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9 Things Revealed In 9 Of Tomorrow's Comics
The status of The Spectre in the DC Universe gets retconned. 2 Dick Grayson's password is SpottedDick37 3 Captain Marvel And The Carol Corps ends not with a bang, but with a meta. 5 Deathstroke makes an ultimate sacrifice – remember what Tony S Daniel did with the Joker's face? Well this is up there… 6 What do you[...]
Vertigo Wants Comic Book Pitches That Will Work On TV Budgets (UPDATE)
Starship battles, cities being destroyed, entire fantasy worlds created, intricately bizarre monsters, impossible "camera" angles and anything the human mind can envisage. But not, it seems, at DC's mature readers imprint Vertigo Comics Where I have had reports of certain creators being told that pitches for comic books set in the past and the far future, or[...]
Bill Finger To Get Creator Credit In The Batman Comics As Well As The TV And Movies
Early today the news broke by press release to DC Comics' media partner The Hollywood Reporter that writer and co-creator of Batman, Bill Finger, was to get official credit for his contribution creating the character of Batman, and his world, in both the Gotham TV series and the Batman Vs Superman movie. As part of the original Batman deal from[...]
Did Prez Predict #Piggate?
Prez, the sci-fi of a young accidental YouTube sensation elected President Of The United States through a series of flukes, and greedy machinations of the
Lying In The Gutters – 21st September 2015 – 100% Kosher
Get your bookmarks ready… but first, what have you been reading on Bleeding Cool this past week? Apart from Frank Cho sketch covers that is? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1. Basically, Frank Cho Wants A Fight… (Robbi Rodriguez UPDATE) 2. One Million Moms Demand The Muppets Be Taken Off The Air 3. Keegan-Michael Key Has Learned That He And Dwayne[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 20th September 2015 – Tokyo Ghosted
Clearly still lots of Zim-love to share… Though the light saber-wielding Sex Criminals also makes a strong appearance, Tokyo Ghost's launch is very strong and DC Comics only manage to place one title, Harley Quinn…. This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and[...]
DC Comics Uncancels Omega Men, Restores Full Twelve Issues
It was announced with the December solicitations for DC Comics that space opera political thriller Omega Men would be cancelled by DC Comics with issue 6 This was half way through the previously guaranteed twelve issue run, that author Tom King saw as a complete graphic novel. And there was much wailing. Not too much wailing, obviously, because[...]
Keegan-Michael Key Learned He And Dwayne McDuffie Were Half Brothers
He's also been in Fargo, Parks And Rec and much more more. Talking on the You Made It Weird podcast (embedded above), Keegan talked about his family history as an adopted child, and them tracing his late biological father's family and finding that he had two half-brothers who had also passed away, one aged 45 and[...]
Greg Berlanti Is Developing A Booster Gold / Blue Beetle Film
Greg Berlanti is known for bringing the DC universe to life on the small screen with Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow New reports say that Berlanti is developing a Booster Gold / Blue Beetle film that he would also direct As you'd expect with these particular characters, the theme of the film[...]
Dan DiDio And Jim Lee On What Makes A DC Essential
Are you a fan of the DC Essentials line? Recently DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio did a fan Q&A at the Burbank Library moderated by Tiffany Smith and talked about what to them makes a story an essential In this DC All-Access clip, they talk about the comic books that inspired them, how storylines[...]
Frank Miller Guest Of Honour At Inaugural Comic Con Paris
Indeed, his Batman work was recently reissued in black and white in France, something DC Comics are likely to copy in the US next year…   It's not been recorded if Frank Miller has ever shared any colourful language about the French But maybe this will give him the opportunity. Frank Miller will be Guest Of Honour at[...]
Page From Dark Knight III: The Master Race Used As Official Art For NYCC
They haven't even had a booth at NYCC for a couple of years. But they are marking their territory this year, with the front of the NYCC programme guide. As given to their media partner Entertainment Weekly by DC's PR department, this cover is a page from the upcoming Dark Knight III: The Master Race and drawn by Andy[...]
The Batman Banner Hunt For Batman Day
September 26th is Batman Day and as part of the celebration DC has created new banners for all of their character related Facebook pages like this one for Aquaman. But if you look closely at the banner, you'll see the Dark Knight is hiding in the art. They've done this with multiple banners, can you find[...]
Writing For TV Pays The Same As Writing 6-8 Comics A Month – Josh Fialkov Takes On The Comics Industry
He wrote Ultimate Fantastic Four for Marvel, I Vampire and Green Lantern Corps for DC and far more besides He is now a writer on the TV show Chicago Med for NBC And he has a few things to say about comics, his time at DC Comics and the terrible things he has seen… https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644009858597957632 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644010040290996224 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644010185749491712 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644010655603752961 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644010973506867200 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644011172576948224 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644011225894907904 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644011479314751488 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644011683459891201 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644011856441413632 https://twitter.com/JoshFialkov/status/644012056845258752 That would[...]
The News Has Just Read Last Week's Issue Of Batman
News reports from Ferguson and Staten Island, New York, where police choked Eric Garner to death, helped inspire the story: "If we were going to do an issue that dealt with potent problems that people face in cities that are reflected fictitiously in Gotham, then we want to really put our money where our mouth[...]
Tom King On Omega Men's Twelve Issue Storyline, Two Months Ago
From a interview with Tom King arranged by DC Comics PR with their media partner, CraveOnline. CraveOnline: What can you tell us about your twelve issue storyline? Tom King: I have a lot of stories to tell with these characters and this world, and if they let me, I will tell them But for now, I view[...]
DC Comics Cancels Lost Army, Sensation Comics, Batman '66, Doomed, Gotham By Midnight, Omega Men, Lobo And Justice League United (UPDATE)
UPDATE: @blogofoa It's ending with issue 6. — Cullen Bunn 🎃 (@cullenbunn) September 14, 2015 Alex De Campi confirmed Sensation Comics was gone as well, as has Batman '66… The original article continues below…. DC Entertainment has told their media partner CBR that DC Comics are to cancel five series, a number of which were launched in June, Justice League United,[...]