#May2012
THE ROCK Teases Potential DC Comics Superhero Movie. “BEFORE WATCHMEN: BEFORE THE BEFORE”, IMO.
With The Dark Knight Rises concluding the Nolan/Bale chapter in the Bat-Verse, the DC is looking like it has approximately no quality movie franchises at the moment. What are they to do? Bank on Zack Snyder? LOL. Seriously, c’mon now. Maybe! Just maybe though, The Rock can save them?
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‘SWAMP THING’ x ‘ANIMAL MAN’ Event ‘ROTWORLD’ Kicks Off In Their 12th Issues.
Despite not reading Animal Man or Swamp Thing (listen I’m buying the trades, get off my ass), I’ve been kept abreast of their interweaving storylines courtesy of my brother. These mingling storylines will be coming to a head this August in the 12th issue of both titles.
Lemire Announces End of ‘SWEETH TOOTH’ With December’s Issue #40. Frown.
I didn’t see this one coming. Jeff Lemire has announced that his creator-owned title Sweet Tooth will be concluding with issue #40 this December.
Jim Lee’s GATEFOLD IMAGE From DC’s Free Comic Book Day Is Four-Page Thunder.
Here’s the four-page Jim Lee gatefold thunder-power that he did up for Free Comic Book Day.
First Look: Ben Templesmith’s Batman For DC’s Digital-First Series. It’s Hot.
I’ve never bought a comic book on my (girlfriend’s) iPad, but Ben Templesmith may just get me to do so. The talented duder has dropped a sneak peak into his interpretation of the Goddamn Bat-Man for DC’s digital-first Batty anthology and its stunning.
‘DARK KNIGHT RISES’ – They Fixed BANE’S VOICE & New Images
Here are some Dark Knight Rises goodies upside your dome. Totally new pictures!, plus confirmation that they’ve fixed Bane’s voice.
DC Comics Go Digital, iPad May Now Be Useful
Ohhhh shit! DC Comics came out today and announced they were going fucking digital:
via comics alliance:
The current plan is to put an issue of Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” online a week at Comixology, along with adding over one hundred issues of other DC titles a month to their digital library. Releases for the launch include perennial fan-faves like “Batman: Hush,” “Fables,” and “Planetary,” and alongside the release of archive material there will will be day and date digital releases of “Justice League: Generation Lost,” a currently ongoing series.
The digital revolution shall not be uh…covered in paper mediums! But no, this is really interesting to me. As someone who is clinging on to the vestiges of print media with a fury, as comic book publishers continue to sweeten the pot for reluctant nerds, it becomes harder to deny. I mean, the big deal here is the announcement of day and date release, which means that you can pick up Justice League: Generation Lost on your iPad the day it drops in stores.
I’m still denying, but it’s harder.
Nothing can supplant the enjoyment of going down to the local comic book store, talking to the owner and fellow fans and making an experience out of it. Sorry, DC Comics. And I hope it never will. There’s something enjoyable about basking in a community. As opposed to you know, staring at a sterile download bar in my iTunes.
Hopefully the tactile enjoyment and the process of buying comic books is as important to other comic book nerds as it is to me. Otherwise, we may be in for a league of hurt. I almost cringe for the owners of my local shop.
