A Belated NYCC Aftermath

No, I wasn’t there. I was never in New York, actually, or out of my country (unfortunately; I do hope that once I’ll get out of here it would be a one-way ticket). I wanted to mention some of my favorite news coming out of the New York Comic Con which happened (if you don’t know) last weekend.

* Mark Waid writing Amazing Spider-Man: To tell the truth, I haven’t been following ASM for months and I don’t really know what’s going on with Brand New Day. But I intend to check the book eventually and the addition of Mark Waid to the writing team sounds perfect. Too bad the once-planned Spidey book he was supposed to do with the late Mike Wieringo never came to fruition. Still, he’s perfect for Spider-Man.

* Matt Fraction on Secret Invasion: Thor: I was very excited when Marvel announced couple of weeks ago that Fraction will write 3 one-shots starring Thor (the first one drawn by the talented Patrick Zircher and coming out next week). Now they say he’ll write the Secret Invasion spin-off starring the God of Thunder. Could it mean that Marvel is preparing Fraction to replace JMS in the future? Don’t know, but these Thor projects are more than enough for now.

* New Secret Six ongoing series: One of my favorite books in recent years (as the Villains United mini-series and its one-shot, both related to Infinite Crisis; and later the Secret Six mini-series) is finally getting the ongoing treatment by the current team’s creator Gail Simone who will be joined by artist Nicola Scott. The team members will be Catman, Deadshot, Scandal and Ragdoll (all were in the previous books by Simone) with two new members, an A-list Bat-villain and a new female character. This is my favorite announcement from NYCC, no doubt.

* All Star Superman continues: One of the best books out there will continue without Frank Quitely’s art. Too bad, but as long as Grant Morrison is still writing it, I’m glad.

* New Power Girl book: Okay, I’m not a big fan of the character, but I just wrote about her in a recent list. It does sound promising: Amanda Conner on art, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray on script. That will sure look good and be funny, so I’m willing to try. Funny books are always welcomed.

* Vertigo’s Madame Xanadu: Sounds like the next big project from the imprint. Matt Wagner is writing, so that’s a sure bet. Don’t know artist Amy Hadley, but for now I’m going for it because of the writing.

* The Gordon Lee case dropped: Neil Gaiman announced that the charges against the Georgia-based retailer were finally dropped. Lee was arrested years ago because allegedly one of his employees gave a kid a comic book with explicit art. After a long battle and the CBLDF aiding Lee, spending over 100,000$, a judge eventually decided to cancel the trial. Good news for the comics industry and Lee personally.

-T.

~ by Spidey_82 on April 23, 2008.