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Matt Wagner talks about his return to the iconic pulp hero in The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane #1 (of 5), on sale in June from Dynamite. BYRON BREWER: Matt, if the title is true, this is a most unusual tale The Shadow works with an assortment of allies, but what effect will the loss[...]

Matt Wagner is returning to The Shadow just in time for the Death of Margo Lane Wagner has previous worked on The Shadow: Year One and Grendel Vs The Shadow and he comes back to the classic pulp character along with his son, colorist Brennan Wagner The new series from Dynamite will kick off on[...]

The series, written by Matt Wagner and drawn by Dan Schkade, has been doing a good job of keeping the feel of Eisner's work while telling engaging and fun stories. Will Eisner's The Spirit #8 writer: Matt Wagner artist: Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner (Colorist) cover: Eric Powell The Spirit and his comrades continue their search to uncover the secrets of[...]

Will Eisner's The Spirit #6, which I did an advanced review on, is a great jumping on point for the series by Matt Wagner, Dan Schkade and Brennan Wagner. Will Eisner's The Spirit #6 writer: Matt Wagner artist: Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner cover: Eric Powell Once again, the narrative shifts to an unexpected locale as an ex-GI finds[...]

How things have changed which will also make things interesting going forward. Matt Wagner does a really good job of pull readers into the world in what could just have easily been the first issue of a series The art by Dan Schkade is really well done and fits the story well and the colors Brennan[...]

We've come to the final issue of Project Superpowers: Blackcross… what does Warren Ellis have in store for readers? And Matt Wagner writes another exciting tale of Will Eisner's The Spirit Here we have exclusive extended previews for both books on-sale this Wednesday. Project Superpowers: Blackcross #6 writer: Warren Ellis artist: Colton Worley covers: Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey,[...]

It's based on a script by Matt Wagner. Ebony and Sammy's trail to discover what has become of their heroic friend leads them next to the infamous P'Gell The sultry femme fatale claims that she certainly does know The Spirit's fate and is willing to share it with them…but only for a price! Tales are told,[...]

Kevin Pearl, who works in Sales and Marketing for Dynamite sent us the following report from Baltimore Comic Con: The 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's The Spirit continued over the weekend at Baltimore Comic-Con and The Harvey Awards where Dynamite Entertainment closed out the Diamond Retailer Summit with a celebration at The Geppi's Entertainment Museum where[...]

The publisher will also welcome the complete creative team of Will Eisner's The Spirit including writer Matt Wagner, artist Dan Schkade, and colorist Brennan Wagner. And then they are hosting two panels: Dynamite Entertainment: The Next 10 Years Friday, September 25th, 3:45pm – 4:45pm Join the Dynamite gang and their star-studded line-up of editorial and creative talent for an hour[...]

The book is drawn by Dan Schkade and colored by Brennan Wagner… it is based on a script by Matt Wagner. The narrative scene shifts to the South Seas as a native fisherman struggles to provide for his family…and ends up snaring the biggest catch of his life Meanwhile, back in Central City, Ebony and Sammy's[...]

The issue is written by comic legend Matt Wagner with art by Dan Schkade and Brennan Wagner and a cover by Eric Powell. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's iconic and ground-breaking character, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present an all-new ongoing series featuring THE SPIRIT Scripted by Eisner Award-winning author, Matt Wagner,[...]

Now, an ancient enemy has arisen, and a new Voltron Force must be chosen to pilot the Defender of the Universe! Will Eisner's The Spirit #3 writer: Matt Wagner interior art: Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner cover: Eric Powell The narrative scene shifts to the South Seas as a native fisherman struggles to provide[...]

Leah Moore, writer of Swords of Sorrow: Dejah Thoris & Irene Adler #3, talks with writer Matt Wagner about The Spirit #2, both on sale now Cover art by Eric Powell. LEAH MOORE: A Spirit comic needs action, humor, bags and bags of noir, and then some weird, to keep the reader on their toes You have[...]

This specific panel not only celebrated the history of The Spirit but also looked at the characters present, focusing on the current book from Dynamite Comics, written by Matt Wagner with art by Dan Schkade, who both appeared on the panel. Along with Wagner and Schkade, also on the panel was Nick Barrucci, CEO and Dynamite[...]

The series is being written by Matt Wagner. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's iconic and ground-breaking character, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present an all-new ongoing series featuring THE SPIRIT Scripted by Eisner Award-winning author, Matt Wagner, this monthly title will delight longtime fans as well as help introduce a whole new[...]

