An Oscar Award-Winning Screenwriter, The Ultimate Batman Team-Up, A Sneak-Peek at Plans For A Monumental 30th Anniversary, A Special Surprise Guest, and More Made “DC’s Jim Lee & Friends” Panel A ‘Can’t Miss’ Experience at New York Comic Con
“Surprise and Delight” was the order of the day, as DC’s “Jim Lee & Friends” panel handled New York Comic Con followers to a day of nice bulletins, reveals and dialog with a few of DC’s high storytellers.
Marc Silvestri Talks About Batman’s Ultimate Team-Up
Lee’s longtime inventive colleague Marc Silvestri was additionally available to share new artwork and dialog about his “buddy cop horror story”, Batman/The Joker: The Deady Duo. Silvestri talked to Lee and followers concerning the early days of pitching and planning the collection, how his strategy has advanced as each author and artist from the beginning till now, why the connection between Batman and The Joker has captivated followers for thus lengthy, and extra particulars about what followers can anticipate when this seven difficulty restricted collection launches November 1, 2022.
Oscar Award-Winning Writer John Ridley – All In On DC
DC is lucky to have an Academy Award-winning screenwriter available that treats his comedian writing initiatives with the identical care and dedication that he has with films like 12 Years A Slave, Five Days At Memorial, American Crime, and his different film initiatives. Writer John Ridley joined the panel to speak with Jim about his physique of labor, previous and current. Ridley chatted with Lee and the viewers concerning the present and future trajectory of Jace Fox since his transfer from Gotham to New York (and a sidekick?) in I Am Batman, and the way the latest story arc leads into his upcoming restricted collection G.C.P.D.: The Blue Wall, debuting October 18, 2022. John additionally mentioned how he landed the job of telling the story of The Penguin, as a part of DC’s Batman: One Bad Day occasion, revealing unique first look artwork from the one-shot forward of its October 18 launch.
Spencer Ackerman – “Building The Wall” in A New DC Black Label Series
For many, the Nineties was a comic book ebook “renaissance,” with the delivery of Lee’s personal Wildstorm comics, DC’s then-unimaginable Death of Superman, and the creation of Milestone Comics. November’s DC 90’s Rewind occasion contains the launch of a brand new WildC.A.T.s. ongoing collection, and a brand new DC Black Label restricted collection, Waller vs. WildStorm. Co-writer and famous nationwide safety journalist Spencer Ackerman appeared on the panel to speak about his first work for DC and the way he, co-writer Evan Narcisse (Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City) and artist Eric Battle (Batman, Tales of the Unexpected, Batman and The Outsiders) plan to merge the DC and Wildstorm universes and present how Amanda Waller rose to energy to turn out to be some of the ruthless and unyielding characters within the DCU. Waller vs. Wildstorm debuts November 15, 2022.
Nikolas Draper-Ivey and Vita Ayala Return Static to Dakota in 2023
One of the brightest lights of Milestone Media’s reuniting with DC was Static: Season One, and breakout artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey, who joined the panel to speak just a little concerning the reception that he, author Vita Ayala and co-artist ChrisCross obtained after relaunching Milestone’s flagship tremendous hero for a brand new era. Fans acquired to see a few of Draper-Ivey’s unimaginable artwork, as he spoke about taking over the brand new problem of each co-writer (with Ayala) and artist for the six-issue sequel to Static: Season One, Static: Shadows of Dakota, debuting on February 7, 2023.
Early Look at New Titles Celebrating Milestone’s thirtieth Anniversary in 2023
Lee’s chat with Draper-Ivey led to extra Milestone information, as he shared early reveals of two titles that shall be a part of the celebration of this groundbreaking imprint’s thirtieth anniversary subsequent 12 months. Cover artwork was revealed for Icon vs. Hardware, a five-issue restricted collection launching on February 14, 2023. Spinning out of the epilogue of the Milestones In History anthology, this collection is co-written by Reggie Hudlin and Leon Chills, and pits two of Milestone’s core tremendous heroes in opposition to one another for the way forward for Dakota, as Hardware discovers a time machine and places it to work altering the historical past of the world.
Fans additionally acquired the primary have a look at the primary (by Denys Cowan) and variant (by Nikolas Draper-Ivey) covers for a Milestone thirtieth Anniversary Special, scheduled for a February 21, 2023 launch. This commemorative one-shot will characteristic tales celebrating the breadth and depth of the Dakotaverse, with contributions from Eisner award winner Chuck Brown (Bitter Root, Black Manta), Stephanie Williams (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, Nubia and The Amazons), Denys Cowan, Nikolas Draper Ivey, Yasmin Flores Montanez (Milestone Talent Development Program) and others. The Draper-Ivey variant cowl spotlights the story he’s writing and drawing, a crew up between an grownup model of Static and Batman Beyond.
Special Guest Joe Quesada Reveals Details on His Return to DC
Even although Jim likes to maintain his panel lineup secret to shock individuals with large information, he all the time retains an ace-in-the-hole further secret to actually catch the audiences off guard. Today was no exception, as artist and former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada took the stage.
Quesada left Marvel earlier this 12 months to pursue his personal private initiatives and he’s clearly beginning off with a bang, as he introduced that he’d be designing covers for DC titles in 2023, solely revealing his variant cowl artwork for Batman #131 (January 3, 2023), and Batman #132 (February 7, 2023).
The DC pleasure at New York Comic Con continues Saturday, with DC’s Superman panel and concluding with the Gotham Publishing panel on Sunday. For the newest data on DC at New York Comic Con, try the all-new DC web site at www.dc.com, and comply with on @DCComics and @thedcnation on social media.
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