You Minx, you.
Before I get too far into this, I'll give you the loglines: #1 DC's new girl-focused MINX imprint could just possibly be the most important launch ever by Marvel or DC. #2 I'd read...
Women in Comics
I know there was a firestorm of comment over Occasional Superheroine, and the harrowing story of Valerie D'Orazio, former DC and Valiant assistant editor. I'm still digesting it all, and Val's story, which...
Initial Minx thoughts
Like we said, we're collating our thoughts on Minx, the new DC/Vertigo imprint aimed at teenaged girls, and other women and comics related matters. We will say that the story in the New York...
PREACHER to HBO
Although the rumor had previously been pooh-poohed by Garth Ennis himself, it seems that PREACHER is indeed in development as a mini-series at HBO.
The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on...
DC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: OCTOBER 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
A whole range of upper- and mid-level sellers in DC Comics' mainstream superhero line line were missing in October: New issues of All-Star Batman, Justice League of America, Batman, Teen Titans, Supergirl,...
Catching up with Vertigo and Rushkoff
Vertigo has joined the "first one is free club" by posting the first issues of most of their signature titles for free on these here internets. Everything from SANDMAN #1 and SWAMP THING #1...
Comics news briefs: Tellos, Legion, Batman
Over at CBR Todd Dezago talks about a collected edition of TELLOS by himself and Mike Wieringo, due from Image.
The new edition features every "Tellos" work created by the Dezago/Wieringo team, including all ten...
Comings and Goings: Pohja, Weidenbaum
After a long search, DC has hired a VP for trade sales, Publishers Weekly reports. Sue Pohja, former v-p of trade sales for Langenscheidt Publishers, Inc. takes the post vacated by Rich Johnson, who...
Comics films updates: WHITEOUT, LOSERS, WANTED
So many comics. So many options. So many stories about comics being optioned -- but only a handful will ever be turned into films. Yet, with the average comic book movie doing fairly well...
How they do it: Brevoort and Jones
There are really only two blogs that give it to you straight on what its like to create comics. One is, on course, Tom Brevoort's over at Marvel.com. This is such a realistic day-to-day...
Hollywood’s franchise shortage
Over at Variety (which is now FREE for everyone to read, btw), a recent article captures studio exec fretting over the dwindling supply of potential mega-franchise properties, like LORD OF THE RINS and JAMES...
Jim Lee speaks
Jim Lee is one of the superstars of comics, both as an artist and a person. His 12 issue runs on BATMAN and SUPERMAN in recent years were important steps in getting DC's franchise...
