Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
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. [...]
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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 [...]
Yet Another Comics Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
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...
GamersCircle (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
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...
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
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 [...]
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
“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 [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
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.
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
but this time, to DVD. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is coming Spring of next year, and I could not be happier. An original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’ popular canon of “Crisis” stories. Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday, Green Lantern) is executive producer. Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green Lantern)...
news from me (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
The news that Paul Levitz is "transitioning out" of his position as publisher and president of DC Comics is not good news for the publishing industry. Note the word "publishing" in that sentence. The revenues generated by Superman, Batman, Wonder...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
“Not since the original Superman way back in 1978 has any superhero movie released in December has gone on to be a major hit”: Josh Tyler of Cinema Blend notes that the troubled Green Hornet movie has pushed its release day way back into December of next year, and thinks this means it’s committing “superhero [...]
Three Men in a Tub (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
A judge on Wednesday ruled that the family of superman's co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has "successfully recaptured" rights to additional works, including the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper comic-strips, as well as portions of early Action Comics and Superman comic-books.The ruling is based on the court's finding that these were not "works-made-for-hire" under the Copyright...
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Comic Books » Steven Kirk has an interesting post about the legal layout of the Superman character. He writes that in 2013, the Siegel family regains some of the rights to the super-hero, but only those parts that were created before the character was bought by DC Comics. Parts of the Superman universe (Kryptonite, other characters, [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
In a few years, DC Comics/Time Warner will no longer control Superman. From Variety : In an ongoing Federal court battle over Superman, Judge Stephen Larson ruled Wednesday that the family of the superhero's co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has "successfully recaptured" rights to additional works, including the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper comic-strips, as well as portions of...
chrisfarnsworth.com (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
DC Comics — and its parent company, Time Warner — just got handed another chunk of legal kryptonite, according to this article in Variety. In an ongoing Federal court battle over Superman, Judge Stephen Larson ruled Wednesday that the family of the superhero’s co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has “successfully recaptured” rights to additional works, including the first [...]...
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