I just keep thinking of that King of the Hill episode with the rock and roll preacher.
Hank Hill observed: "Don't you see? He's not making religion better; he's making rock and roll worse."
I just keep thinking of that King of the Hill episode with the rock and roll preacher.
Hank Hill observed: "Don't you see? He's not making religion better; he's making rock and roll worse."
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
Cool new book from Top Cow Comics!
Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced the October 2009 release of The Top Cow Bible.
The Top Cow Bible is a comprehensive collection listing all of Top Cow’s properties and key characters. The volume includes profiles, first appearances, key creators, trivia, and a top-secret “In Development” section. The Top Cow Bible packs everything well-known and loved by fans with a few gems slipped in that even a true fan may have missed all in one compact guide. Every Top Cow property listing suggests a corresponding “Must Read” trade paperback collection or single comic book issue serving as an introduction to the series for fans unfamiliar with the title.
“The Top Cow Bible is a culmination of seventeen years of Top Cow’s finest works,” said Publisher Filip Sablik. “We are thrilled to provide fans of our work with a resource to reacquaint themselves with familiar characters and to introduce themselves to newer properties.”
Top Cow Productions, Inc. has been a major player in the comic book entertainment market since Silvestri formed the company in 1992. Top Cow has created more widely recognizable properties than virtually any other comic book publisher that was established within the last twenty years. From its first publication of Cyberforce to current fan favorite titles such as Witchblade and The Darkness, The Top Cow Universe and its library of properties is one of the most intricate and varied in comics today.
Written by Scott Newman, Bryan Rountree, and Jennifer Chow, and featuring art by Marc Silvestri, Dale Keown, Stjepan Sejic, Kenneth Rocafort and many more, The Top Cow Bible is a full color, 176 page soft cover essential guide for navigating the Top Cow Universe and beyond. Retailing for $19.99, The Top Cow Bible was previously only available at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. This must-have for all die-hard Top Cow fans will be available in comic book stores everywhere October 7, 2009.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Expect to see Roland trying to climb Sleeping Beauty's castle instead of The Tower.
Founder of San Diego Comic-Con dies at 76
SAN DIEGO – Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76.
A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Ocean Beach resident died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. He had diabetes and had been hospitalized for about a year.
Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, founded Comic-Con in San Diego in 1970 after moving from Detroit.
Today, the convention draws 125,000 fans a year and is a major gathering for comic book fans, artists, writers and movie stars.
Koudoulian says Dorf was friends with comic greats such as Marvel artist Jack Kirby and "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz. He says Dorf was also instrumental in helping budding artists find audiences.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Rest In Peace, Mr. Dorf.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
New Study Finds Comic Books Are Legitimate Kid's Literature
This is interesting reading.
Personally, I didn't discover comics until my teens, but I've introduced all the younger kids in my family to comics as soon as they could read.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Hey, Neil Gaiman fans in the Decatur Georgia area... Neil is appearing/signing on Monday, Dec 14th.
Check out the info at Little Shop of Stories.
Little Shop of Stories is maniacally thrilled to announce that Neil Gaiman will be speaking at co-host Agnes Scott College on Monday, December 14, 2009, at 6 p.m.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
JH Williams III ( Detective Comics / Batwoman ) has been named Wizard Magazine's ARTIST of THE YEAR for 2009.
As a big fan of this Detective Comics / Batwoman arc - I'm thrilled to see this. He's truly an amazing artist.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Hey all you Green Lantern Fans.... Guess who's getting the Absolute treatment now?!?
Coming in April 13th, 2010. Absolute Green Lantern Rebirth.
Description : Hal Jordan was the greatest Green Lantern of them all, until his shocking fall from grace. Now witness his awe-inspiring redemption at the hands of writer Geoff Johns and artist Ethan Van Sciver!
