#Comic Books
Dan Didio Confirms The End of The Lois Lane/Clark Kent Marriage?
It seems that DC is gutting the marriage between Clark Kent and Lois Lane in the post-Flashpoint world. I suppose where there’s a reboot, there’s the idea that you can separate a couple and get rid of their marriage. That way you can totally get them married again, and get those cheap sales. Right? High-five!
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X-Men To Split Into ‘Wolverine and the X-Men’ and ‘Uncanny X-Men’ In November. Hrm.
It was announced that ‘Uncanny X-Men’ was ending in with issue #544, and it as assumed that it would be relaunching. It is. Along with ‘Uncanny X-Men #1’ in November, we’re also getting ‘Wolverine and the X-Men.’ Oh boy. They’re truly divided!
Hit the jump for more details.
The Onion Captures Stupidity & Apathy Of ‘Green Lantern’ Movie Perfectly.
Who am I to get all high and mighty about a comic book movie being fucking dumb! I disagree sir. When Caff-Pow! isn’t excited for a flick, you know it’s bad news. Fuck Green Lantern, man. I’m going to see it because I’m part of the problem, but I ain’t excited. The Onion in this video perfectly captures the ‘uh sure, I’m seeing it. ‘Cause uh stuff.’ vibe surrounding the flick. It’s awesome.
Russell Crowe To Play Jor-El In ‘Man Of Steel?’ One Cast To Rule Them All.
Russell Crowe is in talks to play Jor-El. If he lands the gig, this movie may fucking rock in spite of Zack Snyder directing it. A cast so filthy is has to be a great movie. Right? Right?
Grant Morrison On The DC Reboot and Action Comics #1.
Here’s the gorgeous Scottish writer talking about what the DC reboot means to him. You also get to hear him call Superman the greatest creation ever in the history of human thought. Okay, not something crazy, but pretty close.
Chinese Dude Makes Ridiculously Swank Homemade Iron Man Suit.
Wang XiaoKang is clearly the most pimp of Iron Man fans. By day he is a Chinese Telecom worker. By afternoon, or evening, or sometime he is the builder of an absolutely gorgeous Iron Man Mark I movie armor.
Want to see him lumbering about in it? Of course you do.
Variant Covers: Giant Lizards, Vikings, and Damn Canadians.
I hope everyone is safely buckled into their seats. We are riding the Wayback Machine, as the comic book landscape is desperately trying to scramble back to the 1990’s. DC is relaunching their brand. Marvel is ending Uncanny X-Men. Greg Capullo is drawing Batman. Joey Mads is drawing Spider-Man. Everything is seemingly returning to how it once was. A nostalgic attempt to recreate the magic and sales of a time before the internet, or digital sales, or all the naughty things mucking up the landscape.
What can we do though? Nothing. We continue buying the comic books. We kvetch. We moan. But we buy. That’s where this column comes in. Variant Covers. The watering hole that we all gather around. I tell you the titles I’m sweating this week, and you share yours. Communal. A group therapy session. My arms are open, my armpits are sweaty. I will hold you.
‘The Avengers’ Promotional Poster Is As Bad As Expected. [Updated]
[Updated Updated: See the suck in even higher high-res. Thanks Daniel Heard!.]
I love promotional posters. Especially ones for shitty things like the International Licensing Expo. That’s where this beast was spotted in the wild. What should we take from this poster? Nothing. Nothing save some laughs.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Joe Madureira To Draw ‘The Avenging Spider-Man.’ Oh Goodness.
It’s official. Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira are both employed by the major comic book companies, heralding the feared return of the 1990s onto the comic book market. Joey Mad will be penciling the Zeb Wells written title, ‘The Avenging Spider-Man.’
Barf Sense tingling.
Hit the jump for all the news and some preview pencils.
Jeff Lemire Is Writing ‘Animal Man’, And The Complete List of All New #1s.
I don’t know how in the names of the Lords of Kobol that I missed this. I lamented that Jeff Lemire was no longer writing Superboy. What I didn’t notice, because of various ignorances and stupidities is that he is writing Animal Man. I’ll take that trade any day of the week.
