2009 Comic Book News Archives
July 25, 2009: DCU Online Panel Exclusive Report From SDCC
Superman Homepage reporters Luis and Ivan Jaime filed this exclusive report about the "DC Universe Online" panel at SDCC:
The "DCU Online Panel" consisted of Wes Yanagi, Creative Director; Jim Lee, Executive Creative Director; Marv Wolfman & Geoff Johns, Writers; and Jens Anderson, Creative Director.
First they showed a DCU Online trailer before the panel. Their tagline is "The Next Legend is You"
The game is focusing on: "Save the World or Rule It"
Each person was asked what they did and what their favorite ice cream was:
Wes Yanagi: "Creative Director. Pistachio."
Jim Lee: "Executive Creative Director. Chunky Monkey."
Marv Wolfman: "Writer. Cookies and Cream."
Jens Anderson: "Creative Director. Mint Chocolate Chip."
Geoff Johns: "Writer. Superman."
Everyone laughed and then cheered.
Wes Yanagi started by saying, "We want you to build your own legacy. We want to make it possible for you to become a member of the JLA."
Jim Lee said they are going over 70 years of DC continuity to find the coolest costumes to use in the game.
Geoff Johns said there's a reason why everyone, heroes and villains, comes together in the game. Geoff is writing the story for the game along with Marv Wolfman. "Sony will take a paragraph I wrote and turn it into 60 missions," said Johns.
"Think about a building. Geoff created the structure and foundation, and I'll be filling it with paintings and furniture," Wolfman described. "There's the overall story and then there are stories that can be totally unrelated. It all connects. A villain can win as well. There are missions where the villains win and the heroes lose."
Johns talked about the teaming up with DCU characters. "It's cool that you can team up with Superman or team up with Sinestro. 'Cause Sinestro rocks", Johns said enthusiastically.
Jim Lee talked about the challenges that he faced when drawing the DC Universe. "Drawing the back of buildings was challenge," said Lee. "What does that look like?" He also said that it was amazing that in the 70 years of continuity, there's no street map of Metropolis or Gotham. They want to make sure everything looks different. "You don't want to make every building look like the JLA watchtower," Lee said.
Wolfman said that there will be "instances" in the game, similar to dungeons where you can have adventures with multiple people. There will be a visceral action component, heavy use of physics, and anything not nailed down can be picked up and thrown.
"There will even be giant pennies," said Lee.
One of the creators said that if you make a lame character, Geoff Johns will appear in the game, take your character, and make him cool.
They are going to focus on function over fashion. The choices you make for your costume in the game will be meaningful. It won't just be cosmetic. There will be costume pieces you can pick up throughout the game that become part of your "appearance collection." You have the option of altering your appearance as you advance or keeping it the same through the whole game. A comparison was made to Batman's many outfits. You can change as you see fit, or you can keep the same unaltered look like Superman.
There will be PvP (Player vs. Player) in contesting missions. For instance, if villains are committing a crime, and heroes show up to stop them, we have a Player vs. Player situation.
There will be other cities besides Metropolis and Gotham. Expect to see Central City, Keystone City and others. They may not appear right away, but there will be expansions that will add-on complete cities to the game.
Jim Lee joked about a Kandor expansion. "It's so small you can't even get in it," said Lee. "It's a five second download."
When you enter the game as a hero or villain, Geoff Johns wrote the transitions for you to interact with the characters within the DCU. You get involved with major characters right away and you are then introduced to other characters along the way.
Each person closed with what they like about the game.
Yanagi: "The breadth of the environments. It's easy to imagine yourself in the world."
Lee: "The Lighting. How much color there is in the shadows. It almost looks 'painterly.' Like someone painted the background, even though it's all in three dimensions."
Johns: "The depth of the characters. Sinestro, Blue Beetle, Black Adam. The fact that you will see everyone is awesome."
Wolfman: "The size of the missions."
Anderson: "The total package. This is the greatest super powered experience you can have."
There is no release date yet as they are still in the Pre-Alpha Development stage in the game.
More to come. Look to the skies.
2009 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2009.- January 7, 2009: Final Crisis #7 to Contain Seven Extra Pages
- January 7, 2009: Liefeld Recalls Defunct Superman/Youngblood Crossover
- January 9, 2009: Andrew Kreisberg Talks World of New Krypton
- January 9, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Adventure Comics and Trinity
- January 12, 2009: A Racially Diverse Krypton
- January 15, 2009: Geoff Johns Looks Ahead Beyond New Krypton
- January 15, 2009: Greg Rucka Talks Action Comics
- January 16, 2009: Final Crisis #6 Gets 2nd Printing
- January 20, 2009: Kurt Busiek Talks Trinity
- January 27, 2009: Colorist Explains Coloring Error in Trinity #34
- January 28, 2009: Grant Morrison Talks Final Crisis
- January 28, 2009: Denny O'Neil Audio Interview
- January 29, 2009: Superman in Final Crisis #7 Really President Obama?
