Donny Cates Archives

In a refreshing change of pace for the House of Ideas, rather than waiting for a super-mega-crossover event's final issue to be repeatedly delayed before finally adding an additional issue to the end of the event, Marvel has announced an extra issue for Absolute Carnage before the first issue  by global entertainment superstar Donny Cates[...]

Comic book writer Donny Cates has been talking up the upcoming Venom event, Absolute Carnage And he has a suggestion for those who may be interested in picking up copies As well as those who aren't. I never do this But hey, if you're the kind of comic fan or retailer that likes to collect Big[...]

Global entertainment superstar Donny Cates unveiled a stunning new hair color on Twitter Wednesday The Marvel Comics writer recently asked fans to help decide whether he should cut his hair or grow it out, with 54% of fans voting for a long-haired Cates. I'm at a crossroads with my hair It's in that weird, impossible to[...]

In the biggest Marvel scandal since the time we learned Akira Yoshida wasn't a real person, or maybe even the time we learned Bill Jemas wasn't a real person, Marvel executive Joe Quesada has taken to Twitter to admit that he is the father of global entertainment superstar Donny Cates It all began when Cates[...]

Look for that Carnage splatter on upcoming issues featuring this back page promo? They include Amazing Spider-Man #24, Deadpool #14, Symbiote Spider-Man #3, Fantastic Four #11, Invaders #7, Avengers #22, Black Cat #2, Captain Marvel #8, and Immortal Hulk #20. We also mentioned that today's Silver Surfer Black #1 by Donny Cates and Tradd Moore was[...]

Now, more than 30 years later, global entertainment superstar Donny Cates has taken to Twitter with another earth-shattering decision that will change the face of comics forever. Cates needs to know whether or not he should cut his hair. The Absolute Carnage writer posted a selfie Wednesday night showing that his hair had grown to "that weird,[...]

Global entertainment Superstar Donny Cates has pretty much conquered Marvel Comics, with a Venom book with Ryan Stegman basically verified to be better than Watchmen and spawning a super-mega-crossover event, plus his fingers in the pie of Marvel's cosmic universe as well So it's no surprise that Cates would feel like he's in a position to[...]

Global entertainment superstar Donny Cates served as a consultant for the just-announced third season of Marvel's Spider-Man, the Emmy-nominated cartoon that airs on Disney XD Cates' involvement makes sense because the season will be titled Maximum Venom, referencing the 1990s crossover event Maximum Carnage, as well as the upcoming Absolute Carnage event, which is written[...]

The dust from War of the Realms will have barely settled by this August, but Marvel is wasting no time in launching the next super-mega-crossover event: Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's Absolute Carnage We've already heard all about the tie-ins that will be emptying your wallet this Summer, but it turns out you may need[...]

Donny Cates is the current writer of Venom and Guardians Of The Galaxy for Marvel Comics, and co-creator of Redneck, Babyteeth, God Country, Ghost Fleet, Interceptor, The Paybacks, Buzzkill and Relay He is also a former Bleeding Cool convention reporter, a fact of which we will eternally remind him, because it's funny. Megan Hutchison is an[...]

Joining Waid on the panel were Donny Cates, Gerry Duggan, Joelle Jones, and Tim Sale. Mark Waid not realizing how close Bleeding Cool is Waid came out a little before the panel started and asked if anyone had any questions He only had to ask me once to throw a question his way I asked what he[...]

It just depended on the questions he was asked. Photo of Cebulski from the earlier Marvel Next Big Thing panel For instance, when someone asked about hints allegedly posted by global entertainment superstar Donny Cates on Twitter about bringing back the Ultimate Universe, Cebulski wouldn't directly confirm the rumor However, he did note that next year will[...]

Check out the solicit below for Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL #1 Donny Cates, Al Ewing, Tini Howard, Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler (W) Yildiray Cinar, Ibrahim Moustafa, Felipe Andrade & more (A) Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli Since the Black Order's attack on the galaxy's greatest defenders, the cosmos has been wtihout its heroes[...]

Donny Cates has a problem Thanks to the rampant success of his Marvel Comics work, everyone wants to send him their ideas Unfortunately, Cates is a global entertainment superstar, the John Cena of comics, which means that he's legally not allowed to read people's suggestions If he does read them, and then later he or[...]

Donny Cates is Marvel Comics' new wunderkind Taking Venom and Thanos and making those titles sell again, he's all set to do the same with Guardians Of The Galaxy With an affinity for Marvel Comics from the nineties, some folk have claimed him for the #Comicsgate, the activist group that wants comics to go back[...]

