nycc stuff and comics for this week
I want to go to a big comic convention. Sometime within the next few years I will. But this weekend was the New York Comic-Con, something that they've tried to do in the past and always fall short. This was the first year it seemed really huge, and as I like to do, here are some of the more interesting. These are, of course, swiped from a number of other websites. They are in no particular order of importance.
My favorite bit of news is that Stephen King has tapped J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof to adapt The Dark Tower into a movie. We probably won't see it until Lost is over, but I think that's awesome.
Marvel:
-World War Hulk is the big event for 2007. It is a five issue mini-series written by Greg Pak and drawn by John Romita, Jr. The Civil War: Front Line team of Paul Jenkins and Ramon Bachs will so a similar book called World War Hulk: Front Line. The main Hulk book will tie in from issues 106 to 109, written by Pak with are from Gary Frank. Christos Gage is writting a World War Hulk: X-Men mini-series. There will be tie-in issues in Iron Man, Heroes for Hire, and Ghost Rider. There is also a World War Hulk: Gamma Corps mini-series written by Frank Tieri, and a World War Hulk: Young Avengers one-shot from Jeph Loeb and David Finch. Not as broad as Civil War, but I do love the Hulk.
-Matt Fraction (who I have a new man-crush on because of Iron Fist and Punisher War Journal is doing a new Champions series with Barry Kitson.
-Dan Slott's The Initiative is about Marvel's super-hero army.
-Fantastic Four and Black Panther will tie into one another for the immediate future.
-Kevin Grevioux and Paco Medina are doing a new New Warriors book.
-Thor returns in July.
-There is a New Avengers/Transformers mini-series coming. Because the world needs that.
-In the vein of Annihilation, Marvel's mystic characters get a spotlight in Mystic Arcana. The books will focus on Magik, The Black Knight, Scarlet Witch, and Nico from Runaways.
-J. Michael Straczynski's final Spider-Man story, One More Day, starts in August with Joe Quesada providing the art.
-Brian Bendis and David Mack are writing Daredevil: End of Days, a The End type story with art from Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz and Alex Maleev.
-Annihilation: Conquest is set to run through 2007
-Brian Bendis and Alev Maleev are doing the Halo ongoing, although I hope this is a joke.
-The second mini-series for The Dark Tower will be about the Battle of Jericho Hill. My brain exploded at this.
-Peter Johnson and Matt Chernis (the wonderful and under-rated Powerless) and Phil Briones are doing a new Sub-Mariner mini-series that might actually not suck.
DC:
-Countdown, the new weekly comic that starts as soon as 52 is over, looks like it's going to focus on Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Darkseid, Captain Boomerand, and the search for Ray Palmer. Unlike 52, each issue has a different writer with each month focusing on a different plot.
-Grant Morrison will do some more Seven Soldiers stuff.
Vertigo:
-Brian Wood is writing a new Veritgo book called Northlanders about Vikings.
-Faker, a new book from Mike Carey and Jock.
-Brian Vaughan is finishing up Y: The Last Man (ending at issue 60), Ex Machina (ending at 50), and his run on Runaways (issue 24). He has not pitched anything new, but is writing the second arc of the Midnighter book for Wildstorm.
Dark Horse:
-B.P.R.D. goes monthly soon. The are also two new mini-series starting Lobster Johnson and Abe Sapien.
-There are some Star Wars series coming out that seem pretty interesting.
-The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series has been planned out by Joss Whedon for about thirty issues in sets of four issue arcs. Whedon is writing the first, last, and one in the middle. Drew Goddard is writing the third. Brian Vaughan is writing the second. Vaughan's is set in London and deals with Faith and Giles. Goddard's is set in Japan. Jane Espenson and Jeph Loeb are also slated to write arcs. My head also exploded at all of this.
-Soloman Kane and Kull are getting the comic book treatment ala Conan. Will Conrad is drawing Kull.
-Buffy is getting an omnibus treatment that collects all the comics chronologically. This will be neat.
I think that's all. It's always interesting to see what's coming up.
And here comics for this week.
Action Comics #846, which I'm not sure who's writing it now; American Virgin #12; Annihilation: Heralds fo Galactus #1 (of 2); Batman Confidential #3, which is neat; Black Panther #25, which I enjoy; Blue Beetle #12; Civil War: Front Line #11 (of 11), which is the best tie-in anthology book ever; Conan and the Midnight God #2 (of 5); Conner Hawke: Dragon's Blood #4 (of 5); Crossing Midnight #4; Daredevil #94, which is the start of something new and wonderful; Deadman #7; Doctor Strange: The Oath #5 (of 5); The Eternals #7 (of 7), which is pretty; The Exterminators #14; Fallen Angel #13, which I love; 52 #43 (of 52), which is also over; Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #33; The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #9; Green Lantern #17; Hawkgirl #61; Heroes for Hire #7; Iron Man #15; Jack of Fables #8; JLA Classified #35; JSA Classified #23; Justice #10 (of 12); Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four #5 (of 5); New Excalibur #17; Ninja Scroll #6; Runaways #24, which is Brian Vaughan's last issue before Joss Whedon takes over; Seven Brothers #5; Snakewoman #8; Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #15; Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #27; Transformers: Escalation #4 (of 6); The Walking Dead #35; Wetworks #6; Wisdom #3 (of 6); Wolverine #51, which is beautiful; Wonder Man #3 (of 5); X-Factor #16, which is wonderful; and X-Men #196, which I'm loving.
