“Anti-gay” writer takes on gay superhero
The blogosphere has a new talking point as the news that Chuck Dixon is writing a comic starring Midnighter, the gay character from THE AUTHORITY hits. Dixon is well known to be on the...
Women in comics movies
A quick roundup of some comics to movie news that gives us a chance to post some nice photos.
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has been teasing involvement with the upcoming WONDER WOMAN film
The former...
Cliff Chiang, Harvard grad
We can't resist linking to this nice article from the Harvard Crimson on Cliff Chiang, a wonderful artist and pal. It tells of his fateful journey from promising Harvard scholar to comic book artist,...
MORE Minx Links
Maybe you are sick of this, but the Minx announcement seems to have capped off a year in which comics' gender issues took center stage in very unexpected ways. One of the interesting side...
More Minx Links
A few more just tying up the loose ends.
If you haven't read the epic comments thread on our previous Minx post, you are missing out on comments from all the players, a lesson...
You Minx, you.
Before I get too far into this, I'll give you the loglines: #1 DC's new girl-focused MINX imprint could just possibly be the most important launch ever by Marvel or DC. #2 I'd read...
Women in Comics
I know there was a firestorm of comment over Occasional Superheroine, and the harrowing story of Valerie D'Orazio, former DC and Valiant assistant editor. I'm still digesting it all, and Val's story, which...
Initial Minx thoughts
Like we said, we're collating our thoughts on Minx, the new DC/Vertigo imprint aimed at teenaged girls, and other women and comics related matters. We will say that the story in the New York...
PREACHER to HBO
Although the rumor had previously been pooh-poohed by Garth Ennis himself, it seems that PREACHER is indeed in development as a mini-series at HBO.
The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on...
DC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: OCTOBER 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
A whole range of upper- and mid-level sellers in DC Comics' mainstream superhero line line were missing in October: New issues of All-Star Batman, Justice League of America, Batman, Teen Titans, Supergirl,...
Catching up with Vertigo and Rushkoff
Vertigo has joined the "first one is free club" by posting the first issues of most of their signature titles for free on these here internets. Everything from SANDMAN #1 and SWAMP THING #1...
Comics news briefs: Tellos, Legion, Batman
Over at CBR Todd Dezago talks about a collected edition of TELLOS by himself and Mike Wieringo, due from Image.
The new edition features every "Tellos" work created by the Dezago/Wieringo team, including all ten...
