2000 Comic Book News Archives
June 20, 2000: Ed McGuiness Signs One-Year Exclusive Contract
DC Comics is pleased to announce that Ed McGuiness -- best known for his current work on SUPERMAN -- has signed a one-year exclusive contract.Teamed with SUPERMAN writer Jeph Loeb since SUPERMAN #151, McGuiness' work has become synonymous with the high-energy excitement and cool new look that the Superman core titles have been enjoying this past year, drawing accolades from readers, retailers and critics alike.
According to McGuiness: "Working on SUPERMAN, I'm having the best time of my career; why would I want to go anywhere else? Working with the Super-Group of writers, editors and artists, I'm a part of a real creative force. And Jeph [Loeb]'s got a great sense of what I'm good at; he writes his scripts around my strengths to draw the best things out."
With a bold yet deceptively simple style, McGuiness' work on WildStorm's MISTER MAJESTIC (with current WILDCATS writer Joe Casey) showed a fluid dynamism that perfectly complements the rollercoaster-action stories being told in the Superman monthly books. Says Superman Editor Eddie Berganza: "He brings a young and bold new style to the Man of Steel that retains the classic sense of the character as well as evokes the popular animated style. In one artist, I get the best of both worlds."
His experience on MISTER MAJESTIC allowed McGuiness to cut his proverbial teeth on a classic super-hero style book: "I thought MISTER MAJESTIC was as far as I'd get to an icon like Superman! Drawing Joe [Casey]'s over-the-top take on a 'Super-character' with all the sixties-style cosmic stories was also the best preparation a guy could have for working on Superman. The transition between the two was actually easy -- intimidating, of course, jumping midstream into the legacy of this icon -- but I really felt ready for Superman."
McGuiness is also spearheading the look of the upcoming "Superman: Arkham" storyline, contributing the covers to all four issues. According to McGuiness: "The playing-card covers for SUPERMAN ARKHAM were a blast; I finally got to draw Bizarro! I'm a huge fan of the Superman Adventures animated show, and there's a great version of Bizarro among its 'Rogues Gallery'. Now, working on SUPERMAN, I get to take my shot at Bizarro in this twisted-reality setting."
Berganza agreed wholeheartedly, saying: "This am least favorite part of crossover. We get Bizarro done wrong finally!"
McGuiness' work can be seen every month in the pages of SUPERMAN, as well as on all four covers of July's "Superman: Arkham" storyline, featured in SUPERMAN #160 (MAY00 0116) arriving in PZ stores July 6, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #582 (MAY00 0117) arriving in PZ stores July 13, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #104 (MAY00 0118) arriving in PZ stores July 20, and ACTION COMICS #769 (MAY00 0119) arriving in PZ stores July 27.
Source: DC Comics Online Magazine
2000 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2000.- January 10, 2000: Superman/Gen 13
- January 17, 2000: Kano to replace Garcia
- January 18, 2000: Metropolis is Growing: Brainiac-13 Appearing Live on DC Online
- January 21, 2000: Schultz on Man of Steel's Milestone
- January 29, 2000: Superman for the Animals
- February 3, 2000: Gil Kane Dies at 74
- February 6, 2000: Porter Confirmed as Adventures of Superman Artist
- February 16, 2000: Batman and Superman Got Milk?® in Upcoming Milk Mustache Print/Online Campaign
- February 22, 2000: Howard Porter Renews Exclusive Two-Year Contract with DC
- March 15, 2000: Super Summit Highlights
- March 23, 2000: DC Comics Price Rise
- March 29, 2000: News from the Trade Press
- March 29, 2000: Same as it Ever Was: Back to the Silver Age in May!
- April 4, 2000: Planet DC Annuals
- April 11, 2000: Superman: Arkham
- April 15, 2000: Superman and Batman Join Forces with Arch-Rival Stan Lee to Create an Alternate Universe
- April 15, 2000: DC Comics Garners 54 Eisner Award Nominations for 1999
- May 18, 2000: Superman No.1 (1939) on Auction!
- June 7, 2000: DC Comics Super Heroes Check into Best Western Hotels with Summer Adventures Promotion
- June 7, 2000: Adventures of Superman minus Howard Porter
- June 19, 2000: Great Caesar's ghost, Lex Luthor is running for President!
- June 20, 2000: Ed McGuiness Signs One-Year Exclusive Contract
- July 7, 2000: SCOOP!!! Superman: Emperor ???????? REVEALED!!!!
- July 8, 2000: Superman Homepage at the San Diego Comic-Con 2000!
- July 28, 2000: San Diego Comic-Con Report
- August 5, 2000: Superman News from the Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con
- August 23, 2000: Joe Kelly Signs Exclusive Contract with DC
- August 23, 2000: DC Comics Featured in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone this Week!
- August 28, 2000: Mark Waid Leaves JLA
- August 28, 2000: No More Adventures with J.M. DeMatteis
- September 26, 2000: Online Preview of JLA: A League of One Available at DC Comics Website
- September 26, 2000: DC Announces the Full Creative Roster for Superman & Batman: World's Funnest
- October 12, 2000: What to get for a JLA that has everything?
- October 25, 2000: Lex 2000 Online Preview at DC Comics Online
- November 6, 2000: Know Thy Enemy, From the Inside Out... JLA: Seven Caskets
- November 8, 2000: New Readers Flood to Metropolis this November
- November 23, 2000: Loeb on President Luthor
- December 20, 2000: Christopher Reeve Comic Book
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