It’s a family affair with Superman, Batman and sons Mother Panic emerges in Gotham City.
DC Comics Rebirth rolls into November with a brand new number one books, big new arcs and three big specials including Catwoman clawing her way into Election Day.
It’s the superstar rise of Valiant’s Faith that’s earning Houser huge attention from fans and the industry.
Faith Herbert is the breakout character from the pages of Harbinger who launched into solo stardom this past January. The sold-out Faith #1 is going to be reprinted for a fifth time and the limited series becomes an ongoing book in July. The plus size superhero continues to win new readers and mainstream attention making her a pop culture phenomenon.
The double shot of exciting career news comes as fans packed panels at the Seattle event to hear the writer talk about Faith, body diversity in books and her “first year in comics” as one panel was dubbed. I asked her about the old saying, how many years does it take to become an overnight sensation? Continue reading JODY HOUSER on FAITH At ECCC
Gerard Way was a surprise guest at the DC All Access panel at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle.
The Eisner Award-winning writer of The Umbrella Academy and former vocalist and co-founder of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance announced he will be curating DC’s Young Animal. This will be a new mature reader pop-up imprint of DC Comics that will consist of four books under his creative direction.
The flagship title for this monthly lineup is Doom Patrol, written by Way, which will set the tone for the other titles in the series, described by Way as “comics for dangerous humans.”
Here’s the lineup:
DOOM PATROL – This September, in the spirit of Grant Morrison’s legendary run on the series, along with other classic incarnations of the characters, writer Gerard Way and artist Nick Derington will put their unique stamp on the world’s strangest heroes taking on the universe’s strangest villains. Continue reading GERARD WAY Launches DC YOUNG ANIMAL Imprint
