Secret Origin : The Story of DC Comics DVD
How can you not get excited for this?
Comicbookmovie.com recently posted about this DVD offering coming this November about the whole history of DC Comics. If they’re really transparent in this documentary (especially about the Alan Moore stuff, though I could understand if there are legal reasons that they would not be), this would put DC on the map and give them great exposure to all the wonderful products they’ve produced and continue to produce today.
Sign off on your thoughts here – one thing’s for sure, it’s a good time to be a DC fan.
Batman Inc. Gets The Batman Army Ready
We’re getting more details on the new Batman Inc. series Grant Morrison is bringing in October and it looks like quite a show. Say what you will about Morrison’s unconventional storytelling methods, you can’t fault him for trying to push the medium further, especially using an iconic DC character to do so. It will be interesting to see how far this “Batman” army will go to achieve Bruce Wayne’s grand agenda and what stakes will be involved.
I’m sure as well we’re going to see lots of angry tweets about the “glowing” yellow Bat symbol returning to the costume. Look, it is what it is – give me good storytelling and character development and I’ll accept whatever costume changes Morrison and team have in mind. Just please don’t use the Batman and Robin movie as source material for the changes and I’ll be peachy…
Thor Trailer from SDCC
Well, that didn’t take long…
If you surf the interwebz, you must know by now that the Thor trailer from SDCC has been leaked online (courtesy of Comicbookmovie.com). Catch it while it’s still up!
Definitely has a lot of the Jack Kirby influence. My only fear is that this seemed to reveal a bit too much, which can lead one to believe that these could be the only good parts of the flick. We’ll have to see when it comes out next May.
Thoughts, true believers?
New Bendis/Maleev project announced at C2E2
C2E2 is under way and already comic book land is dropping bombshells. As reported on IGN Comics, Bendis is working on a new creator-owned booked on the Marvel Icon imprint entitled Scarlett. It asks the questions what if everything you believed in the world betrayed you and what if your response to it caused a revolution? How political this will get remains to be seen – comics always tend to tread a thin line when it comes to those topics.
Bendis’ work lately on all things Avengers has kind of worn off on me (I’ll stay positive though and expect the best for the Heroic Age), but I am definitely excited about him getting back into creator-owned work. Powers is one of my favorite series and is what made me aware of the potential Bendis could bring to the Marvel universe when they signed him over to the company. And working with a top notch artist like Maleev, whom Bendis has collaborated with before on Daredevil and Secret War, will only make this piece much more intriguing.
It’s scheduled to hit in July around SDCC week.
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