Donald, Scrooge, Mickey & The Gang Go (to) “Boom”?

What interesting times these be.  From Rich Johnston’s final Lying in the Gutter’s column:
I understand that Boom Studios has won the comic book license for “Walt Disney Comics And Stories,” “Mickey Mouse And Friends,” “Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck,” “Donald Duck” and more.
Boom has recently shown much promise with its well received Disney Pixar [...]

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An Itch Just Out of Reach You Say?

I’m still curious as to whether the upcoming DC back-up features are going to be collected in the individual TPB’s for a given title or published in their own collected editions but whatever the case, the Blue Bettle co-feature beginning in Booster Gold #21 — with art like this from interior artist Mike Norton, and [...]

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Captain Britain and MI-13 Ends July ‘09

I didn’t want to throw a post up about this as I hate being a bearer of bad news but it appears that Paul Cornell has confirmed that Captain Britain and MI-13 has been canceled following the release of issue #15:
As you may have noticed, there’s no solicitation today for #16 of Captain Britain and [...]

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Batgirl by Noto

Batgirl #1
Written by Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott
Cover by Phil Noto
I’ve no idea who is behind the mask here, and I look forward to being surprised by the revelation, but I wanted to comment that I’ve enjoyed and admired a lot of what Phil Noto has accomplished in comics over the [...]

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Alex Ross’ Green Hornet Designs

Newsarama previewed designs by Alex Ross for upcoming covers on Green Hornet (!) this morning, and as much as I love his paintings, I’m itching to see his pencils inked (and unpainted) on interiors one day.  His craftsmanship and detail is just too good not to see in that form as well.

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Follow That Raven…

Hey folks, for one reason or another I decided to go the insane route of starting an additional blog entitled Follow That Raven on ‘fantasie’ / sci-fi books, with reviews, “insights”, etc. and that you’re certainly invited to stop by, hang your hat, and read/comment on or about a number of like-minded books, etc.
Hope to [...]

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Wednesday Comics: Kamandi by Ryan Sook

It’s always a little difficult to convince my eyes to wake up early Monday morning, but The Source’s Kamandi preview definitely helped! Ryan Sook has always been a great artist, but this…I imagine Alex Raymond would be awful proud. There’s a meticulously crafted lushness to the color and illustration that we seldom see these [...]

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Agents of Atlas: Jeff Parker & Carlo Pagulayan

I was just looking over some samples of Carlo Pagulayan’s art again this morning and I tell ya, his work just blows me away — he does a fantastic job rendering these Atlas classics with an energy that brings a whole new life to them.  I’m also thrilled that I’m actually able to read about [...]

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Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai Update

According to Stan Sakai, his upcoming project Yokai, a 56-page fully painted HC graphic novel, will retail for ~ $14.95 and will likely feature a couple of extra goodies to boot.  Jump on over to the Dojo for a 3-page preview.

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José Luis García-López on Wednesday Comics Metal Men

See, now its just getting out of hand. The Source reports that José Luis García-López will be joining Dan Didio and Kevin Nowlan (inks) on a Metal Men feature for DC’s Wednesday Comics. Awesome, one of my all-time favorite creators on some great, great characters…how the heck am I supposed to wait for the [...]

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