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Over the weekend at Wondercon, ComicsAlliance broke the news that Greg Rucka had finished his work at DC Comics and would no longer be writing Batwoman. I had the honor of moderating the panel the Spotlight panel where Greg made this announcement, and by request of our readers, I've uploaded an exclusive audio recording of the panel...

Following our breaking news that Greg Rucka's will be departing from DC Comics and will not be writing the "Batwoman" comic, his "Detective Comics" collaborator J.H. Willliams III weighed in on the announcement on his blog today, echoing the sadness expressed many fans that Rucka will not be continuing to tell the story of Kate Kane:"I was afraid something like this was go

During his spotlight panel at Wondercon, moderated by our own Laura Hudson, Greg Rucka dropped a bombshell. He has been out of exclusive with DC Comics for three years, despite spending those three years working exclusively with DC, and his time with them is over...

ComicsAlliance's Best of 2009 list continues! (Back: #10-#5) #4 Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe (Oni Press), Bryan Lee O'Malley When we last saw our frequently hapless sort-of hero, Scott Pilgrim, he had shockingly started to get it together, just like the title of the last book promised...

If you're a regular comic book reader, you already know what I'm about to tell you: J.H. Williams III is amazing. The art that he's doing on "Detective Comics" will make your eyes drop out of their sockets and leave you scrambling to find them on the floor...

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- comic books hitting the shelves this week. MAYBE RIDING IN A CAR TRUNK ISN'T AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT LOOKS. PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT -- Stumptown 1 Private investigators in fiction usually come in two varieties...

Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week, using this helpful key: KEY * Those whom the gods would destroy, they first waylay for a while * STUMPTOWN #1 Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth's series about a P...

Superheroes and sex are inextricably linked. Since the dawn of the superhero comic, the genre has been infused with a sexual suggestiveness that has grown and evolved over time. At first it was very "aw shucks" with its wholesome, preteen male power fantasies that played on every nerdy boy's desire to beat up the pretty girl's mean boyfriend and then...

Greg Rucka is no stranger to detective stories. He launched his writing career not in comics but in novels with the "Atticus Kodiak" private investigator series, and is currently in the middle of a critically-acclaimed run on "Detective Comics" as a solo book for Batwoman, with a backup feature for Renee Montoya -- a character he made a star in the police procedural "Gotha