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BC Mag #2: Comic Book Feuds

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston People understand Hollywood feuds exist, but find it strange similar behaviour might be exhibited in a field as lowly as that of, say, the comic book industry. But people are people, human nature …

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Discussing James Robinson And The Parker Books: The Darwyn Cooke Spotlight At Comic Con

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Dean Butters attended San Diego Comic Con for Bleeding Cool; I thought I’d start this article at the end, as I managed to have a brief private chat with Cooke following his spotlight panel. We talked a bit about James …

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The James Robinson Spotlight Panel – The Future Of Earth 2 And The Future Collaboration With Darwyn Cooke

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Dean Butters writes for Bleeding Cool; At his spotlight panel yesterday James Robinson was awarded an ink pot award for his contributions to the industry. Robinson was quite caught off guard by this and was genuinely touched by it. Robinson’s …

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Ten Thoughts About Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It would seem horrible to compare Watchmen #1 with Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1. But it’s unavoidable. I can’t read this one issue without those twelve issues ringing in my ears. So let’s get it all out there. 1. From Watchmen …

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No, This Is Not A Continuity Flub In Before Watchmen: Minutemen

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We’d mentioned how Seymour couldn’t have been writing for the New Frontiersman in 1975. But that was just a marketing bit of bumf. But the first issue of Before Watchmen: Minutemen goes out of its way to line itself up …

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The First Five Pages Of Before Watchmen By Darwyn Cooke

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here are the first five pages of Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke, published tomorrow. Let’s have a look. Note that the front cover does not work as the first panel to the story, as it did with …

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The Before Watchmen Reviews Are In. From Some People.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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First Pages Of Rorschach, Silk Spectre, Ozymandias, Crimson Corsair… And Minutemen Designs

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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So… What Will Before Watchmen Actually Be Like?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 number of “press screenings” have been taking place in …

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Richard Pace’s The League Of Halfway Decent Gentlemen

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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Siike Donnelly Talks To Darwyn Cooke About Before Watchmen. A Little Bit.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Siike Donnelly is attending Megacon for Bleeding Cool. And he just bumped into Darwyn Cooke, briefly, who is appearing at the show. Guess what they talked about… Siike: I’m a big fan. I loved your work back to the Batman …

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BEFORE WATCHMEN Announced Today With Azzarello/Bermejo’s Rorschach, JMS/Adam Hughes’ Dr Manhattan And Len Wein/Jae Lee’s Ozymandias (UPDATE)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It’s official folks. This morning I discovered that the Brian Azzarello/Lee Bermejo DC comic we heard about at Angouleme was going to be Rorschach. I sent a few emails out for confirmation. Then this landed on me. A full confirmation …

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Monday Runaround – Gay Marriage, Perfume And Newt Gingrich

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

KevinWatch: Everyone’s talking Archie! The Daily Mail, Huffington, Tim, Fox News… it’s going to get busy! MooreWatch: Alan Moore on sexism in comics in the eighties. Miss Arrowette would reduce gangs of criminals to spluttering, coughing helplessness by engulfing them …

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Andy Kubert To Draw Watchmen 2 (UPDATE)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Rich Johnston

We’ve had his name mentioned to us before, regarding this project. There is circumstantial evidence to support it. Well, today Bleeding Cool had it confirmed. Not officially of course, don’t be ridiculous. But we’ve been informed quite conclusively from a …

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Squirrelling Out Details On Watchmen 2

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Sometimes all you do is have to mention its name, and lots of bits spill out. Two days ago, Bleeding Cool mentioned that Watchmen prequels at DC were back on the agenda, after the success of the New 52. That …

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The Return Of Watchmen 2

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Rich Johnston

A couple of years ago, Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics was planning to return to Watchmen to tell new stories. Dave Gibbons would be involved as well as many of DC’s brightest stars. The very concept was …

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Review – Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Rich Johnston

Richard Stark’s Parker is the kind of anti-hero that America isn’t meant to create anymore, let alone enjoy. A cold hearted killer with the will to do the kind of things that most flinch at. A less social, more driven …

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