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GLAAD Nomination & BW Hardcover Announced!

Haden — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:48:14 +0000

Two recent awesome announcements regarding Batwoman!

First, we’re humbled and honored to have been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book. As excerpted from the GLAAD site: “The GLAAD Media Awards honor outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that inspire change. The GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD’s work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.” As you can see from the full list of nominees, we’re in great company.

Second, DC has announced a hardcover edition of Batwoman issues #0-5. It will hit store shelves on June 13th!

Issue #6, with art by Amy Reeder, will be out February 8th.

Interview at Hourly Planet

Haden — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:00:19 +0000

I did an interview with the Hourly Planet web site few weeks ago, which has now been posted. It’s mostly focused on Batwoman, with some hints about Arc 2 and 3.

Batwoman #4 Preview!

Haden — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:53:17 +0000

Batwoman #4 comes out next Wednesday! As “Hydrology” nears its conclusion, we pick up right where we left off last issue, with Flamebird about to make her heroic return to crime-fighting. We also introduce a new villain, reveal more about the Weeping Woman’s origins, and continue to evolve Kate and Maggie’s relationship. And we get to show Batwoman doing some actual detective work! DC has released a few preview pages, which I’m re-posting here. Click to enlarge.

Lost Command HC Out Tomorrow

Haden — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:17:54 +0000

The five-issue series Darth Vader & The Lost Command has been collected into a hardcover edition, which hits shelves tomorrow. I’m still geeking out on this project — the fact that Rick Leonardi agreed to do the art and that Dark Horse wanted to do a hardcover version. And, I’m overwhelmed by all the positive response to the story, especially the scenes that show Vader as somewhat vulnerable, which I felt were the “riskiest” parts of the story from Star Wars fan perspective. You can check out a preview at Dark Horse, and order it at TFAW.

Batwoman #3 On Sale Today!

Haden — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:48:48 +0000

Looks like Batwoman #1 was the #17 comic book in September, and issue #2 climbed two spots to #15 in October! Here’s hoping that Issue #3 cracks the top 10… Below you’ll find a few preview pages (the first is the cover, followed by Page 1, then we jump ahead a few pages, skipping a really creepy encounter with the Weeping Woman…) As always, click to enlarge.

Batwoman & DC’s “New Horror”

Haden — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:49:22 +0000

DC recently ran a series of interviews with the creators working on titles with supernatural and/or horror themes on the official blog, the Source. Since Batwoman is dealing with the ghostly Weeping Woman in the first arc, and we’ve often described the book as a “vigilante comic with supernatural overtones,” Jim and I were fortunate enough to be included in the interviews. You can check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by clicking the links.

The image reposted here is a quick preview of Issue 3, just before things get really weird. Click to enlarge.

Darth Vader & The Ghost Prison!

Haden — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:00:57 +0000

My next Star Wars series will be officially announced at NYCC this week, but you can get some early information about Darth Vader & The Ghost Prison over at Newsarama, where they’ve posted an interview about the project.

The short pitch is this: “Darth Vader and The Ghost Prison tells the story of one of the earliest attempts to assassinate the Emperor, and the lengths that Darth Vader, Moff Trachta, and a young, eager lieutenant will go to in order to protect Palpatine.”

I’m really excited about the project because it’s the first time I’ve been able to write a Star Wars story from mostly a first-person perspective — the series is essentially narrated by the lieutenant, who has just graduated from the Academy and is caught up in a violent coup attempt.

Batwoman Featured on Today.Com & EW’s Shelf Life

Haden — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:58:00 +0000

Batwoman is a big part of an article at Today.Com about prominent gay characters in comics! Read it here.

Also, Entertainment Weekly’s site is currently running a preview that includes the first five pages of Batwoman #2, which will be out October 12th. Check it out at EW’s Shelf Life (or click on the direct link to the images themselves).

Batwoman #1 On Sale This Week!

Haden — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:55:08 +0000

Just a reminder that Batwoman #1 comes out this Wednesday. I’ll be signing a few copies at Blue Moon Comics early that afternoon. And there’s a new interview up at Broken Frontier.

A few two-page spreads have been making the rounds as well, which I’ve reposted below for those who missed them:

More Batwoman

Haden — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:16:51 +0000

Only a few more weeks until the September 14th release of Batwoman #1! As part of the “New 52″ initiative, I did an interview with DC’s official blog — the Source — last week. Read it here (though I mostly just talk about Bernie Wrightson). Be sure to read Jim’s interview as well.

And below is the cover to issue #3… Click to enlarge. Enjoy!