I almost (ALMOST) bought you a sketch of Axe Cop from Ethan Nicolle. But then I remembered I don’t like you that much, so I came to my senses. The color posters were pretty cool, too.

Excited about the Morrison stuff as well. What did Grant say about Flex being collected?

Seaguy 3, easily.

But then I remembered I don’t like you that much, so I came to my senses.

*sob*

What did Grant say about Flex being collected?

“We hear vague rumors that something may happen,” Morrison said. “If anybody asked you guys, we didn’t say anything,” Sattler added. (via Newsarama) So, you know, just vague rumblings to get fanboy hearts fluttering.

wot? Flex Mentallo is on ebay, guys!
why wait! it’s a great read!

For Comic Con news, it’s a 3 way tie between Mark Waid returning to Captain America in early 2011, DC releasing Batman: Year One, Emerald Knights and All Star Superman as direct to video releases in 2011 or more Evil Wil Wheaton (TM) in TBBT.

wot? Flex Mentallo is on ebay, guys!

Selling your copies, are you? Flex Mentallo costs 100 dollars on ebay. I’d like to see Morrison’s best work (and the best comic ever made, in my not remotely humble opinion) widely available to the masses in a form other than illegal download.

SDCC Stuff:
• Paul Cornell and Javier Pina teaming up for Soldier One, part of Stan Lee’s new imprint at BOOM! Studios, is probably the biggest pleasant surprise of the Con for me. I’ll definitely be getting that.

• I’ll also probably check out the Khary Randolph book. What’s it called—Starfucker? Stardancer? Starduster? Something like that.

• Speaking of Cornell, I was already sold on Knight & Squire; however, every time he talks about it, I want to read the series even more. I cannot wait for that.

• Speaking of Bat-books, Morrison continuing his Bat-run with Batman, Inc. isn’t unexpected but should be good. I’m so used to (and such a fan of) the artistic rotation on Batman & Robin that Paquette drawing more than one arc in a row will be a little strange, but I doubt he’ll disappoint.

• Speaking of Morrison, I was hoping more Multiversity artists would be announced.

• Still speaking of Morrison, should Flex Mentallo be part of the new DC Comics Presents collection imprint or a very special issue of Vertigo Resurrected?

• Speaking of writers from the U.K., I’ll probably give Generation Hope, by Gillen and an Artist To Be Named, a shot, provided the Artist To Be Named is not named Greg Land. McKelvie would be the ideal artist for the title, of course.

• Speaking of teen teams, I’m not gonna lie: I’m pretty stoked for the Young Justice cartoon. Bruce Greenwood as Batman? Phil LaMarr as Aquaman? Alan Tudyk as Green Arrow? Produced by Greg Weisman? Written by PAD? I’m there.

• Speaking of, uh, something or other, man, Wildstorm panels are always so depressing.

• Speaking of tenuous connections at best, Whedon’s officially directing Avengers, Renner’s officially Hawkeye, and Ruffalo’s officially Hulk. Finally!

Other Stuff:
• I’m surprised you didn’t link to the latest in David Brothers’ Countdown of Cool: 5 Series. It’s like the 12 Days of Christmas, but with comics and over a longer period of time (which is quintessentially comics).

• Firefly probably would’ve lasted longer, had it been called Starduster. It absolutely would’ve lasted longer, had it been called Starfucker.

DC releasing Batman: Year One, Emerald Knights and All Star Superman as direct to video releases in 2011

Whoa, what? How did I miss that announcement?! That’s fantastic news.

I’d like to see Flex Mentallo getting a new coloring in that trade. The old one looks awfully flat and really is a disservice to Quitely’s pencils.

But I’m having even more fun reading SEAGUY – the narrative is even more subversive than Flex Mentallo.

Illegal download is absolutely the medium most suited to Flex Mentallo.

I’m most excited about the conformation that Hawkeye is going to be in The Avengers movie.

Wally Gropius is MY favorite book of the year so far, too. Me and Abhay = BFFs.

In terms of any real announcements dealing directly with comics (as opposed to comic-based movies or toys etc.), this has been the most disappointing SDCC I can remember. Probably the thing that comes closest to getting me excited has been the new BOOM! line of Stan Lee inspired comics. Second to that, maybe the Mark Waid (anyone sensing a theme here?)/Captain America announcement, because Waid’s version of Cap is second only to Gruenwald’s, and maybe Kirby’s.

Did Morrison say anything about Zenith being collected?

Has Marvel announced any plans to reprint Marvelman (Miracleman) issues by Moore and Gaiman?

I’m really psyched for Multiversity. And I’ll probably buy the Stan Lee presents titles from Boom!

