Tag Archive | "DC Comics"

Before Watchmen….

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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You’re probably aware of this: The Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created Watchmen, released in ’86-’87, 12 issues and a collection that’s never been out of print, and sold in its millions. And unless you’ve been living under a rock this week, you’re probably aware that DC have now decided it’s time to do these: [...]

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DC Logo – what about a designer’s opinion?

Saturday, January 28, 2012

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DC’s new logo. Not the most popular of things around the Internet. But wouldn’t you like to hear what a designer thinks? How about the best designer in comics? Here’s Rian Hughes (from his facebook). I reckon he’s worth listening to on this: “Here’s the thing – a comic book logo has got to fulfill [...]

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Chaykin’s Shadow is back…..

Sunday, January 15, 2012

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You’ll be aware of my deep, abiding love for The Shadow – or more specifically, the DC Comics series from the late 80s. The Howard Chaykin issues were great, the Andy Helfer, Bill Sienkiewicz and Kyle Baker issues were magnificent. And to be honest, I’d rather given up hope of ever seeing them again. But [...]

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It’s too late for O.M.A.C. …. but The Shade is safe…

Saturday, January 14, 2012

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The first round of DC New 52 cancellations have been announced this week. Six titles are gone with issue 8: Hawk & Dove, Mister Terrific, Static Shock, Men Of War, Blackhawks and really sadly – O.M.A.C. But because market share is oh so important, those 6 cancellations have 6 replacements – “DC Comics – the [...]

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DC Comics…. logo

Friday, January 13, 2012

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It appeared earlier tonight, but there was always the possibility that DC were having one massive joke. But no, Heidi at The Comics Beat popped up a story a few minutes ago, complete with sources and links. This IS a logo that DC Comics / DC Entertainment have applied for trademark with the US Patent [...]

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The New Deadwardians… new from Abnett and Culbard

Thursday, December 29, 2011

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That’s the work of I.N.J. Culbard, artist of SelfMadeHero’s Sherlock Holmes (4 volumes), Mountains Of Madness, Dorian Gray. And yet still magnificently described as a newcomer in the DC/Vertigo press release talking about the new 8-part series The  New Deadwardians, written by Dan Abnett: “Set in post-Victorian England, nearly everyone in the upper class has [...]

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Fourth World and Flowers

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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On racks tomorrow for New Comic Day, a great big serving of the Cosmic Jack Kirby’s Fourth World from DC. Oh yeah… … and there’s a lovely, big deluxe hardback collection of Bill Willingham’s tales from the brilliant Fables, Bad Doings and Big Ideas: And I notice the new editions of Neil Gaiman’s superlative Sandman [...]

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Unmasked!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Freshly arrived for this New Comic Day, I just love this cover for the second Green Lantern Omnibus: They just don’t do superhero covers quite like that today… (art by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson, (c) DC Comics) Actually it’s a top week for some cracking new graphic novel releases, including the gorgeous looking slipcased [...]

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Voices from the past – A Few Words With Grant Morrison About We3

Monday, November 21, 2011

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This short interview with Grant Morrison took place when his collaboration with Frank Quitely for DC Comics, We3, had just been published, around 2005, and first saw light of day on a fondly remembered science fiction review site, The Alien Online, which some of you may recall reading. TAO grew out of the staff recommendations [...]

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Spy Vs Spy at 50…..

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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It’s 50 years since Antonio Prohias created one of my favourite strip series ever (I vividly reading them in a stack of MAD Magazines in my dad’s study) – the wonderful Spy Vs Spy series. Over half a century we’ve seen the white spy and the black spy continually battle, looking at ever more inventive [...]

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Blackhawks and Dark Justice Leagues….

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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Justice League Dark #2 By Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin The various magical types lurking at the edges of this new DC universe are slowly coming together here in Justice League Dark. Slowly. In fact, in what looked promisingly like a Vertigo-esque title last month gathering together lots of really good characters, we have an [...]

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The Shade #1

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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The Shade #1 By James Robinson and Cully Hammer DC Comics A DC New 52 number 1, but only sort of, since it actually came out in month 2 of the whole DC reboot thing. But it’s not part of that whole reboot thing at all, not so far as I can see. This is [...]

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DC The New 52: Batman and Wonder Woman. DC gets its icons just right

Saturday, October 22, 2011

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Batman # 2 By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo DC Comics Well, issue 1 impressed greatly, with even Capullo’s art getting a thumbs up. And here’s issue 2 doing exactly the same. The story has bite, intrigue, a setup of a new major threat to Batman and Gotham; The Court Of Owls. And it does [...]

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DC52: Batwoman #2

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Batwoman #2 J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman The second issue of JH Williams III and Haden Blackman’s Batwoman proves to be as compelling as the first (reviewed here), opening with a brilliantly kinetic fight sequence, which includes some fabulous double-page splashes of Williams’ amazing artwork. Instead of the normal sequence of square-ish panels they [...]

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DC The New 52: Demon Knights and Superboy….a yes and a no….

Monday, October 17, 2011

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Demon Knights #2 By Paul Cornell and Diogenes Neves Paul Cornell set up what is all too easy to refer to as Justice League Medieval really well last issue, with a group of DC’s magical and historical characters coming together in the Dark Ages. And this issue does well to carry that on, with the [...]

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