The series, which will be published under the DC Black Label imprint, ‘will look at notable events from DC Universe history through a different perspective.’
New DC prestige imprint Black Label promises legendary new stories told by stars like DeConnick, Miller & Romita Jr., free from continuity
Today, DC Comics revealed a new imprint that will have the trade-waiters and prestige series fans among you very excited. DC Black Label is an imprint designed to allow “an all-star lineup of creative teams” to “craft their own personal definitive DC stories.” According to DC’s official press release, the imprint is inspired by some […]
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: justice and law at war in the conclusion to THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #6
After a stunning set of issues that has seen The American faced with a crisis of morality as a powerful new foe reveals himself to be more than meets the eye, The American way: Those Above and Those Below comes to a stunning conclusion with next week’s issue #6. When the word of law conflicts with his […]
New series THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE is 2018’s THE NEW FRONTIER
Just ahead of DC Comics’ DC in DC event this weekend, the publisher announced that Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley of 12 Years a Slave fame will write The Other History of the DC Universe. The prestige mini-series, branded in the press release as “literary,” aims to re-contextualize key moments from the history of the DC Universe through the […]
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #5
As John Ridley’s and Georges Jeanty’s return to their Wildstorm roots with The American Way: Those Above and Those Below ramps up, things are heating up for all sides. Check out the exclusive preview of The American Way #5, out next Wednesday, after the jump. And don’t miss Ridley’s appearance at the DC in DC event later […]
All the podcasts of San Diego 2017 with Three Women in a Hotel Room and more
You’re probably as sick of San Diego Comic-Con as we are, but in case you missed any of our podcasts from the show, here’s the definitive guide! First, Brigid Alverson, Deb Aoki and The Beat Herself reunited for “Three Women in a Hotel Room” – a sorta daily podcast of our impressions of the show, […]
Entertainment Round-Up: Cooper cast in Preacher lead, an Oscar-winning screenwriter is developing a Marvel project, and is John Stewart your new movie Green Lantern?
Happy Friday! Here’s your end of the week round-up.
Steve McQueen and John Ridley may be feuding, but you can still buy Ridley’s The American Way
As you may have recalled, Ridley is actually one those big comics fans in Hollywood and spent a while writing comics for Wildstorm, including a run on the Authority, the mini-series Razor’s Edge: Warblade, and The American Way. The latter is a book that really deserves to be on more comics reading lists—an 8 issue mini-series drawn by Georges Jeanty and Karl Story that has similar themes to Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier about the cold war and superheroes, but treats them with a much harsher view. The book follows the government’s development of the Civil Defense Corps, a pr-driven team of superheroes introduced in the early 60s, and the turmoil that stem from the first African-American member in the Civil Rights era. A lot of comics mini-series have tried to be “the Next Watchmen” and The American Way is one of the few series that takes that tired “What if superheroes really existed???” idea and gives it a take based on the real world and not the imagined one.