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Speed Reading: Prime, LEGO, Reborn
Some weekend linkblogging… Interviews CBR is readying a new installment of its Geoff Johns Prime Q&A column. If you have a question for the Flash: Rebirth and Blackest Night writer, you can submit it through Monday at 5:00 PM PST. CHIU-st...
Geoff Johns: Already the Longest Run on Flash Since 2005
Something just occurred to me: Between Flash: Rebirth and Blackest Night: The Flash, DC has scheduled 9 Flash comics in a row by the same writer. This hasn’t happened since 2005, when Geoff Johns finished his previous run on The Flash. WeR...
Review: Blackest Night: The Flash #1
Blackest Night: The Flash: #1 shows how to start a Flash miniseries: by hitting the ground running. Literally. While Geoff Johns took a slow burn approach for Flash: Rebirth, this time he starts in media res, with the Flash racing around the world ...
Flash: Rebirth #5 Ranked #9 for November
Full sales estimates aren’t available yet, but the November top 10 list shows that Flash: Rebirth #5 took the #9 spot (The Comics Chronicles, via Robot6). That’s lower then the debut issue (ranked #2 for April), but considerably higher t...
Geoff Johns Talks Flash’s Future
Geoff Johns posted on Comic Bloc this morning about plans for the Flash through 2010. He recommends that Flash fans read Blackest Night #5, says he’s seen Blackest Night: Flash #1 and goes on to reveal: March sees the release of Flash Secret ...
Creator Catch-Up: Geoff Johns at Baltimore, Mark Waid is Incorruptible
Geoff Johns is among the first guests announcd for next year’s Baltimore Comic-Con. The show will run August 28-29, 2010. (For fun: Say that out loud and pronounce 2010 as “twenty-ten!”) Mark Waid talks to CBR about Incorruptible, h...
Review: Flash: Rebirth #5 — “Mother, May I”
Flash: Rebirth is closing in on its conclusion. Mysteries are revealed, heroes battle villains — well, a villain anyway — and change is in the wind for more than one speedster. The sense of urgency that started building in issue #4 is pr...
Johns & Van Sciver at C2E2
The upcoming Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (April 16-18, 2010) has confirmed Geoff Johns as a guest of honor. Since Ethan Van Sciver was announced back in August, that means that the Flash: Rebirth and Green Lantern: Rebirth writer/artist te...
Geoff Johns talks Speed Force, XS, Wally’s Costume and More
CBR has posted their latest Geoff Johns Prime question and answer column. in it the Flash: Rebirth author talks about Blackest Night, Flash, Superman and a lot more. Some Flash items that stood out: Wally’s Costume Back in June, Ethan Van Scive...
Wally West Gets Co-Feature – Flash News from Long Beach
I just got out of the DC nation panel at Long Beach Comic-Con. At the start, Geoff Johns announced that the new Barry Allen Flash series will be a 30-page book with a Wally West Flash co-feature (backup story) by Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins! YES!...
Flash May Get “Secret Origin” Treatment
Buried in a Newsarama interview about Superman: Secret Origin, Geoff Johns remarked that he’d like to do more “Secret Origin” stories…with the Scarlet Speedster his first choice for number 3. My hope is to continue these, most...
Speed Reading: JLA, Drinks, Ridiculous Villains & More
Some weekend linkblogging… News Incoming Justice League writer James Robinson will include a speedster on the roster. Yes. I’m talking to Geoff [Johns] about which one it will be. I just have to make sure that everyone at DC is happy with the...
All Flash: Barry & Wally to Share the Spotlight? UPDATED
And one more item to round out the afternoon of catching up. I’d prefer something a little more solid, but this is clearly going to get people talking whether I post it or not, so here goes…. Update (Sep 13): Geoff Johns has confirmed o...
50 Years of the Flash at Comic-Con 2006
Flashback Post from 3 years ago. Some of the stuff is old news about the launch of Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, but a lot of it is also a look at Flash history with a number of writers and artists who have worked on the character: Geoff Johns, Carm...
Creator Catch-Up: Johns on Smallville, Williams on Digital Art, Roberston & the ‘Ringo
The first of several linkblogging posts for the day. Geoff Johns offers hints about his upcoming Smallville episode, Society, featuring the Justice Society. The exact lineup hasn’t been determined yet, but sadly it won’t include the Golde...
