Straight out of the 'Ask Matt' column at Superman Homepage:

fmoon (Email address withheld by request) asks:As a female fan of Superman I find it very disheartening a certain section of this fandom are going around the internet and accusing DC creators like Rags Morales, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, James Robinson as woman hating. I for one love ( Read more... )

And more specifically, the upcoming story arc:

Nrama: Issue #11's solicitation indicated Damian isn't exactly friends with the former Robins. Is it safe to say Jason Todd and Damian are at odds in that issue?

Tomasi: Damian's most definitely not friends with the other former Robin's, especially Jason and Tim. I would say that he has respect for ( Read more... )

From Jenkins' blog:
Late last spring, I moderated a public lecture and interview with J. Michael Straczynski (JMS), the writer and producer known for his contributions to television (Babylon 5), comics (Thor, The Twelve), and film (The Changeling). Straczynski was speaking as part of the Julius Schwartz Lecture Series which MIT hosts in tribute to ( Read more... )

Newsarama has an interview with Brian Reed about this summer's Ms. Marvel event

( Key extracts below )

I picked up Invincible #62 last week and felt distinctly disappointed with it. #60 was really good, #61 felt a little bit shorter (but after the jam-packed summer crossover of #60, that's kind of expected. Also, the moral is "Don't read the exposition heavy five page preview before you buy the issue"). #62 was just gone in a flash ( Read more... )

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21346

Looks to be pretty fun, particularly the Brave and the Bold stories. Not sure if I'm keen on grabbing the Red Circle stuff though.

All this current talk of sexuality, superheroics and divas has me thinking about Empowered. Way back when the first volume hit comic shops, I did an interview with Adam Warren for PW Comics Week. Unfortunately, most of Warren's comments had to be cut for length. Anyway, I thought some of you might like a peek at the full interview, so I'm posting ( Read more... )

This is a pretty darn awesome interview with Gail Simone. (There's two more pages to it: here and here.)

( Quoting my favourite bits: )

An interview with Scott McCloud, presented in diagram form.

Q: I'd like to propose a sophomore English course that includes making comics. What kind of support or rationale would you make for a proposal like that ( Read more... )

With all the WATCHMEN hoopla going on, perhaps more regular fans will get a better understanding of the "grim and gritty" era of comic books. And article in Slate said how between WATCHMEN and DKR, superhero comics especially at DC got darker and darker ( Read more... )