2007 Comic Book News Archives
February 21, 2007: Dan Didio and Mike Marts Talk “Countdown”
Dan Didio and Mike Marts spoke with Newsarama.com about the up-coming weekly series "Countdown". Here's an excerpt from the interview...
- Q: Talking about the structure for a moment - will Countdown follow the same pattern as 52, that is, each issue equals one week of real time?
DD: No. One of the huge challenges for the writers of 52 was telling a linear story. That is, they were telling seven days' worth of events in a particular comic, and then, in the next week when the issue came out, you told another seven days' worth of events. It's wonderful in regards to the simplicity of understanding how the story unfolds, but it can be very difficult in creating key moments or cliffhangers from week to week, because it's hard to have a scene where a guy pulls a gun on a hero, and then leave that as the cliffhanger. IF each issue equals one week, then, unless that guy pulled the gun at 11:59 on day seven, by the time the next issue comes out, he's had that gun pulled for a few hours or a day.
So they lost some of the ability to use cliffhangers for momentum, just due to how 52 was created, but they did a great job in finding ways around that tool of sequential storytelling that we took out of the toolbox to tell 52. What we're crafting in Countdown is a little different. The four issues of Countdown all occur within the same month. So therefore, all four issues can occur in one minute of the month, or they can occur in thirty days of the month. That way, it allows us more flexibility in regards to the pacing and the cliffhangers in the story itself.
Q: How will that work with tying in to the DC Universe, then?
DD: With that structure set up, in one month of Countdown, the main line of the DCU will be reflective of what's occurring in Countdown, and Countdown will be reflective of what's happening in the DCU. That's not saying that you have to read everything or buy everything to understand it. But - if someone is injured in their book, you'll see that they're injured in Countdown as well. If something is occurring in the backdrop of the DCU or the larger world that could easily be seen in Countdown, it will. That way you just get a better sense of scope and continuity in the DC Universe, which will give everything a much more cohesive feel.
2007 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2007.- January 20, 2007: Geoff Johns Previews Superman for 2007
- January 26, 2007: DC Comics Teaser Poster
- January 29, 2007: Wrestler Jerry Lawler to Draw Superman
- February 1, 2007: Didio Answer Questions on DC Teaser Image
- February 8, 2007: Ale Garza to Draw Supergirl
- February 15, 2007: Geoff Johns Explains “Action Comics” Delays
- February 16, 2007: Further Geoff Johns “Action Comics” Elaboration
- February 20, 2007: Details on DC's Weekly “Countdown” Series
- February 21, 2007: Dan Didio and Mike Marts Talk “Countdown”
- February 23, 2007: DC Comics Sends “Action Comics #845” Back to Press
- February 23, 2007: Content Change for “Superman #659”
- February 25, 2007: NYCC Report - DC Nation Panel
- February 27, 2007: Joe Kelly Talks “Supergirl”
- February 28, 2007: “Superman” Comics Content Changes
- March 4, 2007: WonderCon 07 DC Nation Panel
- March 6, 2007: “Justice League of America #7” Cover Revealed
- March 8, 2007: Brad Meltzer “Justice League of America” Interview
- March 19, 2007: Fabian Nicieza on Writing “Action Comics”
- April 4, 2007: Extra Pages in “52” Finale at No Extra Cost
- April 5, 2007: “Superman Legends #1” Debuts April 19th in the UK
- April 12. 2007: Alan Burnett Talks “Superman/Batman”
- April 13, 2007: Mike Carlin Remembers “The Death of Superman”
- April 15, 2007: More Scheduling Problems for “Action Comics”
- April 18, 2007: Byrne is Dead... Long Live... YOD!
- April 18, 2007: Superman Comics Continuity “Post-Infinite Crisis”
- April 19, 2007: Exclusive “Countdown” Preview on MySpace
- April 19, 2007: Dan Didio Prepares to “Countdown”
- May 7, 2007: Wizard World Philadelphia 2007 - June 15-17
- May 11, 2007: Gary Frank - The New “Action Comics” Artist
- June 2, 2007: Dan Jurgens Talks “History of the Multiverse”
- June 14, 2007: Dustin Nguyen on Illustrating “Superman/Batman”
- June 16, 2007: DC Nation Panel at HeroesCon
- June 17, 2007: Superman Comic News from Wizard World Philadelphia
- June 20, 2007: Exclusive Interview with Fabian Nicieza
- June 20, 2007: Alan Burnett Talks Cartoons to Comics
- June 20, 2007: Dustin Nguyen Talks “Superman/Batman”
- June 28, 2007: Alex Ross Unveils Up-Coming Wizard Magazine Cover
- July 3, 2007: Didio Reveals New “Countdown” Teaser Image
- July 12, 2007: Superman Homepage Wizard World Tour Continues with Chicago!
- July 13, 2007: Superman Homepage at San Diego Comic-Con
- July 18, 2007: DC Comics “Final Crisis” Teaser Image
- July 19, 2007: Superman's Death Rated No. 1
- July 20, 2007: Wizard World Returns to Chicago August 9-12
- July 27, 2007: More Details from San Diego Comic Con
- July 27, 2007: SDCC Panel Report - “DC Countdown... To The End?” & “DC Group Therapy”
- July 27, 2007: Gary Frank Reveals His Superman Sketchbook
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC: Big Guns” Panel
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC: New Worlds Order” Panel
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC Nation” Panel
- July 29, 2007: “All Star Superman” Wins Eisner Award
- August 3, 2007: San Diego 2007: Countdown to Salvation Tangent Run to the Finals!
- August 8, 2007: Gary Frank Superman Sketch Book Updated
- August 10, 2007: Superman Homepage at Wizard World Chicago 2007, Day 1 - Friday
- August 10, 2007: Wizard World Chicago - DC Nation Panel
- August 10, 2007: Wizard World Chicago 2007 - Preview Night
- August 13, 2007: New Supergirl Creative Team Announced
- August 13, 2007: The Death of Mike Wieringo
- August 15, 2007: Wizard World Chicago 2007 - Final Report
- August 28, 2007: Keith Giffen Talks “Four Horsemen”
- August 29, 2007: Geoff Johns Talks “Action Comics” and Bizarro
- August 31, 2007: Dini and Quitely do T.O. Comic-Con
- September 5, 2007: “Superman Confidential” Comics Rescheduled
- September 5, 2007: “Kingdom Come” Superman in JSA Comics
- September 19, 2007: More Superman Comic Scheduling Changes
- September 27, 2007: Kurt Busiek Talks About “The Third Kryptonian”
- October 10, 2007: Kurt Busiek Reveals the Third Kryptonian
- October 12, 2007: Eric Powell Talks About Drawing Superman
- October 20, 2007: Geoff Johns Reveals Details on Up-Coming Superman Comics
- October 31, 2007: Palmiotti and Gray Talk “Superman Confidential #7”
- November 21, 2007: Wizard World Texas 2007 Report
- December 9, 2007: Renato Guedes Named New “Superman” Artist
- December 12, 2007: “Superman Confidential” Scheduling Changes
- December 13, 2007: Darwyn Cooke Returns for More “New Frontier” Stories
- December 17, 2007: Chloe Sullivan's Comic Book Debut
- December 19, 2007: Dates Set for Superman and Superboy Lawsuits
- December 24, 2007: Dan Didio and Geoff Johns Talk Superman in 2008
- December 28, 2007: Frank Quitely on Drawing Superman
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