HOT PICKS EXTRA: A Deeper Look at This Week’s Titles
Image rocks the trades, some excellent manga, marvelous Ms. Marvel — and a Boom! book you gotta read!
10 Final Thoughts on the Batgirl/Joker Controversy
OK folks, this is pretty much all I have left on the Killing Joke/Batgirl #41 variant-cover debate:
BREAKING: DC Cancels BATGIRL #41 Joker Variant
Artist Rafael Albuquerque made the request.
BATBOOK OF THE WEEK: Batgirl #40
PLUS! An EXCLUSIVE talk with Cliff Chiang about his great variant cover — as well as never-before-seen concept art for his Batgirl #39 variant!
HOT PICKS: On Sale This Week!
Early onset con-season travel shenanigans wreak havoc with the HOT PICKS crew. But lotta excellent choices from the homebodies!
Five Twisted Joker Stories Better Than THE KILLING JOKE
Funny thing, the Internet. You get up on a Sunday morning, spout off, post it and people — to quote a great villain — “start losing their minds.”
The Worst Thing DC Ever Did Was Publish THE KILLING JOKE
DC’s bungling of the Batgirl #41 variant cover proves it once again.
13 COVERS to Salute IRWIN HASEN
We lost one of the last links to the Golden Age of comics this week with the death of Irwin Hasen at age 96. Here’s our 13 COVERS tribute.
THE TRADE: A Network For Comics Pros
Think of it as a LinkedIn for comic creators. Find people to work with on this new site that is launching soon.
EXCLUSIVE: How I Created the Cover to REBELS #1, by TULA LOTAY
The Spectrum Award nominee and cover artist for Dark Horse‘s forthcoming Rebels #1 builds you a magnificent cover — one step at a time.
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the FATE OF KYLE RAYNER
Green Lantern: New Guardians #40 is out 3/18 … and we have your EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the book that holds the key to Kyle Rayner‘s future …
EXCLUSIVE Preview: JUDGE DREDD #28
The conclusion to Mega-City Manhunt! Out 3/18 from IDW!