Vertigo Unveils 12 New Titles for 2015 from Milligan, Black, Beukes,...
With most of its major hits and standout series having run their course months or years ago, Vertigo has been due for a renaissance for a while now. Judging from the announcements made at San Diego...
View ArticleICYMI: 'Batman '66' Just Ended By Telling The Origin Of The TV Show's Opening...
Batman '66 was too good for this fallen world. With this week's digital-first issue, the series has finally come to an end after 73 chapters, and in that time, it's been an incredible tribute to the...
View ArticleBatman And Robin Meet The Avengers (Not Those Avengers) In 'Batman '66 Meets...
Batman ‘66 sure is getting around a lot these days, having recently crossed over with other classic '60s properties like The Green Hornet and The Man From UNCLE. Now, this summer, Gotham’s greatest...
View ArticleCool For Cats: A Tribute To Selina Kyle, Catwoman
On this day in 1940, DC Comics published Batman #1, which, as well as being the first appearance of The Joker, also featured the first appearance of the character we would come to know as Catwoman....
View ArticleThe Art Operatives Turn To Pet Control (For A Certain Definition Of 'Pet') In...
If you haven't been keeping up with Vertigo's Art Ops, here's the high concept: When figures from famous pieces of art --- your Monas Lisa, for example --- break out of their frames and start causing...
View ArticleTwo Iconic Heroes Meet For The First Time In 'Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman...
DC's digital-first re-imaginings and continuations of beloved superhero shows of decades past have not only yielded some great comics in their own right, but recently they've been crossing over with...
View ArticleUnlimited Extras: What's Coming To Comixology In November
Comixology Unlimted continues to grow as it adds to its already deep and plentiful catalog of comics available to read via subscription, but November's update to the service may just be the best yet....
View ArticleMeet The Boy Who Painted Death In 'Art Ops' #11 [Exclusive]
Shaun Simon and Michael Allred's Art Ops is one of the titles leading the new wave of Vertigo books redefining and re-establishing DC's mature readers imprint for a new generation, and next week, Art...
View ArticleYoung Animal Announces 'Bug: The Adventures Of Forager'
Since its debut last year with some of the most compelling titles on the stands, it's safe to say that the Young Animal line has had some success digging into the more obscure characters from DC's...
View ArticleWhat You Might Have Missed In DC's June 2017 Solicitations
Every month, comic publishers release their solicitation announcements to provide information to readers and retailers on comics that are coming out in three months’ time, but there’s so much...
View ArticleZombies and Madmen: A Picto-Guide Through the Darker Side of Michael Allred
"I, Zombie" #1 hit shelves this week from DC/Vertigo, a new comic that follows the exploits of Gwen, a female zombie gravedigger who, once a month, is driven to eat the brains of one...
View ArticleParting Shot: Madman Party Pin-Up by Michel Fiffe Is a Cornucopia of Indie...
Creator Michel Fiffe recently illustrated a pin-up for the upcoming Madman 20th Anniversary Monster! hardcover (with inks from Madman creator Mike Allred) depicting a wild and crazy party chock full of...
View ArticleThe Comics Community Pays Tribute to Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud in Words and Pictures
It's been about one week since we said goodbye to the great comic book master Jean Girard, who passed away at age 73 after a long struggle with cancer. Better known around the world as Moebius, Giraud...
View ArticleFirst Look: Michael Allred’s Variant Cover For ‘FF’ #2
With the recent announcement of the Marvel NOW! initiative, and the news of some of their biggest talent taking over new books in the fall, Marvel has created quite a bit of buzz with fans. While all...
View ArticleDuet On ‘Solo’, Part Seven: Michael Allred
Published between 2004 and 2006, Solo was a DC Comics anthology series with an innovative twist: each issue was created from the ground up by a single cartoonist and collaborators of his own choosing....
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 06.29.13
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images...
View ArticleFraction Leaves 'FF' and 'Fantastic Four'; Karl Kesel Returns
"It sucks for me, too" is all Matt Fraction had to say about the news that he's prematurely concluding his well regarded work on Marvel's Fantastic Four and FF titles, as revealed in the publisher's...
View ArticleColleen Coover Brings Yvonne Craig's Batgirl to 'Batman '66'
It just was only last week that we got word that actress Yvonne Craig had signed a licensing agreement with DC Comics parent Warner Bros. to allow the production and sale of new merchandise and other...
View ArticleSome Cool Images From January's 'All-New Marvel Now Point One
Marvel's occasional Point One specials are one-shot comics compiling short stories designed to provide clues to or otherwise tease Marvel Universe events to take place in the months or years to come....
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week)
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 02.21.14
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 05.07.14
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleAmerican Comic Icon Archie Andrews To Sacrifice Life In July
What is assuredly the weirdest sentence I'll have written in all my years at this website: Archie Andrews will heroically sacrifice his life to save that of a deae friend in the penultimate issue of...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 04.18.14
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 05.09.14
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): May 2014
A great comic book cover has a lot of work to do. It’s both an advertisement and a work of art; both a statement and an invitation. Sometimes they convey character, sometimes mood, sometimes moment....
View ArticleWarren Ellis & Mike Allred To Depict 'The Spirit Of Bacardi'
Here's some crazy news: Writer Warren Ellis (Moon Knight) and artist Michael Allred (Silver Surfer) are teaming up for a comic about a rich industrialist who wanted to change the world and is often...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 11.07.2014
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 01.30.2015
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
View ArticleBest Art Ever (This Week) - 03.06.2015
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists,...
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