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Tuesday Trending Topics: Clothes Make The Superman

Tuesday Trending Topics: Clothes Make The SupermanAs I post this I'm watching @jimlee00 talk to fans about the costume redesigns of the DC relaunch, and the conversation seems to sum up a lot of today's BC trends — we care about fashion in our comics every bit as much as we care about it in real life. Today on BC we've had talk on costume details in merchandise, movies, and the comics themselves.

Googling to make sure I remember wtf I'm talking about, I see the original Mark Twain quote is "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."  Definitely true in comics. A good costume is everything.

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

DC Comics To Keep Publishing 'Opportunities'

And there you were thinking you were reading comic books. Apparently not, according to this poster at the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, you're actually reading an oportunity. Note everyone still in the old costumes of course – why would you want to put the new Superman on a lollipop? We do like Batman's glowing gut though.

New Art From Rob Liefeld's Hawk And Dove

Rob Liefeld has been sharing some of his production artwork for Hawk And Dove #1. He writes;

Gail Simone And B Clay Moore: The Gender Politics Of The DC Relaunch

Bleeding Cool, amongst others, has reported on the seemingly shocking reduction in the proportion of female creators listed as working on the DC Relaunch books. Gail Simone is writing two titles and Jenny Frison is doing a cover. That's it. Both Marvel and DC have been increasing the amount and prominence of female comics creators of late but this suddenly seemed a step back.

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Avengers Movie Promotional Poster Debuts At Licensing Expo Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Licensing Expo 2011 just opened in Las Vegas and attendee @theonlyesq has given us our first look at a promotional Avengers movie poster debuting there.   Looks like a merchandising image rather than an actual movie poster, but a good look at characters and costumes for Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk, and Black Widow — and still very cool.

LOOK: Captain America In His USO Costume

The first red, white and blue costume that Chris Evans will be wearing in the upcoming Captain America movie will he his USO stage outfit. As you can see from this image, it's a pretty clear echo of a familiar design.

Create Your Very Own Customisable Green Lantern

Cycling through many of the movie Green Lantern creatures, changing heads, bodies, mandibles, wings, whatever, to create your very own Green Lantern.

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Tuesday Trending Topics: Clothes Make The Superman

Tuesday Trending Topics: Clothes Make The Superman

Tuesday Trending Topics: Clothes Make The Superman


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Co-founder and Creative director of Bleeding Cool parent company Avatar Press. Bleeding Cool Managing Editor, tech and data wrangler. Machine Learning hobbyist. Vintage paper addict.
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