This amazing Absolute Edition collects the best-selling miniseries that relaunched one of DC Comics' greatest heroes and is the first part of a trilogy that spans THE SINESTRO COPRS WAR and BLACKEST NIGHT! This deluxe slipcased volume also includes Johns's original series proposal, the full script to issue #1, sketches from Van Sciver, and the breathtaking story "Flight" illustrated by acclaimed artist Darmyn Cooke.
List price is $75.00 but Amazon is selling for $47.25.
( if you buy through amazon, be sure to click through the Amazon banner at the bottom of any page - this way a donation is made to the Haven Foundation )
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I think it's LONG overdue, but I'm not going to be getting this one. I think what DC has done to Hal Jordan is really bad. I thought his turn was well done and understandable in his grief at the loss of his home, friends, and family. Then they made him The Spectre for redemption. Then DC basically said "Forget about that" and brought him back to be a GL again. Oh, and it wasn't his grief that cause him to turn, it was this parasitic creature instead. That's all that was at fault, not Hal.
It's all crap. I dropped Green Lantern right after the Sinestro War storyline because of that whole parasitic creature bullshit. It just demeaned everything that had come before in my eyes. I loved the way the GLs hadn't forgiven Hal for what he did and how he was having to earn their trust back (though I thought it a bit odd he came back with no real mention of The Spectre). Then, all of a sudden, it ain't his fault. He was under the influence (a problem in Hal's life for many years, true, but here?). It wasn't really Hal. So that means when he relit the sun it was... who?
Anyway, I am reading the Blackest night series, but still don't buy GL. And not gonna buy this one either. I'm still glad that DC is doing it, but it'd be better if they did Emerald Twilight like this as well I think.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Okay, all you Frank Miller fans... finally, some info on the sequel to 300 !
Via CBR :
Previous reports had indicated that the new graphic novel, which would be used as the basis for another movie, is set between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, shown at the end of 300.
However, according to the LA Times, the follow-up is now titled Xerxes -- Xerxes I of Persia is the antagonist of 300 -- and takes place 10 years before Thermopylae.
“It’s the Battle of Marathon through my lens,” Miller told the newspaper last week. “I’ve finished the plot and I’m getting started on the artwork.”
Among the criticisms levied against 300 is Miller's depiction of Xerxes as an inhumanly tall, bejeweled androgynous figure at the head of a near-demonic horde.
The Battle of Marathon marked the end of Persia's first invasion of Greece, triggered by the involvement of Athens and Eretria in revolts by several regions in Asia Minor against Persian rule. Xerxes' father Darius I was the ruler of Persia at the time of the conflict.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Really cool news for all Sandman/Neil Gaiman fans.
Via www.digitalspy.com : ( thanks Jamesey for the heads-up )
Vertigo announces new 'Sandman' editions
Monday, December 21 2009
By Hugh Armitage, Comics Reporter
Vertigo has announced new, re-coloured editions of its legendary series Sandman.
Next year, Vertigo will begin publishing the first books of Neil Gaiman's ten-volume series, remastered and corrected with new covers provided by Sandman cover artist Dave McKean.
The series was initially re-coloured for the four oversized Absolute Sandman editions.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Diamond Announces 2009 GEM AWARD Nominees
By Newsarama Staff
Diamond Comics Distributors opened up voting for the 2009 edition of their 19th annual Gem Awards ("Gemmies"), which are voted on by Diamond customers (i.e. Direct Market comic book store owners). Diamond describes the awards as embodying the "very best of what the specialty market has to offer", giving storeowners "a fantastic opportunity to honor those that have been instrumental in helping their businesses grow over the past year."
According to Diamond, nominees were chosen by a panel of Diamond product specialists based on, "their overall impact on the industry, while comics and related merchandise were chosen on the merits of their quality, creativity and sales performance over the past year."
Fans can't vote on the awards, but here is a look at some of the publishers and products nominated, which provide a glimpse at what storeowners considered some of the bigger 2009 success stories.
The award winners will be announced in early February...
