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It was the closing event of a two-day Comics Fest that included workshops on creating comics for kids and grownups, a talk by a best-selling author of graphic novels and the panel on which Duke and UNC scholars discussed comics' evolution and their recognition as cultural products deserving serious attention. WatchWatch: Looks like Collider were also[...]

Why not come by and say hi? I'm in the Captain Britain T-shirt… Dan DiDio and Bob Wayne have just presented the Before Watchmen panel at Kapow, giving us a first look at the Josh Middleton cover for Silk Spectre as well as some very brief, blurry looks at some of the interior art… Dan also told[...]

  Alan Moore once described DC Comics' repeated attempts to publish his work after he walked away from the company as that of a "'a really weird,

Looks like midnight EST was the embargo point, for certain comic book journalists to be allowed to talk about the Before Watchmen comics they've seen And a secretive project it was too! Joey Esposito (IGN Comics): Earlier this week, I was privileged enough to head over to the DC Comics offices in Burbank, California (which are[...]

We ran a couple of Before Watchmen August issue covers last week But we didn't run this one for Ozymandias #2, with Jae Lee showing Ozymandias in a compromising position DC gave that one to Out Magazine Or course they did.In the original Watchmen series, the covers formed the very first panel of the comic,[...]

Jim Lee and Scott Williams are drawing a 1:200 variant cover for all the first issues of Before Watchmen Here is their black and white work for the cover of Minutemen #1. And here is Michael Golden's 1:25 cover for the same issue. And below, previously released pencils for the 1:200 variant cover of Nite Owl #1. [...]

There now follows some randomish, vaguely connected thoughts about Before Watchmen. "Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes." – Joe Michael Straczynski.  Before Watchmen author. ""Kirby got a shitty contract too, so get over it" isn't a great tag[...]

WatchWatch: Kotaku runs the cover to Minutemen #3. Showing something unfortunate happening with one Silhouette... DieselSweetieWatch: The Economist gets

I expect to see her in Ravagers #1 and Batman Inc #1 as well. Before Watchmen, Nineteen Eighties Style | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors In the book Comics: Between The Panels by Mike Richardson and Steve Duin, they tell a number of comic book industry stories over the decades Including comics[...]

Such as an earlier stab by DC Comics at something like Before Watchmen. Shortly after the completion of the Watchmen series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, DC's main editors went on retreat The retreatees included Karen Berger, Mike Gold, Denny O'Neil, Mike Carlin, and Andy Helfer The brain trust returned with three "sequels" to Watchmen. The[...]

 Then there's New 52 wave 2 and Before Watchmen sneaks And the week is just getting started. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Is Boy Chimney The Great DC Character Find Of 2012? BuzzFeed, in its tour of DC offices the other day, had a sneak peek about The New Six, the new books joining the New 52 Let's have[...]

BuzzFeed, after their trip around the DC Offices, were allowed to take some shots of the Before Watchmen comic books, including these Rorschach pages by Lee Bermejo with their seventies Manhattan exotica, the Silk Spectre page by Amanda Conner that follows it with the falling snow globe and nine panel grid right out of Watchmen,[...]

The other day, I linked to the then-upcoming LA Times panel with Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, hosted by Geoff Boucher and jokingly asked if he'd mention Chris

Who's watching Before Watchmen? Well, everybody But BC readers have been keeping a close eye on the viral marketing and telling us about it And given what we've heard about the comics themselves, this line of conversation might be continuing for quite some time. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Is This The First Before Watchmen Continuity Error? The viral[...]

The viral marketing page for Before Watchmen, purporting to show a page from The New Frontiersman, as the superheroes are being disbanded in 1977, years before the Watchmen series takes place may have a boo boo. One of the articles, written by Seymour Smith, is about punks in England, and how they could use their own[...]

It's been an eventful week on this subject, Rich sums it up in today's top post: Earlier this week, Chris Roberson announced on Twitter that he was going

And for some, that is the very definition of a dream job. Oh and there are also looks at new Before Watchmen pages…   Some people insist that Dan DiDio must sit upon a throne rimmed with the skulls of his enemies Instead, his office looks more like my teenage bedroom But larger. It's part of a puff[...]

Chris Roberson as quoted in today's top topic:  "Sorry. In a better world, characters like the Legion would be owned by a more ethical company, but sadly

He also points to this article by David Brothers for Comics Alliance for his reasons, which details issues regarding DC's handling of Before Watchmen, as well as Marvel's handling of The Avengers. I get the feeling we'll be hearing more and more of this sort of thing in weeks to come. Last night, science fiction author[...]

WatchWatch: A better shot of that Before Watchmen montage. CupWatch1: At Cup 'O Joe last night, Joe Quesada confirmed the Bleeding Cool story that Bendis and Oeming are relaunching Powers as Powers FBI. CupWatch2: At Cup 'O Joe last night, Joe Quesada confirmed the Bleeding Cool story that Matt Fraction and David Aja are launching a new[...]

Penises galore." Q: How many books? A: 35 books. Q: Fan loves Richard Nixon and is there a possibility for an After Before Watchmen? A: Azz confirms that Nixon is in the book. Q: For Amanda – Silk Spectre and her mother represent everything about what it means to be a female What has been your experience with this? A: Amanda:[...]

Retailers got a look at some Before Watchmen pages in black-and-white at the Diamond Chicago Summit As I'd previously heard, and now have confirmed, only Amanda Conner is using the 9 panel grid format that so defined the original Watchmen comic for Silk Spectre, and that everyone else is breaking format Though some return to[...]

DC Comics has launched a New Frontiersman teaser for Before Watchmen, based on the radical political newsletter from the original series The first edition (with a "peel" that reveals the DC Peel logo) is dated 1977 and looks at the Keene bill, that will abolish superheroes There's also a headline PUNKS INVADE ENGLAND, bemoaning a[...]

DC Comics is set to show off Watchmen this weekend in Chicago. But it won't be the first time some folks will have seen the pages they are showing off. A

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool from the floor of ECCC; Despite his abrasive reputation, I've always found Erik Larsen to be a very personable and entertaining creator to speak to.  I try to make it a point of order to chat to him each year and have him hold forth on some aspect of the[...]

 Major launches such as Before Watchmen are being solicited, and I understand there are lots and lots of juicy tidbits coming this weekend, starting just a few hours from now… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Those Marvel Solicitations For June 2012 In Full Welcome one and all to all the comics that Marvel is selling in June[...]

At Northampton Central Library, Alan Moore read to an audience one chapter of his upcoming novel Jerusalem. The twenty-fourth chapter, as told by the

Which will have all the Before Watchmen titles listed, including Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo. Should save on the art cost, at least. Oh and here's the front cover, featuring Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's Massive for Dark Horse Comics. There are few examples of one single word suggesting one specific comic book character[...]

Richard Pace was the first comic book creator to state that they knew that Before Watchmen was actually happening And now he has a take on the current situation… Alan Moore's response to it, and the possible response from the creators involved Here is his Burning Itch… Richard Pace was the first comic book creator[...]

Alan Moore has been talking to Kurt Amacker about Before Watchmen, Watchmen, DC Comics and League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Now, Alan has said a lot of this before, sometimes to me, but not all in the same place, in such a concise fashion and so directed Here are a few snippets, to encourage you to[...]