Bundled, Tossed, Untied & Stacked: Publishing News

By Tom Spurgeon

* this preview of an IDW-published collection of Bill Sienkiewicz' work on New Mutants plays with a lot of comics-culture driven ideas. The notion that Bill Sienkiewicz's fun work on a teen mutant book (don't get me wrong; I own all of them) changed the course of comics is only true if you see comics from a mainstream-focused perspective. The thing is, a lot of people did back then, and a lot of people still do! We haven't really grappled with the notion of what it means that we had this comics-culture shift in the 1980s mainstream comics world within a wider shift outside of it, and how that changes our perspective on the rise of literary comics. Well, we haven't grappled with it beyond frowning. But there's probably some work to be done there in slightly the same way the American Revolution can be seen as a part of a greater world war between European mercantile powers.

* Jason discusses his next book.

* the Warren Ellis-led WildStorm imprint at DC will feature narratives set in a universe distinct from the mainstream DC setting.

* hey, new Bandette.

* James Whitbrook notes that the Batwoman character as created by Johns, Morrison, Rucka, Waid and Lashley will have a solo title again. I don't really follow that character -- I don't really follow character -- but I noted Steve Epting's name on it and I thought he did a really nice job on Velvet. that is a character known in its recent history as an artist's comic and his take should be less decorative but still interesting. Whitbrook also caught that the America Chavez iteration of the Miss America concept, as created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta, will get a solo table. That seems to make sense in the context of Marvel's line and the desire for film-able work.

* Evan Dorkin makes note of two collections that will be out next year.

* Katie Skelly did indeed get My Pretty Vampire #4 done for CXC after debuting issue #3 at SPX. All apologies for doubting Ms. Skelly.

* the next issue of the beloved anthology s!: Dada.

* finally, Dark Horse announced a series of comics related to Neil Gaiman's American Gods work, which is being made into a cable-TV series even as we speak.
 
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