Tag: DC

Yesterday, ICv2 ran a three-part interview with DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and JIm Lee which is, if not the most substantial comics business site run interview with the duo ever then the most comprehensive since the reboot. Brigid runs down all the high points but in case anyone missed it, here's Part 1, Part 2 andPart 3. It covers everything from the obvious "Why ARE you doing this?" -- to questions on mass market, digital, and so on. The net effect, as seen in mainstream interviews of late, is that things weren't working -- the price decrease didn't bring in enough new readers, stories were flat and piracy is hurting. But there are some familiar themes as well. Asked about The Way Forward, they respond:

Oh boy, good thing the week before Labor Day is always a quiet week in comic-book land! We managed to scrape together some news items.

Confirming rumors, it's been announced that Justice League has indeed sold out. Nikki Finke gets the scoop:

And here's one more trailer courtesy of David Macho -- this time for THE GRIFTER #1 by Nathan Edmondson and Cafu.

Continuing the trend of artist-made promotional materials, STATIC SHOCK artist Scott McDaniel has also made a trailer for the book, which goes on sale on 9/7.

Over at the Source blog, DC's braintrust shared their hopes for the relaunch hitting tonight. Including Dan DiDio:

Spanish comics enabler David Macho has been doing a great job of promoting the DC relaunch comics his stable of artists is involved with, last week via tons of preview art. This week he's doing somethign even more ambitious -- trailers! And not motion comics trailers, either. Here's the one for STORMWATCH by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepúlveda.

After a hurricane, the sun usually comes out resulting in sparkling skies for the clean-up. As the East Coast attempts to clean up and dry off from a storm that could have been much worse (but was still pretty bad in spots) we wake up to a fairly epochal week in the history of comics. Because the internet wasn't around, we didn't know that the 1980 arrival of SUPERBOY SPECTACULAR or DAZZLER #1 -- the first comics produced by DC and Marvel that were direct market-only -- would mark the beginning of a whole new era for the comics industry, and -- despite the protestations of imminent death at every turn -- usher in a era of undreamed of creative fertility and energy. Wednesday at 12:01 am the new era begins. Not the era of the New 52 -- despite any declarations to the contrary, that's really business as usual, just jump started in the manner of a car battery. No, it's the era of digital comics. While everyone has been transfixed over whether GREEN LANTERN by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy will be better than GREEN LANTERN by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy; or how Tony Daniels' DETECTIVE COMICS is going to vastly improve on his Batman comics, the real revolution has quietly been dawning on retailers and readers: DC's decision to go with simultaneous digital and print release of their comics.

With both their #3 characters, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, sitting on the bench in the Hollywood Bowl for now, DC Entertainment must turn to their thousands of other characters for someone to enter the game and score some points. Luckily there are many of them, and several are as colorful as Deadman, who is being developed as a possible TV show for the CW. 'Supernatural' producer Eric Kripke is doing the developing for Warner Bros TV.

Initial orders for The New 52 are in and JLA #1 has more than 200,000 pre-orders, and six other #1s have more than 100,000 pre-orders.

As usual Warren Ellis says what everyone else is thinking (or maybe blogging) -- the fact that age 40+ comics fans think the New 52 is a horrible idea may be a sign it's working.

DC has posted a list of events for the launch of the New 52, including Midnight Madness at Midtown Comics which will feature Jim Lee and Geoff Johns signings JLA #1. Sounds like quite the hootnanny.