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February 27, 2012 6:38 pm Seeing as Earth 2 is where we'll meet the Justice Society, I'm a little concerned that it's being made out to be a darker Earth.

February 24, 2012 12:30 pm Aye, I get that, but I don't feel each brings something new. Still, a run-of-the-mill Mignola cover is still ace ;-)

February 24, 2012 9:40 am I like Mignola, but I do feel like I've seen him do that cover one or two times before. Not a good week for memorable covers this week...apart from that Hex one of course.

February 10, 2012 7:38 am Who is the creator of The Walking Dead? Is the writer the sole creator of a series? It's his/her idea, they have devised the premise and the characters. But it takes an artist to bring these ideas to fruition, and in some cases give the series its distinctive look. Kirkman and Moore's situation reminds me of Stan Lee's stance on the creation of Spiderman and other Marvel heroes. Check out this clip from Jonathan Ross' BBC TV show "In Search of Steve Ditko", where he asks Stan about the authorship of Spiderman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4z7xuDhMeg

February 1, 2012 1:59 pm By the way Mr Moore, there is a sequel to Moby Dick, called The Wind Whales of Ishmael written by Philip Jose Farmer. If we want to class Watchmen as a novel, it falls into a category where prequels and sequels are not unheard of, and in some cases very well received. Jane Eyre spawned the prequel Wide Sargasso Sea, itself looked on as a modern classic. There are countless other classic literary sequels and prequels out there Granted, many of them of questionable quality.

February 1, 2012 12:44 pm As a business, DC would be mad not to exploit the potential sales Watchmen spin-offs could net. The Watchmen collection is a still huge seller for DC, attracting new readers every year. For DC to have half a dozen Watchmen titles in bookshops and in digital outlets, it's going to make them money. Do I think it it's a good artistic decision? No. Do I think the creators involved are top notch? Yes. Do I want to read the prequels? Not really. Will I read them? Probably.

January 19, 2012 2:26 pm The old DC bullet logo was presented in various colours to suit the design of the cover it appeared on. I'm sure designers hate having the blue logo messing with their cover's design esthetic . I know the New 52 had differing coloured logos, but before the re-boot was the logo presented in any other colour than blue?

December 16, 2011 1:42 pm How many collections do Marvel put out in a week? I was just thinking about the poor comic shops shelves buckling under the weight of 52 books from DC in one month. I totally agree that if DC want to get people on their books they need to release then as soon as possible.

December 16, 2011 1:24 pm I think it's a little unfair to criticize DC for the release schedule, Connor. I don't think DC could put the books out any faster. Imagine the printing time and energy to produce the thousands of copies of these 52 books, and surely the market couldn't really cope with 52 collected editions all arriving in one or two months?

November 18, 2011 8:50 pm Could all these cancellations be Marvel attempting to streamline their output in preparation for a company wide reboot... What am I saying? No company would have the balls to attempt something like that! Hang on a minute...