Here are some interesting tidbits from your new comic day in today’s Comic Feed.
David Hyde Leaving DC Comics
Think you have what it takes to be the VP of Publicity at DC Comics in New York? Well, the job posting just went up, as current VP David Hyde is leaving. Hyde oversaw many changes and expansion during his eight years at DC. Although no reason has been given for his departure, Hyde is reportedly leaving of his own accord.
Digital Dragon’s Lair
Those without an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch will be green with envy at the news that zuuka Comics, who developed the Cut The Rope digital comic engine, is launching a comic app for Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair through the App Store. The series will begin with original issues 1 through 6, and offer the first issue free. The digital version of Dragon’s Lair is based on the classic 1983 arcade game of the same name.
Character Creator Tony de Zuniga Hospitalized
Co-creator of Jonah Hex and long time comic artist Tony de Zuniga has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke and pneumonia. The seventy year old is currently in Las Piñas Doctors Hospital. De Zuniga is famous for character creation and illustration with Marvel and DC.
Spotlight: Gambit
Though it was announced at last weekend’s C2E2, I want to spotlight the Marvel X-Man who doesn’t get as much of the limelight as he deserves. This summer Gambit returns in a new ongoing series by writer James Asmus (X-Men: Manifest Destiny) and artist Clay Mann (X-Men Legacy). The series will find Gambit teaching at the Jean Grey School, but not leaving his thieving roots behind. Asmus told Comic Book Resources at C2E2, “Basically everything in the first year of the book will be a chain reaction from his choice in the first issue to just let himself go and be a thief again for a day. After all, Gambit's great at getting himself out of trouble -- but the way he does it often launches him into a different kind of trouble...”
Look for issue #1 to release in August.
