Scott Lobdell

Screen & Page: Save The Day With 'Big Hero 6'
Screen & Page: Save The Day With 'Big Hero 6'
Screen & Page: Save The Day With 'Big Hero 6'
Screen & Page usually looks at great anime that has made the transition to the manga page, but this week we're making another exception, this time for a North American animation that also made the jump to manga, Big Hero 6. Big Hero 6 is not an anime, and the presence of Japanese characters or an anime-derived aesthetic certainly doesn't make it an anime. But it is the highest-profile Disney animated film to get a manga adaptation, and the first to get its own promotional manga ahead of release. Plus, the title's journey from page to screen to page again --- a journey that never would have happened without the 1990s anime boom --- is fascinating.
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Rebirth: All The Teams and Announcements From WonderCon
DC Comics hosted a special livestream event at WonderCon in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to unveil the creative teams behind its DC Rebirth event, which relaunches the entire DC Universe line with new issue #1s and multiple double-shipping titles. The relaunch will set the future course of DC Comics at a time when fans are wondering whether the company will embrace a new and diversifying audience or double down on serving a shrinking core audience. The event was introduced by DC All Access host Tiffany Smith, with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio and chief creative officer and Rebirth chief architect Geoff Johns introducing and interviewing the creative teams as they joined them on stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Convergence Week 4: Pre-Crisis Miniseries
Convergence Week 4: Pre-Crisis Miniseries
Convergence Week 4: Pre-Crisis Miniseries
A more appropriate name for DC Comics' Convergence event, at least the miniseries that will accompany the main series for two months next spring, may be "Nostalgia Trip." DC has been rolling out titles and creative teams for the 40 planned series week by week. The first batch focused on the publisher's pre-New 52 continuity. The second focused on the 1990s (including WildStorm), and the third seemed to center on the 1980s. The fourth and final group of miniseries, which DC announced Tuesday, covers a much wider time period: All of DC's pre-Crisis On Infinite Earths continuity. And there's another twist: They all take place on defined and listed alternate Earths which existed before the company's last line-wide reboot in the 1980s.
Perception Vs. Reality: 'Long Writer Runs' At Marvel & DC
Perception Vs. Reality: 'Long Writer Runs' At Marvel & DC
Perception Vs. Reality: 'Long Writer Runs' At Marvel & DC
Last week, two of the very small handful of writers still working on DC Comics' New 52 titles they launched announced they were finally ending their runs. In the case of Teen Titans writer Scott Lobdell, the catalyst was the complete cancellation of the title with issue #30. Nightwing, meanwhile, will continue, but Kyle Higgins won't be writing it. A distinctly different animal than the independe
'Teen Titans' To End With April's Issue #30
'Teen Titans' To End With April's Issue #30
'Teen Titans' To End With April's Issue #30
Another of the teen hero team books launched when The New 52 started back in late 2011 is ending. In a column on Comicvine, Teen Titans writer Scott Lobdell announced that the current incarnation of the series is coming to an end with April's issue #30. The series follows in the footsteps of two Legion of Super-Heroes books, Demon Knights, Hawk & Dove, and The Ravagers, all of which showcased
Bizarro Back Issues: The X-Men, Pizza And Cyberspace, Together At Last (1993)
Bizarro Back Issues: The X-Men, Pizza And Cyberspace, Together At Last (1993)
Bizarro Back Issues: The X-Men, Pizza And Cyberspace, Together At Last (1993)
When you consider that I'm spending a good portion of every week recapping the '90s X-Men cartoon, you might think that I'd have my fill of '90s mutant nostalgia, but that is definitely not the case. If anything, going back through that show has made me want to go back and revisit that stuff even more. That's why I went out a few days ago and grabbed one of the most treasured artifacts of my child
Bizarro Back Issues: Omega Red And His MUTANT DEATH FACTOR!!! (1992)
Bizarro Back Issues: Omega Red And His MUTANT DEATH FACTOR!!! (1992)
Bizarro Back Issues: Omega Red And His MUTANT DEATH FACTOR!!! (1992)
If you're a regular reader of the Bizarro Back Issues column, then you may have realized that I've been reading through some of the "classic" '90s X-Men stories lately. A few weeks ago, I broke down the mind-boggling saga of Gambit's ex-wife and Ghost Rider fighting the Brood, but a few months before that there was another milestone that was far more important to the X-Men: The introduc
Bizarro Back Issues: How Gambit’s Wife Got The Ghost Rider Possessed By Aliens (1992)
Bizarro Back Issues: How Gambit’s Wife Got The Ghost Rider Possessed By Aliens (1992)
Bizarro Back Issues: How Gambit’s Wife Got The Ghost Rider Possessed By Aliens (1992)
Like a lot of people my age, I have a lot of affection for early '90s X-Men comics. Their combination of bright colors, superpowers built entirely around punching things with knives or making them explode, overblown personal conflicts and the least subtle metaphors ever committed to paper made them almost scientifically designed to appeal to kids of that decade...
Taiwan’s NMA News Explains Clark Kent Quitting His Job
Taiwan’s NMA News Explains Clark Kent Quitting His Job
Taiwan’s NMA News Explains Clark Kent Quitting His Job
You'd think that after all this time, Taiwan's NMA and their dodgy, computer-animated recaps of top news stories would have stopped being hilarious. And yet, here we are, with yet another truly surreal take on the news of the day. And this time, it's about Superman...

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