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DC’s ‘Batman Beyond,’‘Justice League Beyond’ get new creators
DC Comics’ digital-first series Batman Beyond and Justice League Beyond will get new creative teams this summer, which will also see the official debut of the Batgirl of the future. IGN.com reports...
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Comics A.M. | Weak April for graphic novels in bookstores
Graphic novels | April was a slow month for new graphic novel releases, so the BookScan Top 20 had plenty of room for some backlist titles. The Walking Dead dominated, of course, but the 10th volume...
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Conversing on Comics with Sean Murphy
Often when comic creators are asked about their dream job, most expect them to respond with a specific character they want to tackle, some fondly remembered superhero on which they hope to leave their...
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Shawn Crystal gets personal with artist podcast ‘InkPulp Audio’
Much in the way Marc Maron’s WTF podcast provides a more personal, and sometimes profound, look at comedians as they’re interviewed by a fellow comedian, comic artist and Savannah College of Art and...
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What Are You Reading? with Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder
Hello everyone, Happy Memorial Day weekend to America, and welcome one and all to What Are You Reading? This week we are joined by special guests Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder, the creative team...
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DC’s ‘Batman: Black and White’ returns in September
DC Comics will resurrect its well-regarded anthology Batman: Black and White beginning in September with six double-sized issues. Originally published in 1996 as a four-issue miniseries, the anthology...
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Talking Comics with Tim | Matt D. Wilson on ‘The Supervillain Field Manual’
If you’re shopping for a gift for that special evil family member or friend, I have the deal for you: The latest and greatest self-help book for supervillains goes on sale today in the form of The...
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Sean Murphy draws Wolverine, Batman, Punisher & Tom Waits
Although he’s not attending Comic-Con International this year, Sean Murphy is keeping busy. The Brooklyn-based cartoonist, who’s illustrating the Vertigo series The Wake, has opened his doors to do a...
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Sean Murphy’s rejected –‘And you can see why’– Batman pitch
It’s hard to believe that after the 2005 miniseries Batman/Scarecrow: Year One, Sean Murphy hit a rough patch where he couldn’t land work at DC Comics. Since then, he’s cut his own path through the...
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Six things DC Comics is doing right
DC Comics hasn’t had a particularly good run of things lately. To be frank, the publisher has done blown it a number of times over the past few years. But don’t worry, DC fans — I’m sure it’ll soon be...
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It’s better, down where it’s wetter: ‘The Wake’&‘Black is the Color’
Before Scott Snyder began writing Batman and became the hottest writer at DC Comic and an overall direct market darling, garnering high sales and high praise for his work on the title, he was penning...
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This week DC’s magic number isn’t 52, it’s 27
While DC Comics sacrificed some bragging rights in 2011 when it rebooted its superhero line, even the never-before-renumbered Action Comics and Detective Comics, one consequence of relaunching TEC was...
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Sean Murphy cover takes us back to ‘Reign of the Supermen’
I had taken a break from comics during the whole “Death of Superman”/”Reign of the Supermen” era, yet I’m a little excited by this mysterious cover unveiled today by Sean Murphy (The Wake, Punk Rock...
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The idiosyncracy and awesomeness of commissioning art
In what other medium can a someone get an original work of art made just for them by a creator whose career they’ve followed? Not movies, television, music or fine art, unless you’re a millionaire....
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Sean Murphy goes old-school arcade with ‘Castlevania’ art
Sean Murphy is in the middle of drawing his first Image Comics series — a collaboration with Rick Remender called Tokyo Ghost — but he still has time for a side project, especially a fun one. Over the...
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Comics A.M. | Malaysian police launch new probe of cartoonist
Legal | The Malaysian cartoonist Zunar is being investigated once more under the country’s Sedition Act, his lawyer revealed Tuesday. Three of Zunar’s assistants were arrested last week for selling...
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Christopher Nolan, Sean Murphy explore ‘Interstellar’ backstory in comic
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has collaborated with artist Sean Gordon Murphy on a short story to address one of the mysteries of Interstellar: What happened to Matt Damon’s Dr. Mann and his robot SKIPP...
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A Month of Wednesdays | From Archie to zombies, Superman to sea creatures
Archie: The Married Life Book Six (Archie Comics): This is a phone book-sized collection of the final seven issues of Life With Archie, the series set in a possible future where Archie is married to...
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Todd McFarlane traces the evolution of Spawn’s costume
Ahead of the arrival of the landmark 250th issue, Todd McFarlane has unveiled “The Evolution of Spawn,” a graphic tracing the character’s numerous costumes, from the original design to the Greg...
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Sean Murphy tackles creator’s rights for conventions
Speaking up is a hard thing to do for many creators, because as freelancers they often work at the whim of others. But Sean Murphy has made a name for himself beyond his actual work as an outspoken...
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