vertigo Archives

Bex Cook and Dan Oakley report from the DC Vertigo panel… A full report to follow but just for now, the cover of Fables #134 shows Bigby Wolf and Boy Blue Apparently thus is not a dream sequence or anything like that, and does suggest the heralding of the return of Boy Blue to the[...]

It's a small mention in the Vertigo Defy preview book at San Diego Comic Con. Travis Pelkie noticed He emailed; In Shelley Bond's intro, she goes on about how Vertigo is still awesome and all, and as part of that mentions that certain old Vertigo stalwarts were going to be doing Vertigo books. Like Grant Morrison. Have I missed[...]

A quick look at Lee Bermejo's upcoming Vertigo comic, Suiciders… courtesy of his rather wonderful blog. A quick look at Lee Bermejo's upcoming Vertigo comic, Suiciders… courtesy of his rather wonderful blog. A quick look at Lee Bermejo's upcoming Vertigo comic, Suiciders… courtesy of his rather wonderful blog. A quick look at Lee Bermejo's upcoming[...]

Some quick images from this year's Vertigo Preview book called Defy As you can see, the cover and two interior pages are given to The Sandman: Overture, a six-issue series by Neil Gaiman and J H Williams III But we may not see it before 2014 as the last image shows the publishing schedule through December 2013[...]

One of the earliest Vertigo OGNs is coming back into print from Dynamite Nick Barrucci tells us that Sean Phillips is remastering the whole thing, and you can check out several pages below. Dynamite is proud to announce that The Heart of the Beast, the hauntingly evocative graphic novel written by Dean Motter and Judith Dupré, and[...]

We're getting Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny as well as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and more… That and full details on the new comics, Coffin Hill, The Hinterkind and The Witching Hour, here are Vertigo's solicitations for October 2013. THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 Written by NEIL GAIMAN Art by J.H WILLIAMS III Cover A by J.H[...]

The New York Times article on Vertigo managed to miss out all sorts of pertinent information on the new Vertigo that the DC Comics blog has just backed up. With details on all the new comics series And looks like we were right on Toby Litt… and is Witching Hour going to be Kelly Sue DeConnick's[...]

The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III, will begin on Oct. 30, and be published bi-monthly, so says DC Comics to the New York Times.

Aaron Haaland who attended the DC Retailer Roadshow talked about this, and how Vertigo comics got him laid (but he never got his Sandman books back). He reports that Jim Lee said that the new Executive Editor, Shelly Bond taking over, and explained her attitude to the new position – she did a lot of great[...]

Stupidly. After Machine Teen, you drew a bunch of short projects and fill-ins with more Hysteria, the mystery series Umbra, a short western story for The Wicked West, a couple issues of The Exterminators at Vertigo, and even some Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Did you enjoy drawing such a variety of different comics and do[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes; 100 Bullets: Brother Lono #1 by Dave Johnson ¡Ay, caramba! Such a delightfully pulpy cover by the Reverend Dave Johnson. While

I first heard after San Diego Comic Con that DC Vertigo's Executive Editor Karen Berger was planning to leave DC Comics, though it was heavily denied at the time And then the denials became a confirmation. The reaction of many seem to be that this is a culmination in a death of a thousand cuts at[...]

Bond states that part of the event's intention is to raise awareness of The Unwritten amongst Fables readers. The Vertigo session introduced the new 100 Bullets miniseries, Brother Lono, by Azzarello & Risso Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy's horror series about underwater adventure The Wake, which Bond described as making "Orca look like Finding Nemo" Collider[...]

If you missed the first one then you can find that here. If that's not enough, we also have an extensive chat with Bill Willingham (Fables, Shadowpact, Elementals) about his career, the current state of Vertigo, Chris Roberson, Once Upon A Time, his writing process, and the idea behind Fabletown & Beyond. To get in touch, discuss[...]

I understand that Sarah Litt, recently an editor at DC working on Vertigo graphic novels, then moving to the west coast to work on DC Digital titles, including books such as Django Unchained, Smallville, Superman Beyond, Superman Beyond and Strange Adventures, has left the publisher. And, as of today, has moved to work as an editor[...]

