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Pokémon GO - And DC Going As Well? The Daily LITG, 13th November 2020
Including the many redundancies at DC Comics and so much more Also the Department of Homeland Security congratulating Biden, Dominic Cummings resigning, Peter Sutcliffe killed by coronavirus, vaccines coming, John Lewis ad airing, is November 13th 2020 trying to make up for the rest of the year? The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a[...]
Gossip: DC Comics, Abandoning Comic Shops and Comic Cons?
I have heard versions for this rumour on and off for the last 15 years, alongside the word that Dan DiDio was going to be fired as DC Comics publisher And for fifteen years neither came to pass – until Dan DiDio earlier this year, which seemed to set of dominos up to this week,[...]
Is This Brian Bendis Starting DC Omniverse In Superman and Young Justice?
Isolated, they appear examples of human nature, together, they suggest a pattern of indeterminate timelines? Lois Lane has already had quite a bit of that in her own series, and of course, what happened in Superman Reborn that aligned two different versions of herself, with Lana Lang as Superwoman. Could this be Brian Bendis setting up his[...]
The Daily LITG, 12th November 2020
Including the many redundancies at DC Comics and so much more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: DC Bloodbath – the ten most-read stories yesterday… More Firings At DC Comics – The[...]
Proud Boys Use DC Comics Logo For Washington Protests This Weekend
And using this imagery to do so. Proud Boys DC logo. Of course, that is the registered and trademarked logo for DC Comics in the center of it all. DC logo. Might Warner Bros lawyers want to have words regarding how it is being used? Various other parties are following the matter closely The Hill reported, "I huddled with[...]
DC Comics Publishing Numbers Will Be Cut From 20-25%
Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on details of DC Comics staffers who were laid off yesterday in a new round of redundancies from Warner Bros We also looked at how Marie Javins' promotion to DC Comics EIC was intentionally set up at relatively-friendly media organisations by the big cheeses at Warner Bros as a way[...]
Titans Season 3 has something coming out this Monday. (Image: WarnerMedia)
"DC Comics loves the Lazarus Pit," Walker teased "I have no comment about that." As for the impact her electrocution will have on her life moving forward, Walker says that and aspect of her story that they will "absolutely" explore. Walker also wants fans of Anna Diop's Koriand'r aka Kory Anders aka Starfire know that they're be[...]
DC Comics Publishing Numbers Will Be Cut From 20-25%
DC Comics owner Warner Bros went through another round of layoffs this week And while the focus was on the East Coast, as opposed to the recent West Coast Burbank culling, that has meant a number of DC Comics staffers have also been informed that they will no longer be working for the publisher DC[...]
DC Comics Publish Worst Local Comic Shop Day Item Ever For 2020
But DC Comics? They are doing a foil version of the Other History Of The DC Universe #1 but aside from that aren't even trying Because for Local Comic Shop Day, on the 25th of November DC Comics is offer one copy of a recoloured cover version of their DC Nation Presents: DC Future State[...]
V For Vendetta Gets Its First Black Label Edition
DC Comics then saw the series coloured and published from DC, under the same contracts as Watchmen which means that as long as DC keep it in print, it will never be returned to the creators, as had been originally planned Well, it looks like DC Comics has run out of the last printing, under[...]
The Crowds Of Gotham City - Are There Good People On Both Sides?
Today sees the publication of Detective Comics #1030 and Punchline Special #1 from DC Comics, both see the people of Gotham tacking to the streets in a rather disturbing fashion While Batgirl #50 has a group of marchers against the violence of the Joker War and asking for help repairing their city… Batgirl #50 artwork. In Detective[...]
Marvel Comics Getting a DC Tsunami In The New Year
With DC Comics cutting the number of titles, and for those that remain, cutting the page rates that comic book creators are receiving, as well as moving away from big exclusive comic creator signings (especially writers), expect a coupold of things A big move towards creator-owned and creator-participant books, with Image Comics, Boom, IDW, Dark[...]
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But privately I have heard nothing but praise for the decision by DC Comics to make Marie Javins their new Editor-In-Chief, promoted from co-EIC with Michele Wells, after Bob Harras was made redundant and left before his notice period was up. Named one of the 29 Women Who Took Over The World In 2018 as part[...]
SCOOP: Batman: Three Jokers Sequel From Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok
I've been reporting that DC Comics will have a DC Omniverse Special in March — whatever it will be called — to set this all up. We know very little about it save for two words, and this may speak to its place in the aforementioned DC Omniverse Those words? "Batman Universe" Let the speculation begin,[...]
Marie Javins
DC Comics has promoted Marie Javins to the full Editor-In-Chief position at the publisher Previously she had shared co-Editor-In-Chief duties with Michele Wells after a scythe had been applied to DC's upper echelons of editorial staff, replacing Bob Harras in the role The Editors-In-Chief position for Wells and Javins was a temporary one, and now[...]
DC Officially Rebrands, Dropping Vertigo
The idea that now, post-Death Metal, all 80 plus years of the mainline DC history is set inside continuity, every story remembered by the characters, but going forward, the worlds out there and possibilities are infinite. However, it will have structure, it will have rules, there will be a framing system for stories at DC Comics[...]
Krypto The Superdog Reprinted For DC Kids Line
DC Comics also put out a comic book alongside the series under their  Johnny DC imprint, for a mere six issues, from Jesse Leon McCann and Min Sung Ku And that was that last anyone thought about it for fifteen years It was not right for its time But maybe it is now? Krypto The Superdog[...]
How Come The Police Have Guns In Hellblazer: Rise And Fall?
But maybe that's just me. HELLBLAZER RISE AND FALL #1 (OF 3) (MR) DC COMICS JUL200410 A billionaire falls out of the sky and is gruesomely skewered on a church spire Bizarrely, Angel Wings are attached to his back More follow until, hallelujah, it's raining businessmen Detective Aisha Bukhari is stumped by this, until she's visited by her childhood[...]
CNN's Jake Tapper Really Loves DC Comics, Doesn't He?
Yesterday, commenting on Mike Pence's take on Donald Trump's speech to the media, CNN anchorman Jake Tapper tweeted out the observation "The VP always has the most affirming comments of what a fictitious President Trump might have said on Earth 2." The VP always has the most affirming comments of what a fictitious President Trump might have[...]
Did Matt Kindt Try And Get The Rights To Revolver Back From DC?
DC Comics sometimes lets go of creator-owned comic books But sometimes they decide not So while Clover Press is to publish Steve Niles' Simon Dark next year, successfully extracted from DC Comics, others are not so lucky There's also a bit of a tell, when creators approach SDC Comics looking to transfer publishing rights, after[...]
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And so the manipulation continues. The Making Of A Punchline For The Joker (Punchline #1 Preview) Punchline Special by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mikel Andolfo and Romulo Fajardo Jr is published on Tuesday. PUNCHLINE #1 DC COMICS JUL208348 Spinning out of the pages of "The Joker War" comes the first solo book starring the blockbuster new character Punchline[...]