Crossovers are nothing new to comics. Who could forget when the [[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]] found their way into a [[[GrimJack]]] book, or when the Punisher visited the Archie Universe? Well, apparently, they can cross into game universes too. As if to answer the challenge put up by [[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]] over…
We’ve had a lot of US Presidents show up in the comics, Jossip and the Chicago Tribune both hit on the major ones– Nixon in Watchmen, Bill Clinton speaking at Superman’s funeral, Reagan in The Dark Knight Returns, JFK impersonating Clark Kent. But there are many more that stick in t here are a few…
Fox is working on a pilot for the Human Target, based on the cult DC Comics character Christopher Chance, created by Len Wein, Carmine Infantino, and ComicMix contributor Dick Giordano. Christopher Chance operates by impersonating his clients in order to eliminate threats to them, making himself the target. The character first appeared in Action Comics…
Today’s installment of comic-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest… * Even Batman can’t save everybody at Warner Brothers from a lousy economy. Reuters reports the studio is considering ways to cut its budget by 10 percent, saving tens of millions of dollars via layoffs or…
The Alcoholic By Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel DC Comics, October 2008, $19.99 The main character of T[[[he Alcoholic]]] is one Jonathan A., a writer who looks very much like writer Jonathan Ames and whose life has been exceptionally similar to Ames’s. Those who have read Ames before know that this is nothing new: he…
Please please please… is there anyone out there who can translate this from Japanese? Because if I can’t, I’m just going to have to assume this is either DC’s last chance to publish a successful manga book, or Warner Brothers’ fallback position if Fox scuttles the release date of the movie. (Hat tip: Mike Sterling.)
Screenwriter John August describes the sequence of events that led up to, shall we say, the death of Captain Marvel the movie: I took them at their (written) word and delivered what they said they wanted: a much harder movie, with a lot more Black Adam. This wasn’t “Big, with super powers” anymore. It was…
Watching the Watchmen Dave Gibbons Titan Books, $39.95In January 1985, DC Comics sent me to England to begin meeting with the talent working across the pond, reminding them of our needs and working environment. Dick Giordano and Joe Orlando had been out a few years prior so this was like a booster shot, a tangible…
Actress Teresa Palmer has received good notices for her role in Adam Sandler’s hit film Bedtime Stories but she longs to be a bad girl. Specifically, she wants to play Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, and one of the antagonists in George Miller’s aborted Justice League film. Palmer told Australia’s Herald Sun…
Kyle Baker has announced a return to super-heroics by taking on yet another revamp of Hawkman. “I’m working on a new Hawkman comic for DC, and decided to try a newer, more fan-friendly style,” Baker wrote on his website. “No title for the book yet that I know of. It’s not due for another six…
Matthew Sturges talked with Comic Book Resources about Run!, the series replacing Blue Beetle on his schedule. The unscheduled title spins out of events from Final Crisis and will focus on the villains. Sturges previously worked with DC’s foes during Salvation Run and he addressed the possible connections. “No, it’s not connected to Salvation Run…
DC has long been the home of a certain kind of story – at least moderately hip, and equally popular, usually with some elements derived from the superhero mainstream but with its own high-concept premise ripped from the Zeitgeist. First there was [[[Sandman]]], then [[[Preacher]]] and [[[Transmetropolitan]]] and so on – but, these days, since…
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