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sandman
After years of talk, speculation, and supposed near deals to adapt renowned author Neil Gaiman's DC Comics-Vertigo comic book series Sandman – in both the film and television realms- it appears the Warner Bros TV drama has found a home at Netflix The move comes more than three years after an effort to bring the[...]
Joe Hill Launches Horror "Pop-Up" Line at DC Comics
To show how committed they are to not having a lot of imprints just one week after consolidating their imprints and shuttering Vertigo, DC Comics has announced a new horror imprint curated by Joe Hill, called Hill House Comics, with a lineup of books that would have been right at home at Vertigo But this[...]
After Twenty-Six Years, DC Comics to Finally Close Vertigo?
Vertigo died a lot in the last ten odd years. You could say Vertigo died the year between 2000 and 2010 that Alan Horn demanded changes to the famously generous Vertigo contracts. You could say Vertigo died in 2012, when DC fired Karen Berger. You could say Vertigo died in 2016, when DC fired Shelly Bond. You could say[...]
LA Times Laments Marvel Closing Their Vertigo Imprint on 26th-Anniversary
Though Bleeding Cool first broke the story weeks ago, DC Comics made it official yesterday: Vertigo is dead, long live Black Label But could there be more to the story? According to a report from respectable newspaper The Los Angeles Times, the decision may have been completely out of DC's hands The Times reports that it[...]
DC Officially Rebrands, Dropping Vertigo
Confirming the story that Bleeding Cool broke, DC Comics has officially announced that they will rebrand in 2020, "sunsetting" the Vertigo imprint along with DC Zoom and DC Ink, putting all of their publishing efforts into three brands from now on: DC, DC Kids, and DC Black Label The brands will be divided by target[...]
Image Comics Endorses Safe Sex When DC Comics Doesn't
Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics is shutting down Vertigo, a move that follows a year of turmoil at the publisher since announcing the relaunch of the imprint That year has seen critically acclaimed Vertigo Border Town canceled in the wake of sexual abuse allegations against writer Eric Esquivel, as well as internal[...]
After Twenty-Six Years, DC Comics to Finally Close Vertigo?
Bleeding Cool has been informed by a number of sources this morning that DC Comics is planning to shutter its Vertigo imprint This has come as quite a surprise to some, as I also understand that DC Comics has just greenlit a number of Vertigo projects for publication Indeed, there are plans for a big[...]