BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE VOLUME 3 AND BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS TO BE PUBLISHED AS HARDCOVERS
BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE VOLUME 3 (FEB070258), which was solicited as a trade paperback, instead will be published as a hardcover. This item may be ordered under the item code above, and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 16 with a cover price of $24.99 U.S. Retailers may adjust orders on this title through its Final Order Cutoff date of April 12.
Also, BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS, previously announced as a trade paperback, will be solicited in the March Previews (Volume XVII #3) as a hardcover. This title is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 20 with a cover price of $24.99 U.S.
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ARTIST BOB OKSNER DIES AT AGE 90
Artist Bob Oksner, best known for his work on DC Comics' humor titles, died on February 18 at age 90.
Paul Levitz, DC's President & Publisher, says, "Bob had the gift of transferring the twinkle in his eye to paper - whether it was capturing Bob Denver's hapless grin in a Dobie Gillis comic, the sexy wiggle of a pretty girl or a Jerry Lewis pratfall, he shared with his readers the moment in all its magic. In over four decades of art for DC he was all too rarely credited, but always respected by his peers and editors for his talent and wit."
Oksner broke into comics at the start of the Golden Age, working for several publishers before creating the comic strip Miss Cairo Jones in 1945. He began working for DC in the late 1940s with ALL STAR COMICS, GREEN LANTERN and THE FLASH. His talent for drawing humor and likenesses led to work on licensed titles including THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE and THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS, as well as LEAVE IT TO BINKY, ANGEL AND THE APE and more. He also illustrated science fiction tales in MYSTERY IN SPACE and romance stories in GIRLS' LOVE STORIES, among other titles.
Oksner won the National Cartoonists Society Award in 1960 and 1961 the Shazam Award in 1970 for Best Pencil Artist (Humor Division). While working in comic books, Oksner continued with comic strips, on the I Love Lucy strip in the 1950s and his own creation, Soozie, in the late 1960s. He collaborated with Irwin Hasen on Dondi from 1969 through the strip's end in 1986.
In the 1970s, Oksner contributed artwork to SHAZAM, the Superman titles and others, including memorable stories starring Mary Marvel and Supergirl, and also became one of DC's top cover artists and an in-demand inker for pencillers including Curt Swan and Carmine Infantino. He retired in the 1980s.
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RICK VEITCH READS CAN'T GET NOT AT DCCOMICS.COM
Writer/artist Rick Veitch reads his original Vertigo graphic novel CAN'T GET NOT in its entirety exclusively at DCComics.com. To download this podcast, go to http://www.dccomics.com/downloads/?action=podcast.
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UPDATE ON THE SUPERMAN RETURNS DELUXE PHOTO BOOK HC
Please note that the SUPERMAN RETURNS DELUXE PHOTO BOOK HC will arrive in stores on March 7 with a cover price of $59.99 U.S. under the new item code JAN078050, at DC's D-1 discount. This replaces all orders placed under the SEP063888 item code with the title SUPERMAN RETURNS PHOTOGRAPHY OF DAVID JAMES LTD HC.
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BACK TO PRESS!
As part of DC's commitment to retailers and readers alike, selected items go back to press when quantities become low. The following titles have been reprinted and are available for order:
PREACHER: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD TP (MAR050490) (7th printing)
THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS TP (DEC068187) (2nd printing) now priced $19.99/23.99
