I think surprise should probably in be quotes: In a post entitled “Another Surprise Revelation Hitting Batman in November,” DC’s Source blog links to a New York Post article that reveals that once Bruce Wayne is done returning, both he and Dick Grayson will be Batman. Er, Batmans. Batmen? They also offer a breakdown of which Batman will be appearing in which Bat-titles. If you’ve seen DC’s solicitations for comics shipping in November, and if you haven’t, you can see ‘em right here, then you would have already noticed that there are two different Batmen with two different costumes in the dozen or so Batman books, and which Batman was in which Bat-book was fairly apparent based on those costumes (Detective Comics was the only up in the air one, since that cover’s Batman had his gloves, belt and crotch area covered by his cape). Anyway, confirmation!
It’s never too early to start getting excited about the next Jason comic: The cartoonist shares a page from his next album, The Isle of 1,000 Graves, on his blog. According to Fantagraphics, it will be available here in the United States next May. (Via Flog)
Is James Gunn’s Super the least realistic superhero movie of all time?: I think it may be. I mean Liv Tyler married to Rainn Wilson? Come on.
“Comic book artist Frank Cho has made a career of being bawdy and bold”: The Washington Post has a nice big feature on Cho, which you can read here.
“No Name Superhero Iron Fist To Get His Own Movie”: Actually, his name is Iron Fist. You used it right there in your headline.
Asian-American comics character likely to be played by an Asian-American: Er, it probably doesn’t sound like news the way I framed it there, but apparently the role of Nico in the in-the-works Runaways movie wasn’t initially being specified as an Asian-American role, and now it is. Techland sums it up better. It’s weird because I could have sworn that movie had already come out, and that Dakota Fanning or Kristen Stewart had played Nico.
August 30th, 2010 at 8:45 am
To readers of the NY Post, this is news. It’s not like they read Newsarama. And this is the first time anyone at DC has said this clearly.
Also, it is news that Detective will star Dick. Which will likely leave reading one book starring each Bat, and whatever Streets of Gotham becomes (assuming Dini is the writer).
August 30th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
But everywhere seems to think this is news! The only title you couldn’t discern from solits and covers was Detective. Everything else had either Dick or Bruce laid out in solits and covers. Yet everyone seems surprised for some reason.
August 30th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
How dare they say it’s a surprise when it’s not! This is an outrage! Let’s burn this Mother@#&^%$! down!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
August 30th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Or we can pretend I was overreacting, because one exclamation point is very emotive.
August 30th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Bruce + only 2 titles = FAIL
I am so annoyed, I was really looking forward to Jock’s Detective run….
August 31st, 2010 at 3:12 am
I think the problem is with both fans AND publishers. The publishers want to make more money, so they bring back characters that have died to draw more people in. Btruce wayne has been batman for over 70 years already! If dc would only focus more on putting the spotlight on the NEW batman instead of bring back the old one, then they be moving the company fowards for the future. the fans are just as bad; they can’t accept a change, so the complain about dick grayson being a pretender and so to make them (and their stockholders) happy DC brings back bruce wayne as batman. If fans would just accept change like the rest of us do and Geoff Johns and the rest at dc would just stand firm with their decision for a new batman then DC comics would finally move forward. Not just for themselves, but for the whole comic book industry!
August 31st, 2010 at 4:29 pm
…or they could have left Bruce Wayne as Batman and not subject us to this stretched out circle****.