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– In yet another move by DC to prove that we really just can’t have nice things, artist Joe Quinones broke the news on his blog yesterday that he and cartoonist Kate Leth had a “Batman’89” pitch shot down by DC last year. Said series would have been in the vein of “Batman ’66” and “Wonder Woman ’77”, telling tales of the characters based on their television incarnations of that era. The “Batman ’89” would have picked up threads left over from the second Tim Burton Batfilm Batman Returns, including fulfilling the promise of giving us a Two-Face played (or modeled, in this case) after the first film’s Harvey Dent, Billy Dee Williams. You can see more concept art over at Quinones’ blog before you consign your wishes for this project to the same sad corner of your Batheart as those for Francesco Francavilla’s “Batman 1972” and the eventual Christopher Reeve-inspired “Superman ’79” that I’m sure some stone-hearted DC exec has already vowed to kill with a Kryptonite veto the minute a pitch gets within 100 feet of their desk.
– Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze’s “Black Panther” mini gets a nice preview and commentary from the writer over at The Atlantic. Interestingly enough, Coates describes it as an 11-issue series and not the 12-issues that I’ve been seeing it advertised as up to this point. Typo? Oversight? Slip-up? I ask because that means we’re getting one less issue of Brian Stelfreeze interiors than I’ve been letting myself believe can exist in this world, and if that’s the case, then someone is going to have to answer for it. Think I’m overreacting? Take a look at those preview pages and tell me I’m wrong in wanting every. single. line. of that artwork that I can get.
– In advance of the SXSW panel for his adaptation of the Ennis/Dillon “Preacher” series for AMC, producer Seth Rogen (still weird to see that) has released in-costume pictures of the three series leads: Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy. All of them look good, with Jesse even lighting up a cigarette sitting in the church pews. Can’t tell if the lighter he’s using says “Fuck Communism” on it or not, tho…
– Remember that Flash Earth 1/Earth 2 episode poster WB released, styled after “Flash” (v1) #123, ‘The Flash of Two Worlds’? Of course you do because it was awesome. Well, they’re doing it again with the upcoming Flash/Supergirl crossover ‘Worlds Finest’, and this time the template is “Superman” (v1) #199. Given the DC TV roster we have now, I wonder what comic cover will be called into promo service next?
– Got a question about the X-Men circa 1992 that you need answered with style, petite, with style? Then don’t miss the chance to get it answered by the writers of the new “X-Men ’92” monthly series (as well as the Oni OGN “Down, Set, Fight!”), Chris Sims and Multiversity alum Chad Bowers!
