It’s that time again. Your weekly dose of lovely variant cover and new regular cover art has arrived. What’s in store? How about BRIGHTEST DAY #13 by David Finch? If that’s not enough, we also have DCU: LEGACIES #7 by Brian Bolland, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #51 by Mark Bagley and ZATANNA #7 by Stephane Roux. Enjoy!
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We shared some nice WONDER WOMAN #600 news with you guys yesterday, but why stop there? It seems like the sellout craze is spreading across the DCU, with ACTION COMICS #890, BATMAN BEYOND #1, BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #1-2, BIRDS OF PREY #1, THE FLASH #1, GREEN ARROW #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #1, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1, SUPERMAN/BATMAN ANNUAL #4 and ZATANNA #1 flying off the shelves.
And with stellar talent like Geoff Johns, Francis Manapul, Gail Simone, Ed Benes, Paul Levitz, Yildiray Cinar, J.T. Krul, Diogenes Neves, Judd Winick, Keith Giffen, Aaron Lopresti, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, David Finch, Paul Dini, Stephane Roux, Renato Guedes, Eddy Barrows, Adam Beechen and Ryan Benjamin, how can you go wrong? The fans have spoken. But fear not – second printings are on the way for these, in case you were late in swinging by the shop.
And this is only the beginning, folks. Stay tuned right here for more.
Looking for something to do this weekend? Well look no longer because the 2010 DC Nation tour pulls into Charlotte, North Carolina for Heroes Convention from June 4th - 6th at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Hi, I'm DCU Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler. You might remember me from other convention posts such as, "The guy who was stoked to get doughnuts in Seattle" or "The guy with the party hats in Baltimore". I fly to Charlotte tomorrow at dawn (seriously why do they make flights that leave so early?) and I am am thrilled to be attending Heroes again. This is one of the best shows in the country for fans to come and meet their favorite creators and this year's guest list is pretty stacked. Take a look:
FRANCO AURELIANI, MARK BAGLEY, BRIAN BOLLAND, BERNARD CHANG , CLIFF CHIANG, CULLY HAMNER , SCOTT HAMPTON , TONY HARRIS , JEREMY HAUN , GREG HORN, ADAM HUGHES , JAMAL IGLE , KEVIN MAGUIRE , DUSTIN NGUYEN , MIKE NORTON , STEPHANE
ROUX , BILLY TUCCI , ETHAN VAN SCIVER & BILL WILLINGHAM
As usual we'll be hosting our industry-leading, not technically but theoretically award-wining panels on Saturday and Sunday. If you can make it to the show please come out and see us. It'll be fun, I promise.
DC NATION!
Saturday, 12-1pm, room 207BCD
The DC NATION returns to Charlotte! We’re always looking for new recruits, so be sure to come on by as Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler and some of the industry’s top talent give you the inside scoop on all things DC.
SUNDAY CONVERSATION WITH IAN SATTLER
Sunday, 12-1pm, room 209
All are welcome to join Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler for a relaxed Sunday afternoon discussion. Share your thoughts, or be enthralled, as the group share their stories and love for this medium.
Lovely covers by amazing artists. Simple enough, right?
So, here, for your end-of-day clicking are the variant covers for ZATANNA #2 by Brian Bolland, GREEN ARROW #2 by Ethan Van Sciver, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #4 by Tony Harris and THE FLASH #3 by Greg Horn.
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What's up DC Nation? This week we're on our way to the first ever C2E2 show in Chicago and our levels of anticipation are running very high. Not only is this a new show but we have a certifiably awesome list of talent making an appearance as well. Take a look:
Franco Aureliani, Mark Bagley, Art Baltazar, Ivan Brandon, Cliff Chiang, Amanda Conner, Tony Daniel, David Finch, Patrick Gleason, Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert, Paul Levitz, Doug Mahnke, Mike Norton, Jimmy Palmiotti, James Robinson, Stephane Roux, Ethan Van Sciver, Gail Simone, Peter Tomasi, Bill Willingham and many more!
You'll also notice that we're introducing some new panels at this show. There's a new "Drawing Batman" presentation with real live drawing, DC Nation will be a little different and this show will feature the first ever DC Nation Town Hall meeting with Dan Didio and Jim Lee. And because you demanded it C2E2 will be host to a DC talent search (information can be found at the DC booth).
Did I mention that we'll be giving away tons of great stuff at the panels and at the booth? Well we will be so make sure to come and see us as soon as you get to the show. And just so you know I am very, very excited to be just hours away from eating Chicago-style deep dish pizza. I will also totally not be bummed by whatever you guys decide to bring to the panels.
Our friends with the doughnuts in Seattle are still in the lead for this year's convention season but I'm thinking Chicago might have something up their sleeves...
So use this handy panel guide to start planning your C2E2 experience and we can't wait to see you there!
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FRIDAY
DC NATION!
4:45-5:45 (Room E451)
SATURDAY
BRIGHTEST DAY
1:45-2:45 (Room E451)
DC UNIVERSE EDITORIAL PRESENTATION
3:15-4:15 (Room E451)
BATMAN: THE RETURN
4:45-5:45 (Room E451)
SUNDAY
DC NATION TOWN HALL MEETING
11:15-12:15 (Room E351)
FLASH / GREEN LANTERN: REVELATIONS
1:45-2:45 (Room E451)
DC KIDS: AWW YEAH!