We've barely gotten a break from speculating on who will be on Global Entertainment Superstar Donny Cates' and Geoff "Jeff" Shaw's Guardians of the Galaxy team, and already Marvel has thrust upon us yet another mystery Namely, who are The Dark Guardians, and what nefarious schemes are they up to? March's Guardians of the Galaxy #3,[...]

Vault Comics has announced a renewed commitment to Donny Cates and Dylan Burnett's Interceptor trilogy, announcing in a press release today that they will finally publish a trade paperback collection of the first volume, Interceptor, next June In addition, as revealed yesterday, Interceptor #1 will return to print for Free Comic Book Day next May. Vault's[...]

The publisher was teasing team members all week with blacked-out image, revealing a few at a time, but in conjunction with comicbook-themed comic book website ComicBook.com, they've now revealed the entire lineup: Cosmic Ghost Rider, Beta Ray Bill, Nova, Moondragon, Groot, Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Darkhawk, Phyla-Vell, Guardian, and Star-Lord. Written by global entertainment superstar Donny[...]

If you thought hot shot comic book writer Donny Cates was confident before, wait until you see him after he's scored a big-time Hollywood movie deal! Even worse, wait until you see Rich Johnston step up his game of writing Cates gooey love letters disguised as Bleeding Cool articles! That's right, Donny Cates is about to transcend comics[...]

Marvel Golden Boy Donny Cates took the stage at the publisher's Next Big Thing panel at New York Comic to treat fans to an early look inside Cosmic Ghost Rider #5, the final issue in the mini-series, in which Frank Castle decides to raise baby Thanos when he finds him on Titan Awww! With innovative ideas[...]

While the cynicism behind deciding to off the Inhumans is still a factor that bothers me, there's little to complain about in the past two issues of Donny Cates' Inhuman swansong. I'm glad that the last issue wasn't the end for Black Bolt; he is among the best Inhuman characters and represents a strong centerpiece for[...]

Beyond that, Donny Cates kind of drops the ball. Thanos Legacy #1 art by Brian Level and Jordan Boyd Brian Level and Jordan Boyd are the artists on the first story, and they do a decent job The line and inkwork are so heavy as to become obfuscating at times, and there is a particularly awkward panel[...]

It takes place while he was still a Herald of Galactus years ago. Thanos Legacy #1 cover by Geoff Shaw Thanos Legacy #1 Donny Cates, Gerry Duggan, Brian Level, and Cory Smith come together to tell what occurred when Thanos first returned from the future and before Infinity Wars: Prime. Invader Zim #34 cover by Fred C Stresing and[...]

Bleeding Cool has documented the ongoing very serious feud between Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's Venom and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen. I don't want to sound too cocky but this venom comic we are making is way better than Watchmen — ryan "venom boy" stegman (@RyanStegman) April 9, 2018 The feud, mostly via one-sided attacks by[...]

Donny Cates is still at the wheel of this one, and he knows how to tell a story that is both brutal and a solid action romp. Well, for the most part this is true The actual battle in the Vietnam jungle between Nick, his partner, and the symbiotes isn't as much as a bloody melee[...]

The symbiote reveals how it gained this new ability, and the two pay another visit to Rex. Venom #5 cover by Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Frank Martin Venom #5 has the least going on out of all of Donny Cates's issues so far It sets up a new status quo for Venom's powers, but it doesn't[...]

First announced at San Diego Comic-Con, Donny Cates will server as showrunner leading writers Tini Howard, Vita Ayala, and Matthew Rosenberg, who is by our count writing 27 concurrent series at Marvel right now, almost as many as Cates himself Travel Foreman will draw the first issue, with Niko Henrichon drawing Marvel Knights #2 Geoff[...]

At San Diego Comic-Con, superstar writer Donny Cates teased a huge event with major implications for the future of Venom and Carnage, spinning out of the Web of Venom one-shots, and referencing something called Carnage Born, but details remained sparse Today, Cates spoke with comic book themed comic book website ComicBook.com to provide those[...]

The Inhumans are counting the dead from New Arctilan while Black Bolt prepares for his meeting with the Kree. Is it a good read?

That's not to say that this issue is anywhere close to bad; in fact, Knull and his story is quite enthralling. Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman go for broke in creating this new history for the symbiotes/Klyntars Where Brian Michael Bendis tried to craft them as an inherently peaceful species with his big Venom arc in[...]