2009 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Over 4%
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
2009 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Under 4%
Avatar Press
BOOM! Studios
Dynamite Entertainment
Oni Press
Viz Media
2009 Backlist Publisher of the Year
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
2009 Manga Publisher of the Year
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics/CMX
Digital Manga
TOKYOPOP
VIZ Media
2009 Comic Book of the Year Under $3.00
Archie #600 (Archie)
Batman and Robin #1 (DC)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires (Dark Horse)
Haunt #1 (Image)
The Boys #30 (Dynamite)
Wolverine #71 (Marvel)
2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00
Amazing Spider-Man #583 Obama Variant (Marvel)
Blackest Night #1 (DC)
Image United #1 (Image)
Irredeemable #1 (BOOM!)
Star Wars: Invasion #0 (Dark Horse)
2009 Licensed Comic of the Year
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #22 (Dark Horse)
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: Nightmare Warriors #1 (DC/WildStorm)
Stand: American Nightmares #1 (Marvel)
Transformers Ongoing #1 (IDW)
2009 Original GN of the Year
Asterios Polyp GN (Pantheon Books)
Book of Genesis: Illustrated by Robert Crumb HC (W.W. Norton)
Filthy Rich HC (DC/Vertigo)
Grandville HC (Dark Horse)
Richard Starks’ Parker: The Hunter HC (IDW)
Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe (Oni)
2009 Reprint TP or HC of the Year
Bloom County Complete Library HC Volume 1 (IDW)
Final Crisis HC (DC)
Irredeemable TP Volume 1 (BOOM!)
Secret Invasion TP (Marvel)
The Boys TP Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now (Dynamite)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz HC (Marvel)
Umbrella Academy TP Volume 2: Dallas (Dark Horse)
Walking Dead Compendium TP Volume 1 (Image)
Watchmen TP (DC)
2009 Licensed TP or HC of the Year
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 TP Volume 4: Time of Your Life (Dark Horse)
Halo Uprising Premiere HC (Marvel)
Star Trek: Countdown TP (IDW)
World of Warcraft: Ashbringer HC (DC/WildStorm)
2009 Manga TP of the Year
Fruits Basket GN Volume 22 (TOKYOPOP)
Lucky Star GN Volume 1 (Bandai Entertainment)
Naruto TP Volume 45 (Viz Media)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project TP Volume 1 (Dark Horse)
2009 Anthology TP of the Year
Flight GN Volume 6 (Villard Books)
Pixu TP Volume 1: Mark of Evil (Dark Horse)
Popgun GN Volume 3 (Image)
Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics HC (Abrams Comicarts)
2009 Indie GN of the Year
Alan Moore’s The Courtyard GN Color Printing (Avatar Press)
Eternal Smile GN (St. Martin’s Press)
Fahrenheit 451 GN (St. Martin’s Press)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III: Century #1 – 1910 (Top Shelf Productions)
Love & Rockets: New Stories TP Volume 2 (Fantagraphics Books)
2009 Trade Book of the Year
Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: Lifelong Vision of the Heroic (Flesk Publications)
Dawn: The Worlds of Final Fantasy HC (Dark Horse)
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 39 (Gemstone Publishing)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies SC (Chronicle Books)
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
FYI : Bringing this over from Calvin's.
Originally Posted by herbertwest
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Author Patterson looks to Hollywood in comics deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bestselling American author James Patterson is expanding into comic books under a new deal announced on Tuesday that is designed to help him boost his profile in Hollywood.
The author of adult and children's thriller novels will adapt two existing books, "Witch & Wizard" and "The Murder of King Tut," as well as develop an original new comic series, IDW Publishing and James Patterson Entertainment said on Tuesday.
"It extends his storytelling into a segment that doesn't necessarily read books," Steve Bowen, President of James Patterson Entertainment told Reuters of the comic series deal. "It (comics) is an incubator for Hollywood. It helps inspire filmmakers to see the potential in stories -- this is a test lab in some ways."
Bowen said the 62-year-old author, who has sold more than 170 million books worldwide, was looking to "more effectively" translate his books into films and attract movie studios.
