The Comic Book Thread

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The more i hear of this big reboot the more it makes sense. Marvel has done the same, they just tend to do it one character at a time while DC is pretty much tearing the whole house down and building it back up. The whole move should help attract new readers and its also a big excuse for DC to put all their major titles on a digital market. I read more comics online then i do print simply because i don`t want stacks and stacks of comics i`ll never read hardly and keep organized. This whole thing is kind of a punch in the face to collectors but sadly they don`t bring in new money to the company and over the years they will dwindle in size. I`am annoyed with it, will be for awhile now i`am sure but if DC is to survive has a bussiness, they had to do this sooner or later.

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IGN Exclusive:



From Bleeding Cool:
[url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/06/ign-calls-star-of-batwing-1-african-american/]IGN Calls Star Of Batwing #1 “African-Americanâ€

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From Bleeding Cool:

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From Hero Complex:

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Seventy-three years ago this month, a strange new vision arrived in American pop culture, a brawny figure in blue with a flowing red cape and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The character of Superman has flown on into film, television, video games and every imaginable corner of entertainment, but he’s always remained tethered to his first home – Action Comics has been published every month since June 1938 and, in April, became the only American comic book title to reach a 900th issue.

But, in a move that is either audacious or desperate — or a bit of both – DC Comics is making a break, at least in numbering, from the grand old series. In September, celebrated Scottish writer Grant Morrison and rising artist Ralph “Ragsâ€

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While Google Image browsing a while ago I came across a positively sublime panel from an Usagi Yojimbo comic and I just wanted to share it with everybody.

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From CA:

[quote="David Brothers"]
[b]2. CASANOVA: AVARITIA #1 (of 4)
[i]Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by GABRIEL BÃ

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From Hero Complex July 29, 2010:

[quote="Geoff Boucher"]
For years, Frank Miller spoke of a Gotham City graphic novel that would be like no other — for the 120 bone-crunching pages of “Holy Terror, Batman!â€

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From The Beat:

[quote]In the white-hot days following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, a lot of art was planned and some executed. One near legendary project was Frank Miller’s Holy Terror, Batman, which was just what it sounded like…the Batman taking on the terrorists. With Miller’s increasingly right-wing views, it was expected to be a real barn burner.

However, it turned out to be a little too hot for DC– as did the project’s editor Bob Schreck, who left for IDW and now a start-up line at Legendary Pictures. With a main character recast as “The Fixer,â€

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From Bleeding Cool:

[quote="Rich Johnston "]
Most of the released solicitation images for the DC Relaunch are not the covers for the first issue – so look forward to all those being announced soon as well.

Action Comics and Justice League are set in the past, the Green Lantern, Batman and LSH books are all continuing without a reboot. DC Presents and Hawkman are picking up where Brightest Day left off. But for everything else, yes, it will be more of a reboot/restart. They are basically keeping the books going that were financially successful for them and restarting everything else.

The DC Retroactive material was set up to keep the publishing schedule full so people didn’t fully notice a lot of the key creative teams were “missingâ€

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