- January 29, 2009: Dan Didio Talks About What's New in the DCU
- January 29, 2009: Superwoman Speculation/Replacements for Superman Pondered
- January 31, 2009: Trinity Colorist Discusses Colorist's Responsibilities
- February 3, 2009: Lex Luthor & Power Girl in Batman: The Brave & the Bold #1
- February 4, 2009: Grant Morrison Talks with IGN
- February 4, 2009: Grant Morrison Cancels NYC Comic Con Appearance
- February 4, 2009: Rucka & Robinson Writing World of New Krypton Series
- February 5, 2009: Grant Morrison Talks Final Crisis on Newsarama, Part Two
- February 5, 2009: Dan Didio Answers 20 Questions About the DCU
- February 5, 2009: Kreisberg Explains Departure From World of New Krypton
- February 6, 2009: Action Comics #1 on Display at NY Comic Con
- February 6, 2009: Video Interview with Superman Editor Matt Idleson
- February 6, 2009: Superman Panels at NY Comic Con
- February 7, 2009: Johns and Manapul on Adventure Comics
- February 9, 2009: Superman News from New York Comic Con
- February 10, 2009: NYCC - Superman Building a Better Tomorrow Panel
- February 10, 2009: NYCC - DC Universe Online Panel
- February 19, 2009: Exclusive Interview with Jen Van Meter
- February 19, 2009: Dan Jurgens Talks Tangent: Superman's Reign
- February 19, 2009: Jamal Igle Talks Supergirl and Superwoman
- February 23, 2009: Geoff Johns Talks Superman Comics
- February 25, 2009: Rucka & Robinson Talk Superman: World of New Krypton
- February 28, 2009: DC Nation Panel at Wondercon 2009
- March 1, 2009: Exclusive Interview with Ian Sattler
- March 1, 2009: DC Comics Releases World of New Krypton Video Trailer
- March 2, 2009: DC Universe Panel at WonderCon 2009
- March 6, 2009: Superman Makes NY Times Best Seller List
- March 10, 2009: Wizard's Top 25 Dynamic Duos
- March 12, 2009: Superman Appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2
- March 19, 2009: Dan DiDio Answers Questions About Superman Comics
- March 25, 2009: Greg Rucka Talks Action Comics
- April 8, 2009: DC Nation - Emerald City ComiCon
- April 10, 2009: Washington Post Interviews Dan DiDio
- April 15, 2009: DC Makes Changes to JLA #34
- April 17, 2009: First Look at Wednesday Comics Superman
- April 21, 2009: Rags Morales Talks Justice League of America
- April 30, 2009: Kurt Busiek Talks Trinity
- May 1, 2009: DC Comics Sneak Peek at Adventure Comics
- May 2, 2009: Free Comic Book Day Signings
- May 5, 2009: Andrew Robinson Talks Covering Superman Comics
- May 6, 2009: Julian Lopez Takes Over Action Art Duties
- May 8, 2009: Another Look at Wednesday Comics Superman
- May 8, 2009: Poll Position - Motion Comics
- May 13, 2009: Dan DiDio Discusses Up-Coming DC Comics
- May 14, 2009: James Robinson - Writer Without a Superman
- May 14, 2009: Blackest Night: Superman #1 Cover Revealed
- May 16, 2009: Robinson and Rucka on Superman Codename: Patriot Saga
- May 16, 2009: James Robinson Talks Justice League: Cry For Justice
- May 16, 2009: Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle Talk Supergirl
- May 19, 2009: Exclusive Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade Interview
- May 19, 2009: Gary Frank Talks Superman: Secret Origin
- May 20, 2009: Gatefold Cover For Final Trinity Issue
- May 21, 2009: Jamal Igle Talks Supergirl and More
- May 21, 2009: Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time
- May 30, 2009: A Day in the Life of Matt Idelson
- May 30, 2009: Dwayne McDuffie Fired From JLA Comic
- June 2, 2009: Five Page Preview of Justice League: Cry For Justice
- June 3, 2009: Sneak Peek at Superman vs Flash in Flash: Rebirth #3
- June 9, 2009: Renato Guedes Superman and Supergirl Annual Comic Covers
- June 12, 2009: Gail Simone Interview from Superman Celebration
- June 13, 2009: Sneak Peek at Action Comics Annual #12
- June 16, 2009: USA Today to Publish Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- June 18, 2009: A Sneak Peek at Superman #689
- June 19, 2009: Robinson and Bagley Taking Over JLA Duties
- June 19, 2009: Dan DiDio on Wednesday Comics Deal with USA Today
- June 20, 2009: DC Universe Panel at Heroes Con 2009
- June 23, 2009: Check Out the Adventure Comics #3 Cover
- June 27, 2009: A Day In The Life of Matt Idelson
- June 27, 2009: Jamal Igle Talks Supergirl Shorts
- July 2, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Superman: Secret Origin
- July 3, 2009: DC Comics Panel Schedule for San Diego Comic-Con
- July 3, 2009: Justice League to Meet The 99
- July 8, 2009: USA Today Publishes First Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- July 15, 2009: USA Today Publishes Second Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- July 16, 2009: Jimmy Palmiotti Talks Supergirl Wednesday Comics Strip
- July 22, 2009: USA Today Publishes Third Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- July 24, 2009: Exclusive Coverage of Superman: Two Worlds Panel
- July 24, 2009: San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Reports
- July 24, 2009: Superman: Red Son Motion Comic Online
- July 25, 2009: DCU Online Panel Exclusive Report From SDCC
- July 26, 2009: Superman News in Newsarama Live Coverage of DC Universe: Editorial Presentation
- July 28, 2009: Lee Bermejo Talk Superman Wednesday Comics Strip
- July 28, 2009: All Star Superman Wins Eisner Award
- July 29, 2009: USA Today Publishes Fourth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- July 29, 2009: J. Michael Straczynski Writing Superman Comic?
