TRANSMET reconfigured
DC has announced a new line up of TRANSMETROPOLITAN trade paperbacks which will reduce the series t0 nine scathing volumes.
Four key titles in Vertigo's TRANSMETROPOLITAN collected edition series will be reconfigured in spring...
Movie updates
Rich JohnsTon got a brief respone from Frank Miller on yesterday's SIN CITY 2 rumors:
This is patent nonsense. Cybercrap.
Okay then.
Meanwhile, Cinematical has two news items of interest to our kind. #1, one-time Frank...
Children think Batman thinks Robin doesn’t exist
A study to determine relative cognitive ability of children and grown-ups examines the relative levels of fantasy and reality that can be perceived. Many graphs and charts in the link, but the bottom...
DC announces trades for March and April
Led by the Absolute Edition of BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, DC has listed their graphic novel and collected edition plans into March and April.
DC Comics continues the rollout of new collected editions for...
The world of…SHOWBIZ!
Here's what's happening in Hollywood, my homie hepcats!
Hot rumor of the week: Bruce Campbell WILL play a villain in Spiderman 3. The blog
film ick has the spoilerish and Mysterio-so details.
Jack Black is...
DC Month-to-Month sales: September 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
September was a relatively quiet month for DC Comics. The publisher's big direct market push for September occurred at the WildStorm imprint, where Jim Lee and company begun to relaunch some...
DC’s early 2007 collected editions line-up
DC just sent out a listing of the trades and GNs for early 2007 (Jan and Feb.)
The list is long -- we're happy to see a collection for THE AMERICAN WAY, John Ridley's...
Around the world of comics
§ Jewish Week examines how Batman embodies Jewish values as explained by Rabbi Cary Freidman:
Friedman argues that Batman instills in his audience some of Judaismâs most important moral values, using supporting examples from Torah,...
Wonder Woman Day this weekend
A cool charity event in Portland this weekend organized by Andy Mangels spotlights Wonder Woman and raises money for a women and children's shelter. Could any hero do more? Anne Timmons, Terry Dodson and...
New graphic novel due from Mina
Denise Mina, the mystery writer who turned to comics with a stint on HELLBLAZER is the latest book author to write a graphic novel, according to an interview in CBR. Vertigo will publisher A...
Short random items
§ The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal rounds up the grueling life of the daily strip cartoonist, and looks at notorious drop-outs like Watterson, Larson and now McGruder.
§ The Detroit News updates the William Messner-Loebs story,...
Crisis on Infinite Good or Wednesdays
Do you want it good, or do you want it Wednesday? We're not entirely qualified to comment on this, since our knowledge of DC continuity post-Crisis I is spotty at best, but here goes:
One...
