Russell T. Davies suggested to Britain’s Sunday Express that the current Doctor, David Tennant, may remain in the role for quite some time.

“David has brought everything to Doctor Who. I remember exactly where I was when I saw him audition for Casanova, I thought, ‘Here is someone saying the lines exactly as they are written.’ But mainly it was the sense of humor. A lot of straight men don’t handle humor well, but he can do the tragedy, too,” he told the paper.

"David may never leave; he could go on forever… I haven’t talked to him about leaving. Maybe it will never happen. Maybe he’ll be 70 and have to be taken off set."

The outgoing producer of the popular series then discussed the 2008 Christmas special and revealed, “It’s called The Next Doctor’, and there is a major plot twist at the end. We’re even thinking of not having a press screening, because we don’t think anyone will be able to keep it secret. For the first time we have two men together as leads. It’s a small focused idea, a little different.”

The Cybermen arrive to spoil a Victorian era Christmas and will guest star David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwin.

Marvel is over-joyed to announce that Daredevil #111 has sold out at Diamond and thus will be re-solicited. The second printing will have a wrap-around cover with art by Clay Mann.

If you don’t know who this lady is, that’s because she’s just been introduced. She makes her debut in Daredevil #111, by Ed Brubaker and Clay Mann. This issue is the beginning of a new story-arc and is also set-up to be a jumping-on point for new readers.

Daredevil’s been through a lot lately. His wife is in a mental institution. He finds himself attracted to another woman. And he’s never in short supply of enemies. As any Daredevil fan can tell you, one of the hero’s most personal foe is the assassin Bullseye. Gifted with an innate understanding of geometry and physics, Bullseye can take any hand-held object and instantly calculate how to throw it so that it becomes a lethal weapon.

Over the years, Bullseye has destroyed Daredevil’s world twice, first by killing his lover Elektra (although she was later resurrected) and then later by killing his other great love, Karen Page. When Daredevil once tried to get revenge on the killer by dropping him from a rooftop, the little psychopath just got himself an adamantium spine and got back into action. Nowadays, Daredevil couldn’t go after Bullseye even if he wanted to, as the assassin serves as an agent of Norman Osborn’s Thunderbolts and thus has federal protection.

The very mention of the name Bullseye causes Daredevil pain and anger. How much worse will it be when he finally meets the new Lady Bullseye, a woman who has dedicated herself to emulating the assassin, whom she considers a hero? And while Bullseye killed for the sheer enjoyment of it, moving from one body to the next without a care, our new Lady Bullseye looks on murder as an art form, to be carefully laid out and appreciated in all its glory.

This new issue is an enticing one and Lady Bullseye promises to be an interesting new rogue. So if you haven’t gotten your copy of #111, be on the look-out for the second printing!

What if Wonder Woman was a total jerkass? Not evil, or a supervillain, or the crazy Nazi-lady from Whom Gods Destroy, but just a self-centered, self-absorbed jerk?

Justin Pierce answers that question, by showing us The Non-Adventures of Wonderella. [link: http://nonadventures.com/].

Pierce skewers (did you see that? That was totally a pun) bits of DC Comics continuity, along with barely-disguised cameos from both DC and Marvel, and a smattering of other pop culture and cartoon references. Wonderella and her sidekick Wonderita fight evil (when it gets in their way), get drunk, travel through time, interact with historical and religious figures, and demonstrate superpowers they don’t even have names for yet.

There’s a book available that collects the first 99 strips, titled Everybody Ever Forever, plus the usual assortment of prints and buttons for sale. The strip also appears on Graphic Smash, where you can pay a fee to read Pierce’s other superhero-themed comic, Killroy and Tina.

Notable moments:

• The introduction of the nefarious Doctor Shark!
• The Death of Wonderelle
• The Clone Saga
• The Dark Wonderella Strikes Back
• Don’t call me again.

