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January 11, 2010 on 11:15 am | In All Posts, Comics, Commentary | No Comments

The weekend’s top stories, posts and geekery:
• Kirby Copyright • New DC Exclusive? • Skiff Reader • Neal Adams Batman •
• Kevin Feige on the Marvel Decade •

MARVEL SUES TO INVALIDATE KIRBY COPYRIGHT CLAIMS
The heirs to the Jack Kirby estate have sued for their father’s share of copyrights to Marvel’s classic heroes and Marvel has now sued to invalidate those claims.

Bored and/or confused yet? Check the link here for the most recent info from Robot 6 at Comic Book Resources. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

DC TO SNAG ‘WONDER WOMAN’ ARTIST FROM MARVEL?
Rich Johnston is reporting that in the wake of longtime Marvel superstar David Finch signing an exclusive contract with DC Comics, another high-profile Marvel creator will be defecting to DC to draw Grant Morrison’s also rumored Wonder Woman project.

Read the story here, but the likely suspects aren’t hard to come up with by quickly thumbing through Previews. The likely suspects look something like this, if it’s going to be a big name like Finch.

Frank Cho
He’s got New Ultimates with Jeph Loeb later this year; his Wonder Woman would be rocking, but he may actually be too sexy for the book’s sensibilities. (How did that become possible in America? Answer: Obama.)

Jim Cheung
Cheung hasn’t been on an ongoing since 2006’s Young Avengers, and instead focused on covers and limited series such as The Illuminaitti. He’s been a Marvel loyalist, but maybe the lure of Wonder Woman and Morrison might jolt him?

Bryan Hitch
It seems odd that Morrison and Hitch have never worked together, but after Hitch’s work on Captain America: Reborn and his rumored project with Brian Michael Bendis, don’t expect it to happen now.

Steve McNiven
McNiven would explode on Wonder Woman, but with his planned creator-owned Nemesis with Mark Millar planned for spring, he looks locked in at Marvel.

Olivier Coipel
This would be huge for DC. Coipel is the best superhero artist and storyteller in comics right now. Siege #1 is awe-inspiring, and Coipel’s been treated excellently by Marvel, drawing Bendis’ House of M, JMS’ amazing Thor run and now Siege. Even a Wonder Woman relaunch with Morrison can’t compete with that. —————————————————————–

NEW NEAL ADAMS BATMAN ART
Neal Adams’ massive and somewhat secretive Batman project has some art leaking out, as Adams confirms the project will now have a second 150-page volume.

Check out the Scott Williams inked pages here. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

KEVIN FEIGE RUNS DOWN THE MAJOR MILESTONES OF THE LAST 10 YEARS AT MARVEL STUDIOS
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige runs down some of the big events and developments at the studio over at Marvel.com. It’s sugary PR, but also interesting due to Kevin being a pretty good guy, who really loves Marvel comic books. Read it over at Marvel.com ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

SKIFF READER MIGHT BE FUTURE OF COMICS
Apple will allegedly unveil it’s iSlate/iTablet—the company’s 10-11 inch touch screen game changer—on January 27, but the Skiff looks pretty good, too. Plus, it’s bendy, and bendy is always better. (Just ask your mom. Burn!)