from The Onion: EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hope that his only child…
By Stephen Desberg (W) and Bernard Vrancken (A) Published by Cinebook, 2008; 96 pages; $19.95 When I saw a book called “IR$” about an IRS secret agent, I gave a mental groan. I actually put this book on the top of my review stack — I thought it would be super lame so I wanted…
Editor & Publisher has a new interview with Jerry Robinson, the man who created The Joker for Batman comics in 1939. How does Ledger’s portrayal of the supervillain compare with Jack Nicholson’s hammy turn in the 1989 “Batman” film? “They’re really different,” replied Robinson, who has also had a long career in newspaper cartooning and…
As we get one day closer to the release of The Dark Knight, I wanted to draw your attention to The Dark Knight Project, a fan-made movie released yesterday by Chicago filmmaker Jerry Vasilatos. It focuses on two high school students who are trying to get the first video footage of Batman. The film takes…
As part of the excitement leading in to the opening of “The Dark Knight” and to commemorate the release of the original 1966 Batman movie on Blu-Ray DVD, Doomkopf.com is giving away TWO copies of the new Blu-Ray release. To enter to win your copy of this Blu-Ray DVD — which retails for $39.98 and…
We here at Doomkopf gave our thoughts on Final Crisis #2 on Saturday, but I recently witnessed an exchange on a message board that I thought raised some good points about the shortcomings of the issue and provided some satisfying answers. It’s nothing authoritative, but it’s a little more discussion and some additional perspectives on…
The Brooklyn Paper has a story on J.G. Jones, once an editorial cartoonist and page designer for the ‘Paper. The story focuses on Jones’ work on “Wanted,” the comic that has recently been adapted to the big screen. Check out this quote from the story: “There’s no question that creating on deadline is the best…
This is the response to Part 1 of A Difference of Opinion. I don’t think there is necessarily anything wrong with using fill-in artists to keep a book on schedule. So when DC announced they were going to use Carlos Pacheco to help J.G. Jones to meet Final Crisis deadlines, I can at least say…
• Check out Rokk’s Comic Book Revolution for a great analysis of Secret Invasion and Final Crisis sales as well as a thorough look at what has differentiated Marvel and DC over the past few years. • Not much has changed since Civil War, when Fin Fang Doom and I disagreed over using substitute artists…