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New Why I Hate Saturn From Kyle Baker
If you've suddenly become hot property, it can be nigh impossible, as Ed Brubaker discovered when he tried to get Deadenders back, the series ignored by DC after publication for years suddenly saw a trade paperback issued, and the publishing rights retained by DC for a decade or more. So how Kyle Baker got the rights[...]
Monday Runaround: A Porn Film In A Comic Shop
I just slept till noon. SigningWatch: A few upcoming signing events at Gosh Comics, London…  A launch party for the Fatale collection, with Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips on Saturday, July 7th, 6.30 – 9pm And a launch party for Ellipsis by Tom Humberstone on Friday, July 27th, 7pm -8.30pm. ApeWatch: From Boom, in September… Planet Of[...]
When Stand Up Tackles Captain America And Bucky
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGXj6EH-Res[/youtube] Here's professional stand up comedian John Roy at Meltdown Comics introducing Ed Brubaker… but not before he's finished roasting the Winter Soldier. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGXj6EH-Res[/youtube] Here's professional stand up comedian John Roy at Meltdown Comics introducing Ed Brubaker… but not before he's finished roasting the Winter Soldier. [...]
Mashing Up Fatale And Winter Soldier
Today sees the release of both Ed Brubaker's Fatale #2 and Winter Soldier #1 One with art from Sean Phillips, the other with art from Butch Guice And both told in a rather noir style So much so… that you can do this sort of thing. Go on, read them both at the same time, it's[...]
The Ugly Face Of Comic Book Speculation – Fatale #1
Before it had shipped to comic stores, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips's Fatale had sold out to retailers, burning through the overprint and ensuring a second print coming out next month. But what of the first print? It's been well promoted and well sold and whizzing out of comic shops all over the place The reviews[...]
Just How Noir Is Brubaker And Guice's Winter Soldier #1?
Just one day before the release of Ed Brubaker's creator-owned Fatale from Image, Marvel makes sure to remind everyone that CM Punk's favorite writer is still in their ranks too, with the release of the cover and first three pages of Winter Soldier #1, coming out this February from him and artist Butch Guice. And just[...]
X-Men vs. the Avengers
X-Men, a 12-issue miniseries coming out this April involving all three of the above-mentioned women. Rather than one lead writer, the event will feature five: Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker and Jonathan Hickman, with two writers, Bendis and Aaron, kicking things off in a prologue drawn by Frank Cho. USA Today reports that, Bendis[...]
Alan Davis Joins Ed Brubaker On Captain America Monthly Book
Alan Davis has taken over Steve McNiven on the monthly Captain America comic book, still written by Ed Brubaker He will start work on the series from issue six in December, and will keep the "A-List" feel to the book through into 2012, with the spotlight of the DVD and then the Avengers movie being[...]
Jason Aaron On The Architects' Plans
Where one French blog is reporting that he appears to have told the adoring crowd that Marvel's 2012 event will be co-written by the five so-called  "Architects" of the Marvel Universe,  Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Brian Bendis, Jonathan Hickman and Jason himself, also suggesting that such a book may be drawn by Olivier[...]
Fatale – The New Ed Brubaker And Sean Phillips Comic For 2012
In the final (and rather wonderful) issue of Criminal: Last Of The Innocent, out this week, Ed Brubaker talks about his and Sean Phillips' next project for Marvel's Icon imprint, in the back. It's called Fatale. Brubaker says; Fatale is a bigger story, one that'll run at least 12 issues, and I think it brings a new twist[...]
Swipe File: Watchmen And Incognito
One is a comic book turned into a film against the writer's wishes. The other is a comic book about to be turned into a film with the writer's eager participation. Anyway, here's a scene from Watchmen #6 from 1985 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from DC Comics, and from Incognito: Bad Influences #5 from 2011[...]
Captain America And Batman Continue To Match Each Other Beat For Beat
Captain America expanded the franchise as Captain America Corps. DC published a new ongoing series, Batman And Robin. Now Marvel have announced a new series, Captain America And Bucky, taking over the numbering from Captain America, by Ed Brubaker , Marc Andreyko and Chris Samnee. Okay, it's not quite the same, but damn these seem to be interesting[...]
Captain America To Relaunch In July With #1. And Who's In The Uniform?
In July, Captain America will relaunch with a new number one, a new cover by Travis Charest, the same writer Ed Brubaker. And, yes yes yes, it looks like Steve Rogers is back in the uniform Like he is in the movie What, did you think something else would happen? Expect announcements at C2E2! Maybe they'll[...]
Wednesday Comics Review – Fear Itself: Book Of The Skull and Brightest Day 22
One is the beginning of a big comics publisher event, another is the ending of one. Fear Itself Prologue: Book Of The Skull by Ed Brubaker and Scot Eaton is basically the flashback stuff that was originally planned for Fear Itself but then bumped for its own book And so we see two timelines here,  effectively[...]
Trailer for Ed Brubaker & Wil Wheaton's In The Dark Short Film
Last Year, the Seattle International Film Festival screened a detective/mystery short written and directed by Ed Brubaker and starring Wil Wheaton called In The Dark The trailer has just been posted on Vimeo and according to a tweet from Brubaker, the entire film will be available soon. Last Year, the Seattle International Film Festival[...]
The Role Of Sin In Fear Itself
In issue #355 she is known as just Sin, one of the Sisters Of Sin, and was recently revived in Ed Brubaker's Captain America#16, becoming facially scarred and the new Red Skull is Captain America Reborn #6 And she's just been broken out of jail… so hit those back issue bins… Matt Fraction talked to[...]
The Significance Of The Last Page Of Incognito #1
By the very nature of this piece, there will be spoilers for those who have not yet read the first issue of Incognito: Bad Influences #1 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Look, I'll turn the images on their side to help reduce spoilerage Because we're not specifically looking at the pictures but the spaces[...]
HeroesCon – The Bits Most People Missed
For now his long awaited "Teen Titans: Games" graphic novel will finally see publication as part of a New Teen Titans thirtieth anniversary promotion. Ed Brubaker –  Criminal will return under an arc called The Sinners A movie based on his Sleeper series for Wildstorm is still in in development with Tom Cruise attached to star[...]
Tomorrow Is Captain America Day!
The series, written by Ed Brubaker hasm, if anything, gone from strength to strength And while many expected Steve Rogers to somehow rise from the grave and take his costume back in time for next year's First Avenger: Captain America movie, no one expected it quite so soon. And with Ed Brubaker and Bryan Hitch's series[...]
UPDATED: The Return of Captain America… Probably
So what are the plot secrets behind Ed Brubaker's CAPTAIN AMERICA #600 and REBORN #1? Why are Marvel so sure they'll get major international publicity about to the extent that they won't release any solicitation information until the coverage is received? And why is #600 being released two days early to match up with said[...]