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mysticconstantine · 8 months

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》 John appearing in Knight Terrors: Wonder Woman #1 (2023- )

Writer - Josie Campbell

Penciler/Inker/Colorist - Juan Ferreyra

Letters - Pat Brosseau

Editors - Brittany Holzherr, Paul Kaminski, Chris Rosa

#constantine #john constantine #dc #dc comics #hellblazer #comic edit #knight terrors

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poisonousquinzel · 6 months

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"Actually, I do have a doctorate in psychology. So maybe I was the "brains"."

Convergence: Harley Quinn #2

Writer: Steve Pugh Penciler: Phil Winslade Inker: John Dell Colorist: Chris Chuckry Letterer: John J. Hill Editors: Marie Javins, Brittany Holzherr, Michael Kraiger

#i love her sm <33333 #and i love Ivy's face in that panel <3 #harley quinn #harleen quinzel #poison ivy #pamela isley #dc comics #dcedit

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stranger-who-writes-fiction · 1 month

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What's this? Another Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow post?? But it's 2024! Surely, there's nothing new to uncover with regards to this seminal work of sequential storytelling...right?!?!?

Well...kinda. XD

BEHOLD! Another Tom King podcast interview, wherein he discusses Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and mostly confirms stuff we already knew, but! BUT! He does drop some new bits of info!

Right then. LET'S GO!

My usual disclaimer applies, recommend listening to the interview firsthand to get a more objective perspective.

But if you're cool with my (INCREDIBLY BIASED! ALWAYS! ALWAYS BIASED WITH THIS BOOK!) summary, then ONWARDS WE GO.

(And when I say 'biased summary' what I mean is that I will be including the bits that make me want to run a victory lap because my readings were SPOT HECKIN' ON, ALL YE NAYSAYERS!*)

Ahem. Anyways.

So I'm going to start off with some new-ish info (at least, it's new-ish to me. XD) The interviewers had asked about the title, specifically in regards to Zor-El's dialogue in issue six (I believe it's the portion where Zor is explaining to Kara why he's going to save her, and says something like, "tomorrow will come soon enough...and you will be a woman looking back on the many decades of your life..." hence 'Woman of Tomorrow') and whether that was planned from the outset, or if that part came about organically as he was writing it.

King said he'd originally written a completely different script for issue six (which we did know) but FUN NEW FACTOID TIME: Zor-El/Kara's origin (initially) weren't included in issue six like, at all. It therefore would not have come up at any point within the mini-series, had they gone with that first script.

But editorial hated it (King agreed with their conclusion, and another fun fact, we'll get to see said script in the backmatter for the new deluxe edition, YAY) and when King asked if there was anything in it that they liked, they said the tiny flashback to Kara's time on Argo was good.

SO. King then decided to expand that/incorporate her origin, because that would be 'easy', and this was back during his crazy COVID writing schedule.

(Folks will perhaps recall that he wrote issue seven in like...a day. What we did not know was that he rewrote issue six in that same week.)

And then it ended up being everyone's favorite issue so yaaaaay for editors! Unsung heroes of comics!

They are also comics' greatest villains but that's a discussion for another day!

Evely's art was mentioned at this point and King was like, 'I had to go back and make the writing more beautiful/esoteric to match what she was putting out.'

Also we stan a comic writer who lets his artists take as long as they need on art. (Though as he's mentioned before, Evely was able to turn in the art quickly on this book, which is heckin' WILD to me, have you SEEN that woman's pencils and inkwork??!??!?!??!?!)

They touched on the True Grit comparisons, only relevant/new bits there are that King feels it's the perfect novel (agree) and that the John Wayne version is terrible (also correct) and the Cohen Brothers' version is great (right again.)

Another bit we already knew: It was an editor who was responsible for the suggestion that Kara should be Rooster, not Mattie. (I think in the past he credited this to Jamie Rich, but this time he said he couldn't remember if it was Rich or Brittany Holzherr, and said they could fight over the credit if they want. XD)

Either way, THANK YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE, b/c the alternative pitch, with Kara as Mattie and Lobo as Rooster, sounded awful.

