Solicits are here once again. With Blackest Night, New Krypton and Batman and Robin approaching some major milestones, February is sure to be an exciting month for DC fans everywhere. All images and text are supplied by DC Comics. Tune in tomorrow morning for all of Marvel's February plans.
You could argue that the sewer-trolling, wall-shimmying, supernaturally powered protagonist of China Mieville’s King Rat is not really a superhero. He doesn’t wear a crazy costume, he doesn’t really fight crime, and since he counts garbage-eating as one of his powers, maybe there’s good reason to distance him from the likes of Superman and Spider-Man. [...]
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that The CW has decided to turn "Smallville's" upcoming Justice Society-themed two-parter into a two hour movie event airing on January 29. Written by Geoff Johns, the episodes - titled "Society" and "Legends" and featuring such DC Comics stalwarts as Stargirl, Hawkman, and Dr. Fate - were originally designed to air separately. Scooper...
by Marc-Oliver Frisch More “Blackest Night” and more Batman make September another good month for DC Comics’ periodical business. This year’s retelling of Superman’s origin doesn’t set the charts on fire, on the other hand, despite the big-ticket creative team of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank — maybe it’s time to retire the character. In other [...]
Here are the comics we added to our library collection in July (yes, I'm way behind; I'll be catching up over the next several days...): Adachi, Mitsuru. Tatchi = Touch vols. 2, 7 / Tōkyō : Shōgakukan, 1992-1994. Adams, Scott, 1957- Stick to drawing comics, monkey brain! : cartoonist ignores helpful advice / New York : Portfolio, 2007. Akimoto, Osamu, 1952- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari...
Mark Millar, who created the comic books that Wanted and the upcoming Kick-Ass were based on, has announced that he is lining up a superhero movie that will mark his directorial debut. He posted the following on his official forums : Bet you didn't see THAT coming, laddies and lassies! But this is one of several big surprises planned for next year and you'll hear a bit more about this in February when...
…And only two weeks left to order. “Batman fans recognize that nothing like this has ever been created and we’ve received orders from around the globe,” says David Pea, owner of Universal Designs, which is producing the screen-accurate Dark Knight Motorcycle Suit under license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Comics. UD Replicas, the [...]
Geoff Boucher at the LA Times does a good job convincing people that screenwriter/director/producer Akiva Goldsman, given his other, more recent achievements, should be forgiven for writing the script to BATMAN & ROBIN—a movie so wretched it singlehandedly made Hollywood realize that if they kept making superhero movies this bad, the planet would crumble [...]
In the spirit of superhero fashion shoots, here’s one by Thierry Le Gouès, which includes model Ali Stephens and a guy in a Batman costume, which ran in the French magazine, Revue de Modes. Thanks to Jim D. for the link. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports on a superhero-themes line of clothing going on sale at [...]
The 2009 Harvey Awards were announced at Baltimore Comic-Con this past weekend. The winners were: Best Writer: Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, DC Comics Best Artist: Gabriel Ba, Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics Best Cartoonist: Al Jaffee, Tall Tales, Abrams Books Best Letterer: John Workman, Marvel 1985, Marvel Comics Best Inker: Mark Morales, Thor, Marvel Comics Best Colorist: [...] Related...
This year’s Harvey Award winners have been announced. The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories, ranging from Best Artist to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame. This years winners are: Best Writer – Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman, Dc Comics Best Artist – Gabriel Ba, Umbrella Academy, Dark Horse Comics Best Cartoonist – Al Jaffee, Tall [...]
This weekend, at the Long Beach Comic-Con, DC Comics announced The Outsiders series would have a new creative team in January 2010. Taking over for Peter Tomasi would be none other than Executive Editor Dan DiDio. Joining him would be current Batman and Robin artist Philip Tan.
by Marc-Oliver Frisch August was another fairly strong month for DC Comics’ periodical output, mainly thanks to the continued success of the Green Lantern and Batman franchises. With Blackest Night #2, Batman and Robin #3, Green Lantern #45 and Blackest Night: Batman #1, the publisher again managed to place four of its DC Universe titles in [...]
“Legends of the Superheroes” was a (Thank God) short-lived variety show that showcased various members of the DC universe. Of course you had Batman, Robin, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern, Black Canary and even Hawkman, but in one episode (only two were made), Ed McMahon introduced the JLA to a lesser-known superhero: Ghetto Man, played by [...]
Superhero team-ups have been a grand tradition in the comic book industry fro decades now. And which two heroes are more prone to holding hands and clobbering bad guys than Superman and Batman? These days Batman is just as likely to punch Superman in the face with a Kryptonite boxing glove, but they never seem to stop spending time together.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen star Megan Fox is in final negotiations to star opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich in Jonah Hex , Warner Bros.' action Western based on the DC Comics character. She also is attached to star and develop Fathom , Fox Atomic's comic book-based underwater adventure. more