Chris Murphy
Vertigo Goes Same-Day Digital, Announces Paul Cornell’s ‘Saucer Country’ [NYCC 2011]
Vertigo came to NYCC armed with a few announcements and plenty of updates this year, including news that many of its ongoing titles will accelerate its transition to a simultaneous digital and print release schedule beginning in November and continuing through 2012...
‘Secret Avengers’ by Warren Ellis: Big, Smart Stories One Issue At A Time [Review]
Superhero comics have with increasing frequency been turning out stories that match epic scope with epic length, with massive world-saving adventures featuring casts of hundreds covering several issue-long arcs crossing over into multiple other books with spin-offs and tie-ins...
Bruce Wayne Wages ‘Jihad’ In 1991’s ‘Batman: Holy Terror’ [Review]
Frank Miller's Holy Terror, Batman! goes on sale this week after a long and strange journey from initial concept to finished graphic novel. When first imagined, the book was a story of Batman fighting Al-Qaeda titled Holy Terror, Batman...
Talking with Jim Lee & Geoff Johns about ‘Justice League’ #1 and the DC Relaunch [Interview]
Before their signing of Justice League #1 at Midtown Comics on Tuesday night, ComicsAlliance had a few moments to talk with writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee about DC Comics' 52 relaunched titles. Read all about the duo's Justice League plans, how they're presenting it for readers old and new, their thoughts on the importance of continuity, and some of the titles they're most excited for read
‘HeroClix Online’ Beta Is A Solid Reproduction Of The Tabletop Game [Review]
HeroClix Online, the digital version of the collectible miniature toy strategy game featuring characters from the Marvel, DC Comics and other franchises, is currently in the process of hosting its paid beta version, giving early adopters a chance to take part in testing an early version of the game on the cheap...
Geoff Johns and Jim Lee Launch DC’s New 52 at Midtown Comics in NYC [Photos]
To mark the release of Justice League #1, writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee appeared at a special midnight book signing at New York's Midtown Comics Times Square store to meet fans and sign copies of the first title of the 52 newly relaunched DC comics to his shelves...
ComicsAlliance Previews Half of DC’s 52 New Comics
ComicsAlliance was recently given the opportunity to visit the DC Comics offices in New York City and read the first two weeks of the 52 relaunched books that will recreate the DC Universe Here are some quick, spoiler-free initial impressions of what we saw...
GET TO THE FLASHPOINT, Week 13: Lois Lane, Superman, Kid Flash, Hal Jordan
Flashpoint is DC Comics' summer event of 2011 that promises to change the DC Universe unrecognizably until the event's climactic finale, when the DC Universe will instead be left changed somewhat recognizably. In support of the event, DC is releasing 60+ issues of comic books across 22 titles in just three months...
GET TO THE FLASHPOINT, Week 12 – Wonder Woman, The Outsider, Abin Sur, Legion of Doom
Flashpoint is DC Comics' summer event of 2011 that promises to change the DC Universe unrecognizably until the event's climactic finale, when the DC Universe will instead be left changed somewhat recognizably. In support of the event, DC is releasing 60+ issues of comic books across 22 titles in just three months...
GET TO THE FLASHPOINT, Week 11: Frankenstein, Deadman, Aquaman, Citizen Cold
Flashpoint is DC Comics' summer event of 2011 that promises to change the DC Universe unrecognizably until the event's climactic finale, when the DC Universe will instead be left changed somewhat recognizably. In support of the event, DC is releasing 60+ issues of comic books across 22 titles in just three months...