Instead King went with, 'Kara will learn from the young naïf, and teach the young naïf.'

(Much better.)

MORE NEW, FUN TRIVIA!!!!

King said they had the first issue completely drawn, colored, and lettered--basically ready to go, and DC said, 'we can't publish this because Supergirl doesn't drink.'

King called Jim Lee, trying to make his case, that she was twenty-one, it was legal, it was a totally normal/human thing to do, and Lee was like, 'but we can't.'

King: Could I do it with Superman? Lee: Yeah.

Essentially it was a lot of tiptoeing around stuff like, 'girls can't get drunk and whatnot' coupled with 'Supergirl can't do that because she's perfect and pure.'

But! Lee ultimately was like, 'okay, you can leave the scene in, but you can't say she's drunk.'

So if you go back and read the actual dialogue/narration, there's no explicit language confirming that kara is three sheets to the wind.

(Which is so, so ridiculous to me because the art makes it very, very clear that she is. XD LOOPHOLES!)

King and the interviewers pointed out that this real world editorial incident ironically tied into one of the metanarratives of the character, that being the pressure placed on Kara, which Clark doesn't have to deal with.

Art imitating life etc. etc. XD

Feel like I've heard this bit in other interviews but it's sweet so it bears repeating: the green sun planet's name is based on King's nickname for his daughter, and she was the one who came up with the idea of a 'green sun planet' during a discussion at dinner one night.

So shifting gears a bit, the rest of the podcast focused specifically on various plot points that the interviewers wanted to discuss/had questions about; it's basically King offering his insights as the writer. And I really, really appreciate this, for reasons I'll get to further down. Now then, more summarizing!

One of the interviewers brought up a sticking point he had with the book: the execution of the Brigand in issue four. Ruthye says to Supergirl that she thought she would save him. To which Supergirl replies: Did you?

King explained that Ruthye and Kara are on opposite journeys in this book. In issue one, Kara is on the side of 'I don't kill, heroes never kill' and Ruthye is on the opposite side, 'Krem killed my father, I have to kill him.' At the end of the book, they are once again on opposite sides, but they've switched.

(I love the way King described it, that Ruthye becomes Supergirl, and saves Supergirl. More on this later.)

But specifically that part in issue four, where Kara doesn't step in, King confirmed that she's on that journey, she's going through that transition, but she hasn't crossed the line of, 'I'll kill him myself.' Rather, she's allowing the system to do what it will.

King also mentioned that this theme isn't especially new and has been examined in comics time and time again, of superheroes asserting their morality over governments, and how that spirals into fascism. He cited Kingdom Come, etc.

Further comments from King on Kara's character: she's conflicted, unlike Clark. Clark's soul and ideals are aligned one to one; Kara wants that. She loves those ideals and wants to uphold them, but she's not fully aligned like that because of what she's been through (read: She's Seen Some Things)

Loved this bit from King: "Supergirl's a little more human than Clark, in spite of being more alien."

King said DC probably would've let him have Supergirl kill Krem in the end, BUT (and it's a good 'but' tying into that earlier bit about Ruthye becoming Supergirl) he said that the theme of this book was 'what makes Supergirl awesome' (he admits this is kind of a dumb theme, but hard disagree, sir) and he liked that Kara's lessons to Ruthye are ultimately what saves her. Kara saves herself.

(STICK A PIN IN THAT ONE, FOLKS)

King once again stated, for the record, that Krem does not die in the end!

The two interviewers had differing interpretations, hence King needing to confirm. XD He even pulled out his script for issue eight, and the description does indeed say that Krem is unconscious, not dead.

And, AND, Evely even made this clearer in the art; the script didn't have Krem moving after Ruthye hit him, but Evely added Krem placing his hand on his head.

