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Who is the Watcher? Original Sin, Marvel's upcoming summer crossover gets a #0 issue in April. Also in terms of tie ins, we have already heard about All

Here lots of beasties assault the Fox and he has to come up with tailor-made solutions to handle and reject each, all while abusing his "doll head" severed head in disgust by bouncing it around with him. The Fox is facing "death's slobbering oral cavity", purple but memorable prose from Dean Haspiel and Mark Waid, and[...]

The first two issues saw our hero resisting his hero role, struggling with his relationships and with being a father, and then embarking on an increasingly mind-bending quest where his environment and his foes continually change under alien and time-jumping magical forces. Visually, The Fox burns itself into your memory in the hands of Brooklyn-based artist[...]

Meanwhile, another group including the Punisher, Doctor Strange, Emma Frost, Ant-Man and Black Panther conducts its own investigation. The bigger problem, though, is whoever killed the Watcher also ransacked his place on the moon, stealing powerful objects as well as all the information he's been gathering since the beginning of the Marvel Universe… A special Original Sin[...]

Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel have put together a trippy story about a jaunt through the psychedelic world of magic spells and alien influences undertaken by a beleaguered hero who wishes he wasn't.  It'll run for five issues in the current miniseries and links up to related title The Shield by J.M DeMatteis and Mike[...]

It hasn't been officially announced. In fact, right now, Bleeding Cool has been the only one announcing it. But Steve Wacker, senior editor on the

Written by Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel, with art from Haspiel that really takes him off the leash in terms of original concept art, this issue also contains the first back-up of The Shield,  written by J.M DeMatteis with art by Mike Cavallaro The Fox #2 storyline is "Freak Magnet" Part Two, and we're immediately[...]

From lettering Groo the Wanderer with Sergio Argones and Mark Evanier to his own creation Usagi Yojimbo, Stan has set the high-water mark for creator-owned comics. Mark Waid And Chris Samnee Are Off Daredevil Long Live Mark Waid And Chris Samnee On Daredevil. If we keep falling for it, Marvel are going to keep doing it[...]

Daredevil #1 by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee for March, for All New Marvel Now! "Join Marvel's fearless hero as he begins his most awe-inspiring adventure yet in the sunny city of San Francisco! Gifted with an imperceptible radar sense and a passion for justice, blind lawyer Matt Murdock—a.k.a DAREDEVIL—protects the Golden City's streets from all[...]

During his more than twenty-five years in the comics industry, Mark Waid has never been a slouch in terms of creativity His output and varied projects seem to be fueled by some kind of internal combustion engine powered by an unknown element From major DC titles to Marvel domination, and now, wide-ranging genre work like[...]

Andrew Kimball and his friends has been taking blank variant editions of a variety of comic books and, instead of having artists draw sketches them, have been asking writers to create stories on them instead. Here are a few examples. Mark Waid Dirk Manning Rob Humphrey Tim Seeley Katie Cook Ryan Browne Andrew Kimball and his friends has been taking[...]

Mark Waid has written Captain America, Daredevil, The Flash and Superman Nancy Collins asked the prolific writer about approaching a character with no powers like the Green Hornet and what about the character drew him in. NANCY COLLINS: Were you a fan of the Green Hornet before you took on the title? MARK WAID: You bet[...]

I like to include The Umbrellas of Cherbourg on this list despite Un Chambre En Ville coming along later, so let's compromise with Demy's Parking. Most-Read Comic Stories Thursday: Marvel Announces That Mark Waid's Final Daredevil Story Will Be Digital Only Obviously all retailers will be mad at Mark Waid over this one Including retailer Mark Waid[...]

Obviously all retailers will be mad at Mark Waid over this one Including retailer Mark Waid He'll be absolutely livid with himself. Marvel has announced a new digital deCampi comic, Daredevil: Road Warrior by Mark Waid and Peter Krause which will act as a coda to his run on the book, ending with issue 36 Waid[...]

by Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2783/0/PCHPodcastEpisode62.mp3] After last week's intimate discussion with Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas (which you can listen to here) and my recent film podcast with Before Midnight's Graham Reynolds (which you can listen to here) I suit up to chat with writer/artist Dean Haspiel (American Splendor, The Alcoholic, Billy Dogma) about his work on The[...]

