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Mark Waid is an author whose books are staples in many (like mine) comic collections. His most popular work, Kingdom Come, was illustrated by Alex Ross and continues to shape the direction of DC today (Current issues of Justice Society of America feature the Superman from this series). He has worked for DC and Marvel, taking the reigns of characters like the Fantastic Four and helping write 52, DC’s weekly series detailing the fallout from Infinite Crisis.

Currently, his work includes Brave and the Bold, a relaunch of DC’s team-up book as well as the limited series, Potter’s Field, which he wrote for BOOM! Studios, the comic publisher where he is now Editor. I spoke with him about his work and BOOM! Studios for an upcoming article in The Buzz.

There is EXCLUSIVE information here about an upcoming project! Okay, it’s just a title, but let me have my moment. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Halloween!

This week Wednesday, new comic book day, fell on Halloween, which means many of this week’s books are themed after the holiday. Read the rest of this entry »

Captain America is back… in a fashion.

In March 2007, in Captain America #25, Captain America (Steve Rogers) was killed. Gunned down on the way to court after turning terrorist in the Marvel Comics Civil War, where heroes fought heroes over the law requiring all super-powered beings to register their identities with the U.S. Government.

Iron Man was for the act. Captain America was against it. Iron Man won.

Now Marvel is bringing Cap back. Read the rest of this entry »