Greg writes:
Talked to Cully this morning, and mentioned wanting to put up a Q wallpaper. Get to the hotel tonight, and lo and behold, he’s emailed this.
Because Cully rocks.
The Question Wallpaper by Cully Hamner
Art by JH Williams III
…And we’ve got some links to share with you!
Katherine “Kate” Kane — the buxom billionaire heiress by day and sexy crime fighter Batwoman by night — is back, returning to comic books with her own series in Detective Comics #854. Oh, and in case you haven’t heard by now, she’s also a lesbian. “She’s out and proud,” says the comic’s writer Greg Rucka. “The only thing she has to hide is what she’s doing at night in costume.”
ITEM: Previews of Detective covers and a page from the Question back-up are up at DC’s The Source.
ITEM: Previews of Detective interiors are available at Comic Book Resources.
ITEM: Detective co-feature artist Cully Hamner shows off the style of his take on the Question.
Art by Cully Hamner
Art by JH Williams III & Dave Stewart
…And did we mention that Detective Comics #854 is out today? Visit your local comic book shop. Ask for it by name!
Art by JH Williams III
IGN has a pretty in-depth interview with Greg about his upcoming work on Detective, touching on the history of the Batwoman character, the infamous New York Times article, the art of JH Williams III, Kate’s relationship with Renee, and much more!
MySpace Comics has a preview of Action #878, due out this Wednesday. Here’s the solicitation copy:
Art by Fernando Dagnino and Raul Fernadez; Cover by Andrew Robinson
Nightwing and Flamebird, meet Nadira Va-Dim and Az-Rel, the Bonnie and Clyde of Krypton. They’ve got all of your powers, but absolutely none of your morals. Good luck!
The new Detective Comics team In a dual signing sponsored by Alternate Reality Comics and Comic Oasis. For more details, or to see if Greg is coming to your neck of the woods, check out the list of Greg’s upcoming appearances.
We’ve just added a new signing to the appearances page, as Greg will be at Zeus Comics in Dallas, TX, on June 27th.
Greg notes that, among other things, he’ll be signing fresh copies of Detective Comics 854, which hits stands on June 24th!
Queen & Country Definitive Edition Vol. 4
Because we didn’t think that Walking Dead coming out on Tuesday was enough, you can read more of Greg’s work in Queen & Country Definitive Edition Vol. 4, out from Oni Press this Wednesday!
This edition collects the “Declassified” mini-series. Oni describes it thus:
The fourth Queen & Country Definitive Edition collects all three Declassified volumes under one cover! Get the background on Paul Crocker, Tom Wallace, and Nicky Poole as they sharpen their teeth as young agents of espionage! Includes TPB extras and interviews with many of the contributors to the Eisner-Award-winning series!
Walking Dead
We’ve just posted details of Greg’s reading/signing tour for Walking Dead.
If you’re interested in getting a signed and/or personalized copy of Walking Dead and won’t be able to make it to any of the signings, please contact any of the bookstores in question and order a copy by phone! If there’s a specific inscription you’d like, make sure you inform the retailer!
Learn more about Walking Dead, the latest Atticus Kodiak novel.
The Question, art by Cully Hamner
ITEM! Greg discusses Action Comics with Matt Brady @ Newsarama, including a little about issue #876 which just came out on Wednesday!
ITEM! The DC Universe blog, The Source, has debuted pages from the upcoming Question co-feature in Detective Comics with art by Cully Hamner!
Newsarama’s Matt Brady has a new interview up with Greg on the subject of the Question co-feature in Detective Comics. Here’s a little taste:
Newsarama: Greg, Dan [DiDio]’s talked about the co-features and how they came to pass, but how did The Question co-feature come up for you? Was it something that you suggested once you heard of DC’s plans for co-features in its titles, or does every DC editor have a pitch for The Question from you, so when a slot opened up, it was the first choice?
Greg Rucka: (laughs) Actually, Michael Siglain and I had been talking for a while about what to do next, including stories that we wanted to tell with Renee, and in particular, coming out of what Eddie Berganza, Philip Tan and I did in Final Crisis: Revelations. We had different ideas that we were bouncing around, and Mike came back and suggested doing The Question as a co-feature in Detective, and I told him that I thought that would be a great fit. It’s good on a number of levels. He and I had been working up a series idea for about a year and had talked to a few people about it, and it was down to just a question of placing it, and when the opportunity came to put it in Detective, it was just a natural fit. It was a quite organic and natural thing – no one had to fight for it or anything like that.
"Elegy" part 1 of 4! A new era in the history of DETECTIVE COMICS begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war -- one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. With a script by Greg Rucka and breath-taking art by JH Williams III, you've never seen anything like this!
Featuring the debut of a new co-feature starring The Question written by Rucka! Odds against you? Alone and nowhere to turn? Willing to fight, but you don't know how? When you're searching everywhere for an answer, sometimes all you need to do is ask the right Question. Renee Montoya again dons the faceless mask to help those in need, all the while searching for her own answers in this new adventure with art by Cully Hamner (BLUE BEETLE).
