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DC All Access Deleted Scenes – Dan Didio Has A Lot Of Stuff To Move
Most of it's silly but there is a clip of Dan Didio and Jim Lee in Didio's office talking joking about all his stuff and how difficult it will be to move. [youtube]http://youtu.be/lBaYTJQh7oU[/youtube] DC All Access is the publishers weekly video series where they tease upcoming projects, talk to creators, etc[...]
The Glad Handing Of Jim Lee And Hank Kanalz
I've heard there have been plenty of conversations with the likes of Marvel, ComiXology, Valiant and other New York-based comics publishers, as well as the many book publishers that take up retail space in Manhattana and its surround districts. Which is why Co-Publisher Jim Lee and Senior VP Hank Kanalz were on hand in New York[...]
A New Number One On Bleeding Cool Magazine's Top 100 Power List
With the release of Bleeding Cool Magazine #7 this week, a new name takes over the #1 spot on the Top 100 Most Powerful People in Comic Books. In last years inaugural list the top spot went to DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, but this year the fan-favorite artist drops back in our list to be replaced[...]
Thursday Runaround – My Little Pony Beats Sandman
Another added, "I am so happy I found a way to block Bitstrips from my Facebook, I couldn't stand to see another one appear". LEE LINES Comics Alliance lists out Jim Lee's rejection letters from Marvel and DC Love the one about him looking like four different artists… PAGE 45 x 2 Nottingham comic shop Page 45 has been[...]
SCOOP: DC Comics To Move Lock, Stock To Burbank (Confirmation UPDATE)
While co-publisher Dan DiDio and Jim Lee are natural West Coasters and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns is already there. We expect to find out more in November We contacted DC Comics earlier this morning, but they declined to comment on the the record. Mark adds:  The following email from Diane Nelson became public 30 minutes after[...]
Superman Unchained, Only Nine Issues Long? (UPDATE)
In a Hero Complex interview with Jim Lee, they listed the following reply, talking about Batman Europa; That's a project I began a while back when I was living in Italy for a year It's still on deck I've gotten sidetracked with other projects I'm working currently on [the nine-issue series] "Superman Unchained" with a writer[...]
A Letter To Retailers From Dan DiDio And Jim Lee For The End Of Villain's Month
We listened to you and have learned from the experience as we continue to look at ways to excite and invigorate the market. Villains Month has been one of the most exceptional and successful months DC Entertainment has ever seen, and we owe so much of that success to our long and continuing partnership! Again, thank you! Your[...]
DC Launches We Can Be Heroes – Justice League Edition
DC Comics has launched a new Indiegogo crowdfunding initiative for its continuing We Can Be Heroes campaign, raising money for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, their last of the year, themed around the Justice League. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSRGd5F_sds[/youtube] Not sure how Wonder Woman gets to be "equality" – isn't she from a society made up entirely[...]
Jim Lee Fits His Life In Comics Into Forty Minutes
For the 25th anniversary of the comic store Flying Colors of Concord, California, Joe Field talks to Jim Lee… who also appeared there twenty-five years ago for his first signing And they talk about the early days, starting with Samurai Santa! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqp8Yk6eXr0[/youtube] For the 25th anniversary of the comic store Flying Colors of Concord, California, Joe[...]
Even Superman's Coins Are Lenticular – And In French Kryptonian
The Royal Canadian Mint are minting 50 cent coins, each with a lenticular "tails" side, featuring Superman in 1938 and 2013, the art of Jerry Siegel and Jim Lee respectively, depending which angle you hold the coin Oh and Kryptonian letters that officially read 75 Years Of Superman But get this, because it's Canada, they[...]
Understanding Harley Quinn Comics With Jim Lee … And Larry Young!
The week before Suicide Prevention Week. Jim Lee decided it was all about context and tweeted a lesson Over many tweets Here are just a few. As a micro-example of this, let's imagine a small 3 panel story using the following images: A,B and C pic.twitter.com/m3fWm8X03E — Jim Lee (@JimLee) September 7, 2013   We can infer what the story[...]
DC Wants You To Draw Harley Quinn Naked!
Entries can be just pencils, pencils and inks or even pencilled, inked and colored but you must keep in mind that whatever you do on the page is going to be judged on a professional level so only do what you are really good at. Judges for the contest will be Jim Lee and Dan Didio and[...]
Cover Variance: Jim Lee's Sandman
After announcing DCBS and Things From Another World as their first comic store corporate sponsors, they will be giving exclusive CBLDF variant covers to retailer members who sign up. This includes a variant of Sandman Overture #1 by Jim Lee and a Comics Code-style variant cover of Mighty Avengers #1. Retailer membership costs from $100 a year. [...]
When A US General Called Superman A Coward And A Mass Murderer To His Face
Superman comics (and the recent Man Of Steel movie) have, every now and then, shown Superman at odds with a military figure or two, though usually it all gets resolved and everyone fights on the same side. That's what's happening (ish) in the current Man Of Steel comic from DC Comics and two of their highest[...]
Top 100 Most Powerful People In Comics Returns In BCM #7
The top ten included three writers (Robert Kirkman, Geoff Johns and Brian Michael Bendis), two artists (Jim Lee and Joe Quesada), two editor/publishers (Dan Didio and Eric Stephenson), two movie guys (Kevin Feige and Thomas Tull) and a chief executive officer (Isaac Perlmutter).   The list got picked up by many mainstream media outlets as well[...]
Jack Kirby "Argo" Art Sells Well Above Estimates
Both pieces were expected to bring in $10,000.00.   The piece entitled Planetary Control Room went for $23,900.   And Pavilions of Joy went for $16,730.00. Jim Lee had said that the money from the sale was going to help pay for his kids college I think there are four very happy kids today. The two pieces of Jack Kirby[...]
A Little Semi-Fisking Of Dan DiDio And Jim Lee
Yesterday, ICV2 published a two part interview with Dan DiDio and Jim Lee They asked some hard questions, but it seemed more of a questionnaire, only a few answers were  followed up, a few intriguing threads were left hanging and I think some were too easily evaded as a result But it's a good piece[...]
Jack Kirby Artwork Immortalized In Argo Goes To Auction
The art he created though played a much bigger role in the final escape. In 1993, Jim Lee was still new to the comic industry but he was a big fan of Kirby's work and purchased two pieces of Kirby art from Sotherby's Auction House The pieces were described at the time as being from an[...]
DC Comics Superman: The New 52 Era
After all it is the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel, even as a Marvel Girl I understand the significance of the occasion. We were introduced to the panel starting with Jim Lee, continuing through the line with Scott Snyder, Scott Lobdell, Micheal Alan Nelson and then editor Eddie Berganza. The panel settled in and we[...]
DC's Meet the Co-Publishers Brings a Tide of Teasers from Lee and Didio at SDCC
Hannah Means-Shannon writes for Bleeding Cool: Head of Marketing for DC Entertainment, John Cunningham, moderated Jim Lee and Dan Didio in a more intimate panel for discussion Plenty of people had made the commitment to dig into some DC news fairly early on a Sunday on the last day of the con.  First up the big[...]
Superman Unchained – The SDCC Panel
Moderator Bob Wayne was joined by Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, and Dustin Nguyen. The panelists dove into a behind the scenes look at how a variety of pages and covers from issues one and two came to be A slideshow showed off each page at the pencils, inks, and colors stage[...]