DC is relaunching the (extremely old) anthology series that features D-list DC weirdoes. A complete list of the upcoming titles follows: ETERNITY by Jeff (Frankenstein, Animal Man) Lemire and Cully (R.E.D., Shade) Hamner. A cop coroner can revive dead people so that they can close the cases that caused their deaths. It’s Gotham Central meets [...]

Headlines and bullets on what’s up in the Marvel Universe!  Hit the break for news about the newly announced 2014 Marvel Studios movie; and more! (Go here for indie comics news of the week and here for DC comics news of the week.)

In this busy news week, I’m posting thoughts about revelations from Chicago and elsewhere about Marvel, DC, and “everyone else.”  But just because Spidey and Batman aren’t in this one, don’t let that be a reason not to hit the break!  (If you want to read about some of the new DC goings-on, go here.) [...]

  Chicago’s Comicon brought with it tons of news that you’ve probably heard elsewhere first, but I wanted to add commentary on the stories I found most interesting.  I’ll be doing posts on DC, Marvel, and “everyone else.” This one’s for DC.  Hit the break to learn about DC’s digital first line, news on Before [...]

Last time, we discussed the relative worthiness of the Eisner nominees.  Today, I focus solely on the award that got dropped this year due to “lack of quality” in the nominations: Best New Series. The most controversial aspect of the 2012 Eisner Awards was their decision not to present a “Best New Series” award because, [...]

Before the cut, it’s the start of a new month, which means it times to look briefly at how the comic book industry withstood another month of competition from movies, TV, “real books,” internet, etc. One thing I have to say about comic book publishers: They aren’t whining about how internet piracy is killing their [...]

Alan Moore hates us, but we all still love him. Comicdom’s most celebrated curmudgeon is still smarting from the fact that DC wants to make money off of the Watchmen characters that he created for the company–even while he’s made money off of characters created by lots of other folks in many of his own [...]

Today on the corner we discuss the nominations for the 2012 Eisners: Who got one?  Who didn’t (but should have)?  Who will win?  Who should win? And they’ve started a “Best Publication for Early Readers” category, which can only be good: If we don’t get new folks reading comics then the art form will last [...]

Lots of news this week, but the above-the-fold feature has to go to … Micchone.  Next season will definitely bring the black female samurai (at last!), who will be played by Danai Gurira, best known for her work on the HBO series “Treme” and the film The Visitor.  In other words, she’s not known at [...]

Last week, I wrote an extensive open letter to the industry about digital comics.  Then, at Wondercon, Mark Waid—the genius comic author behind the current reboot of Daredevil, the creator of Irredeemable, and the Eisner Award winner for Kingdom Come, agreed with me.  He’s selling all his paper books “because it’s about the right time [...]