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Today's Essential C2E2 Panel, DC Essential, Was Basically, Y'Know, Essential
Comics it was Battle for the Cow. Then Orlando said something along the lines of "I can't believe it's not the Justice League is his top funny comic." The Benson Sisters went for Birds of Prey (and that they really dig Gail Simone's work). Then Lucifer, Preacher, izombie all got somewhat combined as they all talked about them more[...]
Unfollow May End In April – What Does That Mean For Vertigo? #AskBC
That leaves less than a handful of regular Vertigo continuing titles Is this imprint on the chopping block? When DC announced that they'd be starting up what basically amounts to a second Vertigo, closer to Vertigo's original vibe than Vertigo itself, in Gerard Way's Young Animal imprint, a lot of fans wondered if there was still[...]
A Page-Turning Experience: Thoughts On Clean Room #11
Hold onto your bed sheets! This week brings a new issue of Clean Room, from Vertigo, written by Gail Simone, with art by Jon-Davis Hunt I can't believe we're already at issue 11, but what a ride it has been I don't know if this comic can really get any better I have been terrified[...]
Waking Up To A Vertigo Without Shelly Bond
Which means a lot of Vertigo creators have been waking up to it Here is the reaction to Shelly Bond being "eliminated" as VP and Exec Editor at DC Comics, after working over two decades on the imprint From the people who worked for, and with her. As we said last night, this is a mixture[...]
Shelly Bond No Longer Executive Editor Of DC Vertigo
A few hours ago, I heard that DC Comics has let go Shelly Bond, VP and Executive Editor of the Vertigo imprint. I sent a few e-mails around to my usual people, but no one was talking I e-mailed people at DC about half an hour ago, no response. Not to me, anyway. DC Comics just released a statement to[...]
Consistently Disturbing: Clean Room #7 Is A Haunting Standalone Issue
This week brings the release of the Clean Room #7, from Vertigo, written by Gail Simone with art by Jon Davis-Hunt This month we get a standalone issue that allows us to dive deeper into Astrid's background and how she became the rigid human that she is today. I am always so disturbed after I finish[...]
How Did Astro City Get Its Name? The Vertigo Panel At ECCC
Ian Melton spent a leisurely hour in the Vertigo panel at ECCC for Bleeding Cool. Panellists included Shelly Bond, Gail Simone, Kurt Busiek, Mitch Gerards and Shaun Aldridge. Gail Simone began talking about her Vertigo series Clean Room, in which people come face to face with their deepest fears and worst moments She has decided that fans of[...]
Catching Up With iZombie
The series, adapted from the Vertigo comic by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, shows us the life or rather after life of Liv Moore (Rose McIver) as she deals with having been turned into a zomibie But the new assistant medical examiner got one bonus side effect, she gets the memories and personalities of the brains[...]
Vertigo Comics To Get Its Own Rebirth At ECCC, For July?
I am told that DC's Vertigo is undergoing a similar rebranding exercise as DC's Rebirth from July, but to expect announcements at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, from April 7th to the 10th, rather than at this weekend's LA-based Wondercon. The recent attempt to look like more like Image Comics with an expansion of creator-participant titles delivered[...]
Redefine Disturbing In Clean Room #6
Today brings the release of the sixth issue of Clean Room, written by Gail Simone, with art by Jon Davis-Hunt. This issue also wraps up the first story
Is This The End For DC Vertigo's Survivors' Club?
Lauren Beukes, David Halvorson and Ryan Kelly's ongoing comic for DC/Vertigo Survivors' Club has its ninth issue solicited for May. But there may not be too many issues after that As its Amazon listing for September describes it as Survivors' Club: The Complete Series. Which does rather put a cap on it. [...]
"Friend Or Fraud?" Three Reasons Why You Should Read Clean Room #5
This week brings the fifth issue of Clean Room from Vertigo, written by Gail Simone, with art by Jon Davis-Hunt. It's safe to say that I've enjoyed every single issue of the series so far, and as they progress, my emotional involvement in the comic continues to grow You should be reading Clean Room, and if you're not…here are three reasons why… One: The[...]
More Sandman Comics At DC Vertigo Planned With Neil Gaiman
The sales are in for the DC Comics Vertigo new launches that ave been running for the last few months Good for Vertigo… but not good for DC Comics The only comic that has done well by DC standards of late is Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman's final goodbye to Sandman. Yes, well, about that. I have been[...]
"If Noel Coward And Mick Jagger Had Sex… " – Tom Ellis Talks Lucifer
Tonight on Fox is the series premier of Lucifer based on the Vertigo Comics series Tom Ellis who plays the titular fallen angel gives us a primer for the series and talks about his co-stars Lauren German, Lesley-Ann Brandt and DB Woodside The best line of the whole video is Ellis describing Lucifer as what[...]
The Comic Book Background Of Lucifer
With the Fox television series set to debut on Monday, DC Comics has put together this video primer showing us the comic book history of Lucifer from his debut in Sandman #4 to his appearances in Batman and The Spectre and then finally his own Vertigo series by Mike Carey Narrated by Tiffany A Smith,[...]