Recieved yesterday in Warren Ellis' e-mail newsletter Bad Signal : *************************** Press release issued today by publisher HarperCollins, New York: "Senior Editor Josh Behar has just acquired rights from Lydia Wills of Writers and Artists to the first novel by best-selling comic book writer Warren Ellis, who has authored two of DC's hottest franchises; The Authority and Tran...

Yesterday it was announced that Ed Brubaker would be leaving scripting chores on Detective Comics , and today we meet the new writer, Andersen Gabrych, an actor whom editor Bob Schreck met at a party who has never had a regular gig in comics. It pays to network. Still Schreck insists that he read much of Gabrych's work, and he's a fine writer. Gabrych will be assisted by artist Pete Woods...

Today The New York Times finally paid homage to Jack Kirby , recgonizing him as the artist that created so many of the characters that are bursting their way through Hollywood. I've always thought that Stan Lee took too much credit for the work he and Kirby did at Marvel in the early days. Kirby drove a lot of the storytelling and I shouldn't need to explain how much of an influence he was...

I haven't seen much about it in the regular comic sites, so I'm filling a void! I went to see American Splendor this weekend, and it was exceptional. Movies like the Hulk , Spider-Man , and X2 are getting all the press hype, and sometimes it's deserved, but American Splendor really delivers. I recommend it to any comics reader, even if you're unfamiliar with the work of H...

Comics are going mainstream! Just not in the way we thought they would. Corporate Comics are on the scene! Comics are being used by corporations to explain difficult concepts as well as promote and we all have Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar to thank! Check out samples at: Corporatecomics.com/press . My favorite is Marketing Dilemma! You know, you'd think that if a company was going ...

IFanboy favorite Chynna Clugston-Major is currently in the middle of her new mini-series, Scooter Girl , being published by Oni . It's the story of the guy who has everything going for him (and is therefore an ass) who meets a girl who just wrecks him. He can't get anything right when he's around her, and since she doesn't really care for him, she decides to use her power to ruin him. ...

07.30.2003 - The Flash #200

Newsarama is reporting that DC Comics is taking some bold steps to rejuvenate thier flagship character, Superman . Jim Lee and writer Brian Azzarello will be the new creative team on Superman starting in March of 2004. Writers Greg Rucka and Chuck Austen are set to take over the other two Superbooks beginning in 2004. Grant Morrison, Art Adams, Matthew Clark and Bill Willingham ar...