Official: Ultimate Spider-Man is going to die in February
...or at least have a storyline named after him. Teasers of Spidey's death have been revealed to be the ULTIMATE Spider-Man, not 616 Spidey. Brian Bendis and Mark Millar will do the deed, aided and abetted by Sara Pichelli, David Lafuente, and Leinil Yu.
A month of Image teasers: "I've never made any secret…"
They are going all the way with this!
Viz adds old and new manga licenses
Viz has just released info on some of its spring manga license, including at least one pick-up from the now defnuct CMX line, TENJO...
Spider-Man musical: Deadly but beautiful
The Spider-Man musical is becoming more of a legend by the day. If it wasn't epic cost overruns and cast changes, it was a...
Early Green Lantern footage on EW
As everyone probably knows by now, the first public footage from the eagerly awaited Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively has surfaced as a teaser for a full reveal on Tuesday's Entertainment Tonight. The reaction to this footage has been...mixed.
JMS: "Graphic novels are key to DC's future." UPDATED
WOW -- so much e-ink over the news that J. Michael Straczynski, a prominent comics writer and Hollywood show runner, is leaving monthly comics to write an OGN sequel. And now two interviews at CBR and Newsarama to explain what really happened:
Death comes in many forms and publishers
Okay, here's what we know now.
Re, death of Spider-Man, Marvel released a cover for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #655 which seems to link up to that...
EXCLUSIVE: A month of Previews: Lucky in Love
On the occasion of Veterans day, what better book to preview than the extraordinary LUCKY IN LOVE by George L. Chieffet and Stephen DeStefano. The story follows Lucky Testatuda, a young man from New Jersey who discovers a lot about life and love in World War II. Stationed in the Air Force in the Pacific Theater, life for Lucky is a mix of worrying about death, inflicting fiery death upon others, and confronting the differences between fantasy and reality.
And oh yeah, one more thing…Spider-Man is dying!
It happens to every one of us. And Batman, Captain America (twice), Superman, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Martian Manhunter, and so on.
And so it must happen to Spidey.
A circulation boosting death of some kind, as announced on the cover of Marvel's February Previews catalog.
We predict a future link to the NY Daily News!
J. Michael Straczynski leaving Superman and Wonder Woman to write Earth One sequel
Well.
That was fast
The SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE OGN has been a BIG, BIG hit for DC, topping the NY Times graphic best seller list AND the Diamond charts. So a sequel by writer J Michael Straczynski and artist Shane Davis is a no-brainer. This the DC blog announces today.
