vertigo Archives

Absolute Top Ten… But Where's The Second Half?
The first volume went out of print a long long time ago… The Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus HC gets back into print for more money, but this time even thicker than before, with content that wasn't included last time. In March, DC/Vertigo are taking advantage of the current Brubaker/Phillips success stories at Marvel[...]
When Grant Morrison MBE Stripped Queen Elizabeth II Naked
I wonder if she'll bring it up at all? Scenes from Vimanarama #2, from DC/Vertigo with Philip Bond on art. I don't think a writer whose comic books have depicted the Queen, naked and humiliated, along well as the rest of the British Government has ever been offered the MBE before. Still there's a first time for[...]
The Final Issue Of Scalped, Trails End, On The Way…
The final issue of Scalped from DC Vertigo, number 60, Trails End, is out at the end of the month…     Jason Aaron tweets the evidence The final issue of Scalped from DC Vertigo, number 60, Trails End, is out at the end of the month…     Jason Aaron tweets the evidence The final issue of Scalped[...]
Grace Randolph's Between The Panels WIth Brandon Montclare
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZ–Tu87VA[/youtube] Top Ten Male Superheroes! Host Grace Randolph welcomes former DC & Vertigo editor and current writer Brandon Montclare to help her come up with a list of Top Ten Male Superheroes in comics! Find out where Wolverine, Daredevil, Damian Wayne, The Hulk, Batman, and Superman stand on the list – plus a few surprises! Which[...]
Collider – A New Monthly Vertigo Book From Simon Oliver
John Bailey writes for Bleeding Cool from the Vertigo panel; Announcement! Collider, a new monthly series by Simon Oliver, of the Exterminators fame The story is about the "A-team with quantum physics They're like storm chasers, tracking down these phenomena." I loved the Exterminators, so I'm looking forward to this! [Me too – Rich] John Bailey writes[...]
C2E2: Vertigo New Blood Panel – Will Dennis' Boxer Shorts (UPDATING)
 Sam Walker is tweeting from the Vertigo panel at C2E2 for Bleeding Cool We have separated her from her partner COdy Walker, currently covering the Valiant panel. I am separated from @popgunchaos so I can bring you updates from the @vertigo_comics panel. This is my third panel staring @Ssnyder1835 He is a popular guy. Sean Murphy is writing[...]
Talking To Chris Roberson And Mike Allred About The End Of iZombie
Jeffrey Whitelaw talked to Chris Roberson at ECCC for Bleeding Cool; Saturday at the ECCC Vertigo: New Blood panel, in a story that is familiar to Vertigo readers, it was announced that IZombie is ending Bleeding Cool has a reputation for announcing the cancellation of Vertigo titles at comic conventions but I was curious about the[...]
ECCC: The Vertigo New Blood Panels –  And The End Of iZombie
He said that working with Scott Snyder has been great. The panel quickly hyped were the four new Vertigo books that came out in February Saucer Country getting the strongest response from the crowd. Adam Hughes approached Willingham wanting to do covers for Fables, Willingham wasn't about to kick James Jean of the book so he offered[...]
A Banner Week For Comics – The New DC Logo Hits The Covers
The only book that, reportedly, suffers from the logo is Swamp Thing, and there's a lot else going on that cover as well. As wiuth the Green Lantern movie banner, the Vertigo books also run the banner, but branded to their books.   Although one book does escape, the first issue of Fairest I understand there was an[...]
Friday Runaround – Clock Watching
C'mon, Diane, use blackmail or something… PageWatch: The first page of upcoming Vertigo anthology oneshot Mystery In Space short Transmission from Andy Diggle and Davide Gianfelice.   This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking I come for your women But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online One day I will rule[...]
Grace Randolph's Between The Pages With Brandon Montclare
Which gives her a great excuse to talk craft with ex DC Comics / Vertigo Editor turned freelance writer Brandon Montclare And happy to share their observations with Bleeding Cool's Think About The Ink video blogs…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJz8yLMZ4i0[/youtube] While I've been seeing a film I'm not aloud to talk about, Grace Randolph has been in Midtown Comics[...]
DC Continues To Support The Vertigo Relaunch
This month sees DC Vertigo launch four new comics, Fairest, Saucer Country, The Deadwardians and Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child, in something that no one else but me is calling the Vertigo Relaunch. And while it may not be as glamourous and newsworthy as the New 52, DC are still doing what they can to back the[...]
The First Page Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Revealed At Angoulême
We know from the publicity that DC Vertigo are publishing graphic novel adaptaions of the Millenium Trilogy, with Denise Mina and Leonardo Manco adapting the first book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo into two parts And in April they'll be publishing a free teaser of the first graphic novel. But Bleeding Cool (alone it seems)[...]
Is Batman #5 A Vertigo Comic?
Scott Snyder is a writer who came to fame working on American Vampire Stephen King for DC Vertigo But then he was picked to write Detective Comics and then Batman in the New 52 He's also writing the previously-Vertigoed Swamp Thing. But this week's Batman #5 is vertigo on a different level. Back in the seventies, Dave[...]
DC Vertigo Relaunch: Covers For Issue 2
But the decision to launch four new titles from DC Vertigo in March does give it a slightly relaunchy feel And, from the DC blog, are the four second issue covers for April for Saucer Country, The New Deadwardians, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child and Fairest. They aren't calling it a relaunch Because it[...]
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Vertigo Confirms Creators And Schedule
DC  Comics has confirmed the story that crime thriller writer Denise Mina and Batman Noel artist Leonardo Manco will be adapting the Vertigo graphic novel version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, also mentioning that Lee Bermejo has done the cover (above) and Andrea Mutti will also be on art. Mina has already talked about[...]
DC To Support Vertigo Relaunch With Ordering Incentives And Variant Covers
It is unlikely a book like Animal Man would have caught on quite so quickly if there weren't plenty of copies for people to try when they read the rewards. In March, DC's mature readers imprint, Vertigo, is having a mini-relaunch of its own with four new series starting, Fairest, Saucer Country, The New Deadwardians and[...]