He has sold the film rights to previous books that have been adapted to movies including "Kiss The Girls" and "Along came a Spider" from his Alex Cross detective series.
Under the comics deal, the main characters of siblings Whit and Wisty Allgood from "Witch & Wizard" will be adapted to explore new storylines to be released under five issues in the United States in May, said Ted Adams, CEO of IDW publishing.
Patterson's non-fiction adult thriller "The Murder of King Tut," will be adapted to a comic series using the same storyline for another five issues to be released in the United States in June. Both series will also be collected into two separate graphics novels.
Patterson will also develop an original new comic book series under the working title "Beer Belly and Fat Boy" to be released at a later undecided date -- an idea Patterson had already developed for a video game and movie possibly released in two to three years, Bowen said.
"He understands mainstream storytelling and entertainment like probably nobody else on the contemporary scene does," said Bowen. "We want to more effectively translate that into films."
Ted Adams, CEO of IDW Publishing, said Patterson would collaborate with artists to create the comic books. "The writing and story ideas will come directly from Mr. Patterson," he said.
Patterson has a current publishing deal to author 17 books until 2012 in a deal worth $150 million with Hachette Book Group and sells an average of 20 million books a year, according to Forbes.com.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Updated the list to the most current issue.
So to answer the one-million dollar question that you've all been asking--did the return of Jae Lee (who had been absent for the previous arc) improve the sales? Nope--it's at its lowest yet (even in comparision to Sorcerer) with an estimated 30,756 issues sold.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
Many thanks!
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
It's possible people gave up after Jae stopped drawing and didn't come back, but really, I think the series just isn't going anywhere. I've lost some interest in it, but I'm a completist so I'll collect them all.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
It will be interesting to see how many ( if any ) people come back when The Gunslinger starts. That's an established KING story and might appeal to more people than Robin Furth's take on King's work.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Yeah, that will be interesting to see.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Wow. Big News Over At The DC Universe !
DC Names JIM LEE & DAN DIDIO Co-Publishers, GEOFF JOHNS CCO
by Newsarama.com / David Pepose
After months of speculation, DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson announced who would succeed outgoing publisher Paul Levitz as head of the comics giant.
DC's executive editor Dan DiDio and Wildstorm editorial director Jim Lee have been appointed co-publishers of the company, Nelson said. Meanwhile, current "Green Lantern" writer Geoff Johns was named the company's Chief Creative Officer.
"DC Entertainment's new executive team is a creative 'dream team,' with accomplishments and talent unrivaled in the business," Nelson said in a statement Thursday. "This announcement continues and underscores DC's legacy as the ultimate destination for creators."
The creators tapped for these top positions encompass a wide range of media and experience. DiDio, a former TV story editor, has served as DC's executive editor since 2002, overseeing numerous comic book events including the controversial "Identity Crisis," as well as the recent series "Final Crisis," which included the apparent "death" of Batman Bruce Wayne.
Meanwhile, Lee has served as both the editorial director of DC sister imprint Wildstorm as well as an exceedingly popular artist in his own right for the better part of 20 years. A founding member of the artist-built publisher Image Comics, Lee has drawn comic book icons such as Batman, Superman and the X-Men. Aided by the speculation boom of the 1990s, Lee holds the record of comics sold in North America, with his "X-Men #1" selling about 8 million copies in 1991.
"With our respective experiences and history with DC and our relationships with the world's best writers and artists, our mission is to reinvent DC Comics to prepare it for the challenges and opportunities in this quickly changing world," DiDio and Lee said in a joint statement.
As DC and Warner Bros.' film division have become closer in their hopes of replicating the billion-dollar success of 2008's "The Dark Knight," presumably having DiDio in New York and Lee on the West Coast acts as a strategic move. "With the Co-Publisher structure, it's going to allow us to be in many places at once, both literally and metaphorically," they said.
