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Young Justice schedule & FCBD

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By Jason Kirk / 22 December 2010 / Animated Shows & DVDs, Comic Books & Graphic Novels / 0 Comments

Cartoon Network has announced that the full series of Young Justice will begin on the 7th of January at 7pm (ET/PT). The official CN site now contains a mini-site for the show which includes bullet point biographies and a couple of wallpaper images. [Via: Superhero Hype]

The Young Justice comic-book will be part of a sampler that DC will be putting out for next years Free Comic Book Day on May 7th. Diamond describes the title as:

Young Justice/Batman: The Brave & The Bold Super SamplerThis super sampler is the perfect place to check out two sensational series from the DC Kids line, Young Justice and Batman: The Brave & The Bold, based on the popular animated series seen on Cartoon Network. It includes two exciting, all-new stories that readers of all ages will enjoy!

The YJ comic book is drawn by Mike Norton. Keep an eye on his twitter stream (@themikenorton) and his deviant art gallery for unused sketches and the occasional sneak panel peak – including the unusual snippet: “Unexpected result of me drawing Young Justice = Krypto is now a pug.”

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2011 Solicitations

JLA Soliciations for February 2011

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By Jason Kirk / 16 November 2010 / Comic Books & Graphic Novels / 0 Comments

The DC Comics solicitations for February 2011 are now live. The big new launch is Young Justice #1, the JLA face Eclipso, and we get the new origin of Maxwell Lord.

The Justice League of America

The main JLA title sees the start of a new arc which follows-up the White Lantern prophecy/command given to Jade in “The Dark Things”. Writer James Robinson tweeted that he is being joined by a new artist called Brett Booth and Booth posted on his blog that he’s on-board for four issue (presumable the length of “The Rise of Eclipso” arc). It’s a shame to see Mark Bagley leave – if indeed his departure is permanent – but, he’s probably drawn more pages of JLA than most other artists ever will.

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #54Written by JAMES ROBINSON; Art by BRETT BOOTH & NORM RAPMUND; Cover by BRETT BOOTH; 1:10 Variant Cover by DAVID MACK“The Rise of Eclipso” begins here as the dark energies that have surrounded Earth are harnessed once more to usher in the great Lord of Darkness! And it looks like the corruption of all mankind starts with the members of the Justice League! When things go dark, which teammate poses the greatest threat to mankind – Obsidian or Jade?DC Universe / 32pg. / Color / $2.99 US / On Sale February 16, 2011

Just when we thought that the JLA title was clear from crossovers DC have announced that JLA #55 will feature Doomsday as the third-part of the “The Reign of Doomsday” crossover.

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Young Justice news from NYCC

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By Jason Kirk / 10 October 2010 / Animated Shows & DVDs / 0 Comments

The Young Justice panel at the New York Comic Con showed off the first full scenes from the new series. It showed the mentors and sidekick duos each fighting ice themed villains before gathering together at the Hall of Justice. The teen heroes then spin-off to investigate Cadmus Labs and discover that they’ve created a teenaged clone of Superman called Superboy.

A lot of the discussion reiterated material and themes from Comic-Con, but there was also a flurry of new details:

  • It will become obvious half-way through the season why they’ve chosen Zatara and not Zatanna for the Justice League.
  • The Justice League will be in the background, but some members will feature prominently – Red Tornado will reprise his role as mentor/den-mother from the original Young Justice comic book, Black Canary will be their trainer, but it’s Batman who will be assigning missions and calling the shots.
  • The one-hour premier will broadcast on November 26th.
  • Some of the relationships in the group were explained. Robin and Kid Flash are already friends and Kid Flash knows Robin’s secret identity whereas the other don’t. Aqualad is Garth’s best-friend (as in the original Aqualad Garth). Speedy will be around for the origin, but may not stick around.
  • The Kid Flash isn’t as fast as the Flash and uses his speed like a cannon ball (ergo the shoulder pads and padded costume).
  • 150 DCU characters will appear in the first half of the season. These include Jay Garrick.
  • The new Aqualad was created specifically for the Young Justice cartoon, but Geoff Johns liked the character so much he borrowed him for the Brightest Day comic book.
  • The Young Justice comic-book will start in January with a special written by Greg Weisman and Kevin Hopps.

[Original sources: UGO, IGN, Newsarama]

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Baltazar and Aureliani Young Justice interview

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By Jason Kirk / 12 September 2010 / Animated Shows & DVDs / 0 Comments

Our commenter Len has brought to my attention an interview that Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani gave to Comic Book Resources a couple of weeks ago. Baltazar and Aureliani have been the writers behind the popular Billy Batson Jonny DC title and are moving across to write the in-continuity adventures of Cartoon Network’s incarnation of Young Justice.

I wanted to ask about the format for “Young Justice.” Will these be done-in-one style stories or will there be a larger arc carrying through, sort of like with “Billy Batson?”

