KIbbles ‘n’ Bits
We're a little verklemmt here at SBM today. Basically twice as much activity must be crammed into half the time normally available. Some quick hits before we go out:
§ Robin Bougie vs Joe Chiappetta...
DC to publish WORLD OF WARCRAFT comic
DC had to WoW license for toys, so this isn't much of a stretch, but it is a potentially very popular franchise.
DC Comics, the world's largest English language comic book publisher and home...
DC Month-to-Month sales June 2007
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
June was a relatively quiet month for DC Comics: There was the Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 and, at the publisher's WildStorm imprint, The Highwaymen #1, and that's it, in terms...
Batgirl: Times change
Well the battle lines are very clearly divided this time. On one side are the girls and the queers. On the other are the old time fanboys. The subject? The cover to the BATGIRL...
Kibbles ‘n’ bits
§ Jackpot! When we said we wanted more recent comics behind-the-scenes, we didn't know Tom Brevoort was going to oblige with the initial pitch for Civil War!!!. Now all those ramblings from Mark Millar...
Joyce Carol Oates reads MAD
It is TRUE, as god is my witness. Time magazine said so.. Writes National Book Award winner Oates:
When I first began reading this inspired comic book, I was quite a young child, entirely lacking...
You’re kidding, right?
Via Cranky Chris Butcher:
On the left there, that’s the solicitation cover for SHOWCASE: BATGIRL, the first of DC’s cheap reprint volumes to feature a female lead character. On the right? That’s the cover it...
Meet your Supergirl
Canadian hottie Laura Vandervoort has landed the role of Supergirl on next season's SMALVILLE:
"She's a combination of beauty, intelligence, a certain warmth, and great attitude," says the show's co-creator Al Gough. "We've wanted a...
Zip-a-dee-Zuda
Okay are you sick of Zuda speculation and commentary yet? If you just can't get enough of it, Todd Allen has the ultimate guide to parsing Zuda pr complete with speculative monetary breakdowns, and...
Spacey returns as Luthor
Word that Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey will appear as Lex Luthor in the Superman sequel:
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in "Superman: Man of Steel" and appear in "Telstar," Nick Moran's film version of...
Hollywood notes: Crudup, Hewlett, Miike
• Are you sick of Watchmen casting notices yet? We're not! The latest hot scoop is that Billy Crudup (Almost Famous) is set to play detached Dr. Manhattan:
This news comes courtesy of CHUD, whose...
Even more on Zuda!
Like the announcement of Minx, the announcement of Zudacomics has proven that everyone on the internet has an opinion -- didn't see that one coming. We'll be getting to the Talk Soup portion of...