Another point the interviewers wanted to discuss: Ruthye writing that Supergirl had killed Krem.

King confirmed that this was to prevent the Brigands from retaliating against Ruthye, and instead focus on going after Supergirl.

In King's mind, Kara feels immense guilt that her father saved her over literally anyone else, so she spends her life taking on other people's pain, to make up for what she sees as taking someone else's spot on that ship.

The scene in issue seven, where Kara's falling through the atmosphere and pushes through in order to preserve the memories that she carries with her was inspired by events from King's life; his mother died unexpectedly, and when going through her things, realized that he was one of the only people who carried certain memories of his mother and grandparents; he described it as a kind of burden.

Last question from the interviewers: Why make Ruthye and unreliable narrator? Do we believe anything in this book, now?

King started off his answer by noting that he fought against using captions in his books for his entire career; by the time he started writing comics, caption boxes had sort of lost their vitality and had become the equivalent of thought balloons, which had long since fallen out of style.

But when he returned to them with Supergirl, he said, (and I have the full quote below)

King: "What I love about [captions] is that you can write things that contrast what's in the pictures, so that the captions can tell you a little bit of a different story than what you're seeing, and thereby enhance it--it's that idea of Ruthye being, she's narrating the story but we're seeing pictures of what's actually happening, creates an excellent sort of tension I think." (Bold mine)

And so, some THOUGHTS!

As always, I love learning new things about this comic. I wish this comic had a commentary track, with King (and Evely, Lopes, and Cowles!) talking about the creation/processes behind the book.

Next best thing is podcasts, I guess! XD

But IN ADDITION to fun, new information, as I mentioned at the outset, King has basically confirmed a bunch of stuff I mentioned in my deep dive posts.

To quote one of the interviews: "I was validated by Tom King!"

This also debunks like. Every bad-faith criticism lobbed at the book. It's almost like a checklist of the month-to-month stuff I was seeing from those aforementioned naysayers, complaining on twitter that King had ruined Kara beyond repair.

They'll likely never listen to this podcast, but I wish they would! I think it would make them feel better. XD Like, hearing the insights on Kara/Ruthye/etc has just reminded me once again how good this book is, and how emotionally moving.

Like, again, I love the way King sums up how Kara and Ruthye work together in this book to shine a spotlight on Supergirl; Kara teaches Ruthye lessons, Ruthye becomes Supergirl thanks to those lessons, Ruthye then saves Kara, thus Kara saves herself.

(Which hey, I touched on in my issue eight post, way back when.)

(I'm also beyond thrilled that my assumption that the art is the true account while the narration boxes are Ruthye's recounting was CORRECT.)

(Which isn't to suggest this is a terribly deep, difficult to decipher text. I mean. It's a monthly comic book intended for mass consumption, starring popular IP--the writing isn't inaccessible by any means. XD But I just remember seeing SO MANY PEOPLE deliberately misreading these specific points as a way to Stay Mad, so I'm relieved that my glass half full interpretations wasn't just the result of desperate Evely Stan goggles, you know? XD)

TL;DR: I cannot heckin' WAIT for that big, beautiful hardcover coming out in July (IDK if I've posted about it here yet but Lopes said he recolored some stuff so you BETTER BELIEVE I'll be back on my Woman of Tomorrow nonsense this summer) and I'm also thrilled that this entire creative team has returned with a new creator owned title (EXPECT A POST ON THAT...AT SOME POINT???)

#long post #supergirl: woman of tomorrow #supergirl: woman of tomorrow spoilers #dc comics

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rogueartistjyn · 3 months

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I absolute despise when WOMEN write 💩 like this. Way to perpetuate the patriarchy. Brittany Holzherr. Shame on you.

#supergirl #power girl #dc comics #lift women up #not this crap #They should have stuck with Karen #Because this is VERY Karen

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margueritesauvage · 2 years

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TEASER!! #WonderWoman #791 out this 13th Sept with story by the greats Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad and edited by the always amazing Brittany Holzherr - It was such a blast to work on this run! #DianaPrince

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thevindicativevordan · 1 year

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So, Spurrier is taking The Flash ongoing, and King is writing Wonder Woman. What's your expectations?

