Wizard World Philadelphia is barely an hour old, and already comes the first big announcement: Wizard has word on the initial creative teams for Superman Confidential and Batman Confidential, which debut in September.
Writer Andy Diggle and artist Whilce Portacio will tackle the first arc on the Batman book, while Superman’s story will be told by writer Darwyn Cooke and artist Tim Sale.
“Just from Superman for All Seasons we know that Tim [Sale] can draw the beejeezus out of Superman,” DC’s Dan DiDio tells former Great Curve contributor Brian Warmoth. “And Darwyn’s probably one of the best storytellers out there.”
June 3rd, 2006 at 2:13 pm
[...] Typically, DC and Marvel save the major announcements for San Diego and Chicago, but already we’ve seen at least two big news items come out of Wizard World Philadelphia — and Day One has barely wrapped up. Wizard World PhiladelphiaThe first, of course, was this morning’s bulletin that writer Andy Diggle and artist Whilce Portacio will tackle the first arc of DC’s Batman Confidential, while writer Darwyn Cooke and artist Tim Sale will helm the opening storyline of Superman Confidential. Both are scheduled to debut in September. [...]
June 4th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
[...] Typically, DC and Marvel save the major announcements for San Diego and Chicago, but already we’ve seen at least two big news items come out of Wizard World Philadelphia — and Day One has barely wrapped up. Wizard World PhiladelphiaThe first, of course, was this morning’s bulletin that writer Andy Diggle and artist Whilce Portacio will tackle the first arc of DC’s Batman Confidential, while writer Darwyn Cooke and artist Tim Sale will helm the opening storyline of Superman Confidential. Both are scheduled to debut in September. [...]
June 8th, 2006 at 8:43 am
I’ve yet to see any evidence that Batman Confidential is anything other than a reboot of Legends of the Dark Knight.