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Jimmy Leszczynski writes from WonderCon 2018 for Bleeding Cool: Jim Lee, DC Entertainment's co-publisher (Batman, Justice League, Superman Unchained, The Immortal Men), talks about his 30+ years in the comics industry and sketches your favorite characters live on the big screen This is a great opportunity to watch the creative process firsthand and learn the tips[...]

Take it away, Brandon… Brian Michael Bendis Jim Lee (introduced as spear-heading standalone, "edgy" Black Label Frank Miller Dan Jurgens, writer of, they just counted, over 225 Superman stories Crew of Krypton Cameron Welsh, also producer of Constantine Nadira Tucker, writer on Krypton Lena Patel, writer on Krypton On a hot morning in Austin, Texas, comic book royalty converged on the SXSWXDC Pop-Up Store[...]

Photo by Kendall Whitehouse Do you live in Southern California and have not had a chance to meet comic legend Jim Lee? You can today… and buy some Thin Mints and Tagalongs at the same time Lee posted on social media just a little while ago that he is going to be sitting at a table[...]

It's only been a few hours since DC Comics unveiled their new social media guidelines, but high ranking DC Comics executive Jim Lee has already skirted one of the rules by breaking news on Twitter Lee was asked by a fan whether Lee drew a signed sketch of Batman, but Lee revealed that the sketch[...]

Superman will wear his red underpants on the outside again. A press release from DC gives us our first look at the returning trunks in the following cover from Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair: They're back! "ACTION COMICS #1000 represents a watershed moment in the history of not just comic books, but entertainment, literature and pop[...]

Not only that, but DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee himself is drawing the story. Though much was speculated about why "The Great One" would leave Marvel after all of these years, Bendis himself revealed that he was inspired by a trip to the Cleveland Library to visit a Superman exhibit Though, it couldn't have helped that Marvel's[...]

Even still, negative word of mouth at least partially contributed to an underwhelming box office performance, with Justice League scoring the lowest domestic box office opening weekend take of all other DCEU films with just $96 million. But setting aside financial disappointment, the question must be asked: have we reached a critical point of divergence between[...]

Bleeding Cool has been listening through the Publishers Weekly podcast, where the site interviews DC Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee discuss some about how DC is doing in terms of sales and in terms of upcoming projects. One interesting element has been the comment from Jim Lee on the DC Superhero Girls line, a series[...]

Do you know where your DC Superstars are? They're at the DC Master Class panel at New York Comic Con at the Javits Center, of course! Hosted by Dan DiDio to an incredibly packed room that had ran out of seats but still had people wanting to come in, the panel consisted of Greg Capullo, Jim[...]

senior executives, but just not as senior as WB bigwig Diane Nelson) Jim Lee and Dan Didio talked about DC and discussed their various current initiatives at the "DC Meet The Publishers" panel at NYCC. Didio started off  by saying that he knows what people want to hear about "Connor Kent,  JSA, Legion, Shazam." We're not talking[...]

The instant Bleeding Cool classic, 22 DC Comics Variants For October, may have even brought a tear to your eye. But the best is yet to come.* (*not an endorsement of quality) We've got one more DC Comics Variant For October, and it comes from DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee himself! Lee posted this variant for The Wild[...]

He slept on it, dreamt about it, woke up and texted the image to his friend Jim Lee, saying: "You could do Wonder Woman like this." And Jim replied: "Hell yeah, you could Have you done any Wonder Woman?" Sharp told him no but he'd get him a piece by the next day He did[...]

Talk about hedging your bets! In one of the least committal statistics ever released by a comic book publisher, DC's Jim Lee revealed that the percentage of DC's readers that are women is somewhere between 15% and 45%, or, in other words, almost none, or nearly half. Lee bases the numbers, basically, on guesswork, according to an[...]

In the course of the discussion, Co-Publisher Jim Lee addressed the spike in sales of Wonder Woman trade paperbacks in the wake of the success of the movie. "We did see lift," Lee revealed "We didn't see the same level of lift that we saw in The Killing Joke.  That was a runaway hit[...]

So about that Milestone revival… At San Diego Comic-Con last month, DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee told panel attendees that the Milestone relaunch would be "codified in the next few months." Lee also confirmed previously revealed plans that Milestone stories would take place on Earth-M, part of the DC Multiverse But a new development could derail[...]