And some covers.
There are things. They are good.
My favorite bit of news is that Stephen King has tapped J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof to adapt The Dark Tower into a movie. We probably won't see it until Lost is over, but I think that's awesome.
Marvel:
-World War Hulk is the big event for 2007. It is a five issue mini-series written by Greg Pak and drawn by John Romita, Jr. The Civil War: Front Line team of Paul Jenkins and Ramon Bachs will so a similar book called World War Hulk: Front Line. The main Hulk book will tie in from issues 106 to 109, written by Pak with are from Gary Frank. Christos Gage is writting a World War Hulk: X-Men mini-series. There will be tie-in issues in Iron Man, Heroes for Hire, and Ghost Rider. There is also a World War Hulk: Gamma Corps mini-series written by Frank Tieri, and a World War Hulk: Young Avengers one-shot from Jeph Loeb and David Finch. Not as broad as Civil War, but I do love the Hulk.
-Matt Fraction (who I have a new man-crush on because of Iron Fist and Punisher War Journal is doing a new Champions series with Barry Kitson.
-Dan Slott's The Initiative is about Marvel's super-hero army.
-Fantastic Four and Black Panther will tie into one another for the immediate future.
-Kevin Grevioux and Paco Medina are doing a new New Warriors book.
-Thor returns in July.
-There is a New Avengers/Transformers mini-series coming. Because the world needs that.
-In the vein of Annihilation, Marvel's mystic characters get a spotlight in Mystic Arcana. The books will focus on Magik, The Black Knight, Scarlet Witch, and Nico from Runaways.
-J. Michael Straczynski's final Spider-Man story, One More Day, starts in August with Joe Quesada providing the art.
-Brian Bendis and David Mack are writing Daredevil: End of Days, a The End type story with art from Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz and Alex Maleev.
-Annihilation: Conquest is set to run through 2007
-Brian Bendis and Alev Maleev are doing the Halo ongoing, although I hope this is a joke.
-The second mini-series for The Dark Tower will be about the Battle of Jericho Hill. My brain exploded at this.
-Peter Johnson and Matt Chernis (the wonderful and under-rated Powerless) and Phil Briones are doing a new Sub-Mariner mini-series that might actually not suck.
DC:
-Countdown, the new weekly comic that starts as soon as 52 is over, looks like it's going to focus on Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Darkseid, Captain Boomerand, and the search for Ray Palmer. Unlike 52, each issue has a different writer with each month focusing on a different plot.
-Grant Morrison will do some more Seven Soldiers stuff.
Vertigo:
-Brian Wood is writing a new Veritgo book called Northlanders about Vikings.
-Faker, a new book from Mike Carey and Jock.
-Brian Vaughan is finishing up Y: The Last Man (ending at issue 60), Ex Machina (ending at 50), and his run on Runaways (issue 24). He has not pitched anything new, but is writing the second arc of the Midnighter book for Wildstorm.
Dark Horse:
-B.P.R.D. goes monthly soon. The are also two new mini-series starting Lobster Johnson and Abe Sapien.
-There are some Star Wars series coming out that seem pretty interesting.
-The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series has been planned out by Joss Whedon for about thirty issues in sets of four issue arcs. Whedon is writing the first, last, and one in the middle. Drew Goddard is writing the third. Brian Vaughan is writing the second. Vaughan's is set in London and deals with Faith and Giles. Goddard's is set in Japan. Jane Espenson and Jeph Loeb are also slated to write arcs. My head also exploded at all of this.
-Soloman Kane and Kull are getting the comic book treatment ala Conan. Will Conrad is drawing Kull.
-Buffy is getting an omnibus treatment that collects all the comics chronologically. This will be neat.
I think that's all. It's always interesting to see what's coming up.
And here comics for this week.
Action Comics #846, which I'm not sure who's writing it now; American Virgin #12; Annihilation: Heralds fo Galactus #1 (of 2); Batman Confidential #3, which is neat; Black Panther #25, which I enjoy; Blue Beetle #12; Civil War: Front Line #11 (of 11), which is the best tie-in anthology book ever; Conan and the Midnight God #2 (of 5); Conner Hawke: Dragon's Blood #4 (of 5); Crossing Midnight #4; Daredevil #94, which is the start of something new and wonderful; Deadman #7; Doctor Strange: The Oath #5 (of 5); The Eternals #7 (of 7), which is pretty; The Exterminators #14; Fallen Angel #13, which I love; 52 #43 (of 52), which is also over; Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #33; The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #9; Green Lantern #17; Hawkgirl #61; Heroes for Hire #7; Iron Man #15; Jack of Fables #8; JLA Classified #35; JSA Classified #23; Justice #10 (of 12); Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four #5 (of 5); New Excalibur #17; Ninja Scroll #6; Runaways #24, which is Brian Vaughan's last issue before Joss Whedon takes over; Seven Brothers #5; Snakewoman #8; Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #15; Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #27; Transformers: Escalation #4 (of 6); The Walking Dead #35; Wetworks #6; Wisdom #3 (of 6); Wolverine #51, which is beautiful; Wonder Man #3 (of 5); X-Factor #16, which is wonderful; and X-Men #196, which I'm loving.
And some covers.
There are things. They are good.
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