Finally, Johns is one of DC's most prolific writers, having retooled classic characters including Green Lantern, Superman and the Flash. Having worked on company blockbusters such as "Infinite Crisis," "52," and the current "Blackest Night," Johns has been one of comics' most bankable commodities, selling upwards of 250,000 comics a month. He has also written for TV's young Superman series "Smallville" and was named last year as a co-writer and producer on a "Flash" feature film, amongst others.
Discussing his responsibilities of his new position as DC's first-ever CCO, Johns said in a statement that "Diane's asked me to take our comic book world, embrace it (as I do) and use it to lead the creative charge on bringing it all to film, toys, television, video games, animation and beyond."
Comics have been no stranger to corporate shakeups for the past year -- DC's biggest rival, Marvel Comics, was recently purchased by the Walt Disney Company for more than $4 billion. Around the same time, Warner Bros. took a more active interest on its superheroic sister company, with Nelson taking the reins as DC Entertainment President only a week after Marvel's August announcement.
"I'm not looking to stick my nose into an area where I'm not needed," Nelson told the comic news site Newsarama shortly after being named for the position. "What I'm hoping to do, and what this move by the company is about is taking DC as an entity and as a holder of wonderful stories and characters and focusing on it, prioritizing it, and working more effectively with it throughout Warner Bros. and Time-Warner."
The full announcement from DC follows.
DC ENTERTAINMENT NAMES EXECUTIVE TEAM
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Named Co-Publishers DC Comics
Geoff Johns to Serve as Chief Creative Officer
John Rood Named EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development
Patrick Caldon Named EVP, Finance and Administration"
(February 18, 2010 - New York, NY and Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment, founded in September 2009 to unleash the power of the DC Comics library of characters across all media platforms, has named its executive management team, including new co-publishers of DC Comics and a Chief Creative Officer, as well as heads of Sales/Marketing/Business Development and Finance/Administration. Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment, made the announcement today.
The new senior executive team includes Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who have been named Co-Publishers of DC Comics, and Geoff Johns, who will serve as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. Additionally, John Rood has been named Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, and Patrick Caldon will serve as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration. Each of these executives will report directly to Nelson.
"DC Entertainment's new executive team is a creative 'dream team,' with accomplishments and talent unrivaled in the business," said Nelson. "This announcement continues and underscores DC's legacy as the ultimate destination for creators. We'll benefit enormously from the deep experience this team represents, while re-energizing the direction and focus of the company. I'm excited and honored to have each of them with me at the helm of DC Entertainment."
"With this new leadership team, Diane will be able to fully and respectfully integrate DC's brand and characters, not only as key content drivers in the film division, but across all of the businesses of Warner Bros. and Time Warner," said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. "I am very proud and excited about the accomplished executives who are charged with expanding this powerful library. They each have a diverse and complementary skill-set and are deeply committed to contributing to the DC Comics legacy."
Prior to his current post, Lee served as Editorial Director, where he oversaw WildStorm Studios and was also the artist for many of DC Comics' bestselling comic books and graphic novels, including "All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder," "Batman: Hush" and "Superman: For Tomorrow." He also serves as the Executive Creative Director for the upcoming DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment.
Lee is an award-winning comic book illustrator/creator/publisher who started his professional career at Marvel Comics where his work on the X-Men continues to hold the all-time sales record for single issue sales at eight million copies sold in one month. At Marvel, he also drew the Punisher and co-created many characters, the most popular being Gambit, featured in 2009's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" feature film. In 1992, he started his own production company, WildStorm Productions, and co-founded Image Comics, an independent comics company which quickly grew to become the number-three North American comics publisher. His most notable creations, "WildCats" and "Gen 13," saw life beyond comic books as a CBS Saturday morning cartoon and as a direct-to-video animated movie distributed by Disney, respectively. In 1998, he left Image Comics and sold WildStorm to DC Comics.
DiDio most recently served as Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, DC Universe, overseeing the editorial department for the DC Universe imprint, including the ongoing adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and scores of heroes and villains. He also worked to develop new titles with the industry's premier writers and artists. At DC Comics, DiDio has spearheaded such bestselling projects as "All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder," "Identity Crisis," Green Lantern, Teen Titans and The Outsiders.
