The Brightest Day Arrives
So it looks like DC wasted no time in getting this week started with some new buzz:
DC sold me on two aspects: 1) it’s a bi-weekly series that will run concurrently with the main Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps books and 2) Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi will be writing the series as well. That’s enough to let me know that the characters will have the same voices and that we get to see what the writers have in mind for the post-Blackest Night world of DC. No artists have been announced yet, but I think it’s safe to say that Johns and Tomasi will get the best around as usual.
My only concern is any potential burn-out on Johns’ part because he’s been sending out scripts like a madman as of late, not to mention him now having more creative editorial input on DC books in general. But I have confidence that they’ll juggle this properly for him because Green Lantern has been a gold mine for DC and I’m sure they don’t want to mess that up now.
Click the image to read more about it on DC’s blog.
Mark Millar’s Nemesis
You got ketchup on your face…
This is an interesting series if you haven’t heard about it as of late. Mark Millar and Steve McNiven, who have both collaborated on Marvel’s Civil War and Old Man Logan storylines, are back together one more time to bring a new series to Marvel’s Icon line of books. This particular book though turns us upside down though (as you’d expect from a Millar story) with the main character being the antagonist and having many Batman and Joker qualities intertwined. Think it this way – what if Bruce Wayne still had his riches and turned out to be the Joker?
The whole story about it is here. The concept sounds good, though if they do decide to turn this into a movie, will Hollywood mess around with it to the point that we get a debacle like the “Wanted” movie? And will Millar have to change things around too in the book after DC fired their shots detailed in this article.
Fire away those comments, folks…
Iron Man 2 Trailer is Up
OK, it’s official – May 2010 is going to be awesome (click the image and see why).
The new Iron Man 2 trailer went live on Marvel.com a couple of hours ago and is now circulating Apple and sure enough YouTube as we speak. I’m impressed with every character that they highlighted here, most especially Mickey Rourke’s role as Whiplash, who reportedly has some ties to Stark and the energy crisis that appears to be the central theme of this story. Then again, he was the Wrestler last year, so should I be surprised about his performance?
What do you think? Will Iron Man 2 live up to the hype and continue a good path towards the Avengers movie in 2012?
Superman: Earth One and Batman : Earth One Announced
It’s pretty typical to have a comics company launch a new continuity for its flagship franchises every few years. Some hit off great (Ultimate Spider-Man), some fall flat and collect dust (All-Star Batman & Robin).
Geoff Johns recently announced on his Twitter account the next big project he had set for DC in 2010 and it looks like AICN and the DC Blog followed suit in reporting his announcement as well as announcing the other big project. Two big re-boots in the Batman and Superman franchises are are coming our way and will be coming out in an ongoing graphic novel format. Where the writers take this continuity remains to be seen.
This might help a lot for those not able to go through the last few years of DC lore to catch up on their characters. DC did it to a degree with the All-Star franchise of a couple of years ago, but Grant Morrison’s Superman project was all you got that was superb about it. Let’s not even get into what happened with Frank Miller’s Batman All-Star take – just search the forums and you’ll see why people are down on it.
What are your thoughts? Is this needed even with the writing talent behind it in Johns and Straczynski?
Blackest Night’s Future
Because you know Mike and I never talk about it that much, we’re posting the latest from IGN Comics on what to expect from Blackest Night come this February. Click on the pic or this link to read the story.
For those that don’t know, the main Blackest Night book is taking a break in January to allow for multiple tie-ins to dominate that month. I’m not a big fan of keeping track of those whenever a big event is around, but in terms of the storyline, it’s a smart strategy to get each tie-in’s individual stories out of the way so that focus can be put back on the central series.
This just continues to be a remarkable series and these solicits, as vague as they may be in their summaries, could show that it’ll end on a great note.
Top 10 comic book cities
Found this on Architects Journal
What about Tick’s The City?
Ah, The City. My The City
Jonah Hex Movie Poster with Megan Fox
And I think that’s Josh Brolin as Hex. Took me a while to realize there was someone else in the poster.
The 40 Most Violent Comics Ever
Fair warning, these get gory:
The 40 Most Violent Comics Ever
Found this at Complex.com. Not surprisingly Garth Ennis shows up a lot. Preacher FTW!
Preacher
Ryan Reynolds is Green Lantern
With Blackest Night only two days away from making its presence known and a Green Lantern animated movie coming to DVD on the 28th, it’s needless to say that DC is really pushing Green Lantern mythology to be the next big cash cow.
That said, IGN Comics has now confirmed who will take on the live screen version of GL. Check out the article here. Interesting choice, though I as well am curious how this will affect his time spent on the Deadpool spin-off movie he’s planning to work on as well. I’m all for it as long as the source material is adhered to.
Rob Liefield shoots on Alan Moore
We all know how much Alan Moore takes pride in his works and how much he loathes what the Hollywood industry does to his works (though we beg to differ on Watchmen – listen to our first podcast for our review). Overall, no one can dispute what he did in bringing unique takes on the comic book medium as a whole.
And that’s why it’s all the more interesting when you read about colleagues of his come in and play the game “You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?” Check out this link to see what Rob Liefeld, the big time artist of books like X-Force, had to say of his experience with Moore. It’s an old article, but still intriguing to read. I don’t think the things Liefeld says is anything new, but take it for what it is – another in-depth insight into the world of Moore.
Thanks to my friend Mr. Gary Cooke for the link – now send me some Invincible books already 