When I sat down to jot down a few Batman ideas for this week, a few topics instantly rose to the top of the pile as being worthy of discussion – the character himself, my favorite Batman story and villains. See, Batman has the best villains. I can see someone making a strong case for the Flash Rogues. Heck, I love those villains as much as the next guy. But when it comes to pure, bloody psychopaths, no collection of foes can top Batman’s.
Next on our list of amazing artists who’ve stopped by to talk Batman is Dustin Nguyen, who’s put together an impressive run on Batman, first with DETECTIVE COMICS and now on BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM. And as you can see from the piece below, not only is Dustin one of the nicest guys in comics, he’s a damn fine artist as well. Let’s see what he has to say. Take it away, Dustin:
We’ve already gotten a glimpse at Andy Kubert’s contribution to the anniversary epic that is BATMAN #700. But why stop there? Now, we close out the day with comments from the mega-talented David Finch, who also pencils a sequence in Grant Morrison’s time-twisting tale of The Batman. What say you, David?
With BATMAN #700 upon us, we’re continuing our spotlight on all things Batman. Today, we look at one of the hero’s key stories. Everyone knows what happened to make Bruce Wayne become Batman. But the story had never been told with such flourish and panache. Originally posted in DC Universe- http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/ BATMAN: YEAR ONE, for me, is hands down the best piece of super-hero storytelling I’ve ever read.
We’d be remiss if in all this BATMAN #700 hoopla we didn’t go right to, well, the source of it all: writer Grant Morrison. Grant’s been driving the Dark Knight to some amazingly different and intense places, and it only gets more engaging in the pages of BATMAN #700, which features the superstar writer teaming with a cabal of amazing artists, including Tony Daniel, Andy Kubert, David Finch and frequent collaborator Frank Quitely. So what does he have to say about not only the character, but the issue? Take it away, Grant!
Well day two of the ComiCon was even better than the first day. I was able to connect with many more artists than yesterday, I think with the lack of people attending the show, the artists were still sleeping at their tables for the most part :) Today all the artists seemed more lively, the people were just streaming into the show. **Grail Quest Update – After going through and asking AGAIN if any of the vendors had a reasonably priced issue of New Mutants #98, DRAGON LADY COMICS was the only vendor able to assure me that they had a copy withinn my price range at thier store in the warehouse area. All the other vendors prices ranged from $50.00 to as high...
Chris Giarrusso tells the story of the “real” GUARDIANS in backups to the miniseries In August, we’ll know more about the new GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE: Brit, Outrun, Kaboomerang, Yeti and Bulletproof. But what about the GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE that never were: Invincible, Spawn, Rick Grimes, Barack Obama and Gary Popper? Chris Giarrusso, creator of G-MAN, will tell their tale in a series of one-page backup stories that will run with each issue of GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE.
CHEW #11 features exclusive sneak peek of Kody Chamberlain’s SWEETS Fans who pick up a copy of John Layman and Rob Guillory’s CHEW #11 on June 9, 2010, are in for a treat: an exclusive sneak peek of Kody Chamberlain’s SWEETS! A Lousisiana native, Chamberlain makes his writing debut with this five-issue miniseries. “I’ve been a fan of CHEW from the very beginning,” says Chamberlain. “So, when John and Rob offered up some valuable real estate inside their comic, I decided to give them more than just a preview — I gave them an exclusive! I hope CHEW readers enjoy the peek at four unseen pages of SWEETS.”
Image Comics to reprint HAUNT #7 after same-day sellout GREG CAPULLO was warmly welcomed as the full-time penciler on HAUNT during a same-day distributor-level sellout of HAUNT #7! Image Comics is rushing a second printing of this first issue of an all-new story arc, written by ROBERT KIRKMAN and inked by series co-creator TODD McFARLANE.
