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Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; Brian Wood has gone from indie superstar, to mainstream mega-writer That's no accident He's been putting out boundaries breaking work for over a decade What makes his creator owned catalog so captivating is his ability to sell not only high concept comics, but high concept comics that start in uncomfortable[...]

Elliot Cole reviews The Massive for Bleeding Cool; The Massive, Wood's latest big new thing, regards a crew of Greenpeace-ish activists aboard a boat

Adam Messinger writes for Bleeding Cool; Brian Wood Did you hear that? Good Get used to it You're probably going to hear it a lot if you're reading anything I write about comics In 2002 Brian Wood was in the middle of blazing a creative trail His prolific output from this time period included writing comics[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Keith Davidsen Brian Wood explores dramatic landscapes from every angle We've seen it time and time again in such titles as DMZ and Northlanders, both bestsellers that were instant hits with fans and critics alike While his stories are deeply personal, he meticulously builds the environment with rich geographic, political, and[...]

PoliticsWatch: Ostensibly a kids comic, the rather successful Spirou in France goes rather political with its upcoming issue, declaring that in the midst

Those ticket holders will be able to purchase the HC. SigningWatch: For those not at ECCC this weekend… but are in LA, Meltdown is running an Ultimate Spider-Man Launch Party showing the new series ahead of its launch tomorrow with a signing from Jeph Loeb, Paul Dini, Steven T. Seagle and Duncean Rouleau. • 12pm- signings with creators[...]

It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Marvel mutants at Wondercon, and here's the latest… Marvel has just announced that Brian Wood will take over writing both X-Men and Ultimate Comics X-Men beginning in June with X-Men #30 and Ultimate Comics X-Men #13  More on this to come, I'm sure… It's shaping up to[...]

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[...]

Along with that announcement, there was Brian Wood's post on his blog about Dark Horse's digital downloads. I've had series cancelled recently I've had pitches rejected for financial reasons I've seen my editors laid off I've taken page rate cuts (a LOT of us have) My income from royalties have dropped Most comic shops don't carry[...]

They will be adapting the classic Queen Of The Black Coast story. Dark Horse also announced that Brian Wood's The Massive will appear in Dark Horse Presents before launching as an ongoing series in June 2012 Wood described it as a combination of his Vertigo books, Northlanders and DMZ and intends to keep writing the book[...]

I'd forgotten about Project Superior. Here's the back wall of Brian Wood's office As photographed by Brian Wood I'd forgotten about Project Superior. Here's the back wall of Brian Wood's office As photographed by Brian Wood I'd forgotten about Project Superior. Here's the back wall of Brian Wood's office As photographed by Brian Wood I'd[...]

We know that he'll be announced at the new Conan writer from Dark Horse Comics, with Becky Clonan on art. But, as promised, looks like he'll be announcing

Robot 6 and Multiversity are all of a twitter that Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan, creators of Demo, will be announcing a new Dark Horse project at New York Comic Con. They don't know what it is though. But you do At least if you read the headline to this, you do. Because, yes, Bleeding Cool understands that[...]

WoodWatch1: Brian Wood on The Massive; "The Massive is a post-disaster series, a combo of action, politics, mystery and a dash of sci-fi It starts where most disaster movies end, at the point of cataclysm It's about how mankind rebuilds, and in this case, how they rebuild the entire world, such[...]

It seems to have been made clar that DC Comics aren't that interested in Brian Wood any more DMZ ending, Northlanders cancelled with no replacement Vertigo projects, and dropped off the DC New 52 revamp of Supergirl without any reasonable explanation And his work on Supernatural came from the Wildstorm side of the company as[...]

Bleeding Cool mentioned this was coming a little while back – but not where. Dark Horse has just announced at their San Diego Comic Con panel that they will be publishing Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's The Massive More to come of course But it's all starting to look a little nautical… Bleeding Cool mentioned this[...]

The Internet offers up the idea that everyone is a superhero, every life story is a saga, everyone has a style, every love story is a magnificent adventure." MarvelWatch: Deadpool MAX II by David Lapham and Kyle Baker will launch in October, following on directly after the end of Deadpool MAX. WoodWatch: Coming soon from Brian[...]

Not only is Brian Wood no longer DC exclusive, not only was he ditched from Supergirl days before the DC Relaunch announcements, not only is DMZ coming to an end (his choice), but now I understand that DC have prematurely cancelled their Vertigo comic Northlanders, Wood's ongoing series of series set[...]

The Massive is a new upcoming comic book by Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson Both have worked together previously on Wood's DMZ for Vertigo. From the Jules Verne quote and the visual above, it looks like it may be some future apocalyptic Waterworld style affair. I probably shouldn't have mentioned Waterworld, should I? Publisher is unknown… [...]

This was an intriguing exchange of tweets. Bleeding Cool had previously reported that Brian Clevinger had been dropped from the new Firestorm relaunch

And Brian Wood off Supergirl #1? Count the days on your fingers Bleeding Cool mentioned Wood, creator of DMZ and Northlanders, was on the book back in April. Well, last week, he still was Now… he isn't. Whoever they announce as the new writer on Supergirl #1, don't expect them to have any indepth plans yet… Neither Brian[...]

But look for another change soon. I'm told DMZ and Northlanders writer Brian Wood is to take over as writer in the next few months. I'm of the opinion that Wood can do no wrong I don't buy Supergirl But if true, I might be about to start. Currently James Peaty is the writer of Supergirl after[...]

And I like Vertigo books. DMZ by Brian Wood and a number of artists, the tale of an America divided and at war with itself – literally, with Manhattan as a demilitarized zone, with excellent sniping opportunities, comes to a conclusion at the end of the year. Until then, Live From The DMZ is a new celebratory[...]

A fourth print run of Chew #1 and a third print of Chew #2 may be in order. There's the ultimate Blackest Night promotion in Chicago and the following thriller of a promotional poster from Comics Nexus. More fun with Erik Larsen and John Byrne. Warren Ellis has seen the full lettered final issue of Planetary… The local press[...]

UPDATE: Dates corrected Local #12 by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly, published in 2008. Geraniums And Bacon #4 by Cathy Leamy, published in 2007. Swipe File presents images to comment on their juxtaposed similarities and/or differences and makes no allegation that either was inspired by the other Swipe File subscribes to the concept of IdeaSpace, synchronicity, ideas whose[...]