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We've heard murmurs of the so-called Watchmen 2 project, and even an image or two mysteriously traipsed into the internet wilds a few weeks back. More »
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DC Comics is really going forward with the Watchmen tie-in project that everybody's calling Watchmen 2, as we warned a while back. Bleeding Cool's inside sources tell them that Andy Kubert will draw one of four prequel miniseries, each of which tells a story about a different character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' masterpiece. And Andy "may not be the only Kubert getting involved with this," writes Rich Johnston. More »
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Every few years or so, the internet hears whispers of DC Comics' plans to exhume Watchmen so that everyone can sleep on futons made of woven sapphire and topaz. More »
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Wednesday, October 7, is a big day at your comic shop. Marvel unleashes a tsunami of autumn releases (including Tron Betrayal and Deadpool MAX), a Joss Whedon-penned Buffy hits, and the second issue of Alan Moore's Cthulhu comic is out. More »
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This week's comic crop brings us some wacky anachronism. Vampires run amok in 1930s Sin City, Billy the Kid investigates the Whitechapel Murders, and supernatural firearms invade the Old West in a new title from Oni Press. Here's what's up. More »
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What's in comic shops Wednesday? A lot of new X-titles, the Predators comic book sequel, and the X-Files meets 30 Days Of Night. Comic-Con may be next week, but there's plenty of four-panel action on the racks. More »
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After the cathartic experience of last week's election, the comic industry is obviously looking to move onto new beginnings this week, if the raft of new series is anything to go by. We have supernatural forensic teams, superheroine envy, a beautiful art book and even a comic version of a novel that will make many of you happy amongst this week's New Comics We Crave. More »
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I've noticed a trend: We do a post about the upcoming movie version of The Spirit, and commenters complain that we're too negative about it. Is it a ploy to bury Frank Miller's directing career, you ask? Why are we hating so much on a movie that we've not seen, and judging it on solely on the trailers and interviews and pre-release hype that we're supposed to be excited about? Well, speaking solely for myself, the reason that I'm afraid of the Spirit movie is because of why I love the Spirit comics. More »
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Click to viewWe used to love Frank Miller, before his comics work turned into schlocky self-parody. But even in his prime, Frank wouldn't be our first choice to direct a semi-major Hollywood movie, so we're sad that Miller's getting his shot at the brass ring with The Spirit. We can think of ten comics creators off the top of our heads who would do a better job of helming a movie than Frank, and here they are. More »
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Justice League: The New Frontier comes out on DVD tomorrow, a straight-to-DVD release based on writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's series DC: The New Frontier. This is part of a trend of Warner and DC releasing original animated films on disc that might never have seen the light of day otherwise, beginning with last year's Superman: Doomsday. We got a sneak peek at The New Frontier at WonderCon, and we loved the setting in space. But the flick gets mired in the origin stories of Green Lantern and The Martian Manhunter. We've got a full report, with clips, below. More »
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Darwyn Cooke spent his Wondercon panel talking about The New Frontier, both his original comic series and the animated adaptation that premieres here at the con tomorrow night. While the comic's subplot about black superhero John Henry fighting against the KKK in 1950s America didn't make it to the finished movie - although fans of the Superman/Wonder Woman confrontation in Indochina will be happy to know that that scene is intact and, in Cooke's words, "one of the most powerful scenes in the movie" - the character still has an important presence in the animated version, causing protagonist J'Onn J'Onnz to try to leave the planet. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=359948&view=rss&microfeed=true The award-winning retro-futurist graphic novel DC: The New Frontier will become a stylish movie, judging from this newly released trailer. This direct-to-DVD animated film, based on the Darwyn Cooke graphic novel, follows Green Lantern (voiced by David "Angel" Boreanaz) from the Korean War to the Kennedy administration. It's also part of a trend toward putting DC Comics characters back in the bygone eras that spawned them. More comic book journeys into U.S. history after the jump. More »
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