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Jim Lee is a keen poker player He's rather good He beat me solidly and I've never forgotten it Going up against him is a heady experience for anyone. But it would be even harder when he's wearing this Joker face mask, as he did at the DC Retailer Meet this week. Honestly, that is him… Find out[...]

DC Comics co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee have followed up on Publisher Diane Nelson's announcement about a survey of DC comic book creators into… well, pretty much everything. They write, By now you've all likely seen and read Diane Nelson's email from earlier this week announcing DC Entertainment's first ever Talent Survey. Everyone has! This is an exciting[...]

Mike was one of the most entrepreneurial and driven people I've ever met and I loved seeing the way his company responded to his personal passions. Jim Lee and John Nee are two of the smartest people I've ever met Working for them at WildStorm gave me the chance to see how two people could work[...]

And more to come in subsequent months… The first is the MegaCon Retailer Roadshow at Orange County Convention Center on Thursday 20th, with Dan DiDio, Bob Wayne, Brandy Phillips and Stuart Schreck. Then the week after the Emerald City Comicon Retailer Roadshow will be held on Thursday 27th at Washington State Convention Center, with Jim Lee, Dan[...]

Now to kick off their business, they bought a 3.5 acre vineyard in Walla Walla, Washington (consisting of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Syrah) and hit up an unknown artist friend of Stephen's named Jim Lee to create a logo… So far the company has produced five wines starting with a Vigilante red which is sold[...]

Looking for a way to get readers' attention, Marvel made the controversial decision to seemingly kill many of their most classic properties and outsource modern reinventions to Image founders (and former Marvel artists) Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld As part of this, Thor was renamed back to Journey Into Mystery after issue #502 and without[...]

Deathmate was the nineties crossover between Valiant and Image Comics arranged by Steve Massarsky and Jim Lee that may have doomed the industry at the time A series of prestige format books pitted Valiant characters against those created by Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri and Jim Lee The Image side was heavily delayed and orders in[...]

And while it does look at the problems of too-much-too-young, the fights between founders and criticism of the quality of work and professionalism at the beginning, it does miss out a few of the inconvenient truths, the involvement of Malibu Comics in those early days, the role in Image deciding to follow DC Comics and[...]

This is the first clip from Justice League: War. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs0w8unoioA[/youtube] And this is how that scene played out in the Justice League #1 comic by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee two and a bit years ago… It looks like it's going to be pretty close. Apart from Aquaman, of course[...]

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Most of it's silly but there is a clip of Dan Didio and Jim Lee in Didio's office talking joking about all his stuff and how difficult it will be to move. [youtube]http://youtu.be/lBaYTJQh7oU[/youtube] DC All Access is the publishers weekly video series where they tease upcoming projects, talk to creators, etc[...]

This is Philip Bond's Christmas card, sent from the Bond family,  including Executive Editor of Vertigo Comics, Shelly Bond. And this is Philip's only

I've heard there have been plenty of conversations with the likes of Marvel, ComiXology, Valiant and other New York-based comics publishers, as well as the many book publishers that take up retail space in Manhattana and its surround districts. Which is why Co-Publisher Jim Lee and Senior VP Hank Kanalz were on hand in New York[...]

The 1:50 cover by Kelley Jones, will now be by Jim Lee And the creative teams break down as: Brad Meltzer and Bryan Hitch Gregg Hurwitz and Neal Adams Peter J Tomasi and Ian Bertram Francesco Francavilla Mike W Barr and Guillem March Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy With pin-ups by artists Michael Allred, Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray, Jock and Graham[...]

With the release of Bleeding Cool Magazine #7 this week, a new name takes over the #1 spot on the Top 100 Most Powerful People in Comic Books. In last years inaugural list the top spot went to DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, but this year the fan-favorite artist drops back in our list to be replaced[...]