I'm more nervous about Spurrier than King as surprising as that might sound. Deck is stacked against Spurrier, guy before him was a fan favorite who gave the base lots of fanservice, and Spurrier himself has never had that big breakout hit, just underrated cult classics. Seems they made the choice to give Spurrier the book back when Flash's sales were in the dumps, but then Adams seems to have gotten sales back up with One Minute War. Can Spurrier do better? We'll see, but the pitch sounds more fitting for Barry than Wally, and I haven't been enjoying Spurrier's Marvel work of late. Flash is closer in nature to something like X-Men and frankly I dropped Legion of X two issues in because it wasn't doing anything for me. Adams' run wasn't hooking me either however, so if Spurrier is a bust nothing has really changed. Wish DC would take a chance on two Flash ongoings, I do think Barry and Wally have large enough seperate fanbases to have their own books.

King meanwhile has already got everyone talking about Wonder Woman's ongoing for the first time in ages. The Cloonrad run was mediocre outside the first arc, and the sales reflected that, a shake-up was needed. This is King paired with Brittany Holzherr, the editor he had for Supergirl, I think this could be great. He's already revealed it will be more a celebration of WW like his Superbooks were, rather than the deconstruction his Batman was. Sampere on art means it's going to be beautiful regardless of the quality of writing. But I do have some concerns. First is that King won't do right by her villains, he thinks Lex and Darkseid are the only two good Superman Rogues, I doubt his opinion of the WW Rogues is much better. Second that he'll do a bad job with Steve and Etta. Other romances in other King books have been alright, but BatCatBatCatBatCat still haunts me (and I love Bruce & Selina together!), I hope he doesn't screw up those two. Finally while what he's saying about Diana this time around is encouraging, says he sees her as a rebel and an outcast, he still whiffed it pretty bad with his usage of her over in Batman. Excited to pick up the first issue and see what his take is for her now all the same, but those are my concerns.

#dawn of dc

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daydreamerdrew · 2 years

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Tim Sheridan took over Billy Batson after Shazam! (2018-2020) ended, writing Billy in the 2-issue Future State: Shazam (2021), as part of the cast in his Teen Titans Academy (2021-2022), and in the 4-issue Shazam! (2021). Sheridan’s first ever writing credits for DC Comics, as far as I can tell his first comics writing credits period, were in the Future State event in 2021. Prior to that, his experience with DC had been in animation. He wrote episodes of the Justice League Action cartoon and the DC Superhero Girls cartoon, co-wrote the animated Reign of the Supermen movie, and solo wrote both of the Batman: The Long Halloween animated movies.

Josie Campbell is now taking over writing the Shazam Family from Sheridan with the upcoming The New Champion of Shazam! (2022), which is putting Mary Bromfield in the spotlight after Billy Batson had been pushed to the background. Her only other prior comics writing credits are for a story in Future State: Green Lantern (2021) #2 and a story in Wonder Woman: Black and Gold (2021) #5. Prior to this, Josie Campbell also wrote for DC’s Justice League Action cartoon. She’s previously been a head writer on Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous cartoons. And now she’s currently a writer and co-producer on DC’s My Adventures with Superman for HBO Max and Cartoon Network.

I think it’s interesting that DC Comics has now twice handed the reigns of the Shazam Family to a new-to-comics but experienced animation writer since the cancellation of Shazam! (2018). In Josie Campbell’s Popverse interview, she describes actually being offered the character, rather than pitching a story for her:

We really enjoyed working together so Brittany [Holzherr], our editor, reached out to me and asked if I had any interest in Shazam and Mary Marvel. I screamed because I'm a huge Otto Binder, Shazam, and Mary Marvel fan so I was like, 'Yes! I'm a huge fan and have some ideas! What do you need?! Do you have a library of books I can look at?!'

