
If you're outraged that DC is publishing a Watchmen prequel without the involvement or blessing of Alan Moore, the comic book icon would like thank you.

If you're outraged that DC is publishing a Watchmen prequel without the involvement or blessing of Alan Moore, the comic book icon would like thank you.
We told you yesterday that the Doctor and the crew of the NCC-1701D will be teaming up in a crossover comic later this year.
Now we can tell you the adversaries that bring together these two icons of the genre.
Lots of fans have created mash-ups for Doctor Who and Star Trek on YouTube and in fan fic. But later this year, the TARDIS will materialize on board the NCC-1701 D.
The first month of 2012 has been a good one for the comic book industry.
Sales of comic books were the highest since 2008.

We all knew Alan Moore wouldn't be happy with the Watchmen prequels.
But now another comic book author has stepped and called the prequels "unnecessary."

We all knew Alan Moore wouldn't be happy about the upcoming seven-issue prequel to Watchmen. Moore recently spoke about the upcoming series, calling it "evil" on the part of DC. Moore is upset that DC is taking his creations and using his characters. Moore was asked how this situation was different that what he [...]
Kevin Smith has dabbled in a lot of comics over the years. But he says that when asked if he wanted to write a Watchmen prequel for the upcoming series, he declined.

DC is headed back to the Watchmen universe. The comic book company announced yesterday that it will publish a seven-issue prequel to the award-winning series this summer.
A decade ago, Neil Gaiman wrote an issue of Spawn. Issue nine introduced a number of characters created by Gaiman including a medieval version of Spawn, Angela and Gabrielle and the former Hellspawn, Cagliostro. Each of the characters went on to become a player in the on-going series and various spin-off projects.
If you've not read the first issue of the ninth season of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, we're about to give away a huge SPOILER from the final pages of the issue. If you don't want to know, stop reading NOW!
The relaunch of the Justice League was big. The comic sold in record numbers, helping DC post solid sales to end the year.
In fact, the first issue sold so well that it's the top selling comic book of 2011.
Comics writer Warren Ellis isn't optimistic about digital comic books. "This year should be the year where a wide swathe of established comics creators go 'digital-first' with a broad variety of projects," he wrote on his blog. "However, that should also have been last year. Which leads me to wonder whether or not there's really a taste [...]

Welcome to our mid-week installment of Slice. This week, we don't have an interview, so it's the studio crew discussing the current situation with Ghost Rider and Marvel Comics

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