Kevin O’Neill Rare US Appearance at SDCC
While the truly extraordinary gentleman Alan Moore won’t be at San Diego Con, artist Kevin O’Neill will make a rare appearance to support the release of the new collection of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
A Tale of Two Toy Fanatics
Scott Beatty is a writer and one of comicdom’s preeminent experts on action figures past and present. He has a terrifically cool blog of his own: Plastic Memory. Somehow or other we connected — I don’t even remember how anymore — but we decided to share our love of action figures and superswag with a mutual MIGHTY Q&A about what we dig.
EXCLUSIVE Preview! CATWOMAN #33
Ann Nocenti rocks! She’s getting close to the end of her Catwoman run, but we have a preview of the next issue, out Wednesday 7/23 from DC — which is Batman Day!
EXCLUSIVE Preview! BRAVEST WARRIORS #22
Some all-ages goodness from Boom! Out Wednesday 7/23!
A Little Bat-tease Ahead of SDCC!
As the Tweeterhead folks put together the finishing touches on Julie Newmar‘s Catwoman maquette, take a good look at something you’ll see MUCH more of at San Diego Comic-Con!
This Week in Original Sin: Who Pulled the Trigger?
SPOILER ALERT!! The mega-event roars along and this week it’s big stuff!
EXCLUSIVE! STERANKO Takes on Kane With His Detective Cover
The living legend, the Jimi Hendrix of comics art, JIM STERANKO tells 13th Dimension exactly how he came up with his Batman 75 variant for Detective Comics #33!
WHAT I’M READING, by Joe Caramagna
The writer who just happens to be one of the industry’s top letterers clues you in on what he’s digging these days — and what you should be checking out!
EXCLUSIVE Preview! WATCHMEN ARTIFACT EDITION from IDW
Dave Gibbons’ artistic tour de force gets the epic treatment with the San Diego Comic-Con Debut of IDW’s salute to the comics masterpiece.
VARIANTS! Best of the Week!
There’s a lot of great Archieness but I’m leading off with Cliff Chiang’s Robin Rises: Omega variant because I want a big print of it. Cliff, are you listening?
BATBOOK OF THE WEEK! Robin Rises: Omega #1
The Official BATMAN’S HOT-LINE Pick: Damian’s inevitable return from the dead begins here. But just how that will all play out is the mystery …
IN BAD TASTE: A Trip to 1987
Ah, comic conventions. Nothing makes me happier than to see old friends and colleagues at a local con, make new contacts, get sketches, or impress a chick with my haggling prowess. This convention I had another mission. One that started out with, “I’m not buying anything” turned into a tidy sum spent on a treasure trove of ridiculous back issues.