Baltazar: Each issue will be a stand-alone story, pretty much, but the stories will interconnect kind of. You can still read them individually though and you’d be fine. We’re trying to stay close to the cartoon, but [the comics] give the individual characters their time to shine in the issues. It’s pretty cool.

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You guys mentioned the Justice League, and we know that they’ll be featured in the cartoon pretty heavily. They’ll be playing a pretty prominent role in training the Young Justice members and you’ll be seeing them a lot. Will it be the same with the comic book series?

Baltazar: Yes. [Laughs] It’s pretty much the “Young Justice” cartoon’s extended adventures. It’s going to rock. We got to see some stories of what they’re doing with the cartoon and I wish I could tell you everything. It’s amazing the amount of thought that went into this cartoon and everything involved with the cartoon is so good. And we’re going to try to bring all that to the comic. We’re going to try do as much justice to “Young Justice” as possible. This comic will be better than eating food. You don’t know if you’re going to want to go grab a burger or read “Young Justice.”

[Many thanks to Len for pointing this out. ]

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Video interview with Greg Weisman

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By Jason Kirk / 31 July 2010 / Animated Shows & DVDs / 7 Comments

Comic Book News interviewed Young Justice producer at SDCC 2010 about his various animation projects including the new YJ show.

Cliff Notes:

  • Weisman was brought into WB Animation after the second season of his Spiderman cartoon at Marvel.
  • At the suggestion of Sam Register (their boss) Weisman and Brandon Vietti (his co-producer) took a look at DC’s younger characters and had to set up a clear path between Justice League Unlimited (“so iconic, so great”) and Teen Titans.
  • They put together a list of 50-60 teenage heroes from the DCU and filtered them to come up with a diverse group that fitted the themes of the series.
  • That theme, repeated from the panel, is “Secrets and Lies”.
  • They looked at Peter David’s original Young Justice, the original 60s Teen Titans, and Geoff Johns stuff.
  • Weisman knows his DC parallel Earths.
  • This is a “young” DCU so they’re dealing with the first generation of sidekicks (Dick Grayson, Wally West, Garth), but characters like Superboy and Miss Martian can be slotted into any generation.
  • “The show is a huge canvas and we have a lot of characters.” They start with four characters in the beginning (one who doesn’t join the team), the others are slowly added through the first 6 episodes. A seventh regular joins half-way through the season, and an 8th joins at the end of the season.
  • They’ve planned for a second season, but that hasn’t been green lit yet.
  • Characters mentioned: Captain Atom, Batman, Red Tornado, Black Canary, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow, Captain Marvel, Zatara, Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, two Green Lanterns (Hal and John).
  • Greg wrote Captain Atom with Cary Bates for years and is itching to give him a bigger role in the show (he’s a member of the Justice League).
  • Zatara – not Zatanna – was mentioned as being part of the League. Could his daughter show up as a teenager?
  • The question of Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl was brought up. It seemed that it was a case of them being allowed to use Wonder Woman, but not Wonder Girl. Greg mentions legal reasons. This could possibly related to licensing – historically DC characters in movie production have been ring fenced from other projects, e.g. Smallville was restricted in their use of Lois Lane during the time that Superman Returns was being developed/distributed). Updated: Greg clarified on his Ask Greg column that they were prohibited from using Wonder Girl while the show was being developed, but that restriction has now been lifted.
  • The Young Justice comic book won’t “be a little kiddie book”. It will have the same tone as the cartoon and will exist within the same continuity. No crossovers are planned with the main DC Earth.
  • There were superheroes in the 1940s on Earth-16.
  • The voice director on Young Justice is Jamie Thomason who worked with Weisman on Gargoyles and Spectacular Spiderman.
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Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani on YJ comic

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By Jason Kirk / 30 July 2010 / Animated Shows & DVDs, Comic Books & Graphic Novels / 0 Comments

Newsarama has a brief interview with Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, the writers behind the new Young Justice comic and the soon-to-end Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam title. Given their work on Billy Batson one may be forgiven for thinking that the YJ comic is in the same theme, but we already know from the SDCC Panel that the comic will be in continuity with the cartoon and that the cartoon skews towards the young teen market.

“This is just about the Young Justice team. Their stories,” Baltazar said. “The comics take what happens on the show and we expand on the stories you’ll see on TV.”

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While Tiny Titans and Billy Batson were both aimed at a very young audience, the writers said Young Justice will be appropriate for kids of any age, but particularly teens.

“The cartoon falls somewhere between what they were doing with Justice League Unlimited, which felt more adult, and Teen Titans, which felt younger. This leans more toward Justice League, but with teenagers,” Aureliani said.

The new title will feature art by Mike Norton who also worked on the Billy Batson title. It should be out in November to coincide with the cartoon’s launch on Cartoon Network.

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