Diamond Comic Distributor’s 2nd Annual “Free Comic Book Day” is coming May 3rd to a comic store near you. The Free Comic Book Day website has all the info you need. A running countdown of the number of days you have to wait till you get free goodies, a contest to enter, images of some …
Monthly Archive: March 2003
Mar 31
Chuck Dixon to do a Silken Ghost mini-series
The Silken Ghost, the mysterious fighter from Way of the Rat, is getting her own five-part mini-series. What is it about female protagonists getting five-issue minis? Five-issue minis are unusual enough as it is. Odd to hear of these two in the same day!
Mar 31
DC brings back western star Cinnamon
Cinnamon will “return” in a new five-issue miniseries. The art looks great, but I’m less thrilled that this isn’t a proper western but an update of the character set in modern times. Check out the full story by Jen Contino and then discuss it in the forum!
Mar 29
Christian Comic Companies
Those of you looking for wholesome comics for young children without checking them all first for borderline “mature” content… look no further! My son and I have been reading Power Mark comics put out by the comic company of the same name. The story is set in a near, but highly technological future where reading …
Mar 29
Justice League DCDirect and Pocket Heroes
Looks like DC is expecting the Justice League “Animated” toy line to be a big success and is already following up with DC Direct resculpts and a DC Pocket Heroes boxed set! The DC Direct “JLA” line-up is projected to hit stores 15 Oct 03 and will have individually available: A Modern Age Superman with …
Mar 29
Marvel Legends Series IV
Hey folks; 411mania.com reports rumors of the action figure line up of Marvel Legends Series IV; including pictures posted for presale on Forbidden Planet. The line up includes Punisher, Elektra, Goliath/Ant-Man/Wasp, Gambit, and the Beast.
Mar 28
Archie – I tried
Honestly, I tried. Phil pointed out that someone did a search for Archie news on our site, so (obliging soul that I am) we realized we had overlooked a fine comic company! I added them to the navbar and our news categories, and then headed on over to the Archie site to see what news …
Mar 27
David Goyer Writing New Batman Film!
Superhero Hype, among others, announced today that prolific comics-to-film screenwriter David Goyer (Blade, Dark City) will be the next writer to take a crack at a screenplay for a big-screen treatment of The Dark Knight. Goyer, who also co-wrote several JSA arcs with Geoff Johns, is known for his ability to keep comic book characters …
Mar 27
Entertainment Weekly’s comic book section
According to NEWSARAMA: THE EW EFFECT, “Smaller publishers and individual creators who were plugged in the [first Entertainment Weekly issue featuring comic books] report seeing a nice bump in their sales” Every little bit of advertising for this medium helps.
Mar 27
Power Company Cancelled!
John Wells (Fanzing contributor and the brains behind a certain metahuman resource company used by a San Fran superhero firm) has passed on this note from Kurt Busiek. As I don’t have a link, here is the text: It’s true, I’m sorry to say. POWER COMPANY is ending with #18. (See the extended entry below …
Mar 27
Epic Comics RETURN!
Way back when, Marvel Comics created epic — a place for creator owned comics… differing takes on other corners of the Marvel Universe, and the like. Think Vertigo before there was Vertigo. Marvel’s bringing epic back. And they’ll have open submissions… soon. Pretty simple process for writers. Send ‘em a script, a W-9, and an …
Mar 26
Marvel’s ‘Kingpin’ to get Ongoing Series
Hot off the steam of the Daredevil film comes the announcement that the longtime Marvel gangster villain The Kingpin will get his own series… at first a mini, it graduated to ongoing status recently. The first dozen issues will fill in the Kingpin of crime’s backstory, while #13-on will take him into the future. And …
Mar 25
Back to the Batcave
All right, this one doesn’t really qualify as “news”, being a few weeks old, but I’ve just read the review of “Back to the Batcave” over at The Pulse and I realized I never shared my thoughts on it. The movie is really two movies: a campy modern adventure in which Adam West, Burt Ward …
Mar 24
Maguire NOT a wuss!
To follow up on Phil’s post below…this thing about Maguire’s back pain keeping him from being in the sequel appears to be just a rumor. As Sarah “Scribbler” Beach points out over on the Dixonverse board, if he were off of the sequel to one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, it would be much bigger …
Mar 24
PvP wants fan art!
Player vs Player‘s Scott Kurtz has put out a request for fan art! I daresay some of our site’s visitors should be more than willing to rise to the challenge! Eh? Eh? He says he may run it in the PvP comic, so this could be a great chance for some exposure!
Mar 24
Alan Moore Book Announced
Avatar Press has announced a new book by Alan Moore, reprinting a lengthy essay he wrote in the ’80s on writing comics. The original was printed in serialized format in a British fanzine, and this is it’s first appearance in a single volume. Written in 1985, the “Miracle Man” and “Watchmen” era, it offers a …
Mar 24
New Batman Animated Movie!
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman! I loved “Mask of the Phantasm”. “Sub-Zero” had its moments, too. Both of them were WAY above the quality level of anything the live action movies tried to do in terms of character development and a coherent plot. Amazing how a voice actor and some cartoonists can bring more to …
Mar 24
Blatant Shilling for a friend
Our good friend, painter Rosalyn Terrill, is currently recuperating on her back due to an injury and getting ready to deliver her baby in a little over a month. In order to help her raise money, I designed some ebay auctions to auction off three one-and-only prints of her digitally-painted pieces: two Nightwings and one …
Mar 19
I Knew it….Maguire IS a Wuss
Tobey Maguire may not reprise his role as Spiderman when shooting begins next April. According to Variety (note: you need a subscription to see the full story, but you can get the synopsis at ComicBook Resources), he has a bad back. The CBR story states that, should Tobey be unable to fulfill his duties as …
Mar 13
Starman TV Series in the Works
Just came across a nifty site with info about a possible Starman TV series. From the creators of Smallville (YAY) and Birds of Prey (BOO), it will focus on the Knight family dynamics, which is a definite plus. In my opinion, it’s one comic that’s just itching for adaptation to television. Here’s hoping that it’s …
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