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Mark Waid's Luther, The Second Time Around
Reading Mark Waid's new digital comic with Jeremy Rock, Luther, tickled my brain Not so much the use of delayed panel reveals to enhance the reading experience, like Alex De Campi's Valentine But more like Warren Ellis' Ultimate Extinction for Marvel – that I was sure I'd read this before. In that case Warren recycled a[...]
Friday Runaround – Shaming The Faux Geek Shamers
Asshole." – Mark Waid Man, he must really hate The Daily Show. NewsWatch: ABC2News discovers manga And that they are different to Western comics ANd that they're not selling as well in the US as they used to. First of all, it's important to know that manga and Western comics are produced quite differently[...]
Mark Waid And Daredevil's Fingers
I brought up the stinkfingers and he not only confirmed them, but told me that Mark Waid came up with a special surprise regarding them, after seeing the artwork in # 9 All will be revealed in issue 10. Can't wait! I didn't want to do anything back then that might have affected its publication Which was[...]
Tuesday Trending Topics: Paper Chase
It's hard not to draw a symbolic link between one of today's trending topics and one of yesterday's — particularly with Mark Waid's nostalgic Youtube remembrance of his earliest days of buying comics off the newsstand and starting the comic book collection he is selling now to help fund his digital endeavors. Having countless similar childhood[...]
Monday Trending Topics: Comics Of Future Past
I'm really most curious about what treasures lurk in the comic book collection that Mark Waid is now rather famously selling  I mean, Superman Bradman is a tough book, and infamous among DC completists And of course, Waid is well known for his extensive knowledge of vintage DC, so what else could be in there?[...]
A Comic Store Owner Addresses Mark Waid
Phil Boyle of Coliseum Of Comics, Florida, writes for Bleeding Cool about Mark Waid's recently announced digital line of comics, and his comments about the print medium The visual to the right is from one Phil's employees. We have experienced a resurgence of interest in new and back issue comics of late There's ongoing excitement with[...]
Viva Piracy!" Says A Stumped Mark Waid At WonderCon
Svensson stumped Mark Waid at WonderCon for Bleeding Cool. Jonah Weiland of Comic Book Resources came up with the idea of doing a "Stump Mark Waid" panel where fans would come up with comics trivia questions, or just any sort of question really, to try and stump the man who knows Superman's social security number[...]
The Digital Comics Price Fight – Chip Mosher Vs Mark Waid
Ray Brown writes for Bleeding Cool from WonderCon; The Digital Comics Price Fight panel was billed as a battle between Chip Mosher, vice president of marketing and business development for Comixology, and Mark Waid, self-proclaimed digital maven and troublemaker, over the proper price point for digital comics. In reality, however, Mosher and Waid had a decent amount[...]
How IDW Captured Judge Dredd – That WonderCon Panel In Full
He gave some headlines the other day, today, he talks about yesterday's IDW Panel at WonderCon in full. The IDW Panel at WonderCon 2012 announced their gaining the rights to Judge Dredd, Mark Waid writing the Rocketeer with Chris Samnee, and fifty-five variant covers to Mars Attacks #1. The panel got off to a start with the[...]
Mark Waid Sells His Print Comics To Fund His Digital Comics
Peter S Svensson is reporting from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool. He tells us that at the Mark Waid panel, Waid announced that he is starting a Digital First comics publishing operation with John Rogers That the first title with Peter Krause And that Markwaid.com is now live with a test PDF of Luthor . He's aiming to[...]
That Nova Digital Comic – Avengers Vs X-Men Infinite #1
Handily, Marvel have just made it a little clearer. So, Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Infinite, from Mark Waid and Stuart Immonen, with the new Nova, can be bought on April 4th on the Marvel Comics App, or free with a code found in print copies of Avengers VS X-Men #1 or included with the purchase of[...]
Sunday Trending Topics: Augmenting Comics
 But that's just the beginning, according to Mark Waid: "I promise you Marvel's announcement today about digital comics is only the first salvo as I storm the gates Seeya Friday." Most-Read Comic Stories Today: (VIDEO) Nova By Mark Waid And Stuart Immonen And Augmented Reality Comics Announced At SXSW Nova by Mark Waid and Stuart Immonen has been[...]
Mark Waid To Launch A Series Of Webcomics This Summer
Mark Waid has told In Media Res of his plans to launch a number of webcomics this summer, and has been experimenting with the medium to create works that go beyond what the printed page can offer. He writes; As I proceed, my artists and I are constantly learning more about what does and doesn't work with[...]
Daredevil – And The Most Unintentionally Hilarious Moment For Quite Some Time
There's the Guy Gardner Frost Giant blow job. And today, taken from the first page of Mark Waid and Paulo and Joe Rivera's sublime and beautiful Daredevil #9, completely out of context… I believe the phrase is "stinky fingers". Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London To launch Myriad Editions' new graphic novel Things to Do in a Retirement[...]
