This is such iconic moment right here and I want to share it will all of you.
Superbat meeting Wonder Woman
Best Damn Writing and Art.
I like that even with the lasso of truth being held by Batman, to him, the truth is his name is Batman.
Martian Manhunter saying “Babaloooooo” is from some injoke me and my pal Graham have. We have no idea where or how it originated. This kind of injoke context detachment happens way too often between us. I threw it into this comic because I friggin’ can.
Now, “Batman can breathe in space,” another injoke between us, well, the origin for that’s just obvious. I mean, duh. How else is Batman going to survive Superman’s atmosphere-destroying missile, which the Man of Steel stole from a dimension-hopping Aunt May?
Christian Bale was in Aurora today visiting victims of Friday’s movie theater shooting.
Yeah, it’s nice that Bruce Wayne showed up, but that jerk Batman’s totally a no-show.
Bruce Wayne’s most brilliant disguise.
JLA Foreign Bodies
…….. wat
Some decry the New 52, but I don’t want to live in a world where this image of Bruce Wayne doesn’t exist.
DC Entertainment, the home of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a legion of other heroes, is planning two new graphic novel imprints aimed at younger readers. DC Zoom will feature stories for middle school readers, and DC Ink will focus on young adults. Books from the two divisions are scheduled to come out in the fall.
“We wanted to go back to what we used to have in comic books: story arcs for younger readers,” said Bobbie Chase, a vice president at DC and the executive editor for the new imprints.
Though a few of the graphic novels will have creators who are already working in the comic book industry, the majority of the writers are a Who’s Who of popular novelists for young readers. They include Laurie Halse Anderson (“Speak”), Melissa de la Cruz (the Descendants series), Michael Northrop (“TombQuest”) and Ridley Pearson (the Kingdom Keepers series).
“Any initiative that will create material for 7- to 15-year-olds, I’m all for,” said Chuck Rozanski, the president of Mile High Comics, which has three comic stores in and near Denver. “That’s our biggest growth area in the store.”
Mr. Rozanski added that a lot of comics, particularly those centered on superheroes, attract a limited, die-hard audience. “The young people coming into stores are not getting material they can take ownership of,” he said. “They are hungry for adventure and for the kind of escapism that comics can provide.”
a lot more at the link, including the reveal of the first two projects: all-ages books focusing on Mera and Harley Quinn!
This is basically what some of the sharper minds have been saying for a good long while that comics companies need to do—broader audience appeal, and going right to graphic novels instead of individual issues. I know a lot of children’s and YA librarians who will be happy about this.
They are making two new imprints: DC Zoom which is for young readers and DC Ink for teenagers and young adults and so far they have announced only Graphic Novels.
GNs announced for DC Zoom:
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis by Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat
Super Sons by Ridley Pearson (I don’t think an artist was announced)
GNs announced for DC Ink:
Harley Quinn by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh
Mera by Danielle Paige (no artist has been announced for this)
There’s also going to be a Graphic Novel by Gene Luen Yang (who writes New Super-Man) called Superman Smashes the Klan which is really significant considering the old Superman Radio show was integral in dealing a great blow to the KKK.
That one time Slade thought Clark Kent was Bruce Wayne and slipped him a Neurotoxin Mickey only to get his ass kicked anyway.
This comic is great!
[Superman: American Alien #3]
Best.
AMAZING LMAO
“Ta-dah! Sard borken.”
Fav comic panel in the history of comic panels.
This is the best “villain gets Clark and Bruce mixed up” situation I’ve ever seen.
Thats my boy
reblogging because I miss it ><
Always reblog Sard Borken.
Breaking Down the Big Reveal in ‘Batman’ #10
By David Uzumeri
Watched Batman & Bill last night, a documentary about the attempts of Marc Tyler Nobleman to find an heir of Bill Finger who can push DC Comics to finally give Bill creator credit on Batman stories.
My favorite thing about it is that it would’ve been fairly easy to find Bill’s granddaughter, Athena Finger, who had kept her maiden name and who had a MySpace page on which her dog Bruce Wayne was prominently displayed.
But Nobleman never thought to look for a granddaughter, because he was convinced Bill’s only son, Fred Finger, had been gay.
He wasn’t. According to Fred’s ex-wife, he was bisexual.
And so instead Nobleman ended up going through a laborious process to hunt down Bill’s ex-wife’s cousins, who told him of Athena’s existence once he finally found them.
Anyway, Athena eventually ended up successfully getting the credit changed.
And she almost didn’t, because of bisexual erasure.
Don’t let anyone tell you queer studies doesn’t have practical applications, kids.
zeromayhem
siphersaysstuff
Who is your dad, now?
I WILL reblog this video every damn time I see it because this kids is A GENIUS
