From the Editor’s Desk: Mark Doyle on the cover of DMZ #49

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 8:00am | DCE Editorial

"This issue changes everything..."

"After this nothing will be the same..."

"Everything you thought you knew about the DMZ changes now..."

You hear these kind of buzz statements all the time. But seriously? We mean it this time. It's not just buzz. I remember when Brian first pitched this idea to us a year ago. He said, "okay, this story arc 'Hearts and Minds' is going to put Matty through the ringer and just when he hits rock bottom we're going to drop a bomb on him..."

I didn't realize he meant literally. Check out that cover.

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Big scary mushroom clouds are never a good thing.

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This changes everything, folks. The next few years in the DMZ nothing will be the same and it all starts today with issue #49.

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brian wood, dmz, john paul leon, mark doyle, riccardo burchielli

DMZ hits #50?

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 2:07pm | DCE Editorial

On Wednesday, we teased a few images from a project Jim Lee, Rebekah Isaacs, Fabio Moon, Ryan Kelly, John Paul Leon, Lee Bermejo, Philip Bond, Eduardo Risso and Dave Gibbons are all working on for Vertigo in 2010. Well, if they piqued your interest, you’ll be happy to know, (if you haven't guessed already or were sly like CBR/ROBOT 6), they’re from DMZ #50. That’s right, I said 50. Can you believe it? In February we'll be celebrating this milestone with an amazing issue which includes 5 self contained stories and 5, what I'll call, character studies.

Here are a couple more sneak peeks. Enjoy!

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Rebekah Isaacs

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dave gibbons, dmz, eduardo risso, fabio moon, jim lee, john paul leon, lee bermejo, philip bond, rebekah isaacs, ryan kelly

Brian Wood month?

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:00am | DCE Editorial

February 2010 brings much to be excited for by Brian Wood. DMZ and NORTHLANDERS will be reaching significant milestones and DEMO Vol. 2 begins!

DMZ will be celebrating 50 with an oversized collection of short stories gathered by rookie journalist Matty Roth and illustrated by numerous, and may I say fantastic, artists, while NORTHLANDERS will be celebrating 25 with part 5 of the timely and compelling new 8 issue arc 'The Plague Widow.'

Check out the covers:

DEMO Vol. 2 #1
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DMZ #50
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NORTHLANDERS #25
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NORTHLANDERS Volume 3
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becky cloonan, brian wood, demo, dmz, massimo carnevale, northlanders, riccardo burchielli

From the Editor's Desk: Mark Doyle

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 7:00am | DCE Editorial

Problem: How do you entice readers to start reading a monthly comic with issue #21?
Solution: Make it look like #1.

Brian gets a lot of well-deserved praise for being a great writer. From the damaged streets of the DMZ to the frigid wastelands of Northlanders, Brian brings heart, drama and truth to all of his stories.

But he doesn’t get enough praise for being a great designer and artist too. The first 34 issues of DMZ? Those covers were all Brian. That bold logo? Brian. And the new trade dress for Northlanders? That’s Brian too. He really wanted readers to know, “yes, it’s okay to start here!” We knocked around a few different ideas, but ultimately what did he do? He took the Northlanders logo, kicked it to the side, designed a new logo for “The Plague Widow” and put that front and center. Slipped a “1 of eight” in there and suddenly you’re thinking, “Hey, what’s this comic? I’ve never seen this before, maybe I’ll give it a shot…”

See Brian thinks about this stuff. He talks to retailers and readers, finds out what works, what doesn’t, and incorporates all of it into his work, sucking you in to a unique comic experience from the logo to the last line of dialogue. Start to finish, you know you’re in the hands of an artist. Enjoy it.

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AFTER:
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brian wood, dmz, mark doyle, northlanders, the plague widow

DMZ: Hearts and Minds part 2

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 7:00am | DCE Editorial

All is not quiet in the DMZ. The world struggles to come to grips with Parco Delgado's nuclear revelation, and while he's shooting hoops and avoiding the press, Matty is out there forging new alliances and advancing his own agenda. With spy planes flying overhead and rumors of search-and-destroy teams being deployed, how long can any of this last? Not even the city's own new media outlet, Radio Free DMZ, has the answers.

Check out a few pages from this exciting new issue #46:

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brian wood, dmz, john paul leon, riccardo burchielli

DMZ: Hearts and Minds

Thu, 09/03/2009 - 7:00am | DCE Editorial

DMZ #45 begins a five part arc full of nuclear weapons, Parco Delgado and Matty Roth's own agenda.

Following the tumultuous events of the past year, Matty Roth is redefining his role in the DMZ. No longer content to be merely a citizen journalist or a mouthpiece for Parco Delgado's struggling city government, he now rolls with his own private security force and self-defined mandate to heal the city.

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brian wood, dmz, riccardo burchielli

No Future for DMZ?

Wed, 06/10/2009 - 7:30pm | DCE Editorial

So, that PETER & MAX excerpt is pretty amazing, right? Well, on our first day we had to give you something extra, so we’ve also got a peek at DMZ #42, which goes on sale today, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly with cover by John Paul Leon. "No Future" is the beginning of a 3-part story probing an infamous DMZ death cult housed in the city's tallest building.

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bill willingham, brian wood, dmz, peter & max, ryan kelly

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