But I’m MOST Excited for the Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse, which I’ve been curious about for… over a decade now, but I’ve never read.

Some interesting news but there’s few things that stood out for me:

1. Batman, Inc by Morrison & Paquette. So freaking sold on this book.
2. Morrison saying the Absolute WE3 will have 10 new pages by Quietly and that its the true definitive edition.
3. Seaguy: Eternal will come out
4. Summer 2011 Multiversity will probably come out
5. LEOG: Century 1969 will come out in 2011
6. New Rocketeer series
7. Adam McKay will direct “The Boys”
8. Tiny Titans/Lil’ Archie- Awww Yeah!
9. Rocket Racoon/Groot One-Shot with Mignola cover!
10. Axe Cop is going to be published from Dark Horse

I’m surprised you didn’t link to the latest in David Brothers’ Countdown of Cool

Well, shit. I knew I forgot something.

I can’t wait for the Absolute WE3!

Bill Reed said: Selling your copies, are you? Flex Mentallo costs 100 dollars on ebay. I’d like to see Morrison’s best work (and the best comic ever made, in my not remotely humble opinion) widely available to the masses in a form other than illegal download.

Man, every time I see that from someone, it throws me off. I ended up with 2 runs of Flex Mentallo during the giant wave of store closings in the late ’90′s, and I paid maybe $5 total for both sets. My buying at the time basically consisted of buying anything with a Vertigo logo on it, and when four shops in my parents’ hometown and the surrounding area were in the middle of closing when we were there on vacation, I ended up getting basically half my comics collection for pennies on the dollar. I know I passed up at least another 3-4 sets of Flex, too.

I always wonder what happened to the rest of that stuff too, because there were boxes and boxes of comics sitting unsold with the stores closing within a month or two. Admittedly, a lot of that unsold stock was boxes and boxes of cover variant Image books, but a lot was stuff like Metropol, Grendel, and Vertigo, I really do wonder how many comics were just dumpstered or recycled when the boom ended.

Clearly the Thor movie needs to spotlight one beloved villain above all others.

He’s tougher than Mangog, smarter than Loki, and sexier than the Enchantress.

Yes, Locus has got it all!

Someone got stabbed in the eye?

I had no idea conventions were that rough.

Flex Mentallo is only $100? For the whole set?

I’ve been holding mine, waiting for the price to climb.

I don’t want to get burned like I did on Howard the Duck when the movie came out.

My favorite announcement was that Hugo Weaving is basing the voice of the Red Skull on Werner Hertzog.

DC releasing Batman: Year One, Emerald Knights and All Star Superman as direct to video releases in 2011

Anyone got a link to this?

I can’t seem to find it reported anywhere.

I just want to say that I enjoy your Sunday Brunch column, Bill. I almost always find several entertaining reads that I didn’t otherwise discover during the course of the previous week.

Re: the comment about Sim and an artist misinterpreting his/her own work: yes, it happens all the time. Best example off the top of my head is how Richard Kelly feels Donny Darko should be viewed as opposed to pretty much everyone else (see, or rather Don’t See, the Director’s Cut of that movie).

Ha! Yes. I own the Donnie Darko Director’s Cut, because if the theatrical version was so great, the Director’s Cut had to be even better, right? No, no… no. Thanks to Kelly’s later output, like Southland Tales (maybe the worst movie ever made), I realize Donnie Darko, one of my favorite films, was a complete fluke. Still, that theatrical cut’s a great movie.

I hate to tell you this, Mr. Reed, but I liked Southland Tales, especially where the former Slayer admits that she used to be a porn star.

@Ian A and funkygreenjerusalem,

Sorry about the delay, just got back from San Diego.

Regarding DC DVD releases for next year, the announcements were made by Bruce Timm in a Friday night panel that took place after the airing of “Under the Red Hood”. CBR has confirmed the release of All Star Superman and I’ll leave it to the crack staff of CBR to track down the announcements for Batman Year One and Emerald Knights.

A couple of other items from that panel:

– we may see a two disc release for an upcoming (and unnamed) project. Someone had asked Bruce about the short lengths of the movies and he agreed that one project may need two discs to tell the story properly
– another DVD that is in the works is the origin story of Supergirl as told by Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner and will be drawn/shown (??) in Turner’s style

Thanks to Kelly’s later output, like Southland Tales (maybe the worst movie ever made),

Actually, possibly the best movie ever made.

That is the closest film has ever come to capturing what it is like to read a Phillip K Dick book – exciting, confusing, funny, beautiful.
Did it try for too much and get wonky at times?
Sure – but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t great.

Grow a pair and watch it again, and again, and again.

That film has plenty to give.