DC Comics


It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… comic book cash-cow

Warner Bros is looking to get more bang (Biff! Pow! Bort!) out of its subsidiary DC Comics, by spinning a host of its lesser-known characters into films, video games, Pez dispensers and, ultimately, brands.

Manga on your mobile: the future of comics?

Comic books made to be read on mobile phones, e-readers and iPods are big business in Japan, but will the take off with a western audience? Big comic publishing houses like DC and Dark Horse venture into the potential goldmine — or money pit — of digital comics.

Neil Gaiman writes a final ‘love letter to Batman’

Acclaimed comic-book writer Neil Gaiman is burying Batman, but not before he pens a final “love letter” to the Dark Knight.