It goes brilliantly with the writing in narrative boxes from Mark Waid, "What I long for is a simple life That's my problem" as we get an entrée into the deep conflicts in the book, led by The Fox's inner schism His desire to leave the superhero life and cease maintaining two identities[...]

So I was very curious when I got a link to the first issue of the new Red Circle Comics series The Fox by Dean Haspiel and Mark Waid I eagerly scrolled through the pages (can't flip page on a PDF file) and thought I'd share my feelings about it without any spoilers. Being that this[...]

 Along with Marcos Martin, Paulo Rivera, Chris Samnee and more, Mark Waid relaunched Daredevil a few years ago, only for the book to become a critical darling, an award getter and one of the few books Marvel reader felt obliged to share with non-comics readers. Most-Read Comic Stories Wednesday: The End Of Mark Waid's Daredevil? Along with Marcos[...]

Daredevil artist Chris Samnee told his twitter followers that the current series will be ending with issue #36. This confirms what Rich got from the

Along with Marcos Martin, Paulo Rivera, Chris Samnee and more, Mark Waid relaunched Daredevil a few years ago, only for the book to become a critical darling, an award getter and one of the few books Marvel reader felt obliged to share with non-comics readers It was clever, witty, concise, pushing back against the decompression[...]

I was flabbergasted. The New Crusaders and The Fox Preview from Red Circle Comics (a division of Archie Comics) Red Circle Comics had a sizable presence at NYCC with a panel all their own, but The New Crusaders, which I had been hearing about for awhile, are pretty helpful to understanding the soon to be launched series[...]

For Dan Greenfield's new blog, 13th Dimension, Mark Waid has written the following… As the vast majority of publishers and retailers turned on me for preaching heresy and descended upon me like a fat kid on a chocolate cake, I maintained that the Old Ways were doomed to die more quickly than we could imagine and that[...]

His line-up included Dean Haspiel (The Fox), Ryan Jampole (Sonic and MegaMan), Jamal Peppers (Sonic and MegaMan), and Mike Cavallaro (MegaMan). Kaminski started off by showing a pretty killer trailer for the new Haspiel/Mark Waid series The Fox, a hipster homage to silver age comics with plenty of psychedelic flair, full of some pretty sweet action[...]

Dynamite Entertainment ushers in the return of four classic comic series — Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Solar: Man of the Atom, Magnus: Robot Fighter, and Doctor Spektor — through a new licensing agreement with DreamWorks Classics.  The publishing company has signed four of today's most sought-after writers: Greg Pak on Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Frank Barbiere on Solar: Man of[...]

The Terrors Return, The Future Fights Back, The Power Consumes, The Nightmares Are Real. Suddenly this makes sense of a conversation I had in a Manhattan

We can now add Mark Waid into the writing group of Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and Frank Barbiere We also have "The Nightmares Are Real…" to go with "The Future Fights Back…" "The Terrors Return…" and "The Power Consumes…". But the big clue seems to be: "What is the key?" I'll admit now that it's probably[...]

Next month, Legendary Comics launches their new book, Shadow Walk, by Max Brooks, Mark Waid and Shane Davis Today, all attendees to the New York Comic Con will get a twelve page preview in their bags. But what about those who can't make it? Wouldn't they like a peek? Ahead of everyone at New York Comic[...]

It keeps on rolling, The original blog post by Mark Waid about the way young freelancers in comics are treated – and what they should do about it – keeps getting reaction From Twitter, comments, and Facebook, here are a few more pertinent responses… If I hadn't already quit Marvel and DC years ago, I'd quit[...]

Yesterday, Mark Waid wrote a clarion call for comic book creators, warning of the dangers of being too submissive in the face of editorial dictat It had quite the reaction Here's a few, some sent to Bleeding Cool directly, others tweeted; Marks' article was beautiful, apt, and hit the target dead center There's not much for[...]

Recently, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson talked about the bullying of comic creators by big companies. Mark Waid, ex-DC editor, ex-Boom editor-in-chief, current Thrillbent publisher has written "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers" It's hard not to see it as a criticism specifically of reported DC Comics editorial actions of late, a publisher who Waid has[...]