I think it’s worth noting that the end of the 2019 Shazam! movie teased a sequel based on the later-cancelled-due-to-low-sales 2018 ongoing, but now the upcoming Shazam: Fury of the Gods movie’s plot has absolutely nothing to do with it. It seems to me that DC is trying to revitalize the comics Shazam Family, which makes sense as there’s now upcoming Shazam Family and Black Adam movies, by trying out outside media writers. I’m curious as to what this means for the future of the comics Shazam Family and how their portrayal in the live-action movies will influence them in the future.

#dc #marvel family #billy batson #my posts

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dispatchdcu · 3 months

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Power Girl: Uncovered #1 Preview

Power Girl: Uncovered #1 Preview #powergirluncovered #powergirl #powergirlspecial #DCEU #dccomics #comics #comicbooks #news #dcu #art #info #NCBD #previews #reviews #amazon

Power Girl: Uncovered #1 Preview: There’s no stopping Power Girl! Celebrate the Earth-2 hero’s triumphant return to the DCU with this gallery of awe-inspiring covers by the all-star artists who have brought her to life over the years! Written by BRITTANY HOLZHERR Art by FRANK CHO, SOZOMAIKA, WARREN LOUW, GUILLEM MARCH, BABS TARR, RAHZZAH, and others Cover by PABLO VILLALOBOS Variant covers by DAN…

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#comic books #comics #DC Comics #DC Comics Previews #Power Girl #Power Girl: Uncovered #Power Girl: Uncovered 1 #Power Girl: Uncovered 1 Preview #Previews

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baneofnecks · 4 years

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From Wonder Woman Vol 4 #761 (2020), written by Mariko Tamaki, penciled by Carlo Barberi, inked by Matt Santorelli, coloured by Alejandro Sanchez, lettered by Pat Brosseau, edited by Paul Kaminski, Brittany Holzherr, Jamie S. Rich

Cute! Cute!

#Mariko Tamaki #carlo barberi #Matt Santorelli #Alejandro Sanchez #Pat Brosseau #Paul Kaminski #Brittany Holzherr #Jamie S. Rich #Rebirth #sexy #cute #Wonder woman #DC comics

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geekcavepodcast · 4 years

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DC Comics Announces “Batman/Catwoman”

It seems Batman and Catwoman are rekindling their romance...or at least their working relationship. Batman/Catwoman, from Tom King, Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles will be told across several timelines. The comic will run for 12 issues and is edited by Jamie S. Rich and Brittany Holzherr.

In the past Batman/Catwoman will explore when Batman and Catwoman first fell in love. In the future Bruce Wayne will have passed away after a long and happy marriage and Selina is able to settle an old score without his objections. In the present Andrea Beaumont, aka Phantasm, is back and her “return calls into question how each character chooses to operate in their costumed, and personal, lives, and any move by Phantasm could change the fate of Bruce and Selina’s future.” (DC Comics) And then there is the Joker, whose past actions reverberate across time and who loves to create chaos.

Batman/Catwoman #1, featuring a cover by Mann and Morey and a variant cover by Travis Charest and another variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair, will release December 1, 2020, and carry the DC Black Label. June 2021 will also see a Batman/Catwoman Special comic.

(Image via DC Comics)

#batman/catwoman #batman #catwoman #bruce wayne #selina kyle #tom king #clay mann #tomeu morey #clayton cowles #joker #jamie s rich #brittany holzherr #phantasm #dc comics #dc black label #TGCLiz

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graphicpolicy · 4 years

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It's the Bat and the Cat in Batman/Catwoman #1 in December

It's the Bat and the Cat in Batman/Catwoman #1 in December #comics #comicbooks #batman #catwoman

After lots of anticipation, DC has announced that Batman/Catwoman #1 arrives December 1 from Tom King, Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles.

The series is told across three separate timelines and continues King’s story from his run on Batman.