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– Margaret Atwood, one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, is joining the realm of comics. “Angel Catbird” is a new, three volume series of original graphic novels, illustrated by Johnnie Christmas, and published by Dark Horse Comics. Here is what Dark Horse Editor Daniel Chabon has to say about the book:
“What should you expect from Angel Catbird? Imagine, if you will, a strange mix of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Grant Morrison and Chas Truog’s Animal Man, and Ryan North and Erica Henderson’s Squirrel Girl. Angel Catbird is a humorous, action-driven, pulp-inspired story. And the only other thing I can tell you at this early date is to expect a lot of cat puns.”
Atwood is also a part of the “Secret Loves of Geek Girls” anthology, also at Dark Horse, along with creators like Marjorie Liu and Marguerite Bennett. She went from zero comics to two quite quickly.
– Scott Snyder will be teaching, essentially, a college writing course, specifically for folks looking to write for DC. Details are scarce, but it seems to be a program that would help DC take potential new writers and put them through the class, and help them with not just their skills, but also get acclimated to the way that DC does business. Snyder hopes to eventually have it more open to the public than its current, invite-only, system.
– After the success of their recent miniseries, Titan has announced a Ninth Doctor ongoing from Cavan Scott and Adriana Melo, this April. They publish a number of Doctor Who comics already, and seem to be building a nice little shared universe.
– In DC TV news, I thought that Tone Loc – rapper and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective co-star – was joining The Flash, but it was actually Tone Bell, who is far less interesting (no offense to Mr. Bell). Also, veteran film director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace) will be directing an episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
– Rem Broo, artist of Image’s “The End Times of Bram and Ben,” has a new comic being produced via a Kickstarter campaign. It ends on Monday, so get on it!
– And, finally, the writing team of Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, who did uncredited work on Ant-Man, will be back to write the sequel with a little help from Paul Rudd, who also pitched in on the script for the first film.
