Paul Levitz was the Publisher and President of DC Comics from 2002 until 2009, and had worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. And he held that top job while DC Comics was situated at 1600 Broadway in Manhattan. This is what that building looks like. Paul Levitz is […]
When Valiant Entertainment announced their new series of December, The Visitor by Paul Levitz and MJ Kim (though Bleeding Cool somehow had a four-month lead) it was listed as a five-issue series. Well, it seems that this Visitor will be sticking around a little longer, for six issues. As a result, the Pre-Order Bundle offer […]
In an EX-X-XCLUSIVE report confirming something Bleeding Cool reported first four months ago, sexy Dora the Explorer advocacy website The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paul Levitz and MJ Kim will reboot The Visitor at Valiant this December. Though The Visitor takes its title and some inspiration from the original Valiant comic, this is a […]
Paul Levitz has had a lengthy career in comics. Former President of DC Comics. Publisher for 17 years. Eisner Award-winning writer. A panel was held Thursday afternoon to spotlight the man and his contributions to the medium and to the industry. Moderated by George Gustines, a journalist for the New York Times, the discussion began […]
Once upon a time, he reported comics industry gossip in his fanzine The Comic Reader. Then he began editing and writing comics for DC Comics, rising over the decades to become both President and Publisher of DC. He was then knocked off his perch with a triple whammy of Dan DiDio, Jim Lee and Diane […]
When the original schedule for SDCC 2018 came out, there was nothing scheduled to remember Steve Ditko, who passed away June 29th, 2018, at the age of 90. Ditko, best known for being the co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, spent most of his later life as a recluse at not quite the level of […]
I’ve been lucky enough to have seen Len Wein on many panels over the years, the last one will always be the one I remember most. It was last year, at SDCC 2017, and it was the tribute panel for Bernie Wrightson. Len was clearly not doing well, and he had a hard time even […]
Words and Photos courtesy of Bleeding Cool’s Mike Sangregorio: On Saturday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con DC closed out a string of panels with a discussion of what should be considered essential reading for those fans who discovered its characters through other mediums, such as television and movies. It was moderated by Mike Avita, host of […]
So this is a story I have been following for seventeen years, since the original publication of The Authority #13 by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely in 2000. We recently looked at the Wildstorm Oral History account of what went down in those days. John Layman: All these issues were in the pipeline including this […]
To round out the month of Jack Kirby, we have Darkseid #1 to bring us tales from the shadows of Apokolips and give us insight into the head of its cruel overlord. The first story, by Mark Evanier, Scott Kollins, and Dave McCaig, tells of a trio of young revolutionaries who have been rebelling against […]
In the year 2000, DC Comics started censoring The Authority by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, the flagship comic book from Wildstorm, the Jim Lee-started publisher that DC Comics had purchased. We recently looked at the Wildstorm Oral History account of what went down in those days. David Baron: They didn’t quite like it. This was no […]
We have some more exclusive previews for Dark Horse books shipping in October. The first batch includes Call of Duty: Black Ops III #6 that ships on October 12th and Dark Horse Presents #27 that ships October 19th. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III #6 Writer: Larry Hama Artist: Marcelo Ferreira Colorist: Dan Jackson Cover […]
For our second exclusive Dark Horse preview of the weekend we have Dark Horse Presents #26 with an amazing group of creators. Writers Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Keith Goldberg, Kaare Andrews, John Arcudi, Alan Gordon, Rich Woodall, Paul Levitz are joined by artists Aaron Campbell, Troy Nixey, Lucas Varela, Bo Hampton, Craig Rousseau, Tim Hamilton […]
75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art Of Modern Mythmaking is an oversized massive volume edited by ex-publisher/president of DC, Paul Levitz. Taschen decided to serialise – and expand – it into five volumes and had put out out the Golden, Silver and Bronze Age volumes. But Taschen has decided not to do ahead with publishing the last two […]
Paul Levitz is returning to writing comics now that his tenure at DC Comics has come to a close, and while he’ll continue teaching, which takes a fair amount of his time and attention, this represents a new phase for him creatively. Last week we saw the arrival of Doctor Fate from DC, and readers […]
Paul Levitz used to be President and Publisher of DC Comics until everything changed and his job was split among five people. That was then. But during his tenure, he had to deal with an event that saw the All-Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder comic by Frank Miller and Jim Lee feature seriously strong swearing […]
Today is DC Comics’ last day in New York City as the offices on 1700 Broadway close, the publisher relocating to Burbank/ It is also the last day for 77 DC employees who have declined to make the move west to Burbank. One is Bob Wayne, Senor VP Sales, leaving the company after twenty-eight years. A comic […]
Paul Levitz is continuing his run on World’s Finest with the fifth part of the Secret History of Superman & Batman? You have to love a title with a question mark in it. So exactly what happened to the Earth 2 Superman and Batman… this is the story with the answers. Death and destruction are increasing […]
Paul Levitz always gets to write a comic. That was the rumoured deal after his departure as Publisher and President of DC Comics. And now, after Legion Of Superheroes and World’s Finest, comes his next peoject, as part of DC’s June mini-relaunch, Dr Fate with artist Sonny Liew. Liew recently worked with new Action Comics writer […]
The London Super Comic Con has released a bunch more comic attendees at the show… oh look, Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen… you can see that Bleeding Cool’s publisher must be in attendance! The new names are Arthur Adams, Simone Bianchi, Brian Bolland, Max Brooks, Mark Buckingham, Joyce Chin, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Adi Granov, Tabitha Lyons, Ron Marz, Ireland Reid, Esad Ribic, David Roach, Laura Sindall, Rachel Stott, David Wachter […]