3:00-4:00 (Room E351)
DRAWING BATMAN
3:15-4:15 (Room E451)
The Mistress of Magic steps into her own ongoing series from writer Paul Dini and artist Stephane Roux, and none too soon. Zatanna Zatara has long made her home in San Francisco, but right under her nose a sinister threat has developed – a crime boss who dominates the criminal underworld with the dark powers of the magical underworld/ The terrifying Brother Night is making his play for San Fran, and the police force – including hunky detective Dale Colton – turn to Zee for help. But Brother Night is a whole new kind of criminal and if Zatanna thinks she can backwards-talk him down, then she's in over her head.
The first issue hits in May, but we’ve got a look at some black and white pages – Roux’s first interior work – right here to prep you for the series to come.
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ANNATAZ SI GNIMOC! Luap Inid dna Enahpets Xuor --dedia yb Lrak Yrots-- era gnikrow rehtegot ot evig eht naicigam reh nwo ylhtnom gniogno seires! Ev’yeht neeb gnikrow no reh koob rednu eht radar rof etiuq emos emit won, tub ti si ynallif ydaer rof nehw Yam sllor dnuora! A taerg esirprus rof eht elddim fo gnirps!
Luap sah decudortni a dnarb wen lacitsym nialliv rof Attanaz to tnorfnoc…na yldlrowrehto ecanem deman Rehtorb Thgin! Sih srewop era elbadimrof deedni!
Eht tsrif eussi si a lausiv aznagavartxe, deppot ffo yb a tnairav revoc yb Nairb Dnallob!
Dna knaht Dog s’ti lausiv, esuaceb gnidaerfoorp S’annataz slleps sah nevird em enasni! Eht kcehclleps si on pleh! Osla, knaht Dog rof sdrow ekil “radar” taht era eht emas drawkcab dna drawrof!
--Yeoj Ireilavac
Don’t have the magic skills to decipher Joey’s mystical message? Click below – after you marvel at that cover.
ZATANNA IS COMING! Paul Dini and Stephane Roux – aided by Karl Story – are working together to give the magician her own monthly ongoing series. They’ve been working on her book under the radar for quite some time now, but it is finally ready for when May rolls around. A great surprise for the middle of spring!
Paul has introduced a brand new mystical villain for Zattana to confront…an otherwordly menace named Brother Night! His powers are formidable indeed!
And thank god It’s visual, because proofreading Zatanna’s spells has driven me insane! The spellcheck is on help! Also, thank god for words like “radar” that are the same backwards and forward!
-- Joey Cavalieri
One of the many things I've learned while blogging here at THE SOURCE is knowing when to step aside and let the creative minds behind our books do the talking. This is one of those times.
Starting in May, the DCU will feature a new ongoing series, from writer Paul Dini and artist Stephane Roux: ZATANNA. Hinted at and much-discussed over the last few months, we're happy to finally lift the curtain. And we've got some words from Dini. Take it away, Paul:
Outside of her star turn in 7 SOLDIERS OF VICTORY, her ongoing supporting role in JLA and guest appearances elsewhere, Zatanna doesn't come with a lot of backstory. That's both a blessing and a challenge for me as a writer. I don't have to adhere to 70 years of continuity, but that doesn't give me a lot of history to draw from, either. That said, I've been having a lot of fun populating her world with new characters, friends and allies as well as an entirely new mystical rogues gallery. I'm out to create some really unique and creepy villains, ones that aggressively prey on humankind the way gangsters in a crime book would victimize innocent people. As Zatanna herself says in the first issue, there's little in the way of human punishment that can be enforced on evil mystics. There are few laws they are compelled to obey, no jails to hold them, and no way ordinary people can defend themselves from their attacks. Zatanna has taken it upon herself to operate as both peacekeeper and avenger between those two worlds.
Though a lot about Zatanna's world is new, it is still firmly rooted in the DC Universe. She's still a JLA member, and that will play into her stories now and then. Also, I plan to explore her somewhat dicey relationship with her younger cousin, Zachary Zatara. I saw a good chance to inject some family discord there, so when I was developing the book, I ran some ideas by Geoff Johns. He created Zach, so I wanted to get his okay before I shook things up. Luckily Geoff was cool with what I wanted to do, so readers can expect to see Zach becoming a permanent part of Zee's world.
But there's more. Take a look at some of these jaw-droppingly amazing Roux interiors:
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Wait, there's more. Mr. Roux had more than art to share, so we got his thoughts as well:
"What can I say about being attached to the project? I'm a fan of the character AND a longer-time fan of the writer. Paul's delivering very exciting scripts, pushing the character in directions that make it so much fun for me to draw. I'm dealing with various dimensions, litterally. You'll be scared, you'll be excited, you'll enjoy the fights she's going through. And because it's Paul, because it's Zatanna, I simply can't afford to deliver average art. Not to mention Karl Story's sure helping me make art look great. Hope the effort shows, hope you like it."
Circle June 19-21 on your calendars, gang -- DC NATION is making a stop at the Heroes Convention in Charlotte this year.
Sadly -- or thankfully, for some -- I won't be there personally, but we'll have an impressive lineup of creators holding court at Shelton Drum's event, including Mark Bagley, Ivan Brandon, Bernard Chang, Cully Hamner, Scott Hampton, Adam Hughes, Jamal Igle, Georges Jeanty, Dustin Nguyen, Steve Niles, Phil Noto, George Perez, Stephane Roux, Brian Stelfreeze, Jen Van Meter and a ton more. Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler will also be the ringmaster for any and all panels, so make a point to stop in to hear the latest bits of DCU info.
While you're there, make a point to stop by the DC booth to say hi and pick up some free swag. Free stuff is cool. It makes people happy.
