John Ridley courts controversy
Screenwriter/novelist turned comics scribe John Ridley has gotten a lot of positive reviews for THE AMERICAN WAY, his Wildstorm mini-series about superheroes, the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement. The collected edition comes...
DC Comics Month-To-Month Sales: December 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics placed six of its releases in the Top 10 in December, including two issues of Justice League of America, three issues of the weekly 52 and the debut of new...
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DC sent out the above image (click for a larger view) this afternoon as a teaser with the headline:
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of...
So long, Boys — Ennis’s Statement
Newsarama reports THE BOYS has been cancelled:
Newsarama has learned that Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s Wildstorm series, The Boys has been cancelled by DC, effective with issue #6 of the series, which is currently...
DC News & Notes: Minx, FCBD
DC announces a returnability program in the direct sales market for THE PLAIN JANES, the debut book in the MINX launch:
With this month's solicitation of THE PLAIN JANES, the inaugural title from Minx, DC...
Rivkah tackles Bat-girl
Batgirl continued to be a hot topic around the blogosphere water-cooler this weekend. Some like her; others are more ambivalent and long for Barbara Gordon. Rivkah took a stab at a more playful...
Now that is comics
It's been a few years since Jeff Smith wrapped up his masterpiece, Bone. In the meantime he's been traveling around the world and puttering away on SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL, a four...
Does Batgirl have a more flattering angle?? UPDATE
Johanna is "stunned" to see the picture DC's official website picked for Batgirl's OFFICIAL picture...and frankly, so are we.
The bulbous insect head is still there, and now her mouth is revealed, but bloodied. Also...
Kevin Smith knows his limitations
In a long interview at ComingSoon.net director and, increasingly, actor Kevin Smith talks about yet another thing that scares him silly -- in this case directing an episode of the proposed PREACHER Tv series:
Ghost...
Marvel vs DC – now with bar charts
This movie site analyzes Marvel vs DC at the box office with all kinds of pie charts and bar graphs. Not too much that isn't readily intuited -- basically marvel is all smiles for...
Analyzing One Year Later
Ryan Stearns of the blog League of Melbotis has launched a new blog called Comic Fodder, and he kicks it off with analysis of a topic which seems to be on everyone's mind right...
Quick hits: Careys, King
Over at the new SEQUENTIAL TART, Mike Carey talks about working with daughter Louise, , and explains more about the MINX launch.
ST: What's it like, working with your daughter?MC: Bumpy, occasionally bruising, but wonderful....
