The comics industry hasn't exactly been covering itself with glory in some regards these past couple of weeks.

An interview with Mark Millar where they laud (and in fairness also criticise) his treatment of women (and his comments on "rape as motivating" factor for female characters) in particular might raise some eyebrows, though perhaps not with ( Read more... )

They helped redesign and redecorate a children's cancer ward in Brazil

Kudos to all involved

I asked this over on Tumblr in response to this post on Starling's departure from BoP at DC Women Kicking Ass: Other than Starling, has the DCnU created any successful new characters ( Read more... )

Kin Newell has a nice column, dedicated to John Ostrander and his colleague, collaborator and wife Kim Yale, over on comicmix following her discovery that the Suicide Squad introduction of Oracle made it into the top 25 superheroes of all time in the current Entertainment Weekly.

Newsarama who reported it from USA TodayArtist Chris Sprouse has left the Orson Scott Card-written Adventures of Superman story, citing the media attention surrounding the controversial author ( Read more... )

Whilst I might hardly be expected to quibble with the winner (That should be a hint in and of itself), what do you think of the list? Who did they miss that you would have expected to be there ( Read more... )

Gail Simone has announced by Tweet that;

"On Wednesday of last week, new Batgirl editor Brian Cunningham informed me by email that I was no longer the writer of Batgirl."Haven't really been following the title, and I still think it was one of the least necessary reboots imaginable in the "DCnU", but I know it has it's fans, as has Ms Simone ( Read more... )

From comicsbeat

Karen Berger, Executive Editor & Senior Vice President of DC Entertainment’s Vertigo brand, has announced she is stepping down from her post after nearly 20 years at the helm of the award-winning literary imprint. She will remain on through March 2013 where she will be assisting in the transition to a new leadership team which ( Read more... )

They shouldn't be surprised by what wanders in...

Their opening gambit was;

"Whether via comic books, toys or collectibles it truly is a great time to be a fan of the DCU females. That's why we’re listing off the 5.2 Reasons We’re Addicted to Our Super-Heroines!"and some people seem to have taken that as a challenge, gawd bless 'em ( Read more... )

From Newsarama's NYCC interview with him

"You know, me and Stephanie, we go way back. The story with Stephanie Brown goes, they came to me as Executive Editor with the "War Games" story, and said we're going to kill Stephanie Brown. I knew Stephanie Brown for who she was, and said, 'I don't know, if this is going to be the big ending to your story ( Read more... )