New York, NYâ Right now, in the pages of Jed MacKay and C.F. Villaâs AVENGERS, fans are witnessing Earthâs Mightiest Heroes ascend toward an uncertain destiny! Entangled in the grand machinations of Kang the Conquerorâs quest for the âMissing Moment,â the Avengers are facing off against an interdimensional group of villains called the Ashen Combine….
While they had nothing quite as surprising to announce as the Marvelman announcement yesterday, the DC Universe panel at SDCC had some interesting tidbits come out of it. The highlights, as per CBR’s liveblog: DC has finally acquired the rights to T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. This has been a long time project for Dan DiDio. Geoff Johns…
We knew they wouldn’t be gone long, the only question was where they’d end up and how quickly they’d return. And now we know– Kevin Melrose, JK Parkin, Lisa Fortuner, Tom Bondurant, Michael May, Melissa Krause, Stephanie Chan, Tim O’Shea, Chris Mautner, Jennifer de Guzman and Larry Young are now all over at CBR, under…
Over at CBR, David Press recently spoke with the creators of the Eisner-nominated Atomic Robo about the origins of the series, their checks-and-balances creative process and the surprise nomination they received at this year’s Eisner Awards. The series chronicles the adventures of a self-aware robot created by Nikolai Tesla and commissioned to combat supernatural threats…
Boom! Studios has announced they’ll be publishing comic book adaptations of Pixar cartoon properties, with the first announced being an Incredibles project. The news comes as an early announcement from Comic-Con International, which is just getting underway. Boom EiC Mark Waid will be writing the Incredibles series, featuring covert art from Darwyn Cooke. "Today, American…
The word went out late last about the passing of creator Michael Turner, but I waited until this morning to post it here in the hope that there was some mistake. Unfortunately, the news was confirmed this morning on the Aspen Message Boards by the publisher’s editorial director, Vince Hernandez. Hello all, Unfortunately it’s with…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of reviews of the five books coming out from DC’s Minx imprint this year.] There is something almost daringly simplistic about Burnout ($9.99), as the central character Danni directly narrates her own story of teenage love and angst. No surprise, then, that fire is the central…
From the stories coming out of WonderCon, it looks like the San Francisco convention is quickly approaching the high profile of its San Diego counterpart, with similar big-name announcements, celebrity appearances and, well, masses of stormtroopers popping up during the show. Here’s a rundown of some of the highlights: Saturday night’s Iron Man panel featured…
Former Spider-Man Group Editor Danny Fingeroth has a new book out titled Disguised As Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero, in which he examines the "cultural origins of the superhero" with special attention to the way Jewish creators and their experiences influenced the early years of the industry. Over at CBR,…
Blog@ guest columnist Tim O’Shea notes that March 1 will be the anniversary of the passing of comics legend Archie Goodwin, and writes at length about the editor and his legacy. While editor-in-chief of Marvel from 1976 to 1978, he was credited in the late 1970s with securing the publishing rights for Star Wars. Given…
The latest installment in CBR’s tours of comic artists’ studios is a fun one. This time around, they take you through the workspace of Jay Fotos, one of the co-writers and artists behind the surprisingly good Image Comics miniseries Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Sure, Fotos’ studio is nothing out of the ordinary when it comes…
You’ve got to hand it to the marketing crew behind Cloverfield – they’ve managed to successfully stoke the fires under the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie to an amazing degree while keeping the ‘Net rumor mill relatively spoiler-free. The level of online curiousity regarding the film is so high, in fact, that some sites have even ventured outside…
