My List of Big Things to look out for in Comic Books for 2012

Comics will be epic in 2012. There are a lot of interesting stories coming and the results could change the game for a long time. So I'm going to touch on some of the big things coming in the world of comics.

Donna Troy - Donna has been absent from DC's New 52, or is she? Could she be the Mysterious Woman lingering in the background? Or will she play a bigger role? Remember, Donna is an anomaly in the DC universe. Her deaths and resurrections usually has a purpose. Could this be one of purposeful moments?

Phoenix - The Phoenix force is returning. What does that mean for Hope, Jean Grey and the X-Men? Everything!

New 52 - The reboot of DC Comics really caused a stir. While was fun, it was a little crazy (Wonder Woman getting a Dad, Superman in jeans, Barbara Gordon walking). It will be interesting to see where the stories will take us.

Films - 2012 will bring some BIG comic book movies like: 'The Avengers', 'The Dark Knight Rises' and 'Man of Steel'. I hope they deliver or we won't see anymore CBMs for awhile.

X-Men vs The Avengers - Someone dies and the both teams will change forever. But how? We will have to wait and see.

Watchmen 2 - This has caused a divide amongst comic book fans. The possible prequel will give us a deeper story on the 'Moore' heroes, but will it be worth it?

First Look: Artwork for Watchmen 2

via Bleeding Cool

Who asked for this?: Watchmen 2?

This is blasphemy!

Alan Moore's masterpiece may get slaughtered under foolishness and greed.

There are talks for a Watchmen 2.

But the news broke that Paul Levitz was stepping down from DC Comics as both President and Publisher, I wondered what that meant for the possibility of a Watchmen sequel. Certainly in a hundred years, you couldn’t expect there not to be one.

Well, it seems to be happening a lot sooner than I thought. I understand now that this considered a pet project of Dan DiDio, SVP-Executive Editor. That he is determined to impress new bosses by building on DC’s biggest selling comic book of all time with multiple prequel comic miniseries and spinoff ongoing projects.

I understand that both Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons have to be offered first refusal before any of these titles could be published. But if they don’t want to work on them themselves (and Alan Moore is never going to agree), DiDio has been sounding out people who might be willing to take on the task.

NO! Leave it alone! Move on to the next comic! NO, NO, NO!!

btw, I love Bleeding Cool

The Watchmen We Never Knew

Over at Destiny Interrupted, they take some of our geekness and mixes it with erotica.

Oh, I mean gay erotica.

Please check out their site. There's erotic art including Batman, Captain America and The Joker? There's also fan fiction and more about the artists and folks behind the site.

Interesting stuff.

Source

Interesting Quote: Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen

"To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head – and they end up as a material thing, like a book you can hold in your hand. That is the magical process. It's an alchemical thing. Yes, we do get the gold out of it but that's not the most important thing. It's the work itself. That's the reward. That's better than money."


Alan Moore on writing and creating...take heed Hollywood and remake/reboot folks.

Alan is writing GOD.

Watchmen did Good

Watchmen, Alan Moore's masterpiece, made $55.7 million this weekend. The flick played in 3,611 theaters including in 124 IMAX theaters, but it came in lower than expected.

They hoped the movie would best the $70.9 million opening of Zack Snyder's previous film, 300.

However these are two different types of stories. You don't have to think in 300, and in Watchmen, you need to dig deep...it's Alan Moore story for Hera's sake.

Still, Watchmen has the best opening of the year and one of the best showings ever for an R-rated film.

It may catch on later

Watchmen is better the 2nd time around

Okay, I loved it. I was rested and ready this time. The movie was great the 2nd time. It's still a long movie, but the elements makes sense.

I still love Rorschach.

And I still looove Patrick Wilson.

I Heart Rorschach

I saw Watchmen last night, and I have to say that I may need to watch it again. Maybe it was the Seattle air or the fact it was midnight, and the movie is 2 and half hours long, but I was a bit lost.

The movie was here and there, then it way over there. I know this post vague, but I know some of you will see it, so I don't want to ruin it for y'all. However, I was struggling with the concept of story. When I read the graphic novel years ago, I could feel it. But last night, I couldn't; in fact I fell asleep several times during the film. However, I will see it again this weekend.

The cute parts of the film was the action pieces and Rorschach. I forgot how cool he is. I'm so glad his character was played to the fullest, I truly enjoyed him. He should have his own series.

And on a shallow point, it was nice to see cutie, Patrick Wilson as NiteOwl. I know, I know I should focus on the story, but he's adorable and you get to see him in his b-day suit a few times.

In all it's an interesting movie. I just need to see it when I'm not tired.

Watchmen Drama Settled...maybe

Warners and Fox finally hashed out their issues and resolved (we hope) the Watchmen movie drama.

Here's the drill:

Fox will not be an active distributor of the flick, but will receive up to 8 1/2% gross participation in the movie and a piece of every goddamn thing around the movie, meaning sequels or spinoff, and a cash payment upfront including recoupment of its development costs and attorney fees, and the cast next set of kids.

Also here is a statement from the studios

"Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights to the upcoming motion picture Watchmen in a confidential settlement. Warner Bros acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography. Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith in defending against those claims Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film's March 6 release in theatres."

I hope this truce will last

Fox may be the Grinch that Stole Watchmen

This may not be good if you are a Watchmen fan. Quick recap, Fox owned the rights to Alan Moore's masterpiece, Watchmen, but did nothing with it. Then Warners made a movie with Fox fully aware.

But once the fans fell hard for it during Comic Con, all of a sudden Fox gives a damn. So they sued and I hate to say it, but they won.

In a surprise ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles said he intended to grant 20th Century Fox’s claim that it owns a copyright interest in the “Watchmen,” a movie shot by Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures and set for release in March. The decision was disclosed in a five-page written order issued on Wednesday.

Gary A. Feess, a judge in the United States District Court for Central California, said he would provide a more detailed order soon. Fox has been seeking to prevent Warner from releasing the film. The superhero adventure, based on the “Watchmen” graphic novel, is being directed by Zack Snyder (who also directed “300”) and has shaped up as one of most eagerly anticipated releases for next year.

A Warner spokesman, Scott Rowe, declined to comment on the ruling and the studio’s plans. At an earlier hearing, the judge said he believed that issues in the case could be settled only at a trial, which was scheduled for late January. On Wednesday, however, Judge Feess said he had reconsidered and concluded that Fox should prevail on crucial issues. “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the ‘Watchmen’ motion picture,” the ruling said. Fox acquired rights to the “Watchmen” graphic novel in the late 1980s for the producer Lawrence Gordon, but eventually dropped its own plan to make a movie from its story, about the underside of life for superbeings.

Mr. Gordon later pursued the project with Universal Pictures, and then with Paramount Pictures, before shooting it with Warner and Legendary under an arrangement that allows Paramount to distribute the film abroad.

In ruling on Wednesday, Judge Feess advised both Fox and Warner to look toward a settlement or an appeal. “The parties may wish to turn their efforts from preparing for trial to negotiating a resolution of this dispute or positioning the case for review,” he said.

This should prompt artists and creators to keep their stuff on lockdown so mess like this won't happen. Fox had every right to sue, but it still comes off very shady. Both studios should work something out and make sure this movie is released on time. They need to know that we, the fans, are in middle of this. If this battle gets ugly, everybody suffers. So I hope this can get solved and settled soon.

Thanks to Latino Review for the news.

New Watchmen