#July2012

NEIL GAIMAN Penning ‘SANDMAN’ Prequel In 2013. What Say You?

Listen, this ain’t Before Watchmen. This is a creator diving back into a world he created. At least that’s the delineation I see.

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Cosplay: This Wonder Woman Will Break You With Beauty. You’ll Smile.

Heck yeah. Ain’t nothing like an Amazonian beauty smashing with both her looks and glaive. I picture Wonder Woman with a glaive. Makes her way more choice.

THE JOKER Returns In ‘BATMAN’ #13, I Nod And Want To Hug Snyder.

Hell yes. I’m madly in love with Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on Batman in the rebooted!, relaunched!, totally New 52! Seeing as I’m drinking their delicious honeyed nectar, how can I not be stoked they’re handling the return of the Joker?

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DC RIPS OFF Image’s Creator-Centric Ad Campaign For Comic-Con

As I’ve said ad nauseam lately, Image has been firing on all cylinders. One of the reasons for their righteous domination is their focus on the fucking creators. DC seems to have taken notice of Image and its bustling stable of marketable creators,  ninjaing the idea of marketing the creators themselves. Shit, even the aesthetic is redolent of the Image campaign.

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‘EARTH 2’ WRITER James Robinson: Alan Scott Won’t Be The Only Gay Character In Earth 2. I’d Hope Not.

Alan Scott is the prominent character that DC is introducing into New 52 continuity as gay. The original Green Lantern! Neat? It all sort of feels like a cop out to me, plastering this announcement everywhere and then finding out its a dude 70% of pop culture doesn’t know. Writer of Earth 2  James Robinson was discussing all of this with The Advocate  when he revealed the obvious (?), that Alan Scott won’t be the only gay character.

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One Million Moms Attacks DC & Marvel Over Gay Storylines; Never Ending Groan

I suppose this was to be expected.

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Jim Lee On The Timing Of DC Comics’ “Announcement” Of A Prominent Gay Character

The announcement by DC that they were going to reintroduce a prominent character into the New 52 as gay just sort, you know, happened. It occurred at Kapow as opposed to some horns-accompanied press release or the such. Jim Lee delves a bit into the timing of it all.

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ROBOCOP To Voice Batman In Animated ‘DARK KNIGHT RETURNS’; Fanboy Convergence

RoboCop is donning the goddamn cowl, in a manner of speaking. Peter Well, the one true Robotic Cop of my childhood, will be voicing the Bat in the upcoming Dark Knight Returns  animated adventure.

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DC’s New Gay Character Will Be ‘Major’, ‘Iconic’, ‘Male’, And More Descriptives!

Cyeah! DC has to be loving the tidal that is sloshing around their ankles over their announcement of a prominent character of theirs being gay in the New 52. Here’s some more information regarding the character, who hasn’t been introduced  into the New 52. Yet.

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DC Reintroducing Prominent Character As Gay; Dick Grayson Please.

DC is reversing the claim they made last year where they stated that they would not reintroduce an established prominent character as gay, instead wanting to focus on organically introducing homosexual characters into their universe. What a difference a year makes, no?

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