This DC Artist Masterclass video was filmed during San Diego Comic-Con and features some of DC's top artists: Amanda Conner, Tony Daniel, Jim Lee, John Romita Jr., Greg Capullo and Andy Kubert The group talks about breaking into comics while four of them draw. The really interesting thing is that they filmed this in 360 degrees,[...]

At the Vertigo panel at San Diego Comic Con today, Vertigo kingpin Mark Doyle showed off a sizzle reel, and hinted to attendees that there was some new art he wasn't allowed to talk about in there, in addition to a rundown of Vertigo's greatest hits. Check out a sizzle reel celebrating 25 years of acclaimed[...]

Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, during DC's Meet The Publishers Panel, DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan Didio made it clear that all Dark Matter titles will not only hold the line at $2.99, but that there will be no variant covers, either. Variant covers have long been considered a staple of comic book publishing, as they[...]

Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, co-publishers of DC, had a lively conversation with the audience that touched on everything from Batman/Elmer Fudd to a few new Grant Morrison projects. "We love the opportunity to come to Comic-Con, meet with the fans and hear what you love about DC Comics," said DiDio with his trademark smile. While DiDio[...]

But we are fixing that challenge." At the DC Publishers panel today, DC co-publisher Jim Lee said that the Milestone relaunch would be "codified" in a few months, whatever that means But it's definitely still happening, with Lee reiterating later in the panel that the stories would take place in the alternate universe of Earth-M[...]

During the Q&A, a fan asked about a Marvel Unlimited-style subscription service for DC's back catalog, and co-publisher Jim Lee confirmed that the company has had discussions about it. "We're not ready to pull the trigger," Lee said. Look for our full panel report shortly. DC isn't ready to pull the trigger on a Marvel Unlimited-style comics[...]

At the DC Meet The Publishers panel at San Diego Comic-Con today, DC co-publisher Jim Lee announced plans for the company to launch a new line of books in the style of "evergreen" stories like Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. Though Lee called it a "soft announcement" of the line, he said that DC is looking[...]

This part is mostly drawn by Jim Lee, but Kubert and Romita Jr do add to parts of this section towards the finale. I will go ahead and say that Dark Days: The Casting is a good bit better than The Forge If you're in this for a yes-no, does it work or not evaluation, the answer[...]

In Dark Days: The Casting, writers Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV make an interesting redefinition of what causes metahumans in the DCU

So of course it feels natural for Batman to be our front and centre character for this issue, though to describe it as a Batman event would be terribly reductive. Cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair We also get a Joker – sorry, fans hoping for more on the Three Jokers mystery, though it[...]

Some of the artists already on board are: Jim Lee, Mike Mignola, Stephen Bissette, Tim Bradstreet, James O'Barr, Simon Bisley, Richard Corben,  Mike Kaluta, Frank Cho, Dan Brereton, and Bill Morrison who offered their assistance from the beginning The forward is to be written by Steve Niles You can follow along with new on the tribute[...]

You won't have seen most of them… Dark Nights: Metal #1 variant covers, by Jim Lee and Andy Kubert. With the variant cover by John Romita Jr coming soon. Deathstroke #22 by Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki. Green Arrow #28 by Mike Grell. Green Lanterns #28 by Brandon Peterson. Harley Quinn #25 by Frank Cho. Nightwing #26 by Casey Jones. [...]

 Qualano is paying tribute to Dan Jurgens, Todd McFarlane and Jim Lee with these images. The series has Ash no longer an S-Mart employee…he found out the hard way that major corporations frown upon the dismemberment of Deadites on company property Go figure! But a change in career won't stop him from being The Chosen One[...]

And wants to recreate something from the nineties instead! Which is why Astonishing X-Men #1 will not have a John Tyler Christopher action figure variant anymore. But will instead have his first Trading Card variant instead! It's available to order by retailers who order Astonishing X-Men #1 with 200% or more of their orders of X-Men Gold #2. Not[...]

So does Batman trust this murderous psychopath with this information? Did the Joker get in on his own, or did Bruce let him in? The problem is, I don't care to get the answers of these questions because it's so obviously a shock-stinger that could not possibly have a satisfying answer. This book has a very talented[...]