Engage. No, geronimo. TARDIS to warp factor 9.
Yes, prepare yourselves: IDW Publishing is releasing an official Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover series this May. It will feature the whole crew—the Eleventh Doctor, Captain Picard, Rory, Amy, Worf, Data, Geordi LaForge, Deanna Troi, Will Riker and more. My doctor and my captain. I’m so in.
You can bet IDW will be divulging details at the upcoming Doctor Who convention, Gallifrey One, but until then you can feast your eyes on the cover art above.
(via Bleeding Cool)
To the dismay of fans, the popular series Smallville ended its ten season run on television last May. However, just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Superman series will continue its story in comics. Season 11 will launch in April and will pick up right where the show left off. Clark’s wearing the suit now, and it’s bound to get interesting. From the press release:
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On Wednesday, Boom! Studios will be launching the first issue of the new Adventure Time comic book series by Ryan North and artists Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb. To celebrate the release, BOOM! is offering readers a preview of the issue’s backup story, “My Cider the Mountain” by artist Aaron Renier (Spiral Bound, The Unsinkable Walter Bean).
Check it out after the break.
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If you’ve ever wanted to see a film version of death and resurrection of Superman as told by the 1992 DC Comic, this may be the closest you’ll ever get.
Max Landis, son of famed Animal House director John Landis, has created this live-action, drunken short film entitled “The Death and Return of Superman”, which mocks the concept of the story and stars Mandy Moore as Lois Lane, Elijah Wood as Hank Henshaw and Simon Pegg as John Landis (among other surprises).
Check out the profanity-laden video after the break.
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Today, DC Comics confirmed past rumors by announcing that a prequel to the iconic Watchmen is coming this summer—35 prequels in fact.
Oh yes, if you were put off by the idea of Watchmen prequels before, you’re in for 35 straight weeks of horror spread out into seven series and a one-shot epilogue that brings everything together. The Before Watchmen series includes:
- RORSCHACH (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
- MINUTEMEN (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
- COMEDIAN (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones
- DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes
- NITE OWL (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert
- OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) – Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee
- SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) – Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner
So now you’re probably thinking “what does Alan Moore think about all this?”
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Since Portland has been reported to have the greatest number of cartoonists and comic book creators per capita than anywhere else, it’s fitting that the city would also serve as home to the Official B.P.R.D. Training Camp (aka Hellboy camp).
The camp is a collaboration between Trackers Earth and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and immerses kids 9-17 in tactical training of all forms, including survival skills in any environment (both earthly and non), martial arts and self-defense specific to praeternatural entities, hand to hand weaponry (foam swords, bows and more) and forensic investigation.
9 to 10 year olds get to “train survival and field skills in local greenspaces. They also spend their day investigating the haunted history of our city, piecing together the larger mystery revolving around the legend of Adolph Aschoff.”
While those aged 11-13 & 14-17 “investigate nearby “haunts”, then finally travel to Camp Trackers near Sandy, Oregon to investigate reports of dark figures and strange happenings at the remnants of the old defunct town of Marmot. Here they search for legendary and lost pioneer cemetery (true story) to ask local spectres and spirits about the town’s history and the legend of Adolph Aschoff, the man who is said to have sealed away an ancient evil upon the founding of the town.”
Check out the camp’s website for more details and registration information.
(via BleedingCool)
DC Comics recently applied for a trademark on a new logo and the internet was not impressed when the news broke earlier this week. DC Entertainment has now officially revealed their new brand with the following images. From the press release:
“It’s a new era at DC Entertainment and the new look reflects a dynamic, bold approach while at the same time celebrates the company’s rich heritage and robust portfolio of characters,” stated John Rood, EVP of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for DC Entertainment. “It was just a few months ago that Superman, Batman and many of our other Super Heroes were updated when we launched DC Comics – The New 52 and now it’s time to do the same for the company’s identity while remaining true to the power of storytelling which is still at the heart of DC Entertainment.”
I don’t get the dynamic feel from the logo at all. I think it looks like a boring sticker. Like one of the free ones people pass out at Comic-Con that just end up covering the sidewalks.
Check out the entire line of logos after the break and let us know in the comments or on Facebook/Twitter if you feel any differently about the design.
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Personally, I wish the whole “Sh*t so and so Say” meme would just die already, but this version about comic book nerds is pretty funny.
Check it out after the break.
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Apparently, DC Comics has applied for a trademark on a new logo, which you can see in the image above (pictured on the right). Not that I was a big fan of the current logo (pictured on the left), but this new version seems way, way to stuffy and corporate for a comic book company. Let us know what you think in the comments or on Facebook/Twitter.
(via Bleeding Cool)
Steve Jobs studied Buddhism and some of his beliefs translated to the aesthetics of Apple products. A documentary about this period in his life has inspired an 80 page graphic novel, The Zen of Steve Jobs, produced by Forbes and JESS3. Author Caleb Melby reimagines the story of Jobs’ relationship with Zen Buddhist priest Kobun Chino Otogawa.
Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn’t long before the two became friends–a relationship that was not built to last.
This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs’ exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy.
Told using stripped down dialogue and bold calligraphic panels, The Zen of Steve Jobs explores how Jobs might have honed his design aesthetic via Eastern religion before choosing to identify only what he needs and leave the rest behind.
View a behind-the-scenes short on the graphic novel after the break.
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