Writer Ram V has partnered with the comic art festival Thought Bubble (opens in new tab) for a special writing workshop. The workshop will be online as part of the UK convention’s 2020 ‘digital con’ event in place of its physical event which has been postponed due to COVID-19. ‘The …
Read More »Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel on Nocternal, their sci-fi story involving big rigs and eternal darkness
Deafening darkness and big-rig truckers – welcome to Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s new series Nocternal. (Image credit: Tony S. Daniel/Tomeu Morey (Best Jackett Press)) (opens in new tab) This new creator-owned, ongoing series from the two longtime Batman creators keeps the darkness, but trades in Bruce Wayne and …
Read More »New John Ridley-written Batman series to have huge impact
DC has finally publicly addressed the major changes within their organization revealed earlier this week, but one thing that never changes at DC is their line-up being heavy with Batman titles. Already the dominant part of a comic book line that publisher Jim Lee has confirmed will be contracting by …
Read More »Best Shots Review: Empyre #5 “a much-needed win”
With deaths, double-crosses, and surprise weddings, Marvel said the last issue of Empyre would be one of the defining moments of their star-spanning event. But I’d said they were wrong — because the real highlight of the series is here. Empyre #5 credits Written by Al Ewing and Dan Slott …
Read More »Inside the Nightwing, Starfire, and Cyborg reunion with Justice League and Death Metal
Writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV created the building blocks for Dark Nights: Death Metal in Snyder’s recent Justice League run, so it’s only fitting the event would tie back into the flagship series. (Image credit: Gary Frank (DC)) (opens in new tab) The Flash’s Joshua Williamson takes over …
Read More »The Hero Initiative Batman 100 Project first look
The Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, is readying the release of the Batman 100 Project, the latest interaction of their fundraising project featuring comic book artists drawing 100 original covers for a recent high profile comic book release. In this …
Read More »Greg Rucka and Brian Bendis teach comic book writing in the latest round of Hero Initiative pro-fan experiences
Three comic book classes make up half of the Hero Initiative’s latest pro-fan live experiences line-up, the proceeds of which go to the organization’s mission of helping comic book creators in medical or financial need. Brian Michael Bendis returns for a fourth ‘semester’ of his comic book writing class, open …
Read More »Best Shots Review: Empyre #4 – spoilers
When is a twist not a twist? That’s the question I felt reading Empyre #4 (opens in new tab), which had been teased as a big reveal for Marvel’s latest cosmic series — but having read the issue a few times, I’m still not quite sure what was supposed to …
Read More »Best Shots Review – Injustice: Year Zero Chapters #1 – #3 one of the best Justice League in recent memory
I’m not sure how many more times Tom Taylor needs to audition for the main Justice League title — seriously, DC, just give him the damn book already — but Injustice: Year Zero #1 (opens in new tab)-3 might just be the next best thing. Serving as a prequel to …
Read More »Read the first eight pages of Tom Taylors official new DC Injustice: Year Zero series
Four days after the story broke online and was then removed (opens in new tab), DC removed all doubt Tuesday by officially announcing (this time to the Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab)) the immediate launch of Injustice: Year Zero, a twice-monthly, 14-chapter digital-first comic book return to the alternate …
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