Oscar® winner to direct WOLVERINE
Variety reports that South African director Gavin Hood is set to helm the WOLVERINE x-spin-off. Hood's TSOTSI won an Oscar for Best Foriegn film.
He was among several hot young directors vying for "Wolverine"...
IDW teams with Harlan Ellison
It seems Clifford Meth's new position at IDW is already yielding fruit: a new prose collection of Harlan Ellison's writing entitled Yr. Pal, Harlan is due for spring of 2008 from IDW.
IDW Publishing...
Marvel Month-to-Month sales: June 2007
By Paul O'Brien
After a comparatively quiet May, Marvel went all out in June. The major event of the month, WORLD WAR HULK, involved three miniseries and a slew of crossover titles. It...
BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON news
Dash Shaw reports that his next graphic novel will be out early next year from Fantagraphics:
The Bottomless Belly Button / 720 pages / Fantagraphics Books / Spring 2008
Synopsis: A comedy/mystery about the fictional Loony...
Douglas’s busy day
The new All-Star Savage Critic is getting good as Douglas Wolk has a midtown adventure!
As I was waiting in line to buy my comics this week at Midtown Comics in Manhattan, the power went...
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...
Feud shoe waiting to drop
When are we getting the details of the Ellison/Groth settlement???? The Comics Journal Message Board continues to issue updates. Here's the latest from Harlan:
ATTENDEZ!!!!!!!! ANYONE AND EVERYONEWe are attempting to get the Settlement Agreement...
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...
SD07: IDW (#2229)
It will be a very busy con for the #5 comics publisher, with 30 Days of Night and much more on the horizon:
Comic-Con attendees will be the first to see artist Ben Templesmith’s first...
SD07: Active Images (#2106)
Badges, posters, jigsaws and t-shirts.
After one hell of an active year for Active Images, it’s time to celebrate at this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego (July 26-29)!
Richard Starkings, Moritat, and Comicraft's Secret Weapon, John...
SD07: Viz welcomes Arina Tanemura (#4113)
Manga superstar Arina Tanemura (FULL MOON, KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE, and the recent GENTLEMAN'S ALLIANCE) will be making an appearance at the Vix booth.
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most...