Before joining DC in 2002, DiDio was with Mainframe Entertainment, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs, overseeing the development, distribution, marketing and promotion of all Mainframe's television properties. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of Children's Programming for ABC, where he was also a publicity manager, having started his television career at CBS, working in a variety of positions.
Johns builds on his current role at DC from being one of today's most prolific, popular and award-winning contemporary comic book writers with this new executive role. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has written highly acclaimed stories revitalizing Green Lantern, Superman, the Flash, Teen Titans, and the Justice Society of America for DC Comics.
Johns began his comics career creating and writing "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E." for DC Comics while at the same time working with film director Richard Donner. After acclaimed runs on Flash, Teen Titans and the bestselling "Infinite Crisis" mini-series, Johns co-wrote a run on Action Comics with his mentor, Donner. Johns has also written and produced for various other media, including the acclaimed "Legion" and "Absolute Justice" episodes of Warner Bros. Television's "Smallville" and Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" and "Titan Maximum." He also wrote the story of the DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment.
Rood returns to Warner Bros. after 10 years with the Disney ABC Television Group, where he most recently was Senior Vice President of Marketing, ABC Family. While at ABC, he also consulted for ABC News during the recent transitions at "Good Morning America" and "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer."
Prior to Disney, Rood worked for six years at Warner Bros. Consumer Products, negotiating promotional deals with national advertisers using Warner Bros.' properties, including the DC Comics characters. He has also worked in promotions for Equity Marketing on the Burger King account and in advertising for Leo Burnett on the McDonald's and Miller Brewing accounts.
Caldon most recently served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations of DC Comics and MAD Magazine. Before that, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations, and his other posts at DC include Vice President, Finance and Operations, and Controller, the position in which he joined the company in 1985. Prior to joining DC Comics, Caldon spent a decade at Warner Communications in corporate accounting and as Senior Vice President and CFO of the Cosmos soccer team (owned by Warner Communications at the time).
DC Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, is charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, brand and characters deeply into Warner Bros. and all its content and distribution businesses. DC Entertainment utilizes the expertise the Studio has in building and sustaining franchises to prioritize the DC properties as key titles and growth drivers across all of the Studio, including feature films, television, interactive entertainment, direct-to-consumer platforms and consumer products. The DC Comics publishing business is the cornerstone of DC Entertainment, releasing approximately 90 comic books through its various imprints and 30 graphic novels a month as well as continuing to build on its creative leadership in the comic book industry.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
When did Jae stop working on the dark tower?
I remember reading it somewhere else too..
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I was quite surprised that the last series is only five issues. I wonder if they shortened the series due to the low sales.
Hi
Thanks for compiling this data. I had never seen it like that, it's pretty scary.
Keep in mind, though, that the sales of the hardcover are consistently more than decent. Much more. That's why the book keeps on going. A lot of people simply prefer to wait for the collected editions.
I've talked to retailers and The Dark Tower is an unusual book. Clients walk in, grab it, and don't even look at anything else except maybe the Stand. It's mostly bought by Stephen King readers who don't follow Comics, some don't even know exactly when it's coming out. I was freaking out when I saw a bunch of Fall of Gilead #1 on the rack when #3 had already come out. The guy told me that since the readers don't really follow the release schedule they walk in every few months and buy the back issues. In the end, they always sell out. I guess, by now, the novelty has worn out and the ubiquitous availability of the hardcover makes it a more convenient buy for the unhurried reader.
Believe me, I'm not the glass half full type, but the book is doing really well and Marvel was more than eager to sign on for another 30 issue run.
Finally, The Battle of Jericho Hill is only 5 issues long because the original contract with SK was for a total of 30 issues.
Gunslinger Born was 7 issues, Long Road Home: 5, Treachery: 6, Sorcerer:1, Fall of Gilead :6, BOJH: 5.
7+5+6+1+6+5=30 that's all.
Cheers
-richard
I've read that there will be more issues... no?
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