Friday 13th August 2004
BAT SIGNAL SHINES OVER CHICAGO
This week has once again seen lots of activity in Chicago connected with the filming of BATMAN BEGINS. There are numerous eye-witness reports of the filming available on-line, most notably at the Batman-On-Film and SuperHero Hype sites. We have some of the photos, links to TV news coverage and information from the set in the Movie News section below.
My apologies to some those GWN readers who get sent the weekly e-mail notification that the site has been updated. Finger trouble on my part meant one group of subcribers ended up with their e-mail addresses visible.
As always have a good week. - Alan J. Porter
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COMICS NEWS
LAPHAM WALKS GOTHAM STREETS IN DETECTIVE
Newsarama reports that beginning in December’s Detective Comics #801, writer / artist, Lapham will write, lay out, and provide covers for a twelve issue storyline. Lapham took the Detective gig for a pretty simple reason – after becoming a father recently, he found that he had less time. “My new daughter is so unbelievably amazing that I wanted to spend more and more time with her being a dad and (Lapham's creator owned title) Stray Bullets became harder to do with the same regularity,”
I called up Bob [Schreck, Batman Group Editor] and said ‘I want to write and do layouts on something for you guys.’ He said, ‘Give me some more bad news,’ told me he thought Batman would be a good fit, I came up with this idea, and here we are. Initially, I thought I'd do about six issues. Bob had a slot open I guess and asked if I could do eight. Once I started writing, it was flowing so well, I pushed it up to twelve on him.”
Comics Shipping (August 18th)
BATGIRL #55 -
Written by Dylan Horrocks; Art by Sean Phillips; cover by James Jean - WAR GAMES: ACT 1, PART 6! Batgirl scours the streets and rooftops in search of a former ally. But when news comes of a gun battle across town, Batgirl must decide between continuing the search and running a gauntlet of gun-toting gangsters to get to her teammates. - BATMAN | 32pg. | Color | $2.50;BATMAN ADVENTURES #17 -
Written by Ty Templeton; art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty; cover by Kelsey Shannon - Last issue! A terrifying dream sets events in motion as Batman faces his ultimate foe...and we don't mean The Joker! Don't miss this breathtaking final issue! - BATMAN | 32pg. | Color | $2.25BATMAN: DEATH AND THE MAIDENS -
Written by Greg Rucka; Art and cover by Klaus Janson - A trade paperback collecting the thrilling 9-issue miniseries by acclaimed novelist Greg Rucka (Smoker, A Fistful of Rain) with art by Klaus Janson (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS)! A dying Ra's al Ghul has no choice but to beg Batman, his greatest nemesis, for help against a woman who once shared his life, centuries ago. In exchange, he offers the Dark Knight a chance of a lifetime - the ability to speak with his dead parents. But what Batman's parents have to say to him will profoundly affect both the man and the hero. This collection also includes an introduction by series editor Matt Idelson and behind-the-scenes unused pages and sketches featuring commentary by Janson. - BATMAN | Softcover | 224pg. | Color | $19.95BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #56 -
Written by A.J. Lieberman; Art by Al Barrionuevo and Francis Portella; Cover by Jae Lee - WAR GAMES: ACT 1, PART 4! As gang war rages, Batman and Batgirl must save the innocent and stem the violence. Batman launches an effort to turn the tides of war, but he reckoned without Tarantula!! -BIRDS OF PREY #72 -
Written by Gail Simone; art by Ed Benes; cover by Greg Land and Jay Leisten - "Between Dark and Dawn" continues in the fourth of six biweekly issues! Vixen and Huntress fight their way to a faceoff with Sovereign Brusaw, Canary races through Gotham trying to prevent a series of cult-inspired suicides... and you won't believe who Oracle's about to fight!. - BATMAN | 32pg. | Color | $2.50OUTSIDERS #15 - Written by Judd Winick; art and cover by Tom Raney - The Outsiders vs. The Fearsome Five! Things get ugly when team-leader Nightwing puts the Outsiders in serious danger to save the day! - DC UNIVERSE | 32pg. |& Color | $2.50
ROBIN #129 -
Written by Bill Willingham; Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Lorenzo Ruggiero; Cover by Dustin Nguyen - WAR GAMES: ACT 1, PART 5! The Odessa Mob has put a contract out on Henry Aquista's daughter Darla, but Scarface wants a piece of the action, too. And that means double trouble for Darla, unless her friend Tim Drake can save the day! - BATMAN | 32pg. | Color | $2.25Batman TV Show on DVD - Sort Of.
TVShowsonDVD.com reports that Image Entertainment will be releasing a video of behind-the-scenes stuff about the BATMAN live action TV series. Holy Batmania! allows you to learn everything you wanted to know about the Caped Crusader's legendary TV show and 1966 theatrical feature with this special 2-disc set containing four main programs:
At 255 minutes long, this DVD will also include Screen Tests and Presentations, Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, Batman Wraparounds, and Trivia. Release date is October 19th.
New Image from "The Batman."
Warner Bros. Animation has released a new promotional image (see below) from the upcoming "The Batman" TV series. The show is scheduled to debut on Saturday September 11th.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED (Cartoon Network)
TEEN TITANS (Cartoon Network)
TEEN TITANS (Kids WB!)
SUPER FRIENDS (Boomerang)
LATEST "BATMAN BEGINS" RUMORS & NEWS
CATWOMAN UPDATES
WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO - Aug 13 to 15
This year's Wizard World Chicago features an "Insiders Look at BATMAN BEGINS" with a special appearence by writer DAVID GOYER as well as guests: JIM LEE, JEPH LOEB, ALEX ROSS, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, MICHAEL TURNER
CANADIAN NATIONAL COMIC EXPO - Toronto - Aug 27 to 29
This year's Canadian National Comics Expo at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto includes MICHAEL TURNER, GEORGE PEREZ, TIM LEVINS and TY TEMPLETON
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