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There is a scene in this week's Rorschach #5 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen published by DC Comics, in which our unidentified private detective meets with Turley, the Republican candidate for President of the United States, running against President Robert Redford from sitting an eighth term in office As[...]

Originally the credits ran: With special thanks to Brian Michael Bendis, John Buscema, John Cassaday, Olivier Coipel, Steven Englehart, David Finch, Richard Howell, Tom King, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Rick Leonardi, Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Joss Whedon. From this we could identify for WandaVision, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who created Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, Baron[...]

Tom King is one of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed comic book writers in the USA He began at the bottom, interning at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics, where he was an assistant to X-Men writer Chris Claremont Now he is known as the best-selling writer of Batman, Rorschach, as well as creating the Vision[...]

Okay, so that wasn't The Sewer King being Jokerised at the end of Batman/Catwoman #1 by Tom King and Clay Mann Trying to read too many possibilities It was the Joker disguising himself as such, ahead of Catwoman's visit Makes more sense of the colour scheme I guess And six weeks later we get a[...]

And we get to hear a little about the so-called supervillain, Captain Carnage. Watchmen #1 artwork. In today's Rorschach #4, part of the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, we get to see that scene play out. Rorschach #4 artwork. And we also learn why he is called Captain Carnage as well Through a wave[...]

Today sees the publication of Rorschach #3, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes But this week's issue looks at the story of Laura, the woman who accompanied the new, older, based-on-Steve-Ditko Rorschach in his failed presidential-candidate assassination attempt. Credit: DC Comics And we learn of her childhood, being brought up by her[...]

Last week saw the publication of Batman/Catwoman #1 by Tom King, Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey from DC Comics Set in three distinct timelines, the early days before Batman and Catwoman were a thing, the current days and the future after Batman's death with Catwoman continuing their legacy, the events of each clearly affect the[...]

From Tom King to the Mandalorian – The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: Batman and Catwoman up a tree, ******* – The ten most-read stories yesterday… From Tom King To The Mandalorian[...]

Rich Johnston reviews Batman/Catwoman #1 by Tom King, Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey, published this Tuesday by DC Comics. Once upon a time, Tom King wrote the comic book series Vision for Marvel Comics Winning all the awards going, and fast tracked to be adapted into the TV series WandaVision This kind of response saw DC[...]

Superstar comic book writer and former(?) CIA operative Tom King has weighed in on what may be the most important question of the next week, or maybe even the next year Screw it, this is the most important question of most of our lifetimes: do Batman and Catwoman fuck in the upcoming Batman/Catwoman #1 According[...]

The second issue of Rorschach, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, and published by DC Comics out today, take place in Lewis Tower. Art from Rorschach #2. The building in which Will Myerson, a comic book creator, lives Could this be a link to Byron Lewis, the engineer and aviation inventor known as[...]

Marvel Comics executive editor and Blues Traveller vocalist Tom Brevoort fired shots at "former" CIA Operative and DC Comics superstar writer Tom King over King's comments about editor Mark Doyle leaving DC Comics Doyle's departure from DC was first reported by Bleeding Cool back in August, part of what has been described as a bloodbath[...]

Tom King is the author of the new Rorschach comic book, an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, also published by DC Comics this week And next weekend, as part of a pretty impressive series of live panels from Baltimore Comic-Con (yes, SDCC and NYCC, live panels, so that people can ask questions) Tom King will be[...]

Now Rorscharch writer Tom King might be writing his own commentary on not just Moore's portrayal of Rorshach but also about Ditko as well One does wonder about the decision to show the artist get shot in the face and end up on an autopsy slab as the seeming endgame of his life's work and[...]

But for now, things remain quiet- at least on the television side. On the comics side, it appears writer Tom King had decided to go ahead and make the HBO series part of the canon of his DC Comics limited series Rorschach– and we see a sly reference in the very first issue Of course, since[...]

Rorschach #1, another unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, is published by DC Comics this week Last month we ran the following fairly speculatory article, and I felt that it might be worth running again, just in case, now with added previews imagery fom the first issue Take it away, me… First,[...]

