GAIL SIMONE Goes VERTIGO With CLEAN ROOM

Clean Room #1 courtesy Vertigo Comics
Clean Room #1 courtesy Vertigo Comics

Gail Simone (Secret Six, Batgirl) is making her Vertigo Comics debut with artist Jonathan David Hunt.

 

From the DC Comics announcement at New York Comic Con:

 

CLEAN ROOM is a story of psychological terror, where your innermost secrets can be used against you.”

Meet Astrid Mueller—A brilliant, charismatic speaker and the head of a new church that claims to be able to cure anyone’s  deepest disorders through an expensive series of secretive therapy techniques.

Meet Chloe—A reporter whose photographer lover is brutally murdered while investigating a church that is run more like a high stakes PR firm. On the verge of suicide, Chloe finds the strength and determination to stay alive to find out the truth. Continue reading GAIL SIMONE Goes VERTIGO With CLEAN ROOM

GAIL SIMONE Relaunches SECRET SIX

Secret Six #1 courtesy DC Comics
Secret Six #1 courtesy DC Comics

Gail Simone (Batgirl) is bringing on the bad guys and girls in a brand new Secret Six.

 

The fan-favorite writer will relaunch Secret Six into the New 52 with new rogues to root for. DC comics made the announcement via the Hero Complex.

 

So far on Catman and Black Alice are on the team Simone calls the “Twin Peaks of superhero comics” with six strangers trapped in a room with no idea how they got there. Continue reading GAIL SIMONE Relaunches SECRET SIX

New Team On BATGIRL, New GAIL SIMONE Mystery Project

Batgirl courtesy DC Comics, MTV News Exclusive
Batgirl courtesy DC Comics, MTV News Exclusive

A new creative team and new look for Batgirl. Gail Simone is leaving the Gotham City heroine after relaunching Barbara Gordon into The New 52 era.

 

Cameron Stewart (Batman, Incorporated) and Brenden Fletcher (Wednesday Comics) will be the new co-writers with Babs Tarr on art according to MTV News.

 

The writing duo explain where Barbara Gordon is and their take on the iconic hero as they take over: Continue reading New Team On BATGIRL, New GAIL SIMONE Mystery Project

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014

Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics
Deadly Class #2 courtesy Image Comics

What a week for comic book fans. I have so many favorites I’m expanding from 5 to a top 10 new comic book picks for this week:

 

Deadly Class #2 High school is already hell but imagine a high school for students trying to master deadly arts? Rick Remender and Wesley Craig’s twisted Image series takes us on a new kid’s first day where cutting class could get your killed. (You might think it’s Rick Remender week:  Black Science #4 and Uncanny Avengers #17 also hit this Wednesday.) Continue reading TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014