Drama: Not as such. This is a humor strip. There’s some lovely schadenfreude, though.
Humor: Requires at least a basic knowledge of comic book superheroes, and a willingness to accept that the protagonist is OMG TEH WORST PERSON EVAR.
Continuity: Low. Reading from the beginning will allow you to pick up some of the running gags, but pretty much every strip is self-contained and can be read independently.
Art: Pierce uses a bright, no-outline, construction-paper-cutout style reminiscent of early Scary-Go-Round [link: http://www.scarygoround.com]. Various deviations from this indicate that it’s obviously a stylistic choice, not an artistic limitation.
Archive: Two years of page-size comics, about 115 comics.
Updates: Once weekly, on Mondays.
Risk/Reward: Wonderella tends not to suffer consequences of her actions, so long-term conflict and resolution is really not an issue with this strip. Enjoy it while it’s here, mourn it if it goes stale or ends.
 

In the old days, Disney was paralyzed by indecision as executives kept trying to imagine “what Walt would do.” Under recent management, the studio has been expanding in many different directions, including adding foreign points of view to their filmmaking.  The studio is now proceeding with making live-action film under a new Walt Disney Pictures India banner.

The Hollywood Reporter says four films will be produced for starters.

"We have finalized two projects to start with, which include The 19th Step starring top South Indian actor Kamal Hassan, directed by Bharat Bala. The second is Zokkomon, starring top child actor Darsheel Safari and directed by Satyajit Bhatkal," a WDCI spokesperson told the trade.

Joining Hassan in Step will be Japanese star Asano Tadanabo and fellow Indian actress Asin. Step’s plot will “revolve around the ancient Indian martial arts form Kalarippayattu”.

Zokkomon is described as a children’s tale. Its star, Safari, gained praise from last year’s Taare Zameen Par (Stars on Earth). Walt Disney Home Video acquired the film about a boy with dyslexia for international distribution.

Mumbai-based Yash Raj Films has previously partnered with Disney for animated fare and the first effort from that partnership,  Roadside Romeo, with voices from Bollywood’s Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor will open October 24.

Vampires remain popular as noted by the success of HBO’s True Blood series and the enduring appeal of Dracula.  It’s with little surprise to see that Mike Newell’s 50 Canon Entertainment has optioned Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson character for development.

Mercy’s adventures take place in Washington state’s Tri-Cities area.  She’s a VW mechanic living in a world where vampires and werewolves are neighbors and not necessarily nasty threats. There are three Mercy Thompson novels in print, all from Ace Books and include Moon Called (2006), which is the story of a vampire-hunter who has the ability to shape shift into a coyote, Blood Bound (2007), and Iron Kissed (2008). Bone Crossed is due out in February 2009.

Brigg’s also told Publisher’s Weekly that the Dabel Brothers will be adapting her works for a series of graphic novels to be released as part of their deal with Random House. She will write the original story for the initial four-issue miniseries. The Dabels gained attention with their work adapting Laurel K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake vampire novels.

Newell is no stranger to genre entertainment having directed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and is currently directing an adaptation of Terry Brooks’ The Elfstones of Shannara.

The 43-year old author has also started a spin-off series set in the same universe starting with 2007’s Alpha and Omega, which was a novella and was followed this year with Cry Wolf.
 

Eight cartoonists have been visiting with American troops recovering from action-related injuries at both Washington’s Walter Reed Hospital and at German’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

According to a report from Stars and Stripes, Chip Bok (editorial cartoonist at Akron Beacon-Journal), Jeff Keane (Family Circus), Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues), Mike Peters (Mother Goose & Grimm), Mike Luchovich (editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Walt Handlesman (editorial cartoonist for Newsday), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), and Tom Richmond (Mad Magazine) have been traveling together along with military artists and others.

The National Cartoonist Society members broke in to groups and scoured the wards, sitting beside soldiers and sketching away, often doing caricatures as they chatted and presenting them as tokens of appreciation.

"You guys are awesome," Jesse Stephenson said upon receiving a drawing. "You guys are awesome."

"You’re awesome," Peters told him in return.