This is the solicitation for issue #2 of Rorschach, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, published by DC Comics Followed by a little speculation on our part. RORSCHACH #2 What's the connection between an aging comic book artist and Rorschach? That's the question the detective investigating the attempted assassination of a presidential[...]

The latest Cerebus In Hell one-shot planned by Dave Sim and his cohorts for December, Hermann, chooses to parody a comic book that hasn't even been published yet, Rorschach, the unauthorised Watchmen sequel by Tom King and Jorge Fornés, published by DC Comics next month Bleeding Cool reported that the new Rorschach would be one[...]

Tom King gave us two deaths of Batman in his truncated 85 issue run – now intended to be completed almost as intended with the Batman/Catwoman In Batman #5, with Dave Finch, he showed us Gotham Girl, mourning the loss of her brother from the future, but also stating that she kills Batman at some[...]

He has his creator-owned American Vampire at DC, but nothing else announced. Tom King has the Rorschach, Batman/Catwoman and Strange Adventures series for 12 issues each, but don't expect any similar big deals to follow. Geoff Johns brought the noise with Doomsday Clock and Three Jokers but, again. nothing lined up to follow. DC Comics logo. These are all writers[...]

The Watchmen panel at DC Fandome saw HBO Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof interview the new Rorschach creative team Tom King and Jorge Fornes, with Damon Lindelhof's background covered in White Rabbit Subtle. DC Fandome screencap. Tom King talked about his own unofficial sequel, the upcoming Rorschach comic book, leaning on the original Watchmen but also the role-playing[...]

Forbidden Planet has commissioned a retailer exclusive cover by Brian Bolland for Rorschach #1, the unauthorised Watchmen sequel by Tom King and Jorge Fornes to be published by DC Comics next month And he is referencing one of his own famous covers to do so The Killing Joke. Brian Bolland Redraws Killing Joke as Rorschach Forbidden[...]

When it was announced, the Legend Of The Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular, out in early October, had Tom King as lead writer in the PR. DC invites you to welcome Swamp Thing to your witching hour festivities In this 48-page collection of six all-new stories, the Guardian of the Green reveals past lives and the unforgettable[...]

Once upon a time, Tom King was fired from his Batman run, twenty issues shy of its planned completion His run ended with City of Bane, and James Tynion IV took the book on As a kind of sop, Tom King was given a twelve-issue spinoff to finish his storyline in a non-continuity fashion with[...]

As part of the proto-online NYCC Comic-Con happening this weekend from ReedPOP, The Metaverse, Marguerite Bennett and Tom King joined a video chat with Victor Dandridge to talk about their dream projects – those that exist and those that do not – or at least, do not yet Amongst many projects, Tom King talked about[...]

But it seems that, unlike San Diego, Metaverse will come with a price. In the comic book side, Friday and Saturday will see a couple of free panels on YouTube. FREE: Comic luminaries Tom King, Mitch Gerads and Marguerite Bennett chat about dream projects – Friday, August 14 at 4:20 PM ET / 1:20 PM PT /[...]

However, Tom King's scattershot plot is not tailor made for this kind of diptych storytelling, managing time shifting a little less smoothly than Lost did. There are so many engaging elements in Strange Adventures #4 that the shortcomings are frustrating RATING: HONORABLE MENTION. Strange Adventures #4 (of 12) By Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Welcome to planet Rann,[...]

On Friday, comic book writer Tom King issued a statement on Twitter, criticising his publisher DC Comics for commissioning a cover for his Rorschach comic from Jae Lee, as Lee had contributed a cover to Ethan Van Sciver's leading Comicsgate crowdfunding titles. Tom King Issues Full Apology to Jae Lee, Removes Tweets Knowing Jae Lee, I suspected[...]

Desperately seeking Luigi, while Warren Ellis, Batman, Tom King and Jae Lee ran around right behind The Daily Lying In The Gutters, remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Luigi, Jae Lee and the ten most-read stories on Bleeding Cool[...]

But today he responded to the social media storm that began with Tom King two days ago, and exploded, despite attempts to quell it Tom King added hours later that he had spoken to Jae Lee, saying "We're all good" However, Jae Lee writes today; Jae Lee post to Instagram, in memory of Loki. Two weeks ago,[...]