Black Bat Adds Artist, Confirms May Launch (Preview Art)
The Black Bat was one of the early character pulps from the 1930s, along with The Shadow and The Spider. Like those last 2 pulps, The Black Bat is getting a comics revival over at Dynamite....
All The Green Lantern Writers Leaving – Change Is In the Air
The big news, as promoted by DC, was that Geoff Johns was capping off his 9 year run on Green Lantern. That's not the entirety of the Green Lantern news. A look at the actual May solicitations...
Geoff Johns to Conclude His Green Lantern Run with issue #20
After ten years working on the character, and reigniting one of DC's struggling titles into one of their most popular franchises, Geoff Johns has announced that he will be leaving the world of Green...
Dark Horse Editorial changes: Gibbons promoted, Edidin goes freelance
A couple of changes at Dark Horse as Jim Gibbons has been promoted to assistant editor. Gibbons, one of about 12 trillion former Wizard staffers now working in the comics industry, has worked in...
DC Creator Switches Roundup – OR – This Month’s Musical Chairs
Another month, another set of creative changes at DC. This time they're announcing them via their column at CBR. Here's the rundown of what's going on.
The most interesting news is the early switch...
The Safe Haven of Batman
Some early morning ramble to go with your coffee. While all around us creators are struggling with editors, artists are flying from one series to another every three issues, books are chopped and movies...
DC Cancel Six Titles, Fire More Writers
What a day. It's been revealed that May will see six more DC titles cancelled, being Deathstroke, Hawkman, Team 7, Firestorm, Ravagers, and Sword of Sorcery. Some of the books have been going since the very start...
Changes at Diamond Management: Wurzer to replace retiring Schanes
A big change at Diamond executive team as VP of Purchasing Bill Schanes is stepping down after 27 years. He'll be replaced by Jon Wurzer, who as Executive Director of Purchasing has been responsible for day to day purchasing decisions for the last 12 years. Schanes will remain in an advisory capacity through 2013.
Manga watch: Lu leave Viz; DMI shuts down Digital Manga Direct
§ Viz evp of Publishing Alvin Lu has left the company after 13 years, ICV2 reports.
Help Wanted: IDW is hiring an editor
Do you have what it takes to juggle a bunch of monthly comics, dealing with freelancers, Diamond, retailers and the comics press? If you're up for it, IDW is hiring! Here's the deets:
Editor, IDW...
Changes at Image: Ron Richards in, Martinez and Delaine out
Some changes at Image Comics; Ron Richards, formerly of iFanboy, has been hired as Director of Business Development. You can read about Richards' new duties in the PR below.
The move comes as two...
X-Treme X-Men and Age of Apocalypse end in April
Two of the stronger X-Men titles during an incredibly strong period for X-Men titles in general, April will sadly see the cancellation of both Greg Pak's X-Treme X-Men and David Lapham/Robert De La Torre's...
