The secret history of Vertigo?
After all the deep thots around here of late, cleanse your palette with this hilarious page.
Movie update: Norton Hulks out, Armie Hammer Jr. IS Batman again!
§ While IRON MAN has been everywhere from the Super Bowl to Lost, this year's INCREDIBLE HULK movie has had relatively little publicity. This may not be a bad sign: one theory we've heard...
Random mainstream news
§ The May solicits for both Marvel and DC are up.
§ J. Michael Stracsynski is no longer exclusive with Marvel, breaking up the old Millar/Bendis/JMS troika just a bit. He'll be announcing his...
Late artists crackdown at DC?
Rich Johnston, the only journalist in comics, dished up a very tasty rumor which has all the tang of fact:
Sources close to freelancers inform me that DC Comics has a new in house policy...
Comics Comics Cage Match: Heavy Liquid
The Comics Comics gang has a tag-team critical reassessment of Paul Pope's Heavy Liquid from 1999-2000:
Pow! Dan Nadel:
So, when I note that I like Paul Pope as an action cartoonist I mean I...
DC RRP: To 2008 and beyond!
This weekend DC held one of its occasional RRP (Retailer Roundtable Program) meetings, an invite-only forum for retailers to see what's coming up from DC in the year ahead. The last one was held...
Guerra on Who and other Y stuff
The i09 blog's Kevin Kelly wraps up the Y: The Last Man Party, which featured both Grant Morrison and a monkey.
The event was strictly limited to 140 people, and hopeful attendees were camping...
D’Orazio dishes
The Comics Reporter interviews Valerie D"Orazio and she clears the air on a number of topics. The interview also makes you realize how seldom anyone who has worked in the mainstream comics industry...
New ZUDA for February
Sheldon Vella’s SUPERTRON was the January winner and now ten new contestants have entered the swimsuit competition! As usual, the entrants are a fairly obscure bunch except for Kevin Colden, whom we've mentioned here...
Pulitzer Prize winners come to MAD
Missed this in our news cycle yesterday, but the NYT has details on ten Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonists coming to MAD magazine #487, on sale February 19. Their target? George W....
Grant Morrison makes girls happy
In all candor, we're not sure how all this fits into continuity or storylines or whatever, but is seems that while in the midst of a Grant Morrison-scripted dream/hoax/imaginary story, Batman imagined a memorial...