Full Review: Flash: Rebirth #4 — “Flash Facts”
Well, I said I wanted this issue to knock my socks off, and Geoff Johns & Ethan Van Sciver certainly delivered! After three issues of setup, Flash: Rebirth #4 kicks the story into high gear. Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, stands revealed as...
First Impressions — Flash: Rebirth #4 Quick Review
Yesterday I re-read Flash: Rebirth #1-3 by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver. Today I bought Flash: Rebirth #4 (and even managed to pick up the variant cover) and read it during lunch. Here are my first impressions, with a full review to come later t...
Speed Reading: Archenemies, SBP, CFJ, Smallville, Art, and More
Some weekend linkblogging. Commentary The Speedster Site Forum wants to know: Who do you consider the Flash’s archenemy? The Weekly Crisis posts thoughts on comics for November. Regarding Superboy Prime’s upcoming appearance in Adventure ...
Creator Catch-Up: Johns on Shazam, EVS & Guice at C2E2, Remembering Ringo
The Hollywood Reporter, well, reports that Geoff Johns will co-write a Shazam! movie with Billy Birch. So, what do you think? Is Geoff Johns cut out to write a super-hero with a red costume that has yellow and white trim and a lightning motif? featu...
Speed Reading for a Friday Morning
Some linkblogging for the end of the week: Flash Features Comics Alliance has a huge interview with Geoff Johns in which he talks about the emotional bases of the characters he’s writing, particularly the various Lantern Corps in Blackest Night...
Speed Reading
A whole bunch of linkblogging for the week! Reviews and Commentary The Comic Treadmill is doing summer reruns with a look back at Flash v.2 #206-219 from 2005. Blog@Newsarama looks at a panel from Blackest Night #1 and concludes that Barry died somet...
Flash News from San Diego
DC made only a few Flash announcements at Comic-Con, but they were big ones! Blackest Night: Flash miniseries by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins — 3 issues starting in November. (announced at the Geoff Johns Spotlight on Thursday) The book will ...
DC Universe at Comic-Con: Big Flash News UPDATED
AARGH! Liveblogging failed. Lots on Twitter. BIG news: Geoff Johns on Flash ongoing after Blackest Night: Flash, Sterling Gates on Kid Flash ongoing. Update: Now that the day’s tweets have been imported, here’s my full running commentary...
DC Nation at Comic-Con
3:06:09 PM: Posing for photo w/ Liberty Belle&Stargirl. Dan Didio walks up: “I hate to do this to the Flash, but I need the ladies.” 3:10:21 PM: Huge applause for Geoff Johns 3:11:21 PM: Plush Dex-star red kitty of rage 3:13:05 PM: Fu...
Quick Thoughts Daily: 2009-07-20 – Reprints, Comic-Con, Artists and More
I decided to switch the Twitter digests from weekly to daily for the week of Comic-Con International. This is a bit cleaned up and reorganized. Observations This is going to be one of those many-blog-posts-a-day weeks, isn’t it? I may push som...
Geoff Johns Named Producer on Flash Movie
The Hollywood Reporter has a run-down of upcoming DC movie adaptations. This past fall, Warners quietly hired three of DC’s biggest writers — Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman — to act as consultants and writers for its s...
Speed Reading: Interviews and Flashbacks
Some Friday morning linkblogging… Creator Interviews Remember that interview with Carmine Infantino last week? The legendary artist was unhappy about how he was portrayed in the article, and has fired back a complaint at the interviewer. The ...
Geoff Johns: Flash News Coming Soon
With that single sentence on Comic Bloc, Flash: Rebirth writer Geoff Johns touched off a flood of speculation. DC has been very quiet about the post-Rebirth plans for the scarlet speedster, though it seems obvious they plan at least one new ongoing ...
Geoff Johns California Signings Update
The Tuesday event at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles has been canceled. Geoff Johns will be signing at Beach Ball Comics in Anaheim on Wednesday, July 15. He will also be signing at Isotope Comics in San Francisco on Saturday, July 18....
Speed Reading: Infantino, Fan Films, Johns at Meltdown & Isotope, and EVS
Some linkblogging for the weekend: Two Artists and a Writer NYC Graphic Novelists has an interview with Carmine Infantino. He talks about growing up in the depression, breaking into the fledgling comic industry, building the Silver Age, and his tenur...
