The list seems long this week doesn’t it? It’s a big week for the Events with Siege and Blackest Night taking the top billing. With so many books coming out it’s going to be hard to narrow down a pull list but come back tomorrow to see what books we’re reading here at Techland.
Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #622
Avengers The Initiative …
Peter Ha talks about his experience testing out Xbox’s Project Natal and what the latest management changes at DC comics mean for the brand while, Steven James Snyder previews what to look for in Shutter Island, out in theaters today.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland contributors and …
This morning, it was announced that DC Entertainment’s new president Diane Nelson had named Dan DiDio and Jim Lee as DC Comics’ co-publishers, and Geoff Johns as Chief Creative Officer. TECHLAND spoke to the three new appointees about what comes next for DC.
So Jim and Geoff: are you going to be moving to New York?
JIM LEE: I …
Is killing baddies so wrong? Do rats make the best pets? Do Green Lanterns over-exfoliate? What is the best managerial style for international criminal organizations? The answers to these questions in our Panel of the Week!
Invincible #70
A few of months ago there was a debate on the internets about superheros who kill. I come …
This morning, DC Entertainment named Jim Lee and Dan DiDio as the new co-publishers of DC Comics, and Geoff Johns as Chief Creative Officer (a new position)–all three of them longtime company insiders. Here’s a few thoughts about what their new roles might mean.
(More on Techland: DC Entertainment Announces Its Superhero Execs)
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Back in September of ’09, Warner Bros. announced the “creation” of DC Entertainment, a company that would oversee the implementation of all DC Comics properties under the Warner Bros. Entertainment umbrella. In other words, WB created DCE to go after Marvel Studios and seed the DC characters across other mediums. At the time of the …
Yes, there are event-y things going on in the world of the big two. Nights are still blackest and Hulks are certainly still falling but there are some smaller titles I’m looking forward to more this week. Although it got some bad reviews I sort of enjoyed Joe the Barabarian’s first issue and I’m ready for issue two. I think I have …
It’s a week after the Snowpacolypse and we here in NYC are still paying the price. My local comic shop, Midtown Comics, is going to be a day late on new comics as a result of the storm. Once again I must suffer through till Thursday. It’s still going to be a big week, picking my Pulls of the Week is going to be difficult tomorrow. I will …
I’m not mail carrier but even Snowpacolypse won’t stop me from my appointed rounds. I got the boots out and sludged through the NYC streets to get my books. And for all my efforts I was rewarded. This week we got some old school violence, some interstellar genocide and even a new Bat-contraption. Read on to see what action made the Panel …
I have no idea what Brightest Day is about, but DC’s The Source has just revealed David Finch’s cover to issue #2 that’s being penned by Geoff Johns. Yes, that’s mothafreakin’ Aquaman. Truth be told, I’m even more confused by Brightest Day than ever before, but Johns had this to say.
“Brightest Day’ is about second
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Toy Fair 2010 is upon us, folks. Team Techland will be hitting the show floor on Monday to check out all of this year’s upcoming toys. As a teaser we have an exclusive first look at DC Direct’s DC Chronicles the Flash. We’ll be sure to check out DC’s booth and everything else they’ll be showing off.
It is going to be another great week for comics. We have milestone issues, story arc wrap ups, and over seas hijinks. Both the “Enders Game” spinoff series “Command School” and the “Invincible” spinoff series “Atom Eve and Rex Splode” are wrapping up. Dick Grayson faces his worst nightmare while in London. The Punisher and the Kingpin …
