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All Star Über

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

I was chatting with Über writer Kieron Gillen, and it he let it slip that when originally writing Über, he saw it as the anti-All Star Superman. I don’t know, I can still see some similarities… Über #1 is out …

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Beginning Uber #1 With A Bang

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Uber #1 is a relatively slow book, at least to begin with. People stand around, talking a lot. Some of them talk a lot on a motorbike. Some behind a desk. Some on a bridge. Kieron Gillen is a real …

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How Uber #1 Will Expode Off The Shelf Tomorrow

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Avatar Press are publishing Uber #1 by Kieron Gillen and Canaan White tomorrow. Sold out from the distributor before going on sale at shops, this is what it’s going to be like when those shop doors open… Okay, it;s actually …

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Uber #1 Sells Out Already. Nazis Are Hot This Year.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Orders for issue #0 of Uber had been ramping up. Looks like they had a knock on effect on Uber #1… This comic about the Nazi creation of superheroes at the end of World War II and the changing world …

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Uber Exclusives Announced for Forbidden Planet & Midtown

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jim Kuhoric

Kieron Gillen‘s Uber #0 met with excitement and sell outs at its debut in comic shops one week ago.  Within hours of its release, the hard to find covers and variants were commanding a premium price online and the general …

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Preview: Uber #0 by Kieron Gillen And Caanan White

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Mark Seifert

We talked to both Kieron Gillen and Caanan White about their new series Uber from Avatar Press, now here’s a preview of the 48-page #0 issue. Out next month at a comic retailer near you.

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Uber: Caanan White Talks About Rendering The Superrealities Of War And Kieron Gillen’s OMG Moments

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Mark Seifert

It was clear from our recent talk with writer Kieron Gillen that he has developed a very specific, detailed, and intense vision for his new monthly series Uber, which begins with issue #0 in April from Avatar Press. On developing …

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Kieron Gillen Talks About His New Series Uber – War, Weaponized People, And Writing Angry

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Phonogram, Uncanny X-Men, Journey into Mystery, Iron Man, Young Avengers… Kieron Gillen has written quite a range of comics in recent years.  And in April, Avatar Press will launch Uber by Gillen and artist Canaan White, described in the solicit …

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Marvel Launches The Secret Origin Of Tony Stark, From Kieron Gillen And Dale Eaglesham

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

I am seeing Kieron in the pub tomorrow. I know better than to ask him about any of this, because he’ll just do his doleful eyes look, tilt his head sideways and regard me with pity. But, anyway, it looks …

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The Week In Marvel AR – A Tale Of Mischief, KIeron Enslaved, Mark Waid, Mike Allred And A Rather Odd X-Force Moment

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From last week’s Marvel AR, for those without tablets or smartphones (as I was until the intervention of a very generous benefactor)… oddly, Avengers doesn’t give us Adam’s language translated, so it looks like you will have to rely on …

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When Karen Gillan Retweeted Kieron Gillen

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Rich Johnston

 Karen Gillan. Kieron Gillen. The comparison has been made. Much as it has been between 2000AD editor Matt Smith and, well, you know. And so, anyway, at some point Sean Azzopardi put this together. And then today, this time it …

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Kieron Gillen Talks Young Avengers, Indeed, It’s Difficult To Get Him To Stop.

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Rich Johnston

For the last few weeks, Kieron Gillen has been writing about the cast of his new comic with Jamie McKelvie and friends, Young Avengers, commentary and soundtracks. It comes out tomorrow. So here are a few snippets from each with …

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Joe Bennett Brings Us The West Coast Ultimates

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Joe Bennett has been talking about his upcoming arrival on Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates with Sam Humphries. I’m going back to Marvel because my exclusive contract has ended in DC, I like to work hard and always enjoyed Marvel’s characters. …

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Here Is Your Two Page Promo For Kieron Gillen And Jamie McKelvie’s Young Avengers

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Kieron Gillen gives an interview about Young Avengers to Buzzfeed. Where he talks about comics as pop music, and eighteen year olds as superheroes and, Be My Baby a lot and seriously, is there a Kieron Gillen Generator somewhere? It …

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Kieron Gillen’s Fridge Of Anger

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is what Kieron Gillen’s World War 2 superhero comic Uber for Avatar looked like in 2008. On a fridge. The issue being laid out here will be published in April. Kieron Gillen talks about it more here. As I …

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Kieron Gillen’s Uber From Avatar – Some Very Nazi Superheroes

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We’ve already talked about Kieron Gillen‘s Heat, a planned six-issue sci-fi mini-series for Avatar, about the policing of Mercury, that has yet to see print. But I also heard Kieron talk about what he referred to as Avatar Project Two. …

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Jamie McKelvie’s Hulkling And Wiccan Young Avengers Kiss From The Gay Times

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

From the new copy of The Gay Times out today, accompanying an interview with Kieron Gillen about the Young Avengers, and this art from the upcoming new series from Marvel NOW.  

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Tony Stark Hates Tolkien

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

From Iron Man #4 by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land. Well, he is a bit of a futurist (albeit one who currently seems to be restricting the use of high tech) and this book is very much a get-Iron Man-ready-to-be-in-Guardians …

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