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Chip Zdarsky, Tom King and more have been talking to Gregg Katzman of CBR about the upcoming Dawn Of DC publishing initiative at DC Comics But they also talked about how they owed their careers at Marvel and DC Comics to James Gunn, the new DC Studios head. Chip Zdarsky, current Batman writer, said "I wouldn't[...]

Chip Zdarsky has been talking to Gregg Katzman of CBR about writing Batman, including the upcoming Batman #135/#900, and how the Dawn Of DC has changed things He said, on a Zoom call, "Coming over to DC with Tini around the same time from Marvel, we already had a built-in friendship and relationship I was[...]

DC Comics' monthly ongoing Batman may not have had a new #1 for Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez's run on the series They are sticking with the third volume numbering (for now) But the hardcover collections will be reverting to Vol 1, for Batman Vol 1: Failsafe And it looks like there's decent confidence, with[...]

Chip Zdarsky writes on his Substack newsletter, "Okay, it's a big day at Zdarsky Manor My new arc, THE BAT-MAN OF GOTHAM CITY, begins today in BATMAN #131 and it's nice and weird and creepy thanks to my old Daredevil partners Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto, along with our returning perfect colourist Tomeu Morey[...]

He is the law! Batman #131 preview That's right, Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne have turned Harvey Dent in a world without Bruce Wayne into a Judge Dredd analogue Could this be another Judgment On Gotham moment? " Batman #131 preview Solicits for Batman #132 also state "Can Bruce Wayne find the answers before the mysterious Red Mask captures[...]

The problem (for him anyway) is that he's picked up a new apprentice, and said new apprentice has a history with some of those crime families in the city.  This, of course, leads to some twists and turns when a Yakuza crime boss is killed in his home, and the story in Newburn #7 does quite a[...]

Batman! As revealed in the two most important places for comic book news, New York Comic Con and Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Joe Quesada will be doing covers for upcoming issues of Batman – new covers as well, not whatever they found in the bottom drawers from the Azrael days And Mike Hawthorne will be drawing[...]

It's a globe-spanning experience that provides a peek behind the curtain in Hollywood, and behind the scenes in comic books." Photos include those of Patton Oswalt, Meredith Salinger, Matt Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn, Bob Odenkirk, Weird Al Yankovic, Tom Lennon, Jon Hamm, Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Rick Remender, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Martin[...]

And current Batman/Daredevil writer of note Chip Zdarsky has just let his subscribers know what his plans are He has also dropped the "Founder" premium level subscription on his Substack and has reduced the monthly and annual subscription levels He writes MONTHLY LEVEL: We're just gonna keep on keepin' on! I'll post comics as I make 'em,[...]

All we know about Ethan and Griffin's is that it's a horror fantasy, described as "sad people in action." No spandex though, pitched as Hereditary meets… something. Youtube screencap Tyrell Cannon is a comic book writer/artist known for comics and covers such as Victus, Gary, Simon, Upgrade Soul, The Ghost Fleet and more, and is also the[...]

Or Batmen. While today's Batman #126 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez sees Batman fighting Failsafe, a robotic foes who seems to know all his moves and then some besides. Who may have some Amazo tech, from the sixties' Amazo robot that could absorb super powers and abilities of its foes So while in Detective Comics #1063,[...]

Scott Snyder, Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo and Mike Huddleston announced that Substack financial grants would see upcoming comic book and comic book-related projects release via Substack's email newsletter platform., followed by Molly Knox Ostertag, Saladin Ahmed, Chip Zdarsky, Sophie Campbell, ND Stevenson, Kelly Thompson, Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman The[...]

And in Batman #125, the new run from Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez his newly revealed status is even referred to, albeit obliquely. But in the ensuing mess of the Penguin's big announcement, and his new target of the mass rich, it is a Robin get gets downed. He does make himself quite the target in that get-up,[...]

But, courtesy of one comic book store putting copies on sale ahead of street date, we get a look at what Failsafe actually looks like from one of the Batman #125 covers, with a design by Jorge Jimenez. Is he a robotic Batman? An artificially intelligent robot in the Batman style that is triggered when something…[...]

Dan and Danny; it was a good match. But in the upcoming Batman series by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez, beginning with Batman #125, Bleeding Cool gets the word that the significant threat is going to come from Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin He has reinvented himself as a socially aware activist, a murderous Robin Hood figure,[...]

Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez launch a new run for Batman #125, featuring a new Batman villain named Failsafe And while details on the new character are sketchy, they have announced a new cover featuring Failsafe Even if they aren't actually showing it yet, just using this "placeholder" image and dubbing it the Failsafe Protocols[...]

DC Comics dropped an early preview of Batman #125 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez, the start of Zdarsky's run as lead writer on the book Check out the preview below, and head to DC's website if you want to read an interview with Zdarsky about the book. BATMAN #125 Written by CHIP ZDARSKY Art and cover by[...]

All of this leads to a very surprising and labyrinthine set of events that may be the best comic book mystery in some time and definitely the smartest issue of this already enjoyable series thus far. The script from Chip Zdarsky never lets on what it's really doing until it's far too late for you to[...]

He returns to Batman with Batman #125, Chip Zdarsky – and Tomeu Morey Such is Morey's presence as a superstar flashy colourist, it has sometimes been hard to see where Jiménez and where Morey begins But to close off the week, Jiménez posted a page from the upcoming Batman #125, that is all him[...]

Announced at ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world for a second year in a row, Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez are the new creative team on the monthly Batman title from Batman #125 going forward Jimenez along with Tomeu Morey was the acclaimed artist on the run with James Tynion IV,[...]

So that's a new Daredevil #1, with Matt Murdock as Daredevil again, written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Marco Checchetto Who could have imagined such a scenario? And beginning in June 2021 The same month that Spider-Man: No Way Home comes out digitally, on DVD and Blu-Ray, funnily enough Go figure. A new DAREDEVIL #1[...]

Image Comics and Skybound have announced Stillwater: The Escape #1, a new one-shot special issue of the horror comic book series from Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez Stillwater: The Escape promises to deliver "chilling tales of lives upended" in March 2022 Chip posted to his newsletter "We've rounded up some amazing talent to tell[...]

Last night (or this morning from my perspective) Kids Love Chains, the Substack of Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, held a video conflab while Ryan Stegman drew Batman, with Scott Snyder, Fletcher Chu Fong, and Chip Zdarsky popping by Cards on the table, I ended up there too And they had tales to tell of[...]

When violence is called for, Newburn doesn't hesitate, nor does he have any challenge getting his point across. Writer Chip Zdarsky plays this all without irony, and his script is a straight procedural that's elegant in its sparseness Obeying the law of conservation of characters much like a Dick Wolf show, the angle may be new,[...]

But what about the time between when the weepy-eyed young Bruce Wayne watched his parents die right in front of him and the time when he finally had the skills to make mentally-ill criminals around the world collectively shit their pants by dangling them off rooftops in enhanced interrogation sessions? That's exactly what Chip Zdarsky[...]

Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's Devil's Reign #1 kicks off the new Daredevil event at Marvel Comics, which may end up with the comic book Daredevil even changing its name But Bleeding Cool has got a first look inside those first few pages… and it begins with Wilson Fisk, berating Daredevil and expressing his hatred[...]

Comic book artist and writer Chip Zdarsky has updated his Substack to let everyone know what projects he's working on Some we knew, some we didn't know Until now that is At least we know some We knew about more Kaptara and his new series Public Domain from his Substack Pro And about Newburn from[...]

As teases in Marvel's Timeless announcements the other day, Devil's Reign is a new Daredevil event starting from Marvel in December, and crossing over into a number of New York-based superhero comics titles led by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto, asking "Who Will Reign?" Launching in December, DEVIL'S REIGN will be a classic-style Marvel Comics crossover[...]

Newburn from Chip Zdarsky and Nadia Shammas is my pick for the one I am most pumped about, while A Thing Called Truth from Iolanda Zanfardino and Elisa Romboli looks promising as well You can see the full Image Comics November Solicitations below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid[...]

Chip Zdarsky's run on Daredevil with Marco Checchetto, Manuel Garcia, and more has seen Matt Murdock jailed for murder and Elektra Natchios take over the role as Daredevil on the street of Hell's Kitchen This past weekend's Free Comic Book Day: Spider-Man/Venom included a surprise strip which saw Jessica Jones tracking the murder of private[...]