DC loses Batwoman creative team
DC’s ongoing Batwoman has, since the launch of the new 52, been a series worth following. The art of J.H. Williams III is a visual punch (the splash page has never looked so good) and the writing from W. Haden Blackman has kept the excitement of the unknown that Greg Rucka brought to the character […]
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The Fitting In Room: New Wonder Woman
Forgive me, kids – when I saw that Wonder Woman had her costume updated, I went on a bender that has lasted this past week. I am here now – sober, conscious, and am no longer allowed back in Honduras. But that’s another story. From a New York Times article: The new look — with […]
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Inside the Lines: Romance author invades comics world, and other stories
In the “Damn, they stole my idea” department, New York Times best-selling romance novelist Janet Evanovich and her daugher Alex teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to create a graphic novel called Troublemaker featuring Alex Barnaby, a female racecar mechanic whose vantage point as a raceday spotter leads her into mystery and intrigue. The art […]
In: Comics, Graphic Novels, News · Tagged with: adaptation, based on a novel, Batwoman, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Frank Miller, Xerxes
Sue you, no Suebacks!: Warner Bros. files lawsuit against Superman attorney
There’s a lot of drama in the air over at Warner Bros. lately. And most of it has to do with the Man of Steel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the families of Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster recently won an important ruling in their lawsuit against DC Comics and Warner Bros. They […]
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Superman heirs have their day in court… and lose
Yesterday, Variety reported on the outcome of the ongoing legal troubles between Warner Bros., DC Comics, and the heirs of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and it doesn’t look good for them. U.S. District Court judge Stephen G. Larson found that the licensing fees paid by the studio to the comics company for […]
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