One familiar name who I was surprised to see in DC's editorial credits for the most recent issue of Earth Two was Mike Cotton. As editor of the book.

Louis Falcetti writes; I like the quiet epics. The stories that explode and dazzle but remain under the radar, even when bearing the greasy fingerprints

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you that Shelly Bond as the newly appointed Executive Editor at Vertigo would now be reporting into Hank Kanalz, a line of management that previously held by Editor-In-Chief, Bob Harras. What we didn't realise is what this would mean for Bob. DC issued the following press release. "DC Entertainment announced today the promotion and[...]

Karen Berger, as Executive Editor of Vertigo Comics and Senior VP of DC Comics used to report in directly to Publisher and President Paul Levitz After the reorganisation that saw Levitz step down, she instead reported to the DC Editor In Chief, Bob Harras, an effective demotion, and one of a thousand cuts that Vertigo[...]

Well, it seems calm has been restored. DC have announced by press release that Shelly Bond has been promoted from Editor to Executive Editor of Vertigo, Will Dennis from Editor to Group Editor and Mark Doyle from Associate Editor to Editor. Shelly Bond, neé Shelly Roeberg before her marriage to artist Philip Bond, worked on Hellblazer, Sandman[...]

Novels can do societies, but triligies can give the reader a real idea of expanse In Ghosts #1 from DC Vertigo, Litt wrote Neil Gaiman's Deadboy Detectives Part One But where will the rest end up? I'm told to look for a new comic, reviving an old DC trademark, The Witching Hour Vertigo revived that once before[...]

Coincidentally or not, they immediately issued a press release announcing that Karen Berger, Executive Editor of DC Vertigo and Senior VP at DC Comics, was stepping down after twenty years at the company. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Karen Berger Steps Down From DC Comics Three quarters of an hour ago I informed DC Comics that I was planning[...]

She's the best, & I'll miss her gentleness & sanity at VertigoDC – Neil Gaiman I've long said there are two or three people to whom I owe my career Karen Berger is one of them Wow – Phil Jimenez There are a few points I want to consider. Karen Berger ranks with Stan Lee and William Gaines[...]

Three quarters of an hour ago I informed DC Comics that I was planning to run a story about rumours of impending redundancies/resignations at the publisher. Coincidentally or not, they immediately issued a press release announcing that Karen Berger, Executive Editor of DC Vertigo and Senior VP at DC Comics, was stepping down after twenty years[...]

Punk Rock Jesus is concluding next month by Sean Murphy for DC Vertigo A thirty-two page comic book that actually was a thirty-two page comic book, the six issue collection will be larger than most ten issue collections these days But that's just not enough for the French market. At the Paris Comics Expo recently, author[...]

Dan Didio has written; "We're supremely proud of Vertigo's HELLBLAZER, one of the most critically-acclaimed series we've published Issue #300 concludes this chapter of Constantine's epic, smoke-filled story in style and with the energy, talent and creativity fans have come to expect from Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini And no one should worry that[...]

From the new Dial H, out this week... looking at previous Dial H incarnations and inhabitants. In 2007, DC Comics published League Of Extraordinary

"Karen Berger asked me to do some more Invisibles for the anniversary of Vertigo next year, and I thought about it for five minutes and just didn't want to do it It was the same, when I tried to go back to Justice League and I did the Justice League Classified book which was like[...]

The one from DC Vertigo, which has been sending out press copies before NYCC, and the one from Dupuis, which has released the following preview And despite telling the same story, they blook and feel so very different And it's likely hat the Japanese version, also licensed separately, will be very different still… But now we[...]

More from Vertigo, more from Jeff Lemire Sounds good: Arriving in 2013, Vertigo will publish TRILLIUM, a limited series written and illustrated by the incomparable Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Essex County Trilogy, Ghosts). We asked Lemire to share some thoughts about the new series and here's what he said: "As Sweet Tooth[...]