All The Green Lantern Writers Leaving – Change Is In the Air
The big news, as promoted by DC, was that Geoff Johns was capping off his 9 year run on Green Lantern. That's not the entirety of the...
Geoff Johns to Conclude His Green Lantern Run with issue #20
After ten years working on the character, and reigniting one of DC's struggling titles into one of their most popular franchises, Geoff Johns has...
The Dark Knight Rises: Batman’s Third Act
The “titles” of Batman Begins showed the symbol of a bat formed in a swarm of bats, the titles of The Dark Knightshowed it in fire, now The Dark Knight Rises shows it in ice. The bats in Begins were a symbol of fear, the titles a metaphor for an identity forming out of shadows. The fire of The Dark Knight was like a wall of fire for that bat, that symbol, pushing through the chaos inflicted by the Joker. Now, the bat is, literally, the cracks in the ice formed by the isolation of Gotham City at the hands of Bane.
The Bigger Picture Behind DC’s Latest Moves
DC announced a few more cancellations and creator switches yesterday. That's not unusual in the days leading up to releasing the next batch of...
DC Creator Switches Roundup – OR – This Month’s Musical Chairs
Another month, another set of creative changes at DC. This time they're announcing them via their column at CBR. Here's the rundown of...
Justice League movie reportedly beset by usual WB woes
It was not a very good day for DC comics yesterday. Not only did their editor in chief and executive editor engage in a humiliating display of Kool-Aid fueled happy talk with enough papering over to remodel Versailles, but a whole new round of enthusiasm-sapping rumors about the Justice League movie made the rounds The word this time: Will Beall's script sucks and has to be scraped before a decent director can be hired. Juicy rumors abound:
DC announces two new books: The Movement and Green Team
Somehow lost in all the hoopla over DC's new 52 pretty much imploding all over the place yesterday, was the announcement of two new books that aren't what you expected.
The Safe Haven of Batman
Some early morning ramble to go with your coffee. While all around us creators are struggling with editors, artists are flying from one series...
Sales Postmortem on DC’s Cancelled Titles
January sales stats will be out soon, but let's take a look at where books in DC's latest (and relatively large - 11.5% of...
DC Cancel Six Titles, Fire More Writers
What a day. It's been revealed that May will see six more DC titles cancelled, being Deathstroke, Hawkman, Team 7, Firestorm, Ravagers, and Sword of Sorcery. Some...
Review: Green Arrow #17
It must be difficult to put out a comic when Hawkeye comes out. But especially so if you also happen to be writing a...
The Mystery of the Missing Crossover – DC’s Flashpoint Revisited
Not too long ago, I saw the hardcover of Flashpoint on the library shelf. I didn't pick up Flashpoint when it came out, given how overused the alternate...
