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What Will We Do With A Cancelled Legion Of Superheroes? The New 45….

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Paul Levitz posted on Facebook; The word came out yesterday. DC’s officially announced the end of the current run of the LEGION with #23…sad to see my old friends go, and hoping my tale for that issue with Kevin Maguire …

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James Tynion IV On Taking Horror To Thrillbent

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Dylan Sutcliff writes; When Thrillbent was announced I visited the site, read a few comics for free on my laptop and was largely unimpressed. The experience was disappointingly foreign and unengaging and left me thinking free was the appropriate price. …

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C2E2 Panels In Audio – Carol Tilley, Mark Waid, John Layman & Rob Guillory And More

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Thanks to Jamie Colville, the comic industry star of recording panel audio at comic conventions and making it available to all. Especially panels that wouldn’t get the video streaming attention. Here’s a great selection. [Audio clip: view full post to …

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Mark Waid Heads Discussion On The Future Of The Comics Medium

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Dustin Hall writes; Amidst the fluffy fan-service and spoiler-teasing reveals at the Emerald City Comic Con, one panel sought to put some heavy philosophical points into the brains of attendees this weekend, asking questions that would continue to resonate with …

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Tales From ECCC: Mark Waid And Man Of Steel

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Mark Waid really is one nicest creators in the industry I’ve ever met. Marcio Takara also echoed the same sentiment …

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Is Project Gamma A Hulk/Daredevil Crossover By Waid? (UPDATE: NO)

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Marvel are PRing something called Project Gamma to be announced at SXSW. We have a hart rate increasing. Gamma would indicate the Hulk, the heartbeat the transformation… could it be the heartbeat being heard by someone? That red against black… …

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BC Mag #3: Life In The Gutters

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston When Gail Simone was rehired on Batgirl by DC Comics after being fired a week previously, it reminded me of a couple of past examples I’d heard. And both included Mark Waid. The …

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It’s Possible That JMS May Not Be Writing For Dynamite Any Time Soon

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From the sparsely-attended by big-name-filled Dynamite panel at ECCC last night, with the likes of Chris Roberson and Mark Waid amongst Matt Wagner, Ron Marz and more.  Roberson was credited with scripting over Joe Michael Straczynski‘s plots on the Superman …

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Marvel ECCC: The Spreadsheets That Track The Marvel Universe And Continuity Is The Devil

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Mark Seifert

We previously had an interesting bit of Hawkeye news from the ECCC Pint O’ CB Panel, now here’s a full write-up thanks to BCer-in-the-field Dustin Hall. I find editor Jeanine Schaefer‘s comment about tracking Wolverine’s life with charts, spreadsheets, and …

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Mark Waid Asks Comic Readers To Spread The Digital Codes With Love

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

(right to left) Sana Amanet, Daniel Way, Jeanine Schaefer, Mark Waid, Sam Humphries, Matt Fraction, Cullen Bunn, Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and CB Cebulski in the middle on the ECCC CB Panel without any PR people present to stop them… Recently a …

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Gender Through Comic Books – And Free Access To Comic Creators

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rich Johnston

University tutor and doctroral candidate Christy Blanch is launching a new course, Gender Through Comic Books, available free to everyone online. A bit like the Open University, but for comics. And with speakers such as Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Waid, …

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A Marvel Creative Summit In New York

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It’s not just DC who are running a Creative Summit this week, Marvel have been at it too. Though keeping it all in even chillier New York. HEre’s how it’s been going down. First time I’ve seen snow in a …

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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 Walter Simonson Tweets The Hulk

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Walter Simonson has been tweeting panels and pages in pencil and ink from his upcoming run on Indestructable Hulk with Mark Waid…. have a peek.

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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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Mark Waid And DC Comics – Saturday Trending Topics

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Mark Waid in charge of DC Comics? That could have been very fun: From an interview between Tom Spurgeon and Mark Waid, talking about working as an editor at DC Comics  under executive editor Dick Giordano; Most-Read Comic Stories Today – …

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When Dan DiDio Was Going To Put Mark Waid In Charge Of DC Comics

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From an interview between Tom Spurgeon and Mark Waid, talking about working as an editor at DC Comics  under executive editor Dick Giordano; I was actually offered this job about four or five years ago at DC. Dan for a …

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Walter Simonson Joins Mark Waid On Hulk… And Thor Too?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

  Walter Simonson will be drawing Mark Waid‘s Hulk in April, and it looks like he is struggling with certain Mjlonir. Courtesy of iFanboy who got the image from Marvel PR. Could this be where recent tweeted pics from Simonson …

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