notes to subsequent creative teams on how to write for Mr Horse. We learnt that he didn't have any time for those posh ponies of Asgard, and that he was quite the militant when it came to workers rights. But as to his wider political[...]

Today's Thor #12 sees Doctor Strange, attacked by Doctor Donald Blake and defended by Doctor Jane Foster (the Three Doctors, folks) remember another time and another battle in another comic book. Thor #12 by Donny Cates and Nic Klein As Loki had become the Sorceror Supreme, so Doctor Stephen Strange became an Asgardian God Just the kind[...]

CoverWatch is an irregular Bleeding Cool feature looking at variant covers for comic books, especially exclusive retailer variant covers, and the weird and odd places they sometimes go. The first sees Second Sight Publishing and The Collective : A Comic and Game Community create a pecial variant cover for their Freakshow Knight horror title from Jonathan[...]

Donny Cates set this up a few years ago in Venom #4… that the abandoned Celestial head known as Knowhere, turned into a space station for many, was from a Celestial beheaded by Knull in the earliest of times. Venom #4 Cates confirmed this, tweeting "The severed celestial head in VENOM #4 would someday erode and decay[...]

In a YouTube video with Dan Shahin recorded last night, I gave him the not-that-breaking news that Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #4 from Image Comics was to have a big surprise guest star to accompany the appearance of Mike Allred's Madman on the final page of Crossover #3 The series also includes Donny[...]

Donny Cates has confirmed on Twitter that, yes, his final ever issue of Venom from Marvel Comics will be #200 He tweeted "Seen a lot of confusion about this so I just wanted to clarify Yes Venom #200 will be my last issue writing Venom Ever Thank you all for supporting us This has been[...]

Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Credit: Greg Capullo DC Comics' Death Metal and DC Future State dominate the top ten, but Spider-Man, Star Wars and Donny Cates Thor, Venom and Crossover makes it[...]

Spawn appears on the cover of Crossover #3 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw But he does not appear inside the cover of this metatextual continuity-based creator-owned comic published by Image Comics tomorrow But other folks do. I'm not going to spoil the final page here, but it features a character who Bleeding Cool had previously[...]

You know, because it's not like we have a paucity in that kind of thing right now… out in a week. CROSSOVER #3 CVR A SHAW IMAGE COMICS NOV200144 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe, John J Hill "KIDS LOVE CHAINS," Part Three-Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar??) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on[...]