Sony has released a set of screenshots from DC Universe Online featuring Gorilla Grodd battling the Flash and other heroes.
Flash vs. Grodd in DC Universe Online
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Running a Speedster Ragged in Halcyon
Starting in November, Image Comics will publish Halcyon, a five-issue miniseries by Marc Guggenheim (Flash, JSA) and his wife, screenwriter Tara Butters (Dollhouse, Reaper), about what happens to super-heroes when they win the never-ending battle against crime. In an interview with Newsarama, Guggenheim describes several of the major characters, including…
There’s another character named Transom, who’s a speedster. And what’s cool about him is the fact that, once you remove war and crime and any sort of man-made aggression, the only thing left for superheroes to deal with are natural disasters, like plane crashes and earthquakes. The problem is that Transom is the only superhero on the planet who is fast enough to get to these disasters as they’re happening. So he’s the one superhero who’s being run completely ragged, because he’s the only one who’s able to still be a hero.
The “what now?” question has been raised before, even in the DC Universe. Countdown to Final Crisis featured Earth-51, a world in which the heroes managed to eliminate super-crime and retired to pursue civilian careers. Of course, since this was Countdown, the world was created as cannon fodder, so it wasn’t explored much.
Between this book, Justice Society of America, No Ordinary Family, and (if Warner Bros. approves the treatment) the Flash screenplay, Guggenheim is going to be busy with speedsters this fall.
Fan Film: The Flash – The Brave and the Bold
Influence Films debuted last year with the fan film Flash: Crossover. For their eighth project, they’re returned to the scarlet speedster with Flash: The Brave and the Bold
When the father of Wally West’s friend is found dead, The Flash races into action. He soon discovers that to solve the case he might need some help and guidance from his friends: Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl.
You can watch the eight-minute video on YouTube.
Speed Reading
Art & Costumes
- Fred Hembeck’s Rogue’s Gallery illustration is up at Heritage Auctions.
- 52 Supervillains (via Blastr, I think)
- Titans Tower has pictures from the Titans Together! photoshoot at Dragon-Con. (And don’t miss the sketches from Baltimore that he’s been posting).
- Once Upon a Geek’s Dragon*Con Photos are up!
News & Interviews
- Comic Attack reports on a probably-inflated big-ticket Flash auction.
- Pop Culture Zoo interviews Francis Manapul
Commentary
- 4thLetter’s David Brothers asks, Is it time to leave the past behind?. Kalinara responds at Pretty, Fizzy Paradise, explaining Why I Love Legacy Characters.
- Collected Editions has updated the DC TPB Timeline with Sandman, Doom Patrol, and Countdown to Final Crisis.
- Quick Time looks back at Zoom to Zoom and speculates on the inevitable Zoom Family.
- How much does it cost to make a comic? (via The Beat)
- Newsarama’s Jill Pantozzi considers: If the Teen Titans had to get summer jobs…
- Newsarama’s Friday Flashback: 1986 – The Biggest Year in Comics
- I can’t remember if I linked to these Flash-inspired shoes already.
- Now Read This! reviews Flash: The Wild Wests.
Flash Oddities: Homer and Rat-Bear
Jesse Richards sent in these photos of some bizarre Flash merchandise he found:
One is a knockoff of not one, but two, franchises as it’s Homer in a Flash costume. It’s a pretty well-sculpted plastic piece with a surprising amount of articulation but some sloppy painting in places. I got it in a street fair in Brooklyn – no packaging or anything. They had other superheroes, too. I don’t know why he’s angry.
The other one is possibly even weirder … my parents found it at the gift shop at Great Adventure (Six Flags in NJ). There has always been a lot of DC superhero stuff there, but this one is freaky – I thought it was a rat in a Flash costume but now I think it’s a bear in a Flash costume. The hat is the most interesting part, a baseball cap with lightning bolts.
Carmine Infantino Interview Book from TwoMorrows (With Preview)
In just a few weeks, TwoMorrows Publishing (the company that brought you The Flash Companion) is releasing Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur, a profile and extensive interview with the legendary artist by Jim Amash and Eric Nolen-Weathington.
The book arrives September 22 in two editions: a 224-page softcover and a 240-page hardcover with an additional 16-page color section not found in the paperback edition.
Even better: They’re offering a free 25-page preview [5.4MB PDF] online, pulled from an extensive interview on launching the Silver Age Flash and the artist’s approach to design, all heavily illustrated.
Carmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. As a penciler and cover artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman franchise in the 1960s. As art director and publisher, he steered DC Comics through the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most creative and fertile periods in their long history.
Join historian and inker Jim Amash (Alter Ego magazine, Archie Comics) and Eric Nolen-Weathington (Modern Masters book series) as they document the life and career of Carmine Infantino, in the most candid and thorough interview this controversial living legend has ever given, lavishly illustrated with the incredible images that made him a star. Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur shines a light on the artist’s life, career, and contemporaries, and uncovers details about the comics industry never made public until now.
Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur will be available on September 22.