- August 5, 2009: USA Today Publishes Fifth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- August 5, 2009: Prime Yourself for an Adventure Comics Comeback
- August 5, 2009: Sterling Gates Talks Supergirl Comics
- August 8, 2009: Francis Manapul at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con
- August 8, 2009: Superman: Red Son Motion Comic
- August 11, 2009: Matt Idelson Talks Codename: Patriot
- August 11, 2009: James Robinson Talks Superman and JLA Comics
- August 12, 2009: USA Today Publishes Sixth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- August 14, 2009: First Look at Superman: Secret Origin #1
- August 19, 2009: USA Today Publishes Seventh Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- August 19, 2009: Diamond's Industry-Wide Skip Week in December
- August 21, 2009: Amanda Conner Talks Supergirl Wednesday Comics Strip
- August 25, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Superman in 2010
- August 26, 2009: USA Today Publishes Eighth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- September 2, 2009: USA Today Publishes Ninth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- September 9, 2009: Francis Manapul on Drawing Adventure Comics
- September 9, 2009: Superman Comic Book Covers in December
- September 9, 2009: USA Today Publishes Tenth Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- September 10, 2009: More Pages from Superman: Secret Origin #1
- September 15, 2009: DC to Overhaul Superman/Batman Comic Book
- September 16, 2009: USA Today Publishes Eleventh Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- September 17, 2009: Arcudi & Bermejo Talk Superman Wednesday Comics Strip
- September 19, 2009: Inside the Superman Offices with Matt Idelson
- September 23, 2009: USA Today Publishes Final Wednesday Comics Superman Strip
- September 25, 2009: James Robinson on JLA's New Roll Call
- September 25, 2009: Poll Position - Wednesday Comics
- September 29, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Adventure Comics
- September 30, 2009: Chuck Kim Talks JLA 80-Page Giant
- October 6, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Superman Comics
- October 10, 2009: Trautmann Talks Action Comics
- October 12, 2009: Superman & Supergirl News from Baltimore Comic-Con
- October 14, 2009: DC Announces Wednesday Comics Collected Edition
- October 15, 2009: Jamal Igle Talks Supergirl, Superman and World's Finest Comics
- October 24, 2009: Superman vs The Flash To The Finish Line!
- October 27, 2009: Dan DiDio Talks Adventure Comics, Annuals and More
- October 28, 2009: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali To Get Reprint?
- October 29, 2009: Sterling Gates Talks World's Finest
- October 31, 2009: A Look at Up-Coming Superman Comics with Matt Idelson
- October 31, 2009: An Interview with Paul Levitz About Writing Comics
- November 7, 2009: Comic Books Good for Children's Learning
- November 13, 2009: Geoff Johns Guest of Honor at Chicago Comic Expo
- November 18, 2009: More Krypto in Superman Comics?
- November 18, 2009: Joe Kubert Artwork For Sale
- November 24, 2009: J. Bone Super Friends Interview
- December 5, 2009: Adventure Comics #8 & the Future of Superman Comics
- December 8, 2009: DC Announce Earth One Superman in 2010
- December 8, 2009: J. Michael Straczynski Talks Superman: Earth One
- December 8, 2009: Sterling Gates Talks World's Finest and Supergirl
- December 9, 2009: War of the Supermen Begins in 2010
- December 9, 2009: Matt Idelson Talks War of the Supermen
- December 9, 2009: Shane Davis Talks Superman: Earth One
- December 10, 2009: All Star Superman Amongst Best Comics of the Decade
- December 11, 2009: Marc Guggenheim to Write Action Comics in 2010
- December 12, 2009: Marc Guggenheim Talks Action Comics
- December 15, 2009: Matt Idelson Talks Superman Comics
- December 15, 2009: Marc Guggenheim Springs Into Action
- December 16, 2009: Check Out the Cover to JLA #43
- December 18, 2009: The Last Stand of New Krypton
- December 19, 2009: J. Michael Straczynski Talks Superman: Earth One
- December 24, 2009: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Reprint Confirmed
- December 31, 2009: Government Comics Archive Online
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