Mark Waid Kept Away From Justice League Doom Premiere
Justice League: Doom (or Justice League: Wood as some seem to see it) is a direct DVD/Blu Ray adaptation of Mark Waid and Howard Porter's Tower of Babel story from JLA. Voiceover artist Phil LaMarr, who has played Green Lantern in many a Justice League Unlimited episode expressed his regret that he couldn't be involved in[...]
Mark Waid And Alex Ross To Work Again Together At Dynamite?
And then famously fell out. And that was it for Mark Waid and Alex Ross for fifteen years. The new hardcover collection of Alex Ross' covers for Dynamite features a back cover quote from Mark Waid. This is a big deal And apparently it's a precursor to more Dynamite has already reunited the Marvels team of Kurt Busiek[...]
Join The Comics Celebrities On Ashes And Win Big
Which means even if you don't like the book, you'll be able to flip it on eBay. Or you can choose a separate full colour commission from Jimmy – a rare thing since he doesn't do commissions or sell his art. And if that's not enough, you might also be drawn by being in good company… other[...]
The Mark Waid Signing In Vermont That Never Was… Or Was It?
Francis Xavier, and Steve ran some letters from them when the class used an English class to write letters of comment to him about it); Joe Staton, who had planned on staying for a weekend with his wife, but drove back after the signing appearance since he had driven up during a massive storm and[...]
And Finally… When Superman Wanted You To Look For GD
Thanks to Mark Waid, a very different take on GD-Gate from 1964… Thanks to Mark Waid, a very different take on GD-Gate from 1964… Thanks to Mark Waid, a very different take on GD-Gate from 1964… Thanks to Mark Waid, a very different take on GD-Gate from 1964… Thanks to Mark Waid, a very different[...]
And Finally… Daredevil #1 The Audio Book (UPDATE)
He was met with blank stares, a lack of comprehension and an issue that, it seemed, had never been raised before. Certainly there have been some great radio and audio adaptations of comic books down the line, from the Death Of Superman on BBC Radio 4, to a line of Judge Dredd, but they are a[...]
DC To Release Elseworlds Eighty Page Giant… Finally
Or, from DC's point of view at the time, because it had been hardly published. I was also told that objections went beyind the Superbaby-in-the-microwave scene, but to Mark Waid and Ty Templeton's recasting of the Garden of Eden with Batman and Eve, Batman known as "Adam" in a very sixties TV style way… Anyway, twelve years[...]
Taking Daredevil Out Of Hell's Kitchen
It was rather nice. On the Marvel Liveblog, editor Steve Wacker has just been quoted over the Daredevil relaunch with Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera as saying; "There's a bit of a location change for Matt He's been in Hell's Kitchen for a long time now because it fit the character I look around Hell's[...]
FREE – Stan Lee's The Traveler #1 by Mark Waid and Chad Hardin
With the trade paperback of Stan Lee's The Traveler coming out from Boom! Studios this week (although actually by Mark Waid and Chad Hardin), here's an opportunity read the entire first issue For free. With the trade paperback of Stan Lee's The Traveler coming out from Boom! Studios this week (although actually by Mark Waid[...]
A Few Extra Preview Pages For Daredevil #1
Marvel released the following preview of Daredevil #1 by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Marcos Martin to a number of places, such as CBR, IGN, Newsarama and MTV Geek last week. Well Bleeding Cool has that last page in colour, and a couple more to boot… Marvel released the following preview of Daredevil #1 by[...]
Absolutely Irredeemable
A Little Bleeder remembers asking Mark Waid on a convention panel, back when he was Editor-in-Chief of Boom! Studios,  if Irredeemable would ever go into oversized hardcover format He told the Bleeder and the rest of the room that he didn't see the point of having two different kinds of collections competing with[...]
Monday Trending Topics: The Waid / Van Sciver MegaCon Team-Up
 Much more, with special guests Mark Waid and Ethan Van Sciver  That aside, there are posts about Ryan Renolds, Joanne Siegel, Peanuts, and Parallax  Some say comics is the greatest show on earth, and here's today's installment: Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Rob Granito's MegaCon Adventure With Mark Waid Dear Fraudboy: When you have comics' leading leftwing socialist hippiefreak[...]
Mark Waid And Paolo Rivera To Relaunch Daredevil In July
The Marvel Big Shots campaign is looking at relaunching a series of relatively B-list characters, Moon Knight, Punisher, and Daredevil. Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev on Moon Knight for May has already been announced. Bleeding Cool reckons that the creative team for The Punisher #1, to be announced is Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto, with[...]