Another added, "I am so happy I found a way to block Bitstrips from my Facebook, I couldn't stand to see another one appear". LEE LINES Comics Alliance lists out Jim Lee's rejection letters from Marvel and DC Love the one about him looking like four different artists… PAGE 45 x 2 Nottingham comic shop Page 45 has been[...]

While co-publisher Dan DiDio and Jim Lee are natural West Coasters and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns is already there. We expect to find out more in November We contacted DC Comics earlier this morning, but they declined to comment on the the record. Mark adds:  The following email from Diane Nelson became public 30 minutes after[...]

Copies of this exclusive variant cover for Sandman Overture #1 are only available through the Diamond Previews membership drive for retailers who join the

But what was most surprising about the premier, as it unfolded to standing room only crowds in one of the largest halls at the con, was how much the film was geared toward very precise knowledge of comics history and, of course, villains; not just the major well-known characters like the Joker, who certainly dominated[...]

In a Hero Complex interview with Jim Lee, they listed the following reply, talking about Batman Europa; That's a project I began a while back when I was living in Italy for a year It's still on deck I've gotten sidetracked with other projects I'm working currently on [the nine-issue series] "Superman Unchained" with a writer[...]

We listened to you and have learned from the experience as we continue to look at ways to excite and invigorate the market. Villains Month has been one of the most exceptional and successful months DC Entertainment has ever seen, and we owe so much of that success to our long and continuing partnership! Again, thank you! Your[...]

DC Comics has launched a new Indiegogo crowdfunding initiative for its continuing We Can Be Heroes campaign, raising money for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, their last of the year, themed around the Justice League. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSRGd5F_sds[/youtube] Not sure how Wonder Woman gets to be "equality" – isn't she from a society made up entirely[...]

For the 25th anniversary of the comic store Flying Colors of Concord, California, Joe Field talks to Jim Lee… who also appeared there twenty-five years ago for his first signing And they talk about the early days, starting with Samurai Santa! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqp8Yk6eXr0[/youtube] For the 25th anniversary of the comic store Flying Colors of Concord, California, Joe[...]

The Royal Canadian Mint are minting 50 cent coins, each with a lenticular "tails" side, featuring Superman in 1938 and 2013, the art of Jerry Siegel and Jim Lee respectively, depending which angle you hold the coin Oh and Kryptonian letters that officially read 75 Years Of Superman But get this, because it's Canada, they[...]

The week before Suicide Prevention Week. Jim Lee decided it was all about context and tweeted a lesson Over many tweets Here are just a few. As a micro-example of this, let's imagine a small 3 panel story using the following images: A,B and C pic.twitter.com/m3fWm8X03E — Jim Lee (@JimLee) September 7, 2013   We can infer what the story[...]

Entries can be just pencils, pencils and inks or even pencilled, inked and colored but you must keep in mind that whatever you do on the page is going to be judged on a professional level so only do what you are really good at. Judges for the contest will be Jim Lee and Dan Didio and[...]

Nikolai Fomich writes; Collected Editions has gotten an early look at DC's trades, omnibi, absolute editions and more for next year. This

After announcing DCBS and Things From Another World as their first comic store corporate sponsors, they will be giving exclusive CBLDF variant covers to retailer members who sign up. This includes a variant of Sandman Overture #1 by Jim Lee and a Comics Code-style variant cover of Mighty Avengers #1. Retailer membership costs from $100 a year. [...]

Superman comics (and the recent Man Of Steel movie) have, every now and then, shown Superman at odds with a military figure or two, though usually it all gets resolved and everyone fights on the same side. That's what's happening (ish) in the current Man Of Steel comic from DC Comics and two of their highest[...]

The top ten included three writers (Robert Kirkman, Geoff Johns and Brian Michael Bendis), two artists (Jim Lee and Joe Quesada), two editor/publishers (Dan Didio and Eric Stephenson), two movie guys (Kevin Feige and Thomas Tull) and a chief executive officer (Isaac Perlmutter).   The list got picked up by many mainstream media outlets as well[...]