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Watchmen Is $4 On Kindle In The USA

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It may look like $13 to us Brits. But in the US, clicking on this link will give you the complete Watchmen for $4 on your Kindle. I think. Try it and let me know… ComiXology aren’t matching, because it …

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Grant Morrison Wants To Make A Superhero Out Of You

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

At a Warner Bros Burbank event to celebrate Grant Morrison’s work at DC (including Action Comics biscuits, right), he talked about the upcoming Multiversity series. And how it is intended to turn the reader into a superhero. Oh balls, I’m …

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Whatever Happened To The Crimson Corsair?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

In case anyone missed Taylor Ramsey’s interview the other day, Len Wein talked about exactly what happened with the Before Watchmen Epilogue that DC Comics withdrew from their schedules, but also the reasons he left the Crimson Corsair back up …

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Talking To Len Wein About His Career, His Legacy And Before Watchmen

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Taylor Ramsey writes for Bleeding Cool. At this year’s C2E2 I had the opportunity to sit down with comic industry legend, Len Wein. It was on the last day of the show and I was tired and a bit frazzled, …

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Watchmen #1-3 Original Art Covers Sell For A Total Of $216,892.50

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The original cover art for Watchmen issues #1-3 by Dave Gibbons have just sold for a total of $216,892.50 at Heritage Auctions. The cover of issue #1 sold for $155,350, the #2 cover sold for $38.837.50, and the #3 cover …

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Rewatching The Watchmen – Tuesday Trending Topics

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Watchmen — before, during and after, all in one blog post: Tomorrow, DC Comics published Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara …

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Len Wein, The Outer Limits And Rewriting Watchmen

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Tomorrow, DC Comics publish Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara Kesel also editing the book for periods of time. Because …

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For Sale: Original Art For One Of The Most Iconic Comic Book Covers Ever (Hint: Dave Gibbons, Watchmen)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mark Seifert

These things are forever open to debate, but I’m having a hard time coming up with too many cover images from the history of American comics that I’d definitively call more iconic, more memorable, more instantly evocative of what makes …

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Pop Culture Hounding Dave Gibbons And Herb Trimpe In Malta

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Chris Thompson writes; [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week I take a look back at the absolutely amazing Malta Comic-Con I’ve recently returned from – then Taylor & I discuss some of the gems found there, including …

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Did Two Captions Doom Ozymandias?

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There are spoilers here for Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4. But then, only if you haven;t read Watchmen. In which case, there are spoilers for Watchmen too. I’ve been enjoying quite a lot of Before Watchmen. There are a few things …

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Thursday Trending Topics: Spawn’s Election Redo

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Rich is right that this would have been a lot more effective if it had come out the Wednesday of election week, but I still think the cover parody combined with the theme is rather amusing. Then again, a little …

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The Curse Of Alan Moore Strikes Once Again

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Oh dear…

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Who Watches The Spin Doctors?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Skip Harvey writes for Bleeding Cool; The two statements that summed up DC’s apparent attitude for me: “We’re trying really, really hard.” -Amanda Connor “We’re giving you what you want.” -Brain Azzarello Despite whatever my fanboy opinions may be, DC …

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Watchmen, Fashion Beast And A Shiver Down My Spine

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Fashion Beast #2 is published today, the second issue that adapts Alan More’s screenplay that he wrote in 1985. That he wrote it concurrently with Watchmen, was always going to give Fashion Beast an extra frisson of interest. And reading …

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Before Watchmen: Moloch #1 Comes Out Of The Darkness

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Moloch seems to be present in so many of the Before Watchmen comics, it was about time he got his own title, stepping in to help out on delays to the Nite Owl series, after inker Joe Kubert‘s passing. Although …

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DC Execs Refuse To Deny Jim Lee / Scott Snyder Man Of Steel Rumours – And No More Before Watchmen Plans “Right Now”

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

ICV2 interviewed Bob Wayne and John Cunningham of DC Comics, and asked them the question I was unable to get a response from DC over, regarding the rumoured Man Of Steel series Bleeding Cool first made mention of… Let me put …

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DC Comics Announces Before Watchmen: Moloch By JMS And Eduardo Rizzo, And Bill Sienkiewicz Takes Over On Nite Owl

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo Canada; At the Before Watchmen panel at Fan Expo Canada, DC Comics have just announced a new two issue mini-series as part of the Before Watchmen project entitled Before Watchmen: Moloch, …

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