Post by BIGKEV on Nov 7, 2007 19:18:10 GMT -5
In June/July, DC are killing off Batman. Or rather, Bruce Wayne. Robin will inherit the Batman cowl. One of the Robins anyway. Tim Drake. Jason Todd. Or possibly Red Hood. Hey, maybe Jean-Paul Valley, it has been ten years since Azrael.
Either way, the book will relaunch with a nice shiny #1.
Yes, didn't Captain America miss a trick there? I'm sure Marvel will do the same come 2009.
And what of Batwoman? Well, I'm told the launch of the Rucka/Williams series has been pushed back yet again because of the movie, and fears of "unacceptable media coverage." I'm told four issues are fully completed.
Apparently it's okay for Batman to be dead, and a new character take his place when there's a movie out. But not for Batwoman to be a lesbian. At least wait till it's gone to DVD for that brunette bombshell.
I'm reminded of the Warner Bros executive instruction to Grant Morrison and Dave McKean over "Arkham Asylum," that the Joker not be seen dressing up as Madonna in case the cinema audience believed that meant Jack Nicholson was a transvestite.
Next year, as part of the big upheaval in the Ultimate Universe, I'm told Jeph Loeb will write six issues of "Ultimate Fantastic Four" and six issues of "Ultimate X-Men." I'm told that's all the issues of each title that will ship in that period. But the belief is that each book will sell more than twice what it does now.
And "Ultimate Spider-Man" will keep on doing what it does best. Other books may not, however.
Anyone else notice something different about Marvel Previews Magazine this month? A few less pages?
Diamond has previously used their power and influence to have their Diamond Select Marvel statues listed for the last few years, while Bowen, Upper Deck and the rest with a Marvel license, have to slum it in the ghetto back pages of Previews Magazine.
Not this month.
Rumor has it that Marvel will negotiate for a better deal with Diamond, because of the placement favours that Diamond Select receives from Diamond Previews.
So what does the Writers Guild strike mean for comics? Might we get further word on the likes of "Ultimate Wolverine/Hulk" from Damon Lindelof? A new "Young Avengers" series from Allan Heinberg? All sorts of other projects that haven't even been mentioned but have stalled at the major publishers due to other commitments? And a fair few new ones?
From what I'm hearing, very possibly.
Rumor has it that a division of Fox Entertainment is looking to buy Dynamite Entertainment, the publishing wing of Dynamic Forces. In the new world of purchasing IP, with IDW purchased by IDT, Newsarama purchased by Imaginova, expect a lot more of this sort of thing. When reached for comment, Dynamite commented, but is it really a comment?
When asked for comment, Nick Barrucci replied "Gutterati Jack writes to let me know that a Brazilian blog has posted what they claim is a design for the Mach 6 car that will be used in the Wachowski brothers "Speed Racer." According to the site, Speed will use the classic Mach 5 at the beginning of the movie, but he will trade it for the new model when a faster car, with more resources and special equipment is needed.First and foremost, I don't know where this rumor started. Unfortunately, we don't reply to such rumors in case (a) they are true, but we are in a negotiation stage, and cannot discuss, (b) they are not true, but they sound pretty cool and (c) we're the only people who don't know about them, and don't want to sound stupid by responding (does that sound stupid). Sorry, will let you know more once we know more."
That's so much better than "no comment" isn't it?
I'm told there's a "Battle Pope" cartoon in the works.
Either way, the book will relaunch with a nice shiny #1.
Yes, didn't Captain America miss a trick there? I'm sure Marvel will do the same come 2009.
And what of Batwoman? Well, I'm told the launch of the Rucka/Williams series has been pushed back yet again because of the movie, and fears of "unacceptable media coverage." I'm told four issues are fully completed.
Apparently it's okay for Batman to be dead, and a new character take his place when there's a movie out. But not for Batwoman to be a lesbian. At least wait till it's gone to DVD for that brunette bombshell.
I'm reminded of the Warner Bros executive instruction to Grant Morrison and Dave McKean over "Arkham Asylum," that the Joker not be seen dressing up as Madonna in case the cinema audience believed that meant Jack Nicholson was a transvestite.
Next year, as part of the big upheaval in the Ultimate Universe, I'm told Jeph Loeb will write six issues of "Ultimate Fantastic Four" and six issues of "Ultimate X-Men." I'm told that's all the issues of each title that will ship in that period. But the belief is that each book will sell more than twice what it does now.
And "Ultimate Spider-Man" will keep on doing what it does best. Other books may not, however.
Anyone else notice something different about Marvel Previews Magazine this month? A few less pages?
Diamond has previously used their power and influence to have their Diamond Select Marvel statues listed for the last few years, while Bowen, Upper Deck and the rest with a Marvel license, have to slum it in the ghetto back pages of Previews Magazine.
Not this month.
Rumor has it that Marvel will negotiate for a better deal with Diamond, because of the placement favours that Diamond Select receives from Diamond Previews.
So what does the Writers Guild strike mean for comics? Might we get further word on the likes of "Ultimate Wolverine/Hulk" from Damon Lindelof? A new "Young Avengers" series from Allan Heinberg? All sorts of other projects that haven't even been mentioned but have stalled at the major publishers due to other commitments? And a fair few new ones?
From what I'm hearing, very possibly.
Rumor has it that a division of Fox Entertainment is looking to buy Dynamite Entertainment, the publishing wing of Dynamic Forces. In the new world of purchasing IP, with IDW purchased by IDT, Newsarama purchased by Imaginova, expect a lot more of this sort of thing. When reached for comment, Dynamite commented, but is it really a comment?
When asked for comment, Nick Barrucci replied "Gutterati Jack writes to let me know that a Brazilian blog has posted what they claim is a design for the Mach 6 car that will be used in the Wachowski brothers "Speed Racer." According to the site, Speed will use the classic Mach 5 at the beginning of the movie, but he will trade it for the new model when a faster car, with more resources and special equipment is needed.First and foremost, I don't know where this rumor started. Unfortunately, we don't reply to such rumors in case (a) they are true, but we are in a negotiation stage, and cannot discuss, (b) they are not true, but they sound pretty cool and (c) we're the only people who don't know about them, and don't want to sound stupid by responding (does that sound stupid). Sorry, will let you know more once we know more."
That's so much better than "no comment" isn't it?
I'm told there's a "Battle Pope" cartoon in the works.