Today sees the publication of Year Of The Villain: Lex Luthor #1 from Jason Latour and Bryan Hitch, that sees the Apex Lex Luthor travelling the multiverse collecting other Lex Luthors along the way And one in particular, a young version of Lex Luthor in a Smallville-like environment, with a dead drunk father Who Apex[...]
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Jason Latour, Bryan Hitch, and Andrew Currie will create a one-shot, Lex Luthor: Year of the Villain #1, in which Lex takes a travels the multiverse and meets interesting other Lex Luthors.. and then destroys them?!In an interview, appropriately enough, on Multiversity, where the one-shot was EX-X-XCLUSIVELY revealed, Latour explains the concept:
So as we begin[...]
The comic continues to focus on the relationship between Eddie and Venom, and we meet a possible symbiote "god," which seems like a promising new antagonist.[caption id="attachment_846470" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Southern Bastards #20 cover by Jason Latour[/caption]5. Southern Bastards #20The final issue in this arc of Southern Bastards rounds out the winners list. Jason Aaron and Jason Latour bring about a brutal and[...]
What follows is a brutal and blood-soaked duel between the three Craw County residents.[caption id="attachment_846470" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Southern Bastards #20 cover by Jason Latour[/caption]Southern Bastards #20 is an extended struggle between these three characters as they try to kill one another It’s never established exactly why Boone or Roberta doesn’t let the other kill Boss,[...]
Spider-Gwen co-creator Jason Latour has released a free two page comic detailing a conversation between himself, Squirrel Girl writer Ryan North, and Spider-Man writer Chip Zdarsky examining the motivations behind Looney Tunes characters Called "Porky Pig vs Ryan North," the two page comic is touted as "a true enough story."Click on the images in the tweet[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Spider-Gwen has become… Gwenom! Gwen Stacy, the Spider Woman of her world, has been given the Venom symbiote by Matt Murdock, the Kingpin of Crime, to take revenge on the Rhino for putting her father in the hospital. She begins a warpath across town to find out where the Rhino is holding up […]
And creators in attendance - or at least contributing to the anthology -include Jason Aaron, Jen Bartel, Cecil Castellucci, Brandon Graham, Jody Houser, Jason Latour, Emi Lenox, Simon Roy, Marley Zarcone, and many more.All profits from the anthology will go to the children's charity Barnardos.The sixth Thought Bubble Anthology is being rush solicited through[...]
Stock up on black fabric, tongue props, and fake slobber, cosplayers, because the Venom symbiote may merge with Spider-Gwen for good in Marvel Legacy!Marvel is rolling out some of their solicits for Marvel Legacy again today, and the first one comes via an interview with Jason Latour on Newsarama It looks like we're finally getting[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_676678" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Collage of Loose Ends covers #1-#4; Image Comics[/caption]In the afterword of the Loose Ends, writer Jason Latour reflects on the 10 years it took to make this comic happen — and that decade of work shows on every page and in every panel. The four-issue Image crime series finds its way[...]
Last week, Bleeding Cool told you about Jason Latour's "Feminist Agenda" variant cover, paying tribute to the "Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda" variant cover by Joelle Jones that led to Mockingbird writer Chelsea Cain being driven off the internet by harassment.Latour's variant, for he and Jason Aaron's Southern Bastards #16, would see its proceeds donated[...]
Variant covers are a symptom of the plague destroying the comics industry, artificially inflating sales numbers and profits without increasing readers or quality of interior content, continuing the decadent trends of 90s-style excess that nearly bankrupted the industry once before, and putting money into the pockets of controversial retailer Dennis Barger Jr. through his eBay […]
By Madeline RicchiutoJason Latour, Bob Fingerman, Wes Craig, Matt Wilson, and Shane Davis held the Image: Where Creators Own Craft panel on Sunday at NYCC 2015 Matt Wilson talked about his coloring process, Bob Fingerman discussed his overlapped-lettering choices as well as the coloring on Minimum Wage, Shane Davis discussed his art on Axcend and the[...]
Originally quoted by Superior Spider Talk, from their Ultimate Spin podcast yesterday, Spider-Gwen artist Robbi Rodriguez talked about the rules regarding the creation of new characters for the series. Basically, they can't. There's like a big rule […] we can't really create new characters in Spider-Gwen because the movie rights aren't officially fully licensed by Marvel. Whatever […]
The comic Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, much loved around these parts and published by Image Comics is to be developed as a TV series for US channel FX.Deadline reports that it, amongst other projects, has been picked up by Scott Rudin Productions, who have just opened offices on the Fox lot.Aaron[...]
Glass, Jim Zub, Simon Roy, and Jason Latour.Speaking of "closing out" major series, Bryan JL Glass spoke about Mice Templar with twice the amount of betrayal as Game of Thrones but less sex, if not violence Jim Zub, speaking of "new number 1s" in comics, talked about Skullkickers #1 covers which caused their sales to[...]
By Chris Thompson[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/OiCPodcastEpisode132.mp3]After last week’s episode with writer Ron Marz (which you can still listen to here), I find myself back at the pub once again to chat with Jason Latour (Southern Bastards, Spider-Gwen, Winter Soldier) about all the work he’s currently doing!Jason & I discuss his early years as a cartoonist, how his writing[...]
It’s an easy shorthand to make the world feel both familiar and distinct at the same time and writer Jason Latour negotiates it in pleasing ways that also compliment the story rather that distract it.Latour’s Gwen Stacy is indeed a fun character, containing the same wisecracking Spidey dialogue that resonates so strongly with readers of[...]
This year, we saw the release of his new title at Image, Southern Bastards, with artist Jason LaTour This is a book that exudes everything that Jason Aaron loves and hates about the South, brought to a graphic front by cranky old Earl Tubbs and his stick The Backwoods Bastard seems gnarly enough to be[...]
And after that huge heap of raw, ensanguined ribs that Jason Aaron and Jason Latour served up in the opening four-issue arc of Southern Bastards, I’d say a second to catch our collective breath is certainly in order It would be a welcome reprieve, if it weren’t so damn grim That’s what’s on the fifth[...]
