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Suicide Squad set for record August opening with $146 million
DC Co-publishers DiDio and Lee dish on Vertigo, sales, more
ICV2 has one of its periodic high level chats, this time with DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, in two parts. They talk about Rebirth, returns, retailers and the future of Vertigo: What is the definition of a Vertigo book now? Lee: It’s the home for stand-alone IP that really focus on genre or […]
Report: First version of Suicide Squad was even darker
THR’s unparalleled movie scooper Kim Masters is back with a report on the making of Suicide Squad which reveals the studio turmoil behind the making of the film/a>, including a director untested in the high stakes waters of superhero franchise filmmaking, a too short production period, and a struggle to get to the final cut. […]
Reports: DC Films’ discovery of laughter and joy didn’t come in time for ‘Suicide Squad’ – UPDATED
Although the premiere looked like a lot of fun, the fact that Suicide Squad’s reviews were heavily embargoed seemed to suggest that perhaps the film itself wasn’t as fun and zany as many hoped. (I’m not that familiar with the source material, but none of the trailers seemed particularly funny to me.) While the DC […]
Stranger things: tour DC’s offices in the 80s with Todd Klein
Milt Snapinn! Todd Klein is not only a letterer of renown, he’s a comics historian and he’s just begun a history of the DC Comics Offices 1982-1991 with photos, a seating chart and photos of staffers in all their 80s glory.
#SDCC ’16 Interview: Legendary Original Composers for DC’s “Batman: The Animated Series” Speak about Working on the “Batman: The Killing Joke” Movie and with Mark Hamill
Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis and Kristopher Carter: Courtesy of Tech Times. Yesterday, the highly anticipated animated movie Batman: The Killing Joke became available for HD digital download, having just premiered in movie theatres around the US the day before as a part of Fathom Events. San Diego Comic-Con attendees got the pleasure of having the […]
Geoff Johns is now President AND CCO at DC Entertainment — with a complete updated DC masthead
No sooner do I run a DC masthead then I have to upgrade it again, as it seems that Geoff Johns has been promoted to President & Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, up from merely CCO, a promotion which took place a few months back when he also became co-head of DC Films. According […]
SDCC: Is this Flex Mentallo towel the greatest exclusive at San Diego?
Sorry for the crap photo but it’s hard to find a room big enough to roll this out. At the press breakfast for DC’s Young Animal line one of the giveaways was this outstanding Flex Mentallo breach towel. According to Gerard Way, only a handful were made and it may be one of the rarest […]
SDCC ’16: Behind the DC sales and marketing changes – UPDATED
One of the things that I was told many times by industry insiders about DC’s sales struggles of the last year or so is that one of the biggest causative factors was the lack of former SVP of sales Bob Wayne’s guiding hand. Wayne understood the direct market better than anyone and retailers loved and […]
#SDCC ’16 Batman: The Killing Joke Kills the Audience, Complete with Call from the Joker
By: Nicholas Eskey Those who were unfortunate enough to not be at San Diego Comic-Con’s Ballroom 20 missed out on the world premiere of the animated movie Batman: The Killing Joke. The movie is based off of the graphic novel of the same name, which has gone down as one of the most brutal Batman […]