Covers by Matt Wagner and Robert Hack. DOUG MURRAY: It's refreshing to see a comic with several shorter stories rather than one long one—was this [the writers'] idea or was it assigned that way Either way, how did you break your concepts down to so few pages? MICHAEL USLAN: This was conceived by Dynamite and assigned to us as[...]

The new series from Matt Wagner, Dan Schkade and Brennan Wagner is set to debut July 1st. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's iconic and ground-breaking character, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present an all-new ongoing series featuring THE SPIRIT Scripted by Eisner Award-winning author, Matt Wagner, this monthly title will delight longtime[...]

The series is written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner. For more information on Django / Zorro #7, click here. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/dynamitecomics/playlist/43RlqmUPk8Q44DenaIPNvy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMNM5c7B1arAv4thE1Gx5HdSrTS48gCGL We have some Django / Zorro process art for issue #7, the final issue of the series, done by Esteve Polls with colors by Brennan Wagner[...]

Already signed on to write the scripts is comic legend Matt Wagner Now you can add Dan Schkade for interior art with colors by Brennan Wagner There will also be covers for each issue by Eric Powell But with a new #1, you can't just have one cover… so add in covers by Wagner, Alex[...]

The Shadow #100 features stories written by Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Chris Roberson, Victor Gischler and Michael Uslan Kind of the who's who of Shadow writers for Dynamite On top of that you have art by Wagner, Francavilla, Chaykin and Giovanni Timpano and it clocks in at 48 pages… plus there are covers[...]

How does a man live his life when he has nothing to live for but justice? How does he navigate in a world of life and love and joy when his own features are frozen and stiff like putty, mirroring his cold, dead insides? I've been aching to write this story!" THE[...]

While at the ComicsPro meeting, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund had an auction and among the items put up was a Matt Wagner page and sketch to go along with Dynamite's announcement of Wagner doing a new The Spirit series. The winning bid was placed by Jon Cohen of Beyond Comics… it was for $2,000.00. [...]

And the series will be written by the award-winning comic creator Matt Wagner The new series will celebrate seventy-five years of The Spirit, and its #1 launch issue will feature cover artwork by Alex Ross, Eric Powell, and Wagner himself. Originally published June 2nd, 1940 in the Sunday supplement of 20 different newspapers, The Spirit has long been held[...]

Dynamite Entertainment are bringing a few exclusive covers to ComicsPro along with creators Gail SImone and Matt Wagner Both Simone and Wagner are said to have news of new projects coming up with the publisher… so I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this soon Simone has been working on a very long run with[...]

Gilbert, Jim Starlin, Joe Kubert, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Paul Norris, Mike Grell, Mary Wilshire, Andy Kubert, Gil Kane, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Kane, Curt Swan, George Pérez, Howard Chaykin, Jan Duursema, Carmine Infantino, Jim Steranko, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, Dave Gibbons, Gilbert Hernandez, Dan Spiegle, Frank Thorne, Ramona Fradon, Matt Wagner, Ernie Colon, Irwin[...]

Gail Simone (Red Sonja), Tim Seeley (Hack / Slash), Matt Wagner(Django / Zorro), and David Walker (Shaft) hit us back with some pretty amazing answers…   Gail Simone is a force to be reckoned with An incredibly talented and outspoken writer, she has challenged — and changed — the comics landscape through relentless and frequently humorous commentary[...]

Earlier this week we ran a piece with writer Matt Wagner interviewing Michael Uslan about Justice, Inc #5 Now we get the other side of that conversation as Uslan gets Wagner to talk about Django / Zorro #2 Both books came out this week from Dynamite. MICHAEL USLAN: The Zorro pulps, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Guy Williams,[...]

And we have the writer of the former, Matt Wagner, interviewing the writer of the latter, Michael Uslan. MATT WAGNER: So, Michael … obviously you and I share a deep-seated love for the "original era" of pop culture heroes. I know how and why these characters appeal to me so much. What's the source of your interest? MICHAEL USLAN:[...]

Writer's Commentary: DJANGO/ZORRO #1 by Matt Wagner I first met Quentin Tarantino when we got together to discuss the possibility of co-writing the first official sequel to any of his films, a comic-book adventure that would match the title character of DJANGO UNCHAINED with a classic character that I had helped redefine in recent years—the original masked-and-caped crusader,[...]

Matt Wagner, creator of Grendel and Mage and current co-writer on Django / Zorro with Quentin Tarantino, did a r/comicbooks AMA recently We have the highlight of that session. Hello Mr Wagner! I've been a massive Grendel fan for years now and wanted to say that seeing Hunter Rose face off against The Shadow has been[...]