Travel Foreman on why he left Animal Man
Today's massive four artist switcheroo is confusing enough—in a world where everyone says they want some stability, tinkering and fine tuning seem to be the order of the day. What touched off this round? Well maybe it was Travel Foreman wanting to leave Animal Man, which freed him up for Birds of Prey which made Jesus Saiz move to Resurrection Man and set the whole domino chain in motion. As he stated at the CBR forums, it was due to some personal issues:
Continue ReadingDC Shuffles Artists on Four Titles — Animal Man, Birds of Prey, Suicide Squad, Resurrection Man
Last week, it was the DC writers getting shuffled around to new titles. This week, the artists play a bit of musical chairs. Four titles change artists, three artists switch books and an old face returns to his old title..
Continue ReadingSmallville Returns – Season 11 is a Digital-First Comic
Joss Whedon started something when he decided to continue Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a comic. Now DC/Warners is following that lead and continuing Smallville as a comic, with Season 11 set to drop in April or May, depending on which format you want to read it in.
Continue ReadingDC unveils BEFORE WATCHMEN, DARK KNIGHT RISES toys
First came the comics, now come the fanfic toys—Jaunty-Step Rorschach and Sexy Pose Comedian—to be unveiled at this weekend's Toy Fair, as well as new DARK KNIGHT RISES toys. Not shown—new MumbleTalk Bane with 25 baffling phrases.
Continue ReadingMcDaniel talks his side of the Static rift…and what it reveals about the New 52
You may recall an ongoing blame battle between writer John Rozum and artist Scott McDaniel over the New 52 launch title STATIC. Rozum was the first of the New 52 creators to walk, and revealed it was because of creative differences with McDaniel. Now McDaniel has told HIS side of the story -- in a 15,000 word novella that covers every moment of every conference call in minute depth. McDaniel says he has never written anything before, but he seems to have a great future as a court reporter.
Continue ReadingSo just how many digital comics did DC sell in January?
Have you been wondering what digital comics DC has been selling the most of? While you can do a running snapshot of iTunes' "in app Sales" it doesn't give you a month's total. But, as they did last month, DC has just released their Top Ten digital comics for January to CBR. And it goes like this:
Continue ReadingLiefeld’s Co-Writers; James Robinson’s New Series; and Batwing Gets a New Artist – Updated
Change is still in the air at DC. You may recall Rob Liefeld got three new books? We now know his collaborators on those.
Continue ReadingChatting With Rorschach
I got a phone call from Rorschach just now. I told him I didn't want a prequel, but he didn't seem to care about that. Yes, that's right, 6minutestomidnight.com is still online.
Continue ReadingBatman: The Dark Knight Gets a New Writer
In the 4th "New 52" writer shuffle of the week, DC has announced Gregg Hurwitz as the new writer for Batman: The Dark Knight, as of issue #10. I suspect they really mean co-writer on that, as I'm under the impression artist David Finch, for whom the title was created pre-relaunch, has a pretty good amount of input on the plot.
Continue ReadingCommentary: The Comedy of “Before Watchmen” Hype
Oh, we all knew the Watchmen sequel was coming. The art leaked and DC's lawyers went wild -- unusual enough to know something was close to an announcement. Then the last round of announced reprint books included The Art of Amanda Conner (some of her art was in that leaked batch) and a HC reprint of Dave Gibbons' Green Lantern work (more on that in bit) made it clear an announcement was imminent. What do we get with the actual announcement? Comedy. And more comedy from the PR than from the reactions, if you ask me.
Continue ReadingAfter Before Watchmen: the industry reacts
Whether you think the original WATCHMEN is akin to Moby Dick—as Alan Moore opined—or the Bible, as J. Michael Straczynski thought, it is definitely something—DC's bestselling graphic novel of all time[*], a beloved classic taught in schools, one of Time's Best 100 novels of the last 100 years, the book that defined grim and gritty. You name it. Like all great works, it's multifaceted. So doing a "Scarlet" on it brings up every argument over whether comics are literature or licensing. You wouldn't get much argument that Watchmen is literature and Moore is a literary figure. But there's also the obsessive need of devotees to get MORE -- there's a reason why 12 volumes of the J.R.R. Tolkien's jumbled, confused notes and scribblings were published as hardcover books. Once you enter a beloved fictional world you don't want to leave -- even if your hosts are yawning and looking longingly at their pajamas.
Continue ReadingAdam Hughes speaks on on drawing blue penises for BEFORE WATCHMEN
Over at his blog, Adam Hughes has posted his thoughts on drawing Dr. Manhattan for BEFORE WATCHMEN:
Continue ReadingIt’s official: DC announces Before Watchmen
After years of rumors, DC has confirmed that they will publish BEFORE WATCHMEN, a series of seven interconnected prequels to the Alan Moore/Dave GIbbons classic. As absurd as the idea may seem on the surface, they have rounded up a bunch of A-listers for the project which will consist of six mini series, a wrap-up and an ongoing pirate-themed "featurette". Here's the line-up:
Continue ReadingCourt rules making your own Batmobile violates copyright — UPDATED
We've mentioned a few times here a lawsuit for copyright infringement by DC against an outfit called Gotham Garage, which sells replica Batmobiles—based on the '60s Batman TV show in particular—as well as other vehicles based on famed fantasy cars, like the Mach Five. If you were thinking of buying one, better hurry, because a judge has ruled that the Batmobile is subject to copyright.
Continue ReadingDC Shuffles Writers On Justice League Dark, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. and Stormwatch
You knew you couldn't go much more than two weeks without DC shuffling creative teams on the not-as-new 52. This time, it really is more of a shuffle than wholesale replacements, though, as three books get a new